White Room Quiz Mon 12 Aug 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    MOVIES    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 is on leave]

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 - What is the name of the largest island in Canadian Arctic, which is also the 5th largest

                                    island in the world ?

Q2 MOVIES 1 - In the 1999 "Star Wars" movie, "The Phantom Menace", what is the name of the character

                              played by Jake Lloyd ?

Q3 ART 1 - What is the title of the painting by da Vinci, commissioned in 1481, for the high altar of the

                       San Donato a Scopeto monastery ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Which English decimal coin was only in circulation from 1971 to 31 Dec 1984

                                                       when it ceased to be legal tender ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which river flows into the Mediterranean Sea through two principle branches -

                                     the Rosetta and the Damietta ?

Q6 MOVIES 2 - In the 1960 horror movie "Psycho", what is the first and surname of the character played by

                            Janet Leigh, who checks into the Bates Motel ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which British artist painted a number of paintings entitled "Going To The Match", including

                      one in 1928 and one in 1953 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - Which country`s flag consists of a blue cross outlined in white on a red

                                                        background ?

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 12 Aug 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 14 Aug 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 14 Aug 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 12 Aug

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 14 Aug 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 14 Aug 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.

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie 

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

(a couple of guesses in today 🤞)

[Oxonian]

I have just put my answers into your inbox @Mi-Amigo ! 👍

I won't be around for the remainder of this week but hopefully I will be back in action by next Monday. 😀 

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

Having seen Psycho a few times and been frightened to death, we went to Universal Studios in Florida and visited the Bates Motel. Never again.

I actually think that gif is terrifying. 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff for your post

I agree gif is "terrifying" which is why I didn`t say "I like the gif" this time 

[gmarkj]

Here we go - PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received