White Room Quiz Wed 03 Nov 2021

[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 four categories

- HISTORY    PLACES     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   @BobM   @TallTrees   @lewys-gp   @RafaC   @AK04 

  @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  What were the Rainhill Trials held for in 1829 ?

Q2 PLACES 1     Lindholme Prison is near which UK town ?

Q3 ART 1          Which artist painted "The Yellow Chair" in 1888 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  In which country did Braeburn apples originate in 1952 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2   Which organisation did the United Nations replace in 1945 ?

Q6 PLACES 2     What is the name of the nearest tube station to Madame Tussuards in London ?

Q7 ART 2           Which English artist painted three versions of "The Lady of Shalott" in 1888, 1894, and 1915 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2  What type of fruit is a York Imperial ?

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 03 Nov 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 04 Nov 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 05 Nov 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 03 Nