White Room Quiz Mon 17 Mar 2025

[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 2 questions on each of these categories:

   PLACES   MUSIC   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 @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 PLACES 1 - Oystermouth Castle is in which British county ?

Q2 MUSIC 1 - Which band released "Life In A Northern Town" which reached No 15 in UK singles chart 

                         in 1985 ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which English artist painted "The Scapegoat" in 1854, depicting the scapegoat in Leviticus in

                     The Bible ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What type of clothing is a patka ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Bolivia is bordered by 5 countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and which other country ?

Q6 MUSIC 2 - What type of musical instrument is a Swiss schwyzerorgeli ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which English artist painted "The Lady Of Shalott" in 1888, and two further versions in 1894

                      and 1915 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - In architecture, an oculus is what type of feature in a building ?

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 17 Mar 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 19 Mar 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 19 Mar 2025.

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 17 Mar

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 19 Mar 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 19 Mar 2025 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]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Dave-O2 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @Dave-O2 

pm with your answers received

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With a pic of Edinburgh castle on Friday's post, @Dave-O2 🧐🤔

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Oystermouth Castle is in which British county ?

A1   Glamorgan

Q2 MUSIC 1 - Which band released "Life In A Northern Town" which reached No 15 in UK singles chart 

                         in 1985 ?

A2   Dream Academy

Q3 ART 1 - Which English artist painted "The Scapegoat" in 1854, depicting the scapegoat in Leviticus in

                     The Bible ?

A3   William Holman Hunt

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What type of clothing is a patka ?

A4   turban [I`ll also accept headgear as correct answer]

Q5 PLACES 2 - Bolivia is bordered by 5 countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and which other country ?

A5   Paraguay

Q6 MUSIC 2 - What type of musical instrument is a Swiss schwyzerorgeli ?

A6    accordian

Q7 ART 2 - Which English artist painted "The Lady Of Shalott" in 1888, and two further versions in 1894

                      and 1915 ?

A7   John William Waterhouse

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - In architecture, an oculus is what type of feature in a building ?

A8    circular opening or window, like an "eye"

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass           Q2 pass           Q3 pass  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 pass  Q8 correct  .

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

@Oxonian 

Q1 Swansea - can`t accept, need name of county  Q2 correct   Q3 pass           Q4 coat - incorrect .

Q5 correct                                                               Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 Swansea - can`t accept, need name of county  Q2 correct   Q3 pass          Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct                                                              Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 Swansea - can`t accept, need name of county  Q2 correct   Q3 TheresaV - incorrect  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct                                                              Q6 pass            Q7 LukasB - incorrect     Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct   Q2 The Verve - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 trumpet - incorrect     Q7 pass  Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @TallTrees @gmarkj  @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@BobM     - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian - Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees  - Red Thinker

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in with today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on these categories

  PEOPLE    SCIENCE    MOVIES    FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Thinkers abound, well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

All Thinkers this time. Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo x

[BobM]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo - thank you.

Well done all - good results 👍

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[TallTrees]

Thank you for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all 

😊