White Room Quiz Mon 22 Aug 2022

[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 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

   PLACES   NATURE    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 [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  @Spenny  @adec  @Comben  @J9el 

@Breanna  @RafaC 

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 - Lewes is the county town of which English county ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of fish is a sockeye ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which German/Swiss artist painted "The Ambassadors" in 1533 ? 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Bagna cauda, a dish of garlic and anchovies, originated in which country in 16th

                                     century ? 

Q5 PLACES 2 - Caerhays Castle is in which British county ? 

Q6 NATURE 2 - Ephyra is a term for the larva stage of which creature ? 

Q7 ART 2 - What was the subject of Damien Hirst`s 1991 artpiece "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the

                   Mind of Someone Living" ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Purple dragon, white stain, and bolero are all type of which vegetable ?

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 22 Aug 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 23 Aug 2022] - 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 Wednesday 24 Aug 2022

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 Aug 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 23 Aug 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 23 Aug 2022 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

[J9el]

@Mi-Amigo - Guesses PM’d….fingers crossed 🤞🏼

[adec]

Sorry Guys ... not gonna make it tonite... fractured hip is killing... and suddenly so is the right knee almost preventing me from walking... will be glad when these crutches, catheter, and everything is gone! .. for one point tho ... Lewes is in East Sussex... sorry @Mi-Amigo had to get one ansa in before I collapse...

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received - before the deadline

Sorry to hear you can`t join in the quiz @adec  and hope you are feeling better soon.

I`ll accept the one answer you gave and will include you in the results on Wed morning. 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Lewes is the county town of which English county ?

A1   East Susse. I`ll accept Sussex as correct answer

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of fish is a sockeye ?

A2    salmon

Q3 ART 1 - Which German/Swiss artist painted "The Ambassadors" in 1533 ? 

A3    Holbein

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Bagna cauda, a dish of garlic and anchovies, originated in which country in 16th

                                     century ? 

A4    Italy

Q5 PLACES 2 - Caerhays Castle is in which British county ? 

A5    Cornwall

Q6 NATURE 2 - Ephyra is a term for the larva stage of which creature ? 

A6    jellyfish

Q7 ART 2 - What was the subject of Damien Hirst`s 1991 artpiece "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the

                   Mind of Someone Living" ?

A7   shark in formaldehyde

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Purple dragon, white satin, and bolero are all type of which vegetable ?

A8   carrot

[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

@RafaC 

Q1 Essex - incorrect  Q2 marine - incorrect  Q3 pass Q4 correct - 

Q5 Cambridgeshire - incorrect  Q6 butterfly - incorrect  Q7 butterflies - incorrect  Q8 augbergene - incorrect

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass   Q4 correct - 

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass   Q8 correct - 

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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

@Spenny 

Q1 correct -   Q2 flatfish - incorrect  Q3 correct -  Q4 Spain - incorrect

Q5 correct -   Q6 moth - incorrect     Q7 correct -  Q8 aubergene - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 dolphin - incorrect  Q3 Rembrandt - incorrect   Q4 correct - 

Q5 Shropshire - incorrect  Q6 horsefly - incorrect  Q7 Einstein - incorrect  Q8 aubergene - incorrect

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@Breanna 

Q1 pass   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass   Q4 correct - 

Q5 pass   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -  Q8 correct - 

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 sorry needed species   Q8 correct - 

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@J9el 

Q1 correct -   Q2 trout   Q3 correct -  Q4 Greece - incorrect

Q5 correct -   Q6 butterfly - incorrect  Q7 correct -  Q8 potato - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@adec 

Q1 correct -   

Total - 1 star for 1 correct [answers to quiz not completed]

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker +          = 7 correct - @jonsie      

Bronze Thinker                     = 6 correct - @BobM  

Red Thinker +                = 5 correct - @Breanna 

Red Thinker                           = 4 correct - @Spenny  @J9el  

                                = 2 correct - @Comben 

                                        = 1 correct [quiz incompleted] - @adec 

                                        = 1 correct = @RafaC   

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

Well done

@jonsie          - Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM          - Bronze Thinker 

@Breanna      - Red Thinker + 

@Spenny        - Red Thinker

@J9el              - Red Thinker

@Comben      -  

@adec            - 

@RafaC          - 

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one star.

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

8 questions with two questions on each of these subject

-  LITERATURE   WORDS    MOVIES    SPORT

which will be posted on a separate thread shortly. 

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

[gmarkj]

Well done everyone, and apologies for missing out.

Have spent a couple of days at the coast with limited data so been off grid.

Thanks for the tags @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo thank you.

Well done all 👍

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great quiz @Mi-Amigo x

[MI5]

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo