White Room Quiz Mon 05 Feb 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   PLACES   NATURE    WORDS

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 @jonsie @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 - Who was the first US Vice-President, who later became US President ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Which building in Paris, France was built 1718-22 for Louis d`Auvergne, Count of Evreux ?

Q3 NATURE 1 - What type of animal is a motmot ?

Q4 WORDS 1 - What did the word "bartisan", dating from 1819, mean ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who did actor Tom Hanks marry in 1988 ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - The Carlton Centre, completed in 1978, was the tallest office building in Africa from 1978

                           to 2019. The Carlton Centre is in which city ?

Q7 NATURE 2 - What type of bird is a lammergeier ?

Q8 WORDS 2 - What did the word "canaille", dating from 1670s, mean ?

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 05 Feb 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 07 Feb 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 07 Feb 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 05 Feb

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 07 Feb 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 07 Feb 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received - well before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - Who was the first US Vice-President, who later became US President ?

A1   John Adams

Q2 PLACES 1 - Which building in Paris, France was built 1718-22 for Louis d`Auvergne, Count of Evreux ?

A2   Elysee Palace

Q3 NATURE 1 - What type of animal is a motmot ?

A3    bird

Q4 WORDS 1 - What did the word "bartisan", dating from 1819, mean ?

A4    turret or fort

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who did actor Tom Hanks marry in 1988 ?

A5    Rita Wilson

Q6 PLACES 2 - The Carlton Centre, completed in 1978, was the tallest office building in Africa from 1978

                           to 2019. The Carlton Centre is in which city ?

A6   Johannesburg

Q7 NATURE 2 - What type of bird is a lammergeier ?

A7    vulture

Q8 WORDS 2 - What did the word "canaille", dating from 1670s, mean ?

A8    riff raff, low life, peasant

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass    Q2 pass                          Q3 correct -   Q4 drunkard - incorrect .

Q5 pass    Q6 Niarobi - incorrect   Q7 correct -   Q8 pass .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass             Q2 Louvre - incorrect  Q3 correct -                                  Q4 pass .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -              Q7 bird - can`t accept, need type  Q8 pass .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Dave-O2 

Q1 Nixon - incorrect  Q2 Eiffel Tower - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 bar tender - incorrect .

Q5 correct -            Q6 correct -                        Q7 correct -   Q8 disease - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 Roosevelt - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 pass                             Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 canine - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Louvre - incorrect  Q3 correct -                          Q4 barman - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 Cairo - incorrect     Q7 hummingbird - incorrect  Q8 stew - incorrect .

total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@pgn 

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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @gmarkj @J9el 

2 stars                                             = 2 correct - @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@BobM      - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

@gmarkj    - 3 stars

@J9el          - 3 stars

@TallTrees  - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars.

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

WRQ of 8 questions and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[pgn]

Nice spread of scores today, thank you @Mi-Amigo and well done all! Off to see about tiger-teaming the next WRQ 🐅😉

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo thanks. Well done all.

I see @pgn is going back to the military. 😂

[Dave-O2]

Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone 👏

[gmarkj]

Would help if I read the question correctly - type of bird and not type of animal!

Had no clue with this, so three is about right.

Fingers crossed today's bunch is a little more in scope.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - Good one, although I found it tough.

Well done all.