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White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:31:09 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

SPACE ART TV FOOD & DRINK

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @BobM @TallTrees @TheresaV @LukasB @Martin-O2

@O2EmmaLouise

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 SPACE 1 In which constellation is the Crabs Nebula ?

Q2 ART 1 Which French artist painted "Still Life With Cherubs" in 1893 ?

Q3 TV 1 In the TV show "The Muppets", what was the name of Dr Bunsen Honeydew`s assistant ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 What type of dried fruit is lexia ?

Q5 SPACE 2 What was the name of NASA`s rover which landed on Mars in 2012 ?

Q6 ART 2 What name is shared in the title of a statue by Roden, a painting by Klimt, and painting

by Max Ernst ?

Q7 TV 2 In the TV sit-com "The Good Life" what were the first and surname of both characters

[not actors` names] who lived next door to Tom and Barbara Good ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 What type of meat is the main ingrediant of the Greek dish kleftiko ?

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 [Wed 14 July 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 15 July 2021]

- 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 Fri 16 July 2021

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 [Wed 14 July 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 15 July 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 15 July 2021 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

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:19:28 GMT

One or two headscratchers there @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

pgn — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:32:51 GMT

Hmm... A case of...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:41:57 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff and @pgn

You are right - there are a couple of questions which might need thinking about this time

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

MI5 — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:59:07 GMT

Jeez, that was tough.....

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:47 GMT

Thank you @MI5

yes, this is a tougher quiz.

Like the gif - relevant to one of the questions

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:48:58 GMT

On it's way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

gmarkj — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:32:18 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:40:43 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif - that`s the sort of painting I`d be good at

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

BobM — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 07:59:27 GMT

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo --->>>

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:43:54 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:47:37 GMT

Thank you all those who have sent me a pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @pgn @jonsie @Martin-O2 @LukasB @TallTrees @O2EmmaLouise and anyone else who would like to have a go at this WRQ. There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thurs] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Look forward to hearing from you

Good luck

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:44:21 GMT

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

pgn — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:39:06 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 21:42:22 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:05:11 GMT

THE ANSWERS:

As mentioned, two questions [Q5 and Q6] were harder - rated "difficult" in quiz book I took them from.

Q1 SPACE 1 In which constellation is the Crabs Nebula ?

A1 Taurus

Q2 ART 1 Which French artist painted "Still Life With Cherubs" in 1893 ?

A2 Cezanne

Q3 TV 1 In the TV show "The Muppets", what was the name of Dr Bunsen Honeydew`s assistant ?

A3 Beaker

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 What type of dried fruit is lexia ?

A4 raisons

Q5 SPACE 2 What was the name of NASA`s rover which landed on Mars in 2012 ?

A5 Curiosity

Q6 ART 2 What name is shared in the title of a statue by Roden, a painting by Klimt, and painting

by Max Ernst ?

A6 The Kiss

Q7 TV 2 In the TV sit-com "The Good Life" what were the first and surname of both characters

[not actors` names] who lived next door to Tom and Barbara Good ?

A7 Margo and Gerry Leadbetter

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 What type of meat is the main ingrediant of the Greek dish kleftiko ?

A8 lamb

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:17:52 GMT

THE RESULTS:

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TheresaV

Q1 Krusty Krab - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 pass Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

Total: three for three correct answers

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 LukasB - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 TheresaV - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass

Q7 Margo + Gerry - correct but no surname given - so awarded half for part correct answer

Q8 correct - awarded

plus for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 pass Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total: two for two correct answers

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:25:47 GMT

THE AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Bronze Thinker + half = 6 correct answers + 1 part-correct @BobM

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct answers @gmarkj

= 3 correct answers @TheresaV

= 2 correct answers @LukasB

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done

@BobM - Bronze Thinker + half

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@TheresaV -

@LukasB -

Everyone who took part got at least -

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz, when the WRQ will be 8 questions with two question from each of these categories

HISTORY SCIENCE GAMES EVENTS

Please note:

there will be a SPECIAL WRQ on Wednesday - details in Advanced Notice on separate thread

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz fun.

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

MI5 — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:42:43 GMT

Well done all and thanks for the tough ones
2 and 6 were the ones I wasn't sure of.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 July 2021

pgn — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:53:47 GMT

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - no battles and no monarchs suits me fine 🤣

6 and 4 were my bugbears, but I put on my Thinker cap, got to Embrace the questions in Ernst, and got a Grape result - thank you!

Well done all, seems some regulars are away atm - hope they'll be back next week 👍