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White Room Quiz Mon 21 Jun 2021

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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 on each of these categories 

 

   HISTORY   WORDS   ART   GAMES

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - with 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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @O2EmmaLouise @TheresaV @LukasB 

  @Martin-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  In Norse mythology, what was the name of the home of the gods ?

 

Q2 WORDS 1    The word "lupine" relates to which animals ?

 

Q3 ART 1           What was the nationality of the portrait painter Millais ?

 

Q4 GAMES 1     What is the highest number used in a Sudoku puzzle game ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2   What was the name of the war in Europe which was fought between 1936 and 1939 ?

 

Q6 WORDS 2     "entomology" is the study of what ?

 

Q7 ART 2           What is the name of the major art gallery which opened in London in 2000 ?

 

Q8 GAMES 2      In the card game baccarat, what is the value of the Ace ?

                            

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

 

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 21 June 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 22 June 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 23 June 2021

 

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

 

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

 

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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 21 June 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 22 June 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 22 June 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  

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@TheresaV Giving you guys a chance sweat_smile

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You're too kind @LukasB upside_down

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker

Hope you like the questions in today`s quiz

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😁 BRONZE
Knew quite a few of these, surprisingly.
Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo
Bronze this time... the elusive Silver.
I'll give the next one a bit of a go...
Well done all 😊



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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @TallTrees 

Pleased you enoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Bronze Thinker.

Hope you like the questions in today`s WRQ.

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What a day today - only just getting to this now!

Well done everyone, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo - the gifs are getting to be a feature, often before as well as behind! Mexican Wave

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@pgn wrote:

What a day today - only just getting to this now!

Well done everyone, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo - the gifs are getting to be a feature, often before as well as behind! Mexican Wave


I can lay claim to starting off the gif craze wink

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Talking of gifs, what site do people use? I tend to use Giphy, although have glanced at Tenor. Which one is the best?

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Thank you @pgn 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker

 

I love the gifs which have now become a regular feature of WRQ and a special thanks to @jonsie for starting this thumbsup

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