White Room Quiz Mon 03 Mar 2025

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions, with 2 questions on each of these categories:

   HISTORY   LITERATURE   TV    ART

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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @Dave-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 HISTORY 1 - Who was King of France when the French army was defeated at Battle of Crecy in 1346 ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - "A Dark-Adapted Eye", first published in 1986, was the first psychological thriller

                                   written by Ruth Rendell under which pen name ?

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Vicar of Dibley", what was the surname of the female councillor who was

                  renown for her strange food concoctions [character`s surname not actress`s] ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which Flemish artist painted "Lord John Stuart and his brother Lord Bernard Stuart" in 1638 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Huamachuco, fought in 1883 when Chilean forces defeated Peruvian forces,

                            was the last major battle in which war ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Ron Weasley`s pet rat ?

Q7 TV 2 - In US TV sit-com "Frasier" what is Daphne`s maiden surname [character`s surname not actress`s]?

Q8 ART 2 - Which Dutch artist painted "Portrait of a Carthusian" in 1446, now in Metropolitan Museum, 

                       New York ?

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

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 03 Mar 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 05 Mar 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 05 Mar 2025.

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 03 Mar

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 05 Mar 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 05 Mar 2025 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 1 - Who was King of France when the French army was defeated at Battle of Crecy in 1346 ?

A1   Philip VI

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - "A Dark-Adapted Eye", first published in 1986, was the first psychological thriller

                                   written by Ruth Rendell under which pen name ?

A2   Barbara Vine

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Vicar of Dibley", what was the surname of the female councillor who was

                  renown for her strange food concoctions [character`s surname not actress`s] ?

A3   Mrs Cropley

Q4 ART 1 - Which Flemish artist painted "Lord John Stuart and his brother Lord Bernard Stuart" in 1638 ?

A4   Van Dyck

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Huamachuco, fought in 1883 when Chilean forces defeated Peruvian forces,

                            was the last major battle in which war ?

A5   War of the Pacific

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Ron Weasley`s pet rat ?

A6   Scabbers

Q7 TV 2 - In US TV sit-com "Frasier" what is Daphne`s maiden surname [character`s surname not actress`s]?

A7    Moon

Q8 ART 2 - Which Dutch artist painted "Portrait of a Carthusian" in 1446, now in Metropolitan Museum, 

                       New York ?

A8   Petrus Christus

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 Tinker - incorrect  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct               Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 LukasB - incorrect  Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 Toby - incorrect .

Q5 pass                        Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 TheresaV - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 pass           Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 pass .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 pass           Q2 correct   Q3 pass           Q4 pass .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 pass .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @Cleoriff  @jonsie @MI5 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @jonsie @MI5 

Well done

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in with today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on these categories

  PEOPLE    MUSIC     FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

All Thinkers this time, well done! And thanks, @Mi-Amigo - a trickier one and no doubt!

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone in the Thinkers Abound Club 😂

Thanks @Mi-Amigo x

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[jonsie]

Thanks again for a taxing quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done peeps!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie 

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

It was great to see everyone getting a Thinker as there were some tough questions this time.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo ; very happy with that outcome. 

Well done everyone, a great set of results. 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your award