The White Room Seasonal Quiz 1 - The 12 ?? Of Xmas

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to 

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

                       Today`s Quiz is the White Room Seasonal Quiz 1 - The 12 ?? Of Xmas

                                      [part of 🎅🏻 🎄 Christmas On The Community] 

Instead of the usual eight questions, there are 12 questions - with one question from each of these categories

            NATURE   WORDS   FOOD & DRINK   SPACE   PLACES   LITERATURE   EVENTS

            TV             ART         SPORT                 MUSIC   HISTORY

with each question based on one of the gifts in "The 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"   

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   @MI5   @gmarkj   @Anonymous  @LukasB   @Martin-O2  @Marjo 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S TWELVE QUESTIONS

There is no question is a QI-style question, in which the answer is not what most people think.

Q1 PARTRIDGE [nature] Where do grey partridges and red-legged partridges build their nests?

Q2 TURTLE DOVES [words] The term "turtle doves" owes its origin to what? 

Q3 FRENCH HENS [food & drink] French hens barbezieux are native to which region of France?

Q4 CALLING BIRDS [space] "Early Bird" was a US satellite with "calls" between N America and Europe

                                             What was the official name of the "Early Bird" satellite?

Q5 GOLD RINGS [places] Gold rings for the Royal weddings of Elizabeth II, Diana, Kate, and Meghan

                                          were all made from gold mined from which Welsh mine? 

Q6 GEESE [literature] "The Fox And The Geese" is a German folk tale in a 1815 collection of stories.

                                      What was the title of the collection of stories? 

Q7 SWANS [events] Swan upping takes place annually on the River Thames between Sunbury and

                                   Abingdon on which month of the year?

Q8 MAIDS [tv] In the TV series "Downton Abbey" who played the characters Anna, head housemaid,

                         and Gwen, the underhousemaid? [ for both; half  for one correct answer] 

Q9 LADIES [art] Which Spanish painter painted "Las Meninas" [Ladies-in-waiting] in 1656?

Q10 LORDS [sport] In July 2020, it was announced that cricketer Ian Botham was to be made a peer.

                                Three other cricketers have been made a peer [not hereditary]. Name one of them

Q11 PIPERS [music] "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" was the debut studio album of which English

                                  rock band in 1967?

Q12 DRUMMERS [history] Apart from drumming to regulate the marching of soldiers, what important

                                            role did drummers play during the American Civil War?

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 16 Dec] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 17 Dec]

- 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 18 Dec.

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 16 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 17 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 17 December 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" and take part in this quiz. 

Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a  .

In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

                          12 correct      10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

                            answers          answers       answers      answers      answers

                                     

                            Diamond         Golden         Silver         Bronze              Red

                             Thinker           Thinker       Thinker      Thinker           Thinker

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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

TODAY`S TWELVE QUESTIONS

There is no question is a QI-style question, in which the answer is not what most people think.

Q1 PARTRIDGE [nature] Where do grey partridges and red-legged partridges build their nests?

Q2 TURTLE DOVES [words] The term "turtle doves" owes its origin to what? 

Q3 FRENCH HENS [food & drink] French hens barbezieux are native to which region of France?

Q4 CALLING BIRDS [space] "Early Bird" was a US satellite with "calls" between N America and Europe

                                             What was the official name of the "Early Bird" satellite?

Q5 GOLD RINGS [places] Gold rings for the Royal weddings of Elizabeth II, Diana, Kate, and Meghan

                                          were all made from gold mined from which Welsh mine? 

Q6 GEESE [literature] "The Fox And The Geese" is a German folk tale in a 1815 collection of stories.

                                      What was the title of the collection of stories? 

Q7 SWANS [events] Swan upping takes place annually on the River Thames between Sunbury and

                                   Abingdon on which month of the year?

Q8 MAIDS [tv] In the TV series "Downton Abbey" who played the characters Anna, head housemaid,

                         and Gwen, the underhousemaid? [ for both; half  for one correct answer] 

Q9 LADIES [art] Which Spanish painter painted "Las Meninas" [Ladies-in-waiting] in 1656?

Q10 LORDS [sport] In July 2020, it was announced that cricketer Ian Botham was to be made a peer.

                                Three other cricketers have been made a peer [not hereditary]. Name one of them

Q11 PIPERS [music] "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" was the debut studio album of which English

                                  rock band in 1967?

Q12 DRUMMERS [history] Apart from drumming to regulate the marching of soldiers, what important

                                            role did drummers play during the American Civil War?

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 16 Dec] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 17 Dec]

- 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 18 Dec.

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 16 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 17 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 17 December 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" and take part in this quiz. 

Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a  .

In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

                          12 correct      10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

                            answers          answers       answers      answers      answers

                                     

                            Diamond         Golden         Silver         Bronze              Red

                             Thinker           Thinker       Thinker      Thinker           Thinker

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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[pgn]

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@jonsie wrote:

Catch it..........!!

*beep!*!

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Bin it! 

Kill it... 

Great starter for 10, @jonsie  - sorry for polluting your quiz topic, @Mi-Amigo 🤣

[Cleoriff]

You're obsessed @pgn 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

I like the gif

pm with your 12 answers received - before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 PARTRIDGE [nature] Where do grey partridges and red-legged partridges build their nests?

