White Room Quiz - A to Z Quiz part 2 - Wed 15 Dec 2021

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

This week, for the first time, the White Room Quizzes, will be 

                             WHITE ROOM QUIZ - A to Z QUIZ 

each A to Z quiz with 8 questions - each question based on a subject with a letter of the alphabet

Today`s WRQ A to Z QUIZ [Part 2] is 8 questions on subjects with letters I; K; L; M; P; S; T; Z

Each of the questions will be drawn from the usual category of questions. 

Please note - each answer does not start with the same letter of the alphabet as the question.  

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

 @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @BobM @TallTrees @gmarkj @lewys-gp @RafaC @MAKAZAGA @Martin-O2 

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 I [Games]      - IL GIOCO DEL LOTTO DI ITALIA was an early version of which game?

Q2 K [Sport]       - KARATE = What colour belt is immediately below a black belt ?

Q3 L [Words]      - LATIBULE, a 17th century word, refers to what ? 

Q4 M [People]   - MARIE ANTOINETTE was the wife of which King of France ?

Q5 P [Space]      - POLARIS is the brightest star in which constellation ?

Q6 S [Art]           - SCENE D`ETE, housed in Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass, USA, was painted in 1869

                              by which impressionist painter ?

Q7 T [Movies]    - TOMB RAIDER, 2018 movie = who played the character Lara Croft ?

Q8 Z [Nature]    - ZWARTBLES is a breed of which farm animal ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 15 Dec 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 16 Dec 2021]

- 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 17 Dec 2021

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 15 Dec 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 16 Dec 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 16 Dec 2021 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

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 I [Games]      - IL GIOCO DEL LOTTO DI ITALIA was an early version of which game?

A1     bingo - one of two questions rated as "difficult" in quiz book taken from - 

Q2 K [Sport]       - KARATE = What colour belt is immediately below a black belt ?

A2      brown

Q3 L [Words]      - LATIBULE, a 17th century word, refers to what ? 

A3      hiding place

Q4 M [People]   - MARIE ANTOINETTE was the wife of which King of France ?

A4      Louis XV1 [16]

Q5 P [Space]      - POLARIS is the brightest star in which constellation ?

A5       Ursa Minor

Q6 S [Art]           - SCENE D`ETE, housed in Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass, USA, was painted in 1869

                              by which impressionist painter ?

A5       Frederick Bazille = other question rated "difficult" in quiz book taken from

Q7 T [Movies]    - TOMB RAIDER, 2018 movie = who played the character Lara Croft ?

A7       Alicia Vikander

Q8 Z [Nature]    - ZWARTBLES is a breed of which farm animal ?

A8      sheep

[pgn]

And Tombola was on the tip of my tongue... 😁

🤣

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@gmarkj 

Q1 Twister - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 LukasB - 😂 - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Frederick ? - for part-correct - awarded half  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers + 1 part correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Banksy - incorrect       Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 lottery - incorrect  Q2 red - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 pass   Q6 pass   Q7 pass   Q8 duck - incorrect

Total - 1  for one correct answer

@RafaC 

Q1 lottery - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 milk jug - incorrect  Q4 Pierre - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Monet - incorrect  Q7 Kristen Stewart - incorrect  Q8 pigs - incorrect

Total - 2  for two correct answers

@lewys-gp 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 intestines - incorrect 

Q4 Louis - correct; III - incorrect - awarded half  for part correct  Q5 correct - awarded 

Q6 Dali - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 pigs - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers + 1 part correct also awarded    

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 lottery - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 pass   Q7 Angelina Jolie - incorrect   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 lottery - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded    Q7 correct - awarded    Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@MAKAZAGA 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 weather - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 Orion - incorrect   Q6 pass   Q7 pass  Q8 chicken - incorrect

Total - 3  for three correct answers

[Cleoriff]

Damn that Bazille @Mi-Amigo 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                            = 8 correct - @MI5  

Bronze Thinker +  + half   = 7 correct + 1 part correct - @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker +                   = 7 correct - @jonsie @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                          = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker +                         = 5 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + half                 = 4 correct + 1 part correct - @lewys-gp 

                                         = 3 correct - @MAKAZAGA 

                                             = 2 correct - @RafaC 

                                                 = 1 correct - @TallTrees 

CONGRATULATIONS TO  THE ONLY SILVER THINKER - @MI5  

Well done

@Cleoriff       - Bronze Thinker +  + half 

@jonsie          - Bronze Thinker + 

@pgn              - Bronze Thinker + 

@gmarkj         - Bronze Thinker

@BobM           - Red Thinker + 

@lewys-gp       - Red Thinker + half 

@MAKAZAGA -      

@RafaC            -   

@TallTrees        - 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quizzes which will be the Christmas edition of the White Room, with 8 Xmas-related questions. 

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks For the quiz @Mi-Amigo. Annoyed I forgot Bazille. I mean I did a course in art...way way back in the day....😂

[BobM]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo thank you.

Well done all 👍

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[pgn]

Ooh, competitive spirit was strong with this one, @Mi-Amigo - and well done to all, a good spread of results! Thanks for a great quiz, even if a couple of questions were complete stinkers 😱😎

[RafaC]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all! That "bingo" one got me good, I was pretty sure it was lottery 🙃