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White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:16:18 GMT

Welcome to

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB and O2 Guru @O2Karl

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.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

NATURE ART [one question on sculpture; one on paintings] SPORT

and two ODD questions - one on COLOURS and one on LOGOS

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NATURE - 1] What name is given to the larva of a dragonfly ?

Q2 [ART - 1 SCULPTURE] Which British sculptor produced the sculpture "Mother and Child" in 1934 ?

Q3 [SPORT - 1] Which was the host city of the 1972 Summer Olympics ?

Q4 [ODD - 1: COLOURS] In heraldry, the tincture called "gules" is what colour ?

Q5 [NATURE - 2] What type of animal is a fulmar ?

Q6 [ART - 2 PAINTING] Who painted "The Night Watch" in 1642 ?

Q7 [SPORT - 2] What is the length, in metres, of the hurdling event in the men`s decathlon in the

Summer Olympics ?

Q8 [ODD - 2: LOGO] Which international airline features a kangaroo as the logo on the tail of its

airplanes ?

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

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 10 August] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 11 August]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Wed 12 August.

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 10 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 11 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 11 August 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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Cleoriff — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:55:03 GMT

Looks very interesting @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:04:01 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

Pleased you find the questions "interesting" - as there is a new subject "sculpture" in the Art category.

Although there is no QI-style question this time, there are a couple which are "tricky" and might need thinking about

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

MI5 — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:25:22 GMT

Sent but a few guesses again this time......

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:29:23 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

pgn — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:38:08 GMT

Food for thought there today... I know the last one, including the full name... 😉

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:41:47 GMT

@pgn wrote:
Food for thought there today... I know the last one, including the full name... 😉

"Food for thought" indeed @pgn

Look forward to pm with your eight answers

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Cleoriff — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:11:06 GMT

PM incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:59:53 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:03:52 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:04:48 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

pgn — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:55:42 GMT

Duck, @Mi-Amigo - - - >

🤣

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:31:07 GMT

"Quack" @pgn

Thank you...

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:01:54 GMT

Thanks to everyone who has sent me a pm with their eight answers.

Gentle reminder to @jonsie @Marjo @Martin-O2 @O2Karl

and anyone else who would like to have a go at this quiz

there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] - to take part in this quiz and pm me your eight answers.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Marjo — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:04:41 GMT

Oh yes, I was off yesterday so will participate in this one today - thanks for the reminder - PM incoming soon @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:07:15 GMT

Thank you @Marjo

Looking forward to pm with your answers...

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Martin-O2 — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:18:59 GMT

Wow these questions have me sweating more then the weather today! I'll get my answers over to you shortly @Mi-Amigo.

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:28:35 GMT

Thank you @Marjo

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 07:16:03 GMT

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [NATURE - 1] What name is given to the larva of a dragonfly ?

A1 nymphs

Q2 [ART - 1 SCULPTURE] Which British sculptor produced the sculpture "Mother and Child" in 1934 ?

A2 Barbara Hepworth

Q3 [SPORT - 1] Which was the host city of the 1972 Summer Olympics ?

A3 Munich, Germany

Q4 [ODD - 1: COLOURS] In heraldry, the tincture called "gules" is what colour ?

A4 red

Q5 [NATURE - 2] What type of animal is a fulmar ?

A5 bird

Q6 [ART - 2 PAINTING] Who painted "The Night Watch" in 1642 ?

A6 Rembrandt

Q7 [SPORT - 2] What is the length, in metres, of the hurdling event in the men`s decathlon in the

Summer Olympics ?

A7 This was the "trickier" question. Although 400m is a race in the men`s decathlon, it is not a

hurdling event. The correct answer is 110m hurdles in men`s decathlon [100m in women`]

Q8 [ODD - 2: LOGO] Which international airline features a kangaroo as the logo on the tail of its

airplanes ?

A8 Qantas [which is an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd]

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 07:22:08 GMT

Humph!! To damn hurdling!