The White Room Thursday Quiz - 19 March 2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎18-03-2020

WELCOME to

Each week, there are EIGHT questions, from a range of categories.

As promised, this week`s quiz will be eight questions - with one question from each of the categories with the fewest votes in the People`s Choice

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [Art]: Which artist [1841-1919] painted "Luncheon of the Boating Party" ?

Q2 [Structures]: What was the former name of what is now known as 30 St Mary Axe, London?

Q3 [Events]: What is the birthstone for the month of August ?

Q4 [Physics]: For his work on what was Albert Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 ?

Q5 [People]: Who was the Roman god of wine ?

Q6 [Classical Music]: Who composed the "Surprise Symphony" ?

Q7 [Games]: On a UK Monopoly board [of London], there are three light blue coloured properties -

two are The Angel, Islington and Euston Road. What is the third?

Q8 [Words]: "Intrusion" is the collective moun for which group of animals ?

The White Room Thursday Quiz will be open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part will need to pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 19 March 2020.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow - on Thursday 19 March 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received before 00.01 on Thursday and/or after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

I have tried to give a balance between difficult and easier questions this week.

As usual, there is one QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] and one is "tricky" [but not impossible like the infamous "tree question"].

The White Room Thursday Quizz is open to all members.

I hope new members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, will 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.

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

I hope everyone enjoys this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz.

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎18-03-2020

Killer qs this week, @Mi-Amigo 🤔

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-03-2020

@pgn wrote:
Killer qs this week, @Mi-Amigo 🤔

look forward to your pm with your answers tomorrow @pgn

I agreed a couple may make everyone think this week

- with maybe a couple where everyone will "kick themselves" when you know the answers...

- but I think a couple of last week`s questions were slightly easier

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎18-03-2020

Definitely a few tougher ones this week

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Cleoriff · ‎18-03-2020

My brain is still recovering from the deletion of 7000+ emails so a quick look here isn't 'computing'.

I will come back and have another look in a minute.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-03-2020

@MI5

yep - a couple are tougher this week...

btw I stumbled across one question by chance over the weekend and thought I`d include it.

I`ll be interested to see the pm with your answers tomorrow

@Cleoriff

I can see how busy you are with deleting the notifications.

You`ll have plenty of time to have a proper look at the questions and I look forward any comments and also look forward to the pm with your answers tomorrow

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎18-03-2020

FGS... Question 4? What the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suspect only 'very special' people will know that one!!

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎18-03-2020

I must be very special then

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-03-2020

@Cleoriff and @MI5

so differences of opinion as to what you think about Q4 ???

Can`t wait to see what answer both of you and everyone else who joins in will pm me tomorrow

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎18-03-2020

@MI5 wrote:
I must be very special then

Yes I guessed as much.....

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