White Room Quiz Mon 01 Aug 2022 - Colours Edition

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is a Colours Edition of 8 questions, with one questions on each of the categories

   HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; PLACES; SPACE; WORDS; MUSIC; MOVIES; TV

Each question is a based on a different colour.

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj  @MI5  @TallTrees  @BobM  @J9el  @Spenny  @adec @Comben @RafaC 

@Breanna 

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 HISTORY - Black.The Black Prince, Edward of Woodstock, was the eldest son of which King of England ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY - Orange. Orange River is the longest river in which African country ?

Q3 PLACES - Blue. Blue John Cavern is in which British national park ?

Q4 SPACE - Red. The Great Red Spot is on which planet in our solar system ?

Q5 WORDS - White. What is the word for the fear of the colour white ?

Q6 MUSIC - Yellow. Who recorded "Mellow Yellow" which reached No 8 in the UK singles chart in 1967 ?

Q7 MOVIES - Pink. In the 1963 movie "The Pink Panther", what was the Pink Panther ?

Q8 TV - Green. In the children`s TV series "The Teletubbies", who was the green Teletubby ?

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 [Mon 01 Aug 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 02 Aug 2022] - 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 Wed 03 Aug 2022

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 [Mon 01 Aug 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 02 Aug 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 02 Aug 2022 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]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY - Black.The Black Prince, Edward of Woodstock, was the eldest son of which King of England ?

A1   Edward III

Q2 GEOGRAPHY - Orange. Orange River is the longest river in which African country ?

A2    South Africa

Q3 PLACES - Blue. Blue John Cavern is in which British national park ?

A3   Peak District

Q4 SPACE - Red. The Great Red Spot is on which planet in our solar system ?

A4    Jupiter

Q5 WORDS - White. What is the word for the fear of the colour white ?

A5    Leukophobia. Two gave "albusphobia" which is fear of white people, so I`ll also accept as correct.

Q6 MUSIC - Yellow. Who recorded "Mellow Yellow" which reached No 8 in the UK singles chart in 1967 ?

A6    Donovan

Q7 MOVIES - Pink. In the 1963 movie "The Pink Panther", what was the Pink Panther ?

A7   Diamond

Q8 TV - Green. In the children`s TV series "The Teletubbies", who was the green Teletubby ?

A8    Dipsy         

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Spenny 

Q1 Edward - no reginal number, sorry no star  Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass  Q6 pass   Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@adec 

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

Q5 pass   Q6 correct - award  Q7 detective - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 Edward IV - incorrect   Q2 Democratic Republic of Congo - incorrect    Q3 correct - award  

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 albusphobia - correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  

Q7 correct - award  Q8 pass

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 Edward VIII - incorrect   Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  

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

Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - award  Q3 Snowdonia - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded  Q5 pass   Q6 TheresaV and LukasB - incorrect 

Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Breanna 

Q1 Edward - no reginal number, sorry no star  Q2 correct - award  Q3 pass

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 albusphobia - correct - awarded  Q6 pass   Q7 correct - award  

Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 Edward II - incorrect       Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 pass          Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 Edward II - incorrect        Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  

Q4 Mars - incorrect   Q5 whitephobia - incorrect           Q6 Brian Adams - incorrect 

Q7 panther - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded 

Total - three stars for three correct

@TallTrees 

Q1 Edward II - incorrect     Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 pass Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 pass

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

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

Q5 pass     Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 Tinky Winky - incorrect

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                     = 8 correct - @Cleoriff  @pgn 

Bronze Thinker +       = 7 correct - @MI5 

Bronze Thinker                   = 6 correct - @adec  @BobM  @J9el 

Red Thinker +             = 5 correct - @Spenny  @RafaC  @gmarkj  @Breanna  @TallTrees 

                    = 3 correct - @Comben 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff   @pgn 

Well done

@MI5            - Bronze Thinker + 

@adec           - Bronze Thinker

@BobM         - Bronze Thinker

@J9el            - Bronze Thinker

@Spenny      - Red Thinker + 

@RafaC        - Red Thinker + 

@gmarkj      - Red Thinker + 

@Breanna    - Red Thinker + 

@TallTrees    - Red Thinker + 

@Comben    -    

Everyone taking part was awarded at least three stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be

the THIRD ANNIVERSARY of the White Room Quiz of 8 questions with one question on each of these subject

-  PEOPLE  GEOGRAPHY   SPACE  LITERATURE  MUSIC   MOVIES   TV   SPORT

Each question is based on "third".

Wednesday`s WRQ will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo - thank you 👍

Lot of folks taking part this time with good results too.

Well done all.

[TallTrees]

Thank you for the results @Mi-Amigo 

Not too bad for me this time, couldn't remember a couple or in reality I didn't know 😎

Well done everybody 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @BobM @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quz and well done on your awards.

Hope each of you, and everyone else, likes today`s White Room Quiz which is the WRQ`s Third Annversary and is now up on a separate thread.

[TallTrees]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo 

Perhaps you would like my GOD TALKS TO ST. FRANCIS thread today?

[pgn]

I enjoyed that quiz, @Mi-Amigo - thanks!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

I`ve checked out your God Talks to St Francis thread - it`s hilarious 😂 

Thank you @pgn 

Pleased you liked the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker