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White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:46:49 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the "Parrot" edition of 8 "parrot"-related questions - with one question on each of these categories -

HISTORY PEOPLE NATURE LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES TV 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 [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 @Spenny @J9el @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 HISTORY - The first pet parrot in Britain is said to have been an African Grey parrot at Hampton Court

in 16th century belonging to which King of England ?

Q2 PEOPLE - What was the name of the parrot owned by Winston Churchill during World War II ?

Q3 NATURE - The Sulu Racquet-tail Parrot is one of the world`s rarest parrots. What is its country of origin ?

Q4 LITERATURE - In Robert Louis Stevenson`s novel "Treasure Island", what was the name of Long John

Silver`s pet parrot ?

Q5 MUSIC - What is the name of the lead singer of rock band Aerosmith who had a pet parrot called

Senegal ?

Q6 MOVIES - What is the name of the parrot in Disney movie "Aladdin" ?

Q7 TV - In the Monty Python 1969 TV "dead parrot" sketch, the dead parrot was said to be what

[fictional] species of parrot ?

Q8 ART - Which Dutch artist painted "Virgin and Child with the Canon van der Paele" in 1436 which included

a green parrot ?

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 15 Nov 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 17 Nov 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 17 Nov 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 [Wed 15 Nov

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 17 Nov 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 17 Nov 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 - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

TallTrees — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:19:57 GMT

Well amazing @Mi-Amigo

So parroty 🦜

Well done for a great mix of questions.

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Cleoriff — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:04:08 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Dave-O2 — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:09:40 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 🐦

Answers are now sitting in your inbox 👍

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:55:40 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees for your kind comments.

Look forward to pm with your answers later

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:56:21 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:56:58 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:57:35 GMT

Thank you @Dave-O2

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

gmarkj — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:16:33 GMT

Not holding much hope with these - answers on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

TallTrees — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:04:41 GMT

That's sooo funny @Cleoriff 😅

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:07:43 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

TallTrees — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:26:01 GMT

ANSWERS WINGING IN @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:54:48 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

like the gif

pm with your answers received.

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

BobM — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:46:08 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo ---> 👍

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:57:19 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

pgn — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:03:13 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 07:45:20 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

pgn — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:19:37 GMT

Some inspiration for those still seeking answers, from the animated movie "Rio":

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

jonsie — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:17:53 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:51:49 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received