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White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 07:21:11 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 these four categories -

PLACES NATURE WORDS 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 @BobM @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 - Which National Park is the most northerly in Britain ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Which mammal, native to rainforests of the Congo, is also known as the "forest giraffe" ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "algraphy", first recorded in 1895, mean ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which artist painted "My Cousin Monserrat" in 1919 ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Stonor, one of the oldest manor houses in England, is in which county ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the term for a young pigeon ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the late 19th century word "badious" mean ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist created "Maquette for Guitar" from pieces of cardboard, paper, string and wire

in 1912 ?

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 11 Dec 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 13 Dec 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 13 Dec 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 11 Dec

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 13 Dec 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 13 Dec 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 11 Dec 2023

Cleoriff — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:15:42 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

pgn — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:05:25 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:31:10 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:31:48 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:32:45 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the movie clip

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

BobM — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:02:59 GMT

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo ---> 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:51:55 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Dave-O2 — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:52:15 GMT

Answers in your inbox @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

gmarkj — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:54:41 GMT

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:09:10 GMT

Thank you @Dave-O2

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:09:48 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

J9el — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:18:09 GMT

Hi @Mi-Amigo - my answers/guesses are on their way. Had to send using a pic, as for some reason I cannot send normal messages?!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:57:21 GMT

Thank you @J9el

Good to have you back with us.

Sorry to hear you had problems and had to send photos in pm.

pm with your answers received.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

TallTrees — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:00:24 GMT

PM flying to you @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:01:32 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 05:45:05 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Which National Park is the most northerly in Britain ?

A1 Cairngorms.

Some gave Northumberland, which is most northerly in England, so cannot accept as correct answer.

Q2 NATURE 1 - Which mammal, native to rainforests of the Congo, is also known as the "forest giraffe" ?

A2 okapi

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "algraphy", first recorded in 1895, mean ?

A3 printing from aluminium plates, also in early forms of photography

Q4 ART 1 - Which artist painted "My Cousin Monserrat" in 1919 ?

A4 Salavador Dali

Q5 PLACES 2 - Stonor, one of the oldest manor houses in England, is in which county ?

A5 Oxfordshire

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the term for a young pigeon ?

A6 squab

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the late 19th century word "badious" mean ?

A7 chestnut-coloured

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist created "Maquette for Guitar" from pieces of cardboard, paper, string and wire

in 1912 ?

A8 Picasso

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 06:02:21 GMT

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff

Q1 Northumberland - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 bad or ill - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@MI5

Q1 Northumberland - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@BobM

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

Q5 Cambridgeshire - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2

Q1 Northumberland - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 maps - incorrect Q4 pass.

Q5 Norfolk - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 ugly - incorrect Q8 pass.

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@gmarkj

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

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 smells bad - incorrect Q8 correct - .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@J9el

Q1 Aviemore - incorrect Q2 tapir - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 chick - incorrect Q7 naughty - incorrect Q8 correct - .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@TallTrees

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

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 cheeky - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 06:10:37 GMT

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @pgn

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @MI5 @BobM

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @Cleoriff

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @TallTrees

3 stars = 3 correct - @gmarkj @J9el

2 stars = 2 correct - @Dave-O2

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONLY SILVER THINKER this time - @pgn

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM - Bronze Thinker + star

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj - 3 stars

@J9el - 3 stars

@Dave-O2 - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions

with 2 questions on each of these categories

PEOPLE LITERATURE MOVIES SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 11 Dec 2023

TallTrees — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:14:15 GMT

Hi @Mi-Amigo

Greenland 🤣 !!

I didn't read UK 😕

ANYWAY GREAT