White Room Quiz Mon 18 Oct 2021

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of these categories -

   PEOPLE   MOVIES    GAMES   FOOD & DRINK

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff   @pgn  @MI5   @BobM  @gmarkj  @TallTrees   @lewys-gp  @RafaC  @Martin-O2  @jonsie 

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 PEOPLE 1  What is the name of the daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, born in 2012 ?

Q2 MOVIES 1  Who won the 2017 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie "La La Land" ? 

Q3 GAMES 1   How many pieces can be removed in the game "Operation" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  What shape in Italian fusilli pasta ? 

Q5 PEOPLE 2   Andreas Papandreo served as Prime Minister for three terms up to 1996 in which country ?

Q6 MOVIES 2  What was the title of the 1997 movie in which Pierce Brosnan play a volcanologist ?

Q7 GAMES 2   How many wedges have to be collected in a game of Trivial Pursuit ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 Amarelle, May Duke, and Morello are varieties of which fruit ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 18 Oct 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 19 Oct 2021]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Wed 20 Oct 2021

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 Oct 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 19 Oct 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 19 Oct 2021 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  

[Cleoriff]

On its way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

Like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @RafaC 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 PEOPLE 1  What is the name of the daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, born in 2012 ?

A1.  Blue Ivy

Q2 MOVIES 1  Who won the 2017 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie "La La Land" ?

A2.  Emma Stone 

Q3 GAMES 1   How many pieces can be removed in the game "Operation" ?

A3.  12

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  What shape in Italian fusilli pasta ? 

A4.  Spiral

Q5 PEOPLE 2   Andreas Papandreo served as Prime Minister for three terms up to 1996 in which country ?

A5.  Greece

Q6 MOVIES 2  What was the title of the 1997 movie in which Pierce Brosnan play a volcanologist ?

A6.  Dante`s Peak

Q7 GAMES 2   How many wedges have to be collected in a game of Trivial Pursuit ?

A7.  Six

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 Amarelle, May Duke, and Morello are varieties of which fruit ?

A8.  Cherries.

[pgn]

Q1, well well. My kind of blue was China Blue, from a 1984 film that was quite a good watch ... Would never have guessed Blue Ivy.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@lewys-gp 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 10 - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 pass   Q7 pass  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 TheresaV - 😂 - incorrect [I just love you thinking Theresa is Beyonce`s daughter. Probably a good job she is no longer on here 😂]  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 10 - incorrect   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 apple - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 Djelibeyi - incorrect    Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 15 - incorrect   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded    Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded    Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 pass  Q3 9 - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Inferno - incorrect  Q7 10 - incorrect  Q8 lemon - incorrect

Total: 3  for three correct answers

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker            = 8 correct - @MI5  @Cleoriff  

Bronze Thinker +   = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker          = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker +         = 5 correct - @lewys-gp  @gmarkj 

                         = 3 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS TO  THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5  @Cleoriff 

Well done

@pgn           - Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM        - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj      - Red Thinker + 

@lewys-gp   - Red Thinker + 

@RafaC        -     

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

8 questions with two on each of these categories 

- WORDS   LITERATURE  SCIENCE [one on Chemistry; one on Biology]   MUSIC

which will be posted on a separate thread shortly. 

[BobM]

Good quiz as always @Mi-Amigo thank you.

Well done all 👍

[RafaC]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo, thanks for another round of good fun.
Well done everyone!

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo. Funnily enough I had to really think about blumming Operation. My lads had it, and so did my grandkids....was trying to remember if the game ever changed. 😂

Well done everyone. 😉