White Room Quiz Mon 04 March 2024

[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 two questions on each of these four categories - 

    PEOPLE   GEOGRAPHY   ART    FOOD & DRINK

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 @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @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 PEOPLE 1 - Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in which city ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the Japan`s largest island ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which Italian artist painted "Venus of Urbino" between 1534 and 1538 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which meat is used in the Italian dish guanciale ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the name of the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1973 for

                          his study showing honey bees perform a "waggle dance" to communicate location of food ?

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Mount Pinatubo is a volcano on which island in the  Philippines ?

Q7 ART 2 - Italian sculptor Nicola Salvi designed which famous Italian fountain in 18th century, which was

                    completed by Pannini and others by 1762 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the name of the cocktail made of tequilla, orange juice, and grenadine syrup ?

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 04 Mar 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 06 Mar 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 06 Mar 2024.

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 04 Mar

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 06 Mar 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 06 Mar 2024 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.

[Oxonian]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Oxonian 

No answers to be sent until 12 md. 😂

A degree of difficulty with this one @Mi-Amigo . Thanks. 😂 😥

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Thank you @Cleoriff for highlighting the rules to me. 👍

Fortunately, it looks like @Mi-Amigo has given me the benefit of the doubt on this occasion. 😀

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Oxonian wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Oxonian 

No answers to be sent until 12 md. 😂

A degree of difficulty with this one @Mi-Amigo . Thanks. 😂 😥

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Thank you @Cleoriff for highlighting the rules to me. 👍

Fortunately, it looks like @Mi-Amigo has given me the benefit of the doubt on this occasion. 😀

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I was offline this morning and did not read pms until the afternoon [after 12 noon] but didn`t notice the time that pms were sent. So, a little bit of luck @Oxonian .

[Oxonian]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:I was offline this morning and did not read pms until the afternoon [after 12 noon] but didn`t notice the time that pms were sent. So, a little bit of luck @Oxonian .

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I had a close shave there @Mi-Amigo ; a bit like the referee missing a handball in the penalty area ! 

Thanks anyway. 👍 

[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Answers have now been submitted @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo  👍 --->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->