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White Room Quiz Wed 01 June 2022

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 on each of these categories

- PEOPLE   NATURE    ART   GAMES

 

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  @Spenny  @J9el [ @RafaC and @lewys-gp are away] 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 - Who first coined the phrase "Cogito ergo sum" ["I think, therefore I am"] ? 

 

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the world`s second largest land mammal ?

 

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Le Bateau" which was hung upside down, unnoticed for 47 days, in the

                   Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1961 ?

 

Q4 GAMES 1 - In ten-pin bowling, what is a turkey ?

 

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Name either of the two people who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 

 

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of bird is a yellow-bellied sapsucker ? 

 

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Madonna of the Chair" - with Virgin Mary, Infant Jesus and another child -

                   in 1514 ? 

 

Q8 GAMES 2 - In which card game can a player be "skunked" ?

 

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 June 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 02 June 2022] - 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 June 2022

Each member will be awarded star.pngfor 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 June 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 02 June 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 02 June 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  

 

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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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pgn
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Good mix, @Mi-Amigo - one made me lurch 🤣

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @pgn 

Pleased you think there is a good mix of questons.

I hope that one question hasn`t made you into this Lurch

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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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Cleoriff
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Not my favourite WRQ @Mi-Amigo 😬 Unless my brain kicks into gear there will be a couple of half guesses 🤔

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @Cleoriff 

Sorry it`s not your favourite WRQ. There are a couple of head-scratchers this time.

Good luck with your guesses. 

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @pgn 

Like the gif - fits in with one of the questions 😂

pm with your answers received 

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

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😂🤣

 

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

Love the gif - that is not the Madonna of the Chair I meant 😂

pm with your answers received 

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

Love the gif - that is not the Madonna of the Chair I meant 😂

pm with your answers received 


I know but I searched high and low for that one @Mi-Amigo ...She's not upside down either 😂😂

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