White Room Quiz - Mon 1 Jun 2020 - Page 4

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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-06-2020

Apologies @Cleoriff

I`ve posted your results and corrected the Results

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

MI5 · ‎03-06-2020

Thank you @Mi-Amigo

Well done all

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Cleoriff · ‎03-06-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
Apologies @Cleoriff
I`ve posted your results and corrected the Results

No problem @Mi-Amigo

Well done everyone.

Great quiz again @Mi-Amigo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎03-06-2020

Today`s White Room Quiz will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Today`s WRQ will be eight questions with two from each of these categories

SCIENCE MOVIES SPORT

plus, as "oddest question" is always so popular, two ODD Questions

one - COINS one DISTANCES

I hope you`ll all join in and have a bit of fun...

Quiz should be up by 9.30am - and open for answers to be pm`d to me after 12 noon

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

Thank you @MI5 and @Cleoriff

Pleased you enjoyed Monday`s WRQ...

Don`t know what everyone will make of today`s

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

Enjoyed the quiz @Mi-Amigo

Chuffed with my 1 star ... Lowry was the only answer I knew

My best effort was when I was once awarded Red Thinker

Learning every day in every way

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-06-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

I`m pleased you are "chuffed" with your one star.

Hope you`ll join in with today`s quiz...

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

LukasB · ‎03-06-2020

Well done everyone!!! Thanks @Mi-Amigo for making these.

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Martin-O2 · ‎03-06-2020

Great job guys! I'm more then happy with my 2 stars it was a tough quiz.

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Marjo · ‎03-06-2020

Thanks for organising this again @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone! I knew alibi due to watching crime dramas. I put Edinburgh as my first guess by the way for the statue question, but then changed it to another city last minute!