White Room Quiz - Mon 1 Jun 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-06-2020

Welcome to

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

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 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

As some questions in last Wednesday`s quiz were quite difficult, the questions in today`s quiz are all classed as "easier" or "medium"

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PLACE - 1] In which town or city in Britain is the statue of "Greyfriar`s Bobby", a dog, which, according to legend, kept a vigil on his master`s grave?

Q2 [ART - 1] Who painted "The Laughing Cavalier"?

Q3 [WORDS - 1] What is a yawl?

Q4 [TV - 1] Who is the resident in Dictionary Corner on Ch4 Countdown?

Q5 [PLACES - 2] What is the Museum of Ornamental Art in London, now known as?

Q6 [ART - 2] What is the name of the painter famous for his "matchstick men"?

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What word, meaning "elsewhere" in Latin, is a claim of absence from a crime scene?

Q8 [TV - 2] Which town is Jenny "The Vixen" on ITV`s The Chase from ?

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 1 June] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 2 June]

- 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 3 June.

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 1 June 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 2 June 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 2 June 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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz and the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

@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.

pgn · ‎02-06-2020

Y'all reek of quiz over here... Time to shake things up a little 😁

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-06-2020

I hope you`ll be taking part @pgn

Look forward to your pm with your eight answers

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

pgn · ‎02-06-2020

@Mi-Amigo, Look left... >>> 😎

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-06-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-06-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [PLACE - 1] In which town or city in Britain is the statue of "Greyfriar`s Bobby", a dog, which, according to legend, kept a vigil on his master`s grave?

A1 Edinburgh

Q2 [ART - 1] Who painted "The Laughing Cavalier"?

A2 Frans Hals

Q3 [WORDS - 1] What is a yawl?

A3 a small boat

Q4 [TV - 1] Who is the resident in Dictionary Corner on Ch4 Countdown?

A4 Susie Dent

Q5 [PLACES - 2] What is the Museum of Ornamental Art in London, now known as?

A5 Victoria & Albert Museum

Q6 [ART - 2] What is the name of the painter famous for his "matchstick men"?

A6 L S Lowry

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What word, meaning "elsewhere" in Latin, is a claim of absence from a crime scene?

A7 alibi

Q8 [TV - 2] Which town is Jenny "The Vixen" on ITV`s The Chase from ?

A8 Bolton

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

Anonymous · ‎03-06-2020

I knew a yawl was nautical but I couldn't remember which bit.. turns out it's the 'whole bit' lol

Cleoriff · ‎03-06-2020

I got lucky with the Alibi question. It was on a quiz programme a few weeks back and I had no idea until then.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-06-2020

RESULTS:

@LukasB

Q1 Manchester - incorrect Q2 Shakespeare - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 pass Q5 correct - awarded Q6 Shakespeare - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Manchester - incorrect

Total - three

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 Banksy - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Leeds - incorrect plus, for more than 4 correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 Glasgow - incorrect Q2 Salvador Dali - incorrect

Q3 "it does sound like a yawn of an owl. Or yawning while inside a shawl" - incorrect

Q4 "is it Jeremy Clarkson?" - incorrect

Q5 London Ornamental Art Museum - incorrect Q6 Henry Matisse - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 Aberdeen - incorrect

Total - one

@Anonymous

Q1 London - incorrect Q2 Van Dyke - incorrect Q3 needlework tool - incorrect

Q4 pass Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass

TOTAL - one

@Martin-O2

Q1 Manchester - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 pass Q6 Rembrandt - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Crewe - incorrect

TOTAL - two

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 Auchtermuchty - incorrect plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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

Cleoriff · ‎03-06-2020

@Mi-Amigo

You seem to have missed my results? I am sandwiched between 2 sets of results for @MI5

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-06-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker - eight correct answers = @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + - seven correct answers = @pgn

Bronze Thinker - six correct answers = @Anonymous

Red Thinker + - five correct answers = @gmarkj

- three correct answers = @LukasB

- two correct answers = @Martin-O2

- one correct answer = @Anonymous @Marjo

Thank you, everyone for taking part.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5 and @jonsie

and well done everyone - each of those taking part got an award this time

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