White Room Quiz Wed 02 Mar 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

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 categories

- PEOPLE   SCIENCE   WORDS   ART

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 @Spenny @BobM @adelphiaUK @lewys-gp @RafaC 

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 - What did Jethro Tull invent in 1701 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Which gas is said to smell like rotten eggs ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "bellicose" mean ?

Q4 ART 1 - Canaletto was famous for his paintings of his native city. What was his native city ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932 ? 

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Argyria is a condition which affects which part of the human body ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - Ichthyology is the study of what ?

Q8 ART 2 - What is the term for mural paintings on walls and ceilings in which paint is applied to plaster ? 

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 02 March 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 03 March 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 04 March 2022

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 02 Mar 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 03 Mar 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 03 Mar 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  

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo  for a great quiz. Well done everyone x

@Spenny  you asked about 'all these Jethro's and Tull's?'
Not sure if you jest but Jethro Tull was a Prog Rock group of the 60's, 70' and 80's.

Ian Anderson, the lead singer was well known for playing his flute (or any other woodwind instrument) whilst standing on one leg. They were named after the 18th century agriculturist (lol)

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM and @Cleoriff 

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

Following on from @Cleoriff `s comment about prog-rock band Jethro Tull and @RafaC `s answer in the quiz, the band Jethro Tull released an album Aqualung with this album cover 

[Spenny]

Good quiz. Made me think, lots of rattling going on up top. I'll share my thinker with my son who helped with my answers.

[Spenny]

Truly wasn't jesting. But now you've said that and with photo, memories come flooding back.

[Spenny]

@Mi-Amigo I think @RafaC should have got at least a half mark for the answer 😬😬

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Spenny 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your award. Good to know the Spenny household making a team effort with the quiz 😁

As for a bonus half star for @RafaC - hmmm I`ll have to consider it  

[Cleoriff]

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@Spenny wrote:

Truly wasn't jesting. But now you've said that and with photo, memories come flooding back.

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I didn't like them much @Spenny. A bit too folksy and boring for my liking. 😂

[RafaC]

@Mi-Amigo  as I didn’t have a clue on what was the correct answer for the first question, I had to take the opportunity to make a pun 😅
 I'm feeling so dumb because of Q4... Vienna is obviously the capitol city of Austria, I really meant to write Venice... oh well. Thanks for the game anyway

@Spenny  appreciate your kindness but that wouldn’t be fair I guess  😆

@Cleoriff  I’m not a huge fan either, albeit that album does have some good tunes on it 🎶

Well done everyone!

[Cleoriff]

@RafaC  I always think if you are going to sing a 10 minute long song, it HAS to be of the same calibre as Bohemian Rhapsody and nothing is in my opinion, therefore it runs the risk of having 'boring' attached to it. The only group who can pull this off is Pink Floyd.

In the 60's we went to see Led Zeppelin at Earls Court. Three hours of absolute boredom (apart from Stairway To Heaven and Kashmir). 🙄

[RafaC]

@Cleoriff my jaw dropped when I read the last phrase of your message. I L-O-V-E Led Zeppelin, pity that you've found that gig boring. I've watched many dvds of their gigs and can't say I was bored to be honest 😛
But that of course is a matter of taste.

I totally get where you're coming from with that opinion on 10+ minute songs. Some prog rock can get quite boring, as you've said, and lost into the musicians' virtuosity and ego. But I'm glad you've pulled Pink Floyd out of it, as I agree, even when they do go down that road, they're brilliant (this is just my opinion, of course). My favourite record of theirs is Meddle which has Echoes in it, the infamous 23:31 minute song. I love it.