White Room Quiz Mon 05 May 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:

   PEOPLE    SCIENCE    MOVIES    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 PEOPLE 1 - Who was the first husband of TV BGT judge Amanda Holden, married 1995, divorced 2003 ?

                            - need correct first and surname for star

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the chemical symbol for element livermorium ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the original Grease movie [released in 1978], how many Pink Ladies are there [inc Sandy] ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which American artist painted "Drowning Girl" [also known as "I Don`t Care! I`d Rather Drown"]

                       in 1963 ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the real first name of rapper Eminem ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the rate of acceleration of gravity at the Earth`s surface [in metres per sec per sec; or

                             in feet per sec per sec] ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 2010 movie "Despicable Me", what is the name of the supervillain, voiced by Steve Carell ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which American artist painted "Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1" in 1932 ?

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 May 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 07 May 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

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

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 07 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 07 May 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 PEOPLE 1 - Who was the first husband of TV BGT judge Amanda Holden, married 1995, divorced 2003 ?

                            - need correct first and surname for star

A1   Les Dennis

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the chemical symbol for element livermorium ?

A2   Lv

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the original Grease movie [released in 1978], how many Pink Ladies are there [inc Sandy] ?

A3  5 - five

Q4 ART 1 - Which American artist painted "Drowning Girl" [also known as "I Don`t Care! I`d Rather Drown"]

                       in 1963 ?

A4   Roy Lichtenstein

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the real first name of rapper Eminem ?

A5   Marshall

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the rate of acceleration of gravity at the Earth`s surface [in metres per sec per sec; or

                             in feet per sec per sec] ?

A6   9.8m per sec sec; or 32ft per sec per sec

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 2010 movie "Despicable Me", what is the name of the supervillain, voiced by Steve Carell ?

A7    Gru

Q8 ART 2 - Which American artist painted "Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1" in 1932 ?

A8    Georgia O`Keefe

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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 4 - incorrect   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 correct        Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct           Q4 pass .

Q5 correct    Q6 pass            Q7 Grif - incorrect  Q8 pass .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 TheresaV - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 Toby - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct                                   Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 8m per sec per sec - incorrect  Q7 correct    Q8 pass .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @gmarkj @BobM 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj   - Bronze Thinker

@BobM     - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian - 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 today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on these categories

  PLACES    WORDS     SPORT     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[jonsie]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo (I think you have mixed up @Cleoriff and @gmarkj ?)

Well done everyone

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

Well done on your award

oops you are right... I`ve corrected awards for @Cleoriff and @gmarkj 

[jonsie]

👍

[BobM]

Good quiz, thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all 👍

[Cleoriff]

Missed the mix up 😂

Anyway, well done everyone and thanks again @Mi-Amigo x

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[pgn]

Thinkers across the board again this time - wow, well done all!

And thank you @Mi-Amigo - off to have a look at the second-half questions...