White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

[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 these categories

   HISTORY    SCIENCE     WORDS     MUSIC

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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 

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 HISTORY 1 - What was the last battle of the Hundred Years War, which ended in 1453 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin scale ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "whemmle", dating from 1500s, mean ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of The Kinks` first UK No 1 single, which reached No 1 in UK singles chart

                         in August 1964 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who succeeded Sir Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in April 1955 when Churchill

                              retired ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the name of the device which used steam to steralize equipment, invented by

                             Charles Chamberland in 1879 ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the word "dacoitage", dating from 1880s in India, mean ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - How many Hungarian Dances did Brahms compose ?

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 [Mon 06 May 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 08 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 08 May 2024.

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 [Mon 06 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 08 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 08 May 2024 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.

[jonsie]

Sorry @Mi-Amigo  but I'll be absent for a couple of months 

[Oxonian]

My entry is in your inbox @Mi-Amigo ; much earlier than usual due to the Bank Holiday. 👍 

[Oxonian]

I hope that you are having a good holiday @jonsie. 👍 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you for your message @jonsie 

I hope all goes well during your break from here.

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Bit of a mixed bag with these @Mi-Amigo 

PM on the way

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received