White Room Quiz Wed 19 July 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of the usual categories 

    SPACE;   TV;   GAMES;   FOOD & DRINK

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12 noon today [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM @Breanna 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 SPACE 1 - Dysnomia is a moon of which dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt ?

Q2 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com, Last of the Summer Wine, what is the name of the librarian character played

                   by Josephine Tewson from 2003 ?

Q3 GAMES 1 - Ripper Roo, Tiny Tiger, Aku Aku, Neo Cortex all feature in which Sony Playstation video game

                          from 1996 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Cotija cheese originates from which country ?

Q5 SPACE 2 - What was the name of the Russian spacecraft which made a controlled soft-landing on the

                         Moon in 1966 ?

Q6 TV 2 - In the British TV series Rosemary and Thyme, first screened in 2003, who played gardener/

                  amateur sleuth Laura Thyme ?

Q7 GAMES 2 - In Trivial Pursuit, a pink wedge is awardd for answering questions in which category ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Kartoffel is the German word for which vegetable ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 19 July 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 21 July 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 21 July 2023

Each member will be awarded   for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 19 July

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 21 July 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 21 July 2023 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz. 

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[gmarkj]

Not sure how this is going to go, but answers on the way @Mi-Amigo ...

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 SPACE 1 - Dysnomia is a moon of which dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt ?

A1   Eris

Q2 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com, Last of the Summer Wine, what is the name of the librarian character played

                   by Josephine Tewson from 2003 ?

A2   Miss Davenport

Q3 GAMES 1 - Ripper Roo, Tiny Tiger, Aku Aku, Neo Cortex all feature in which Sony Playstation video game

                          from 1996 ?

A3  Crash Bandicott

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Cotija cheese originates from which country ?

A4    Mexico

Q5 SPACE 2 - What was the name of the Russian spacecraft which made a controlled soft-landing on the

                         Moon in 1966 ?

A5   Luna 9

Q6 TV 2 - In the British TV series Rosemary and Thyme, first screened in 2003, who played gardener/

                  amateur sleuth Laura Thyme ?

A6   Pam Ferris

Q7 GAMES 2 - In Trivial Pursuit, a pink wedge is awardd for answering questions in which category ?

A7    Entertainment

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Kartoffel is the German word for which vegetable ?

A8    potato

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 LukasB - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 Croatia - incorrect .

Q5 Lunik 6 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct -  @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff 

Red Thinker                             = 4 correct  - @gmarkj 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff 

Well done

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

-  NATURE;  SCIENCE;   WORDS;   SPORT

I will search out a range of questions [easier to maybe headscratcher] over the weekend

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[pgn]

Thinkers every one, well done. Eris and Ceres nearly had me. Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 😎👍