White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 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

   GEOGRAPHY     SCIENCE     LITERATURE      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 [ @Dave-O2 is on leave ]

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the longest river in Northern Ireland ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Hypermetropia is the medical term for what condition ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of the short story by JRR Tolkien, published in 1949, which tells of the

                                  title character`s encounters with a giant and Chrysophylax Divers, a dragon ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of the first single by Pink Floyd, which reached No 20 in UK singles chart

                          in 1967 ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Fingal`s Cave is on which island in The Hebrides ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What number on the pH scale indicates a solution is neutral - neither acid nor alkaline ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", first published

                                   in 6 volumes between 1776 and 1788 ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - Which band released the album "OK Computer", which reached No 1 in UK album chart

                         in June 1997 ?

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 16 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 18 Dec 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 18 Dec 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 16 Dec

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 18 Dec 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 18 Dec 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]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo ---->>

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

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Thank you @jonsie 

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Thank you @pgn 

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[Oxonian]

My entry should be awaiting your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; thank you for organising. 👍

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

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[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

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[BobM]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo --->  👍