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White Room Quiz Wed 01 Dec 2021

Mi-Amigo
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There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of these four categories

- HISTORY   LITERATURE   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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn   @jonsie   @MI5  @gmarkj   @TallTrees  @BobM  @lewys-gp  @RafaC  @Martin-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 HISTORY 1  In which year did Julius Caesar lead the first Roman invasion of Britain ?

 

Q2 LITERATURE 1  Who wrote the historical novel "Wolf Hall" which won the Booker Prize in 2009 ?

 

Q3 ART 1  Which London art gallery, built in the 1830s, was designed by William Wilkins ?

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1   The French dish croque monsieur usually conatins which two ingrediants ? 

                        

Q5 HISTORY 2  Acoording to Greek mythology, who was the Greek god of time ? 

 

Q6 LITERATURE 2 In which British comic did Korky the Cat first appear ?

 

Q7 ART 2  Who painted the canvases for the ceiling of London`s Banqueting House, installed in 1636 ?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2  Which Italian pasta has a name which means butterflies ? 

                            

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 [Wed 01 Dec 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 02 Dec 2021]

- 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 morning of Fri 03 Dec 2021

 

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 01 Dec 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 02 Dec 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 02 Dec 2021 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  

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TallTrees
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Well I like the butterfly pasta of course !

Love Greek mythology.

Others are hit or miss really.  

@Mi-Amigo 



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Thank you @TallTrees 

Pleased there are a couple of questions you like.

Look forward to pm with your answers later.

Good luck.

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One of the questions puts me in mind of...

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I like it @Mi-Amigo although the Julius Caesar question is a bit of a bummer. Must rootle around in my mind palace (what's left of it) 😂

 

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

love the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

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Thank you @MI5 

pm with your 8 answers received

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Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

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