A1  hollow on the ground or in hedges or bushes

Q2 TURTLE DOVES [words] The term "turtle doves" owes its origin to what? 

A2   not colour or any connection with "turtles". correct answer "tur tur" the sound of the birds

Q3 FRENCH HENS [food & drink] French hens barbezieux are native to which region of France?

A3   Charente region

Q4 CALLING BIRDS [space] "Early Bird" was a US satellite with "calls" between N America and Europe

                                             What was the official name of the "Early Bird" satellite?

A4   Intelsat 1

Q5 GOLD RINGS [places] Gold rings for the Royal weddings of Elizabeth II, Diana, Kate, and Meghan

                                          were all made from gold mined from which Welsh mine? 

A5  Clogau St David`s mine

Q6 GEESE [literature] "The Fox And The Geese" is a German folk tale in a 1815 collection of stories.

                                      What was the title of the collection of stories? 

A6  Brothers Grimm`s Fairy Tales

Q7 SWANS [events] Swan upping takes place annually on the River Thames between Sunbury and

                                   Abingdon on which month of the year?

A7   July

Q8 MAIDS [tv] In the TV series "Downton Abbey" who played the characters Anna, head housemaid,

                         and Gwen, the underhousemaid? [ for both; half  for one correct answer] 

A8   Anna = Joanna Froggatt;   Gwen = Rose Leslie

Q9 LADIES [art] Which Spanish painter painted "Las Meninas" [Ladies-in-waiting] in 1656?

A9   Deigo Velazquez

Q10 LORDS [sport] In July 2020, it was announced that cricketer Ian Botham was to be made a peer.

                                Three other cricketers have been made a peer [not hereditary]. Name one of them

A10  source [Daily Mail] have three non-hereditary peers - David Shepherd; Colin Cowdrey; and

          Learie Constantine. Further checks on other sources [after question posted] revealed others

          Alastair Cook; and Charless Williams. Any of these are accepted as a correct answer 

Q11 PIPERS [music] "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" was the debut studio album of which English

                                  rock band in 1967?

A11   Pink Floyd

Q12 DRUMMERS [history] Apart from drumming to regulate the marching of soldiers, what important

                                            role did drummers play during the American Civil War?

A12  not communcations. the correct answer is stretcher-bearers for surgeons on fields of battle.

[Cleoriff]

Thank God!!

[MI5]

[Marjo]

I think I might have got one guess right @Mi-Amigo or at least I was thinking of it earlier.  

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB 

Q1   correct - awarded  Q2 pass   Q3 pass   Q4 correct - awarded   Q5 pass

Q6   correct - awarded  Q7 pass   Q8 pass   Q9 Dali - incorrect               Q10 pass

Q11 correct - awarded   Q12 communications - incorrect

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

    

Red Thinker

@MI5 

Q1   correct - awarded   Q2 colour of wings - incorrect   Q3 correct - awarded  

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

Q7   correct - awarded   Q8 both correct - awarded  Q9 Picasso - incorrect

Q10 correct - awarded   Q11 correct - awarded         Q12 communications - incorrect

plus, for more than eight correct answers also awarded

    

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

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

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

Q7   correct - awarded   Q8 Thing 1 + 2 - incorrect   Q9   correct - awarded 

Q10 correct - awarded   Q11 correct - awarded Q12 correct - awarded 

  plus, for more than 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@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   Q9 correct - awarded 

Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded   Q12 correct - awarded  

plus, for 12 correct answers, also awarded

   

Diamond Thinker

@Marjo 

Q1 rocks - incorrect      Q2 like turtles with wings - incorrect   Q3 Bordeaux - incorrect

Q4 Sputnik - incorrect  Q5 pass   Q6 pass   Q7 correct - awarded 

Q8 Tilda Swinton - incorrect; Patricia Routledge - incorrect  Q9 Frida Kahlo - incorrect

Q10 John ?? - incorrect  Q11 Pearl Jam - incorrect  Q12 improve morale - incorrect

Total: one  for one correct answer

@Anonymous 

Q1   correct - awarded  Q2 ring round neck - incorrect   Q3 Brittany - incorrect

Q4   Telstar - incorrect         Q5 correct - awarded            Q6 Aesop`s Tales - incorrect

Q7   April - incorrect            Q8 pass         Q9 pass                    Q10 correct - awarded   

Q11 Led Zepellin - incorrect  Q12 strike Fear of God in opposition - incorrect         

Total: three   for three correct answers

@gmarkj 

Q1   correct - awarded    Q2 pass   Q3 South - incorrect

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

Q7   April - incorrect      Q8 both correct - awarded   Q9 pass    Q10 correct - awarded  

Q11 correct - awarded    Q12 for executions - incorrect 

plus, for more than six correct also awarded

     

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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

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

Q7   correct - awarded   Q8 Joanne Frogatt - correct - awarded half 

Q9   correct - awarded   Q10 correct - awarded     

Q11 correct - awarded   Q12 correct - awarded  

plus, for more than 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

[LukasB]

wait wait wait @Cleoriff @MI5 do you see this? I got a whaaaaaaaaaat????

@Mi-Amigo is this an early present? 

[MI5]

Impressed @LukasB