White Room Quiz - Mon 10 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-08-2020

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 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB and O2 Guru @O2Karl

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.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

NATURE ART [one question on sculpture; one on paintings] SPORT

and two ODD questions - one on COLOURS and one on LOGOS

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NATURE - 1] What name is given to the larva of a dragonfly ?

Q2 [ART - 1 SCULPTURE] Which British sculptor produced the sculpture "Mother and Child" in 1934 ?

Q3 [SPORT - 1] Which was the host city of the 1972 Summer Olympics ?

Q4 [ODD - 1: COLOURS] In heraldry, the tincture called "gules" is what colour ?

Q5 [NATURE - 2] What type of animal is a fulmar ?

Q6 [ART - 2 PAINTING] Who painted "The Night Watch" in 1642 ?

Q7 [SPORT - 2] What is the length, in metres, of the hurdling event in the men`s decathlon in the

Summer Olympics ?

Q8 [ODD - 2: LOGO] Which international airline features a kangaroo as the logo on the tail of its

airplanes ?

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 10 August] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 11 August]

- 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 12 August.

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 10 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 11 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 11 August 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 find it 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 · ‎10-08-2020

Looks very interesting @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-08-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

Pleased you find the questions "interesting" - as there is a new subject "sculpture" in the Art category.

Although there is no QI-style question this time, there are a couple which are "tricky" and might need thinking about

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

MI5 · ‎10-08-2020

Sent but a few guesses again this time......

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Mi-Amigo · ‎10-08-2020

Thank you @MI5

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.

pgn · ‎10-08-2020

Food for thought there today... I know the last one, including the full name... 😉

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Mi-Amigo · ‎10-08-2020

@pgn wrote:
Food for thought there today... I know the last one, including the full name... 😉

"Food for thought" indeed @pgn

Look forward to 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.

Cleoriff · ‎10-08-2020

PM incoming @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Anonymous · ‎10-08-2020

PM sent @Mi-Amigo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-08-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Anonymous

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.