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White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:24:30 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 categories

SCIENCE LITERATURE ART FOOD & DRINK

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 @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 [ @jonsie is away]

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 SCIENCE 1 - What is the chemical symbol for Strontium ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - The phrase "brave new world" appears in which Shakespeare play ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which French impressionist artist created the pastel drawing "After the Bath, Woman Drying

Herself" between 1890- 1895 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - The name of which Italian pasta translates as "little ears" ?

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is the jejunium ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Agatha Christie`s "Murder On The Orient Express", what is the surname of the victim

murdered on the train ?

Q7 ART 2 - How many horses are there in Constable`s painting "Haywain" completed in 1821 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which bird appears on the label of bottles of Chianti Classico ?

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 12 June 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 14 June 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 14 June 2024.

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 12 June

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 14 June 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 14 June 2024 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 Wed 12 June 2024

Cleoriff — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 07:28:57 GMT

@Mi-Amigo

Is Q1 meant to be Strontium?

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:28:38 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
@Mi-Amigo
Is Q1 meant to be Strontium?

Yes @Cleoriff there is a typo - what comes from posting at 5am because of internet issue !!

Q1 should read STRONTIUM not stronium

I have asked @Dave-O2 to edit original question as too late for me to do it,

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Cleoriff — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:29:40 GMT

Thanks for getting it changed @Mi-Amigo 🤗

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Cleoriff — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:54:00 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:54:45 GMT

Thank you @Dave-O2 for editing/correcting Q1

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

pgn — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:35:14 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Oxonian — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:19:37 GMT

My entry should be sat in your Inbox @Mi-Amigo ; fairly hard set of questions in my view ! 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

pgn — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:18:45 GMT

Q5 meant to be "jejunum" too 😁 @Cleoriff - but by now, most have got it I guess 🤞

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 04:21:38 GMT

Thank you @pgn

and for clever gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:26:56 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

BobM — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:35:04 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo ---> 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

gmarkj — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:28:47 GMT

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:12:01 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Oxonian — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:24:53 GMT

I suspect @pgn that I have got it - wrong ! 😀

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:36:27 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 SCIENCE 1 - What is the chemical symbol for Strontium ?

A1 Sr

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - The phrase "brave new world" appears in which Shakespeare play ?

A2 The Tempest

Q3 ART 1 - Which French impressionist artist created the pastel drawing "After the Bath, Woman Drying

Herself" between 1890- 1895 ?

A3 Degas

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - The name of which Italian pasta translates as "little ears" ?

A4 Orecchiette

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is the jejunum ?

A5 intestines

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Agatha Christie`s "Murder On The Orient Express", what is the surname of the victim

murdered on the train ?

A6 Rachette aka Cassetti

Q7 ART 2 - How many horses are there in Constable`s painting "Haywain" completed in 1821 ?

A7 3 - three

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which bird appears on the label of bottles of Chianti Classico ?

A8 black rooster

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:51:59 GMT

THE RESULTS

@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

@MI5

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 St - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 pass Q4 fusili - incorrect .

Q5 stomach - incorrect Q6 Armstrong - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 pass .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@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 correct - .

Q5 stomach - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 one - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - Q2 Merchant of Venice - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 Blackadder - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 flamingo - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:57:32 GMT

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @pgn

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @MI5

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @TallTrees @gmarkj

2 stars = 2 correct - @Oxonian

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

@Oxonian - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars .

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY WORDS TV SPORT .

Over the weekend, I`ll try and find a mix of easier [?] and "not-so-easy" questions.

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

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

pgn — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:50:32 GMT

A fine spread of scores today - well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo for keeping those little grey cells exercised 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 12 June 2024

BobM — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 06:23:09 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - good one 👍

Well done all.