White Room Quiz Mon 22 April 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

   LITERATURE    MUSIC     ART    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 [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 @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 LITERATURE 1 - In Roald Dahl`s "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", who is turned in to an enormous

                                  blueberry ?

Q2 MUSIC 1 - "I`ve seen that road before. It always leads me here. Lead me to your door" are lyrics in

                            which Beatles` song ?

Q3 ART 1 - What is the title of Rembrandt`s only seascape - painted in 1633 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the Bolivian sauce "la llajua" made with ?

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - What was the name of the arostratic detective created by author Dorothy L Sayers ?

Q6 MUSIC 2 - What is the title of The Stereophonics only UK No 1 single, which reached No 1 in UK singles

                          chart in March 2005 ?

Q7 ART 2 - What is the English title of Van Gogh`s painting of 1885 of the  Groote family sat eating, known

                      in Dutch as "de Aardappeleters" ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the name of the drink, popular in Uruagay and Argentina, which is made from

                                        a base of grape spirit, with herbs like saffron, etc ?

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 22 April 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 24 April 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 24 April 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 22 Apr

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 24 Apr 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 24 Apr 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.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

A great quiz. Well done everyone.

[gmarkj]

OK, better than I thought.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

Hi there @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the quiz

3 Stars not too bad for me 😃

Well done everyone 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards - especially as there were a couple of difficult questions this time.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, another fair and well-balanced challenge. 

Congratulations to those who got high scores. 👍