White Room Quiz Mon 18 Mar 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 four categories - 

    HISTORY    GEOGRAPHY    NATURE    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 @gmarkj @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 HISTORY 1 - During which battle in 1797 did Horatio Nelson lose his arm ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the second longest river in South America ?

Q3 NATURE 1 - White`s tree frogs are native to which country ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which Italian artist painted "The Miracle of St Mark Freeing the Slave" in 1548 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Agincourt was fought on which Saint`s Day in 1415 ? [name Saint`s Day]

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of Bolivia`s highest mountain ?

Q7 NATURE 2 - What colour is the cap of a female blackcap bird ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which Post-Impressionist artist painted "Pyramid of Skulls", one of his Still Life paintings in what

                    is known as his "Final Period" in 1901 ?

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 18 Mar 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 20 Mar 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 20 Mar 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 18 Mar

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 20 Mar 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 20 Mar 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.

[gmarkj]

Don't think this will be my highest score, but answers are on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Answers are now in your inbox @Mi-Amigo 😎

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - During which battle in 1797 did Horatio Nelson lose his arm ?

A1   Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the second longest river in South America ?

A2    Parana

Q3 NATURE 1 - White`s tree frogs are native to which country ?

A3    Australia

Q4 ART 1 - Which Italian artist painted "The Miracle of St Mark Freeing the Slave" in 1548 ?

A4    Tintoretto

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Agincourt was fought on which Saint`s Day in 1415 ? [name Saint`s Day]

A5    St Crispin

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of Bolivia`s highest mountain ?

A6   Nevado Sajama

Q7 NATURE 2 - What colour is the cap of a female blackcap bird ?

A7   brown/chestnut

Q8 ART 2 - Which Post-Impressionist artist painted "Pyramid of Skulls", one of his Still Life paintings in what

                    is known as his "Final Period" in 1901 ?

A8   Cezanne    

[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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass             Q4 pass .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 pass .

plus for 5 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 pass             Q2 pass                    Q3 Madagascar - incorrect  Q4 LukasB - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 Paul - incorrect Q7 grey - incorrect               Q8 TheresaV - incorrect .

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

@Dave-O2 

Q1 pass            Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 pass .

Q5 pass            Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 da Vinci - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass             Q2 pass              Q3 pass             Q4 pass .

Q5 pass             Q6 pass              Q7 correct -   Q8 pass .

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

1 star                                              = 1 correct - @gmarkj @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

@gmarkj     - 1 star

@TallTrees   - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 1 star

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s WRQ, which will be a normal WRQ 

of 8 questions with two questions on each of these four categories

   SCIENCE    LITERATURE    MUSIC    MOVIES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[MI5]

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo