White Room Quiz Wed 01 Nov 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 these four categories - 

    GEOGRAPHY    NATURE    ART   SPORT

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 @BobM @Spenny @J9el @Dave-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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of creature is a wunderpus photogenicus ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which Spanish artist made an ink drawing of literature characture Don Quixote in 1955 ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many players are in each team in the Asian sport of kabaddi ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Mackenzie River in Canada flows into which Sea ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Pink fairy armadillos, the world`s smallest species of armadillo, are native to which country ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Old Woman Frying Eggs" in 1618 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - What are the colours of Coventry City FC `s away kit in 2023/24 season ?

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 [Wed 01 Nov 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 03 Nov 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 03 Nov 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 [Wed 01 Nov

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 03 Nov 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 03 Nov 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

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean ?

A1   Madagascar

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of creature is a wunderpus photogenicus ?

A2   octopus

Q3 ART 1 - Which Spanish artist made an ink drawing of literature characture Don Quixote in 1955 ?

A3   Picasso

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many players are in each team in the Asian sport of kabaddi ?

A4  7 - question was in BBC TV`s Unbeatable last week

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Mackenzie River in Canada flows into which Sea ?

A5    Beaufort Sea, which flows into Arctic, so I`ll be generous and also allow Arctic as correct answer

Q6 NATURE 2 - Pink fairy armadillos, the world`s smallest species of armadillo, are native to which country ?

A6    Argentina - pink fairy armadillo mentioned in BBC TV quiz Impossible. 

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Old Woman Frying Eggs" in 1618 ?

A7    Velazquez

Q8 SPORT 2 - What are the colours of Coventry City FC `s away kit in 2023/24 season ?

A8    blue and red - I`ll award half star for part-correct answer

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass  Q4 8 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass  Q8 pass.

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass             Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -               Q2 spider - incorrect   Q3 pass  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Atlantic - incorrect Q6 Mexico - incorrect  Q7 da Vinci - incorrect

Q8 red - correct; black - incorrect = half  .

Total - 2 stars + half star - for 2 correct, 1 part correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 8 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass             Q8 blue - correct; white - incorrect = half  .

plus for 5 correct answers + 1 part correct

Red Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 5 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 LukasB - incorrect      Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 TheresaV - incorrect  Q8 purple - incorrect; black - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 purple - incorrect; black - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @MI5 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @jonsie @Cleoriff @pgn 

Red Thinker + star + half star       = 5 correct + 1 part correct - @BobM @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @TallTrees 

3 stars                                              = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONLY SILVER THINKER - @MI5 

Well done

@jonsie         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Cleoriff      - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn            - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM        - Red Thinker + star + half star

@gmarkj      - Red Thinker + star + half star

@TallTrees    - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2    - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

  SCIENCE   WORDS    TV    GAMES

I will search out the questions over the weekend - with a mix of easier [?] and not-so-easy questions.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[TallTrees]

Hi thank you @Mi-Amigo very nice 😊 4 🌟 

I knew Picasso of course!

 

[Cleoriff]

Good game @Mi-Amigo, even though I had never heard of the Asian game Kabaddi 😂

Well done everyone x

PS Cov City Away Kit 😂

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good quiz.

Well done all 👍

[pgn]

Well I'll be stood at the foot of our stairs 🤣

Good quiz, @Mi-Amigo - and something as basic as a football strip can sink so many, but Wunderpus photogenicus missed the target completely:

Well done all!

[gmarkj]

No idea of the artists, and clearly the kit either!

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees @Cleoriff @BobM @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 

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