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White Room Quiz Wed 01 Dec 2021

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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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THE RESULTS:

 

@Cleoriff 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@MI5 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@pgn 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@TallTrees 

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

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

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

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Red Thinker

 

@lewys-gp 

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

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

Total 3 star for three correct answers

 

@RafaC 

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

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

Total 2 star for two correct answers

 

@gmarkj 

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

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

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

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Red Thinker

 

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

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

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

Bronze Thinker             = 6 correct - @BobM 

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

star  star  star                        = 3 correct - @lewys-gp 

star  star                              = 2 correct - @RafaC 

  

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

Well done

@BobM         = Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees     = Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj       = Red Thinker + star

@lewys-gp     = star  star  star

@RafaC          = star  star

 

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.

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@Mi-Amigo thanks for the game! Congrats everyone slight_smile

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

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Well done all and thanks slight_smile

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

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Thank you @RafaC  @Cleoriff  @MI5  @gmarkj 

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

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Thank you for marking my answers @Mi-Amigo 

Pleased I managed a decent number of correct ones. 

Well done all.



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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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Thank you @TallTrees and @pgn 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

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