White Room Quiz Mon 26 June 2023

[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 four of the usual categories 

  PEOPLE;  NATURE;  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 @Comben @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM 

@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 - Viscount Stansgate was the title of which politician, who renounced the title ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of reptile is a gavial, also known as a gharial ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Rich Little; Anthony Hopkins; and Dan Hedaya have all played which US President in movies ?

Q4 ART 1 - Caravaggio was commissioned in 1599 to decorate the chapel in church of San Luigi dei

                     Francesci with three large canvases depicting scenes from the life of which Apostle ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who invented and patented "cats eyes", reflective discs on roads, in 1934, which were

                           officially adopted by the Ministry of Transport in 1947 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Milvus milvus is the scientific name of which bird of prey ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Who played the character Thomas A`Becket in the 1964 movie "Becket" ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted the "Black Paintings", a series of 14 paintings, between 1819 and 1823 ?

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 26 June 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 28 June 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 28 June 2023

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 26 June

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 28 June 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 28 June 2023 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

[pgn]

Yikes! 

🤔 This one'll need a bit of thought, @Mi-Amigo 😖

[Cleoriff]

On the other hand, I quite like it @Mi-Amigo 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn and @Cleoriff 

Couple of head-scratchers today, so will be interesting to see how our quizzers get on....

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

Answers in @Mi-Amigo 

[gmarkj]

This is not an easy set of questions!

Do not think I will be getting the same results as last week.

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo