White Room Quiz Mon 08 April 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

NATURE    WORDS    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 @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 NATURE 1 - What species of mammal is a vaquita ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - What did the word "bastonading", mentioned in Grose`s Dictionary of 1811, mean ?

Q3 ART 1 - Gainsborough`s 1756 painting, now in National Gallery, shows his two daughters chasing what ?

                   [clue - it is the title of the painting] 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Cavolo nero is a type of which vegetable ?

Q5 NATURE 2 - What is the world`s second largest species of whale ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did the word "bawbee", mentione din Grose`s Dictionary of 1811, mean ?

Q7 ART 2 - What was the original name of Contable`s painting "The Hay Wain", completed in 1821 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Italian cooking, pomodoro is what foodstuff ?

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 08 April 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 10 April 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 10 April 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 08 Apr

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 10 Apr 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 10 Apr 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 ANSWERS

Q1 NATURE 1 - What species of mammal is a vaquita ?

A1   porpoise. I`ll accept dolphin as correct answer

Q2 WORDS 1 - What did the word "bastonading", mentioned in Grose`s Dictionary of 1811, mean ?

A2   beat with a stick

Q3 ART 1 - Gainsborough`s 1756 painting, now in National Gallery, shows his two daughters chasing what ?

                   [clue - it is the title of the painting] 

A3  butterfly

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Cavolo nero is a type of which vegetable ?

A4   kale or cabbage

Q5 NATURE 2 - What is the world`s second largest species of whale ?

A5    fin

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did the word "bawbee", mentione din Grose`s Dictionary of 1811, mean ?

A6   Scottish word for small denomination coin - i.e. halfpenny

Q7 ART 2 - What was the original name of Contable`s painting "The Hay Wain", completed in 1821 ?

A7  Landscape: Noon

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Italian cooking, pomodoro is what foodstuff ?

A8    tomato       

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

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

Q5 correct -                 Q6 cheapskate - incorrect  Q7 correct -   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

@Oxonian 

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

Q5 razorback - incorrect  Q6 pass             Q7 correct -   Q8 spaghetti - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

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

Q5 Blue - incorrect Q6 pass             Q7 Cart in Sour - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red 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

@Dave-O2 

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

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

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

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

Q5 sperm - incorrect Q6 correct -   Q7 Blooming Floods - incorrect  Q8 pasta - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

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

Q5 humpback - incorrect  Q6 decoration - incorrect  Q7 pass             Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @TallTrees @BobM 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Oxonian @J9el 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@gmarkj    - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

@BobM     - Red Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Red Thinker

@J9el         - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

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

of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

SCIENCE   LITERATURE    TV    SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[pgn]

A very good turnout and a large number of thinkers, well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼 Baubles all-round, almost! 🤣

[TallTrees]

Thank you 😊 

@Mi-Amigo 

I enjoyed the quiz 

Had been reading about whales recently 

Arguing Orcas we're whales but no  dolphin 🙄

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo, enjoyed the quiz. Well done everyone. 👍

[BobM]

Thanks  -@Mi-Amigo ‌👍‌

Not my best performance, but well done all.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @TallTrees @MI5 @Cleoriff @BobM 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Hope you all like [some if not all] the questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on separate thread

[gmarkj]

Happy with that, even if I was close to getting 7.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo