White Room Quiz Mon 07 Dec 2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-12-2020

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of four categories

HISTORY SPACE ART FOOD & DRINK

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @Anonymous

and O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 HISTORY 1 Donald Trump is currently the 45th US president. Who was the fifth [5th] US President?

Q2 SPACE 1 Who was the first British female astronaut into space?

Q3 ART 1 Who produced the 1969 sculpture "Two Forms (Divided Circle) which was stolen from

a plinth in Dulwich Park in 2011?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 Which fish is the main ingrediant of Scotch woodcock ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 Which country was ruled by the Romanov dynasty from 1613 to 1917 ?

Q6 SPACE 2 What is the name of the comet which completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3 years

- the shortest period by any known comet ?

Q7 ART 2 In which British city are the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and the Ikon Gallery ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 Black Krim, Green Zebra, and Yellow Pear are all varieties of which salad ingrediant ?

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

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 07 December] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 08 December]

- 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 O9 December

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 07 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 08 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 08 December 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎07-12-2020

@Mi-Amigo

Why couldn't question 1 have read....'Donald Trump is the 45th President, who will be the 46th?'

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-12-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
@Mi-Amigo
Why couldn't question 1 have read....'Donald Trump is the 45th President, who will be the 46th?'

I didn`t ask that because I don`t want e-mails and tweets from Trump saying "That`s me. I`m the 46th.

I won. It`s fixed. I demand a recount and all those with the Silver Thinker are void"

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

LukasB · ‎07-12-2020

Oh lord - that will be a list of guesses @Mi-Amigo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎07-12-2020

Guesses sometimes pay off @LukasB

Look forward to pm with your eight answers any time after 12 noon today

Good luck.

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Martin-O2 · ‎07-12-2020

PM sent @Mi-Amigo! Got my answers in early for once.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎07-12-2020

Bit early with your answers @Martin-O2 but as I know how busy you are, I`ll accept them.

pm with your eight answers received.

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Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎07-12-2020

Now I wonder how Scotch Woodcock differs, if at all, from the north-eastern staple, Cullen Skink....?

'cos I know what' s in the latter one... 😉

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Mi-Amigo · ‎07-12-2020

@pgn wrote:
Now I wonder how Scotch Woodcock differs, if at all, from the north-eastern staple, Cullen Skink....?
'cos I know what' s in the latter one... 😉

Why am I not surprised that you know that @pgn

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎07-12-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
@pgn wrote:
Now I wonder how Scotch Woodcock differs, if at all, from the north-eastern staple, Cullen Skink....?
'cos I know what' s in the latter one... 😉
Why am I not surprised that you know that @pgn

Ah we all know that @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit