White Room Quiz Mon 16 Sept 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

   SCIENCE   LITERATURE   MOVIES    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 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 SCIENCE 1 - What is the common name for parotitis, an infection with swelling of the largest pair of

                            salivary glands ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Shakespeare`s play "As You Like It", which character delivers the line

                                 "All the world`s a stage and the men and women merely players" ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the 1951 comedy movie "The Lavender Hill Mob", what is the name [character`s name

                            not actress`s name] of characters Holland and Pendlebury`s landlady ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What, in the Middle Ages, was traditionally measured in ells ?

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - In geology, what is a caldera ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Agatha Christie`s novel "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe", what is the name of Poirot`s

                                   dentist who was shot after Poirot had visited him ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In the comedy movie "Carry On Up The Jungle", what is the name of the fictious bird 

                            which Prof Tinkle is searching for ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - In printing, what is the term for arranging text aligned with the left or right

                                                      margin, or both margins ?

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 Sept 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 18 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept

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

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 18 Sept 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.

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Oxonian]

My entry should be in your inbox and awaiting your perusal @Mi-Amigo ! 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo (I hope!)0

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

Hello @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for inviting me to the quiz 

I really can't guess these, I know of them but you know me actors and films 😏 

I wish everyone good luck and I'll pop in for the next one.

Bye for now

[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

Sorry you won`t be able to join in with this WRQ but hope you`ll like tomorrow`s - Wed`s WRQ questions

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

I'll have a look 

Hopefully not too scary 😬 

Thank you @Mi-Amigo