White Room Quiz Mon 11 Nov 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 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 - Georgian Bay is part of which of the Great Lakes of North America ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word "waterpad", mentioned in 1811 dictionary, referred to a person who did what ?

Q3 ART 1 - The painting "Van Gogh`s Chair", painted in 1858, features what objects on the chair ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Amharic is the Semetic language spoken in which African country ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which mountain is known as the "Tiger of the Alps" ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - "To famgrasp", mentioned in 1811 dictionary, referred to what ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which German artist painted "The Yellow Cow" in 1911 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - What is a Russian budenovka ?

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 11 Nov 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 13 Nov 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 13 Nov 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 11 Nov

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 13 Nov 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 13 Nov 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

@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

@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 Nigeria - incorrect .

Q5 Mont Blanc - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 arm wrestling - incorrect  Q8 military uniform - incorrect .

plus for 4 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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct                       Q3 sun hat - incorrect   Q4 Nigeria - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 hug tightly - incorrect  Q7 pass                           Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red       Thinker                              = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

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

   HISTORY    LITERATURE    TV     SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round again, well done all! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - not so sure about today's set of questions, at first glance...🤔

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

A good quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done to all the Thinkers x

[gmarkj]

Happy with that outcome - couple of guesses good, others not so much.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

Nice one @Mi-Amigo 

And well done to our dwindling group of participants!!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awrds

Good to have you all join in and hopefully more will take part in WRQ soon.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, happy with that, well done to everyone else. 👍