The White Room Thursday Quiz - 19 March 2020 - Page 5

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.

Cleoriff · ‎19-03-2020

Not being pedantic here and I have sinned as well but there is still over an hour for people to get their answers in.....so should we be discussing the quiz now?

Yes, I know the usual suspects have sent their PM's, however 'Joe Bloggs' could pop on and sweep the damn board.

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MI5 · ‎19-03-2020

@jonsie wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
But they're not animals?
Some are as big as
....or maybe it's a devious wording that caught me out

That's what worries me too.......

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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-03-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Not being pedantic here and I have sinned as well but there is still over an hour for people to get their answers in.....so should we be discussing the quiz now?
Yes, I know the usual suspects have sent their PM's, however 'Joe Bloggs' could pop on and sweep the damn board.

Not pedantic but a fair point @Cleoriff

I`ll be online until after midnight and keep an eye open [with notifications now working makes it easier] for any late entries and will be watchful for answers given.

As to the queries, hopefully the answers and results tomorrow will explain and put minds at rest

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-03-2020

This week`s White Room Quiz is now closed.

As I may not be online until later than normal tomorrow, and in fairness to all the members who have taken part and pm`d me their answers, I shall be posting

the answers; the results for each member; and the awards in separate posts in the next few minutes.

Please bear with me and wait for the results etc.

Thank you

@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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-03-2020

THE ANSWERS

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

A1: Renoir

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

A2: The Gherkin

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

A3: there are three birthstones - peridot; sardonyx; and spinel

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

A4: not Theory of Relativity - published 16 years earlier.

correct answer: photoelectric effect of light

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

A5: this was the QI-style question - most people assume it was Dionysus - but he was the Greek god of wine

correct answer: Bacchus was the ROMAN god of wine

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

A6: Haydn

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?

A7: Pentonville Road

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

A8: cockroaches

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-03-2020

THE RESULTS

[for each member]

@Cleoriff

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 "no bloody sodding idea " - incorrect

A5: correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded A7 correct - awarded

A8: correct - awarded total = 7 plus for seven correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@MI5

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct - awarded A3 topaz - incorrect

A4 correct - awarded A5 Dionysus - incorrect A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8: correct - awarded

total = 6 plus for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

A1 pass, A2 pass, A3 pass, A4 pass, A5 pass, A6 pass; A7 correct - awarded A8 pass

for one correct answer awarded one

@pgn

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 correct - awarded A5: correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8: termites - incorrect

total = 7 plus for seven correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

A1 pass A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 correct - awarded A5: correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8: correct - awarded

total = 7 plus for seven correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 correct - awarded A5: correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8: correct - awarded

total = 8 plus for all eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Martin-O2

A1 Picasso - incorrect A2 correct - awarded A3 emerald - incorrect

A4 relativity - incorrect A5 saturn - incorrect A6 Beethoven - incorrect

A7 pass A8 pass

for one correct answer awarded one

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

jonsie · ‎20-03-2020

Think I got Q4 incorrect @Mi-Amigo

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Cleoriff · ‎20-03-2020

Congrats @jonsie You clever so and so...

I'm perfectly happy with my 7 correct....and as for the physics question....

I said no bloody sodding idea and now I know

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-03-2020

AWARDS

Silver Thinker - for 8 correct answers = @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + - for 7 correct answers = @Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj

Bronze Thinker - for 6 correct answers = @MI5

one star - for 1 correct answer = @Anonymous @Martin-O2

Well done, everyone. Everyone won an award this week

and CONGRATULATIONS @jonsie - the only SILVER THINKER this week

I hope you all enjoyed this week`s quiz

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

Cleoriff · ‎20-03-2020

@jonsie wrote:
Think I got Q4 incorrect @Mi-Amigo

WHAT? I just congratulated you for getting them all correct!!

Veritas Numquam Perit