White Room Quiz Mon 22 Jan 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 - 

    PEOPLE   SCIENCE    MOVIES    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 @jonsie @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 PEOPLE 1 - Who is the current Labour Party shadow Home Secretary ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Which metallic element in the Periodic Table gets its name from the old Latin word for what

                            is now France ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the British comedy movie "Carry On Cleo", who played Cleo ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Der Bucherwurm" [The Bookworm], 19th century painting depicting a man

                     on a ladder examining books in a library ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who was the 22nd and 24th US President, the only man to serve two non-consecutive terms ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - In chemistry, cation is a positively charged ion. What is the term for the corresponding

                            negative charged ion ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In the 1984 movie "Gremlins", what name is given by Randall to the small, furry mogwai ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Young Hare" in 1502, which now hangs in the Alberto Museum, Vienna ?

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 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 24 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan

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

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 24 Jan 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Oxonian @J9el 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Spenny 

2 stars                                             = 2 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + star

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker

@J9el           - Red Thinker 

@Spenny     - 3 stars

@Dave-O2  - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars.

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

  PLACES   WORDS   MUSIC    FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

As I said, really keeps my brain cells working overtime @Mi-Amigo 😂

Thanks for the quiz and well done one and all x

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, another interesting set of questions. 👍

[pgn]

Enjoyed that, even if the German artists required some thought, @Mi-Amigo - well done all!