Re: White Room Quiz Wed 01 Dec 2021 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-12-2021

Welcome to

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 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 [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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-12-2021

THE RESULTS:

@Cleoriff

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 50BC - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@lewys-gp

Q1 pass Q2 Wolf Hall - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 Venus - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

Total 3 for three correct answers

@RafaC

Q1 1001 - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 V & A - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 Zeus - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

Total 2 for two correct answers

@gmarkj

Q1 pass Q2 TheresaV - 😂 - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 LukasB - 😂 - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 bread and milk - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-12-2021

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker + = 5 correct - @TallTrees @gmarkj

= 3 correct - @lewys-gp

= 2 correct - @RafaC

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

Well done

@BobM = Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees = Red Thinker +

@gmarkj = Red Thinker +

@lewys-gp =

@RafaC =

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

8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- SCIENCE [one question on Chemistry; one on Biology] WORDS TV EVENTS

I`ll search out the questions over the weekend to find a nice mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

RafaC · ‎03-12-2021

@Mi-Amigo thanks for the game! Congrats everyone

Cleoriff · ‎03-12-2021

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo, Thanks for all your hard work. Well done everyone 😉

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎03-12-2021

Well done all and thanks

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gmarkj · ‎03-12-2021

Well done everyone and another great set of questions @Mi-Amigo !

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Mi-Amigo · ‎03-12-2021

Thank you @RafaC @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

TallTrees · ‎03-12-2021

Thank you for marking my answers @Mi-Amigo

Pleased I managed a decent number of correct ones.

Well done all.

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

pgn · ‎03-12-2021

Ooh, bigger spread in the latter half of the week in WRQ land 😆

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - super quiz again. And the trailer for next week, with a Biology and a Chemistry question, looks promising.

Late today getting back on - got lights to out up in parts of the house, job-list as long as my arm 😬

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Mi-Amigo · ‎03-12-2021

Thank you @TallTrees and @pgn

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.