White Room Quiz Mon 07 Oct 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 2 questions on each of these categories

   GEOGRAPHY    WORDS    ART     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Cascades mountains are on which continent ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word "pettifogger" referred to a person in which profession ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which Impressionist painted "View from Louveciennes" in 1870 ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What is the name of the Hindu festival of lights ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Glymur is the second highest waterfall in which country ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "jazey", mentioned in 1811 dictionary, referred to what fashion accessory ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which American artist painted "Christina`s World" in 1948 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - If it is 1pm [13.00] in Moscow, Russia, what time is it in GMT [Greenwich

                                                       Mean Time] ?

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 07 Oct 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 09 Oct 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 09 Oct 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 07 Oct

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 09 Oct 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 09 Oct 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]

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

@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

@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

@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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct   Q2 weather forecast - incorrect  Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 necklace - incorrect                Q7 correct   Q8 11.00 am - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct               Q2 petty thief - incorrect  Q3 TheresaV - incorrect  Q4 correct  .

Q5 Wales - incorrect  Q6 handbag - incorrect     Q7 LukasB - incorrect      Q8 11.00 am - incorrect .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 pass           Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Oxonian 

2 stars                                             = 2 correct - @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj      - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars.

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

I hope everyone will join in today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these

categories - 

PEOPLE   PLACES    SCIENCE    FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[BobM]

That'll do me, happy with that.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - well done all  👍

[Cleoriff]

Good quiz, well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[gmarkj]

Blast - forget to allow for BST!

Hey ho and on we go.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

Enjoyable @Mi-Amigo 

Well done peeps 👌

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your scores, especially as the two Art questions were rated as "difficult" in my new quiz book from which I took those two questions .

[Oxonian]

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@gmarkj wrote:

Blast - forget to allow for BST!

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Same here @gmarkj ; we would both have got that in three weeks' time. 

Thank you @Mi-Amigo for organising, well done to everyone else and particularly those who scored highly. 😀