White Room Quiz Mon 14 Aug 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ quiz is 8 questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

    NATURE   WORDS   TV    ART     

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @J9el @Spenny @BobM @Breanna 

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 NATURE 1 - What kind of creature is a wallfish ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word "myrmecology" is the term for the study of what ?

Q3 TV 1 - In the British TV sit-com "Gavin and Stacey" what was the name of the character played by

                  Sheriden Smith in 7 episodes of series 2 and 3 from 2008 to 2010 ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Man With A Red Turban" in 1433, believed to be a self-portrait ?

Q5 NATURE 2 - What colour eggs does the dunnock bird lay ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What does the word "waveson" mean, with regards to the sea ?

Q7 TV 2 - In 2023 BBC TV "Question of Sport", what is the first and surname of the female team captain ?

Q8 ART - In Rembrandt`s painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp", painted in 1632, how many

                  people can be seen, in total ?

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 14 Aug 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 16 Aug 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 16 Aug 2023

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 14 Aug

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 16 Aug 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 16 Aug 2023 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]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Red Thinker + star                  = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                      = 3 correct - @Spenny 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Well done

@gmarkj  - Red Thinker + star

@Spenny  - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with

two questions on each of these categories

  LITERATURE    MUSIC    GAMES    FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 😊

[gmarkj]

That's more than I expected, so pleased with that!

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff and @gmarkj 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

[MI5]

Thanks for the sneaky ones @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

Yes, a couple of questions were a little bit sneaky, so well done.