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White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 05:15:32 GMT

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 four of the usual categories

PEOPLE; NATURE; MOVIES; ART

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Comben @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM

@Breanna

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 PEOPLE 1 - Viscount Stansgate was the title of which politician, who renounced the title ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of reptile is a gavial, also known as a gharial ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Rich Little; Anthony Hopkins; and Dan Hedaya have all played which US President in movies ?

Q4 ART 1 - Caravaggio was commissioned in 1599 to decorate the chapel in church of San Luigi dei

Francesci with three large canvases depicting scenes from the life of which Apostle ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who invented and patented "cats eyes", reflective discs on roads, in 1934, which were

officially adopted by the Ministry of Transport in 1947 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Milvus milvus is the scientific name of which bird of prey ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Who played the character Thomas A`Becket in the 1964 movie "Becket" ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted the "Black Paintings", a series of 14 paintings, between 1819 and 1823 ?

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 26 June 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 28 June 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 28 June 2023

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 26 June

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 28 June 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 28 June 2023 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

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

pgn — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 05:21:33 GMT

Yikes!

🤔 This one'll need a bit of thought, @Mi-Amigo 😖

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Cleoriff — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:38:39 GMT

On the other hand, I quite like it @Mi-Amigo 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:55:52 GMT

Thank you @pgn and @Cleoriff

Couple of head-scratchers today, so will be interesting to see how our quizzers get on....

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Cleoriff — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:17:06 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:36:04 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

pgn — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:35:14 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:53:09 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

TallTrees — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:09:00 GMT

Answers in @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

gmarkj — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:35:45 GMT

This is not an easy set of questions!

Do not think I will be getting the same results as last week.

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:54:32 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Comben — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:17:39 GMT

I'm glad I'm not the only one that looked at these and panicked! I'll be lucky not to score a low number or even zero! 😬

That said I have at least sent something to you @Mi-Amigo and look forward to the answers tomorrow.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:41:11 GMT

Thank you @Comben

Appreciate the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

BobM — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:18:17 GMT

@Mi-Amigo

Not been around for a while, but answers on their way ---

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:29:24 GMT

Thank you @BobM

Great to have you back with us

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

J9el — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:05:17 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo - difficult this time around 😊

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

jonsie — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:35:08 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:00:51 GMT

Thank you @J9el

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

all pms received before deadline

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:04:56 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - Viscount Stansgate was the title of which politician, who renounced the title ?

A1 Anthony Wedgewood Benn - Tony Benn

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of reptile is a gavial, also known as a gharial ?

A2 crocodile

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Rich Little; Anthony Hopkins; and Dan Hedaya have all played which US President in movies ?

A3 Richard Nixon

Q4 ART 1 - Caravaggio was commissioned in 1599 to decorate the chapel in church of San Luigi dei

Francesci with three large canvases depicting scenes from the life of which Apostle ?

A4 Matthew

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who invented and patented "cats eyes", reflective discs on roads, in 1934, which were

officially adopted by the Ministry of Transport in 1947 ?

A5 Percy Shaw

Q6 NATURE 2 - Milvus milvus is the scientific name of which bird of prey ?

A6 red kite. I`ll accept kite as correct answer

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Who played the character Thomas A`Becket in the 1964 movie "Becket" ?

A7 Richard Burton

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted the "Black Paintings", a series of 14 paintings, between 1819 and 1823 ?

A8 Goya

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:23:29 GMT

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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

@TallTrees

Q1 pass Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 Paul - incorrect .

Q5 pass Q6 correct - Q7 pass Q8 pass.

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@gmarkj

Q1 pass Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 LukasB - incorrect .

Q5 Toby ? - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 TheresaV - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben

Q1 Stan Collymore - incorrect Q2 snake - incorrect Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 sparrowhawk - incorrect Q7 Tony Montana - incorrect Q8 Salman Rushdie - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 pass.

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 pass .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@J9el

Q1 Tony Blair - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 Peter - incorrect .

Q5 pass Q6 kestral - incorrect Q7 Peter Sellars - incorrect Q8 pass .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@jonsie

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