White Room Quiz Mon 24 Oct 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

  PEOPLE   PLACES   LITERATURE   GAMES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12.00 noon today [Monday] and 03.00am Wednesday.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @BobM  @Spenny  @Comben  @J9el   @adec 

@RafaC  @Breanna 

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 - Which famous explorer`s body was buried in the church of San Lorenzo, Venice in 1324 ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in which city ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Hermione Granger`s pet cat ? 

Q4 GAMES 1 - How many holes are there on a bar billiards table ? 

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the maiden surname of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Armathwaite Castle is in which English county ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In D H Lawrence`s novel "Lady Chatterley`s Lover", what was Lady Chatterley`s first name ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - Ruy lpez and Scillian defence are terms which can feature in which game ?

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 12.00 noon today [Mon 17 Oct 2022] and 03.00am Wed 19 Oct 2022] - allowing 39 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 Wed 19 Oct 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 12.00 noon today [Mon 24 Oct 2022] and before 03.00am Wed 26 Oct 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 26 Oct 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

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - Which famous explorer`s body was buried in the church of San Lorenzo, Venice in 1324 ?

A1   Marco Polo

Q2 PLACES 1 - Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in which city ?

A2   Dubai

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Hermione Granger`s pet cat ? 

A3    Crookshanks

Q4 GAMES 1 - How many holes are there on a bar billiards table ? 

A4    9

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the maiden surname of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ?

A5   Roberts

Q6 PLACES 2 - Armathwaite Castle is in which English county ?

A6   Cumbria

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In D H Lawrence`s novel "Lady Chatterley`s Lover", what was Lady Chatterley`s first name ?

A7   Constance

Q8 GAMES 2 - Ruy lpez and Scillian defence are terms which can feature in which game ?

A8    chess     

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass  Q4 6 - incorrect.

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass   Q8 pass

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@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

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 Breanna - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 6 - incorrect

Q5 Smith - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 TheresaV - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 6 - incorrect

Q5 pass  Q6 Cornwall - incorrect  Q7 Mary - incorrect  Q8 backgammon - incorrect 

Total = 3 stars for tree correct.

@BobM 

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

Q5 pass   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 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 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 10 - incorrect

Q5 pass  Q6 correct -   Q7 Elizabeth - incorrect   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 8 - incorrect

Q5 Iron - incorrect  Q6 Dorset - incorrect  Q7 Diana - incorrect   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star          = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker                     = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                = 5 correct - @gmarkj  @J9el 

Red Thinker                          = 4 correct - @TallTrees  @Comben 

3 stars                                    = 3 correct - @RafaC    

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker + star

@J9el          - Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees  - Red Thinker

@Comben   - Red Thinker

@RafaC       -  stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars 

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 categories

-  HISTORY   SPACE    ART    FOOD  DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly

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

[TallTrees]

I wasn't expecting a Red T 

So good 👍 

Well done everyone 👏 

Thank you for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks for the Quiz @Mi-Amigo 

[RafaC]

Good to see that everyone did well on this round. Well done everybody and thanks @Mi-Amigo!

[BobM]

Happy with the result and did better than I thought I would.  A lot of good results today actually, - well done all.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees @Cleoriff @BobM @RafaC 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done each of you on your award

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all