White Room Quiz Wed 24 Jan 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 four categories - 

    PLACES   WORDS   MUSIC   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 @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 PLACES 1 - The Luxembourg Gardens are a park in which European capital city ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - What did the 19th century word "cachinnate" mean ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which singer and group released "Ruby Don`t Take Your Love To Town" which reached

                         No 2 in UK singles chart in December 1969 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What type of beverage is wiener melange ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the royalty in which country ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did the 19th century word "opsimath" mean ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which song by Donovan reached No 2 in the UK singles chart in Jan 1967 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What type of foodstuff is the Austrian dish marillenknodel ?

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 24 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 26 Jan 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 24 Jan 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 [Wed 24 Jan

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 26 Jan 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 26 Jan 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

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[Oxonian]

I am going to have to sit this one out @Mi-Amigo as I do not know the answer to any of those questions. I have not even got sufficient to spark a guess. 😥 

[Mi-Amigo]

@Oxonian 

Sorry to hear you are going to have sit this quiz out.

Hopefully next week`s WRQ questions might be better for you 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received - well before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - The Luxembourg Gardens are a park in which European capital city ?

A1   Paris.

Q2 WORDS 1 - What did the 19th century word "cachinnate" mean ?

A2   laugh loudly

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which singer and group released "Ruby Don`t Take Your Love To Town" which reached

                         No 2 in UK singles chart in December 1969 ?

A3   Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What type of beverage is wiener melange ?

A4   Vienesse coffee

Q5 PLACES 2 - Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the royalty in which country ?

A5    Sweden

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did the 19th century word "opsimath" mean ?

A6   learn or study late in life.

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which song by Donovan reached No 2 in the UK singles chart in Jan 1967 ?

A7   Sunshine Superman

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What type of foodstuff is the Austrian dish marillenknodel ?

A8     apricot dumplings

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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