The White Room Thursday Quiz - 30 January 2020

[Mi-Amigo]

WELCOME to the White Room Thursday Quiz...

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

                                                           THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [people]: Who was the third longest reigning British monarch?

Q2 [geography]: Raleigh is the capital city of which US State?

Q3 [nature]: What do male mosquitos feed on?

Q4 [words]: What is petrology the study of?

Q5 [literature]: What is the name of the only Irish character to appear in a Shakespeare play?

Q6 [sport]: How many players are there in a water polo team?

Q7 [art - new category]: What is the name of the Belgian surrealist artist who painted The Son Of Man and Man In A Bowler Hat ?

Q8 [events]: In which month is the Henley Regatta held in England? 

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 30 January 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  for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded

                                   

                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE 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] on Thursday 30 January 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 hope that those who have taken part in a previous White Room Thursday Quiz, the Christmas Quiz, the New Year Quiz, and/or the Revenge - inc

@Cleoriff ; @pgn ; @gmarkj ; @MI5 ;  @jonsie ; @Bob_Mcg ; @WispaRed7 ; @Marjo ; @Martin-O2 ;

@WispaRed7 ; @RyanK1992 ;  @Sy ; @TallTrees ; @BOSSGOGG  

will take part, and new members, and those who have not previously played, will join in.

Last week, four players each answered all eight questions correctly and each was awarded the Silver Thinker; and two players each answered three questions correctly and each was awarded three s. Can they, and you, do as well or better this week? Please come and have a go...  

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

, and, 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 White Room Thursday Quiz so popular...

I hope everyone enjoys this edition of the White Room Thursday Quiz.

@Mi-Amigo  

[Cleoriff]

Good set of questions @Mi-Amigo I need my thinking cap on...if only I can find it.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

Good luck with finding your thinking cap. I look forward to your pm with your answers tomorrow.  

[jonsie]

mmn....interesting

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @jonsie 

Hope you`ll be joining in... I`ll look forward to your answers tomorrow  

[gmarkj]

PM sent

[Mi-Amigo]

Hi everyone...

It`s Thursday morning and you may now pm [private message] your answers to me [ @Mi-Amigo ].

You have until 23.59 [11.59pm] tonight to get your answers in...

Please post on this thread to let me and others know you are playing... 

Good luck... 

[Mi-Amigo]

@gmarkj 

Thank you for playing. pm received.

[Cleoriff]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you for playing @Cleoriff 

pm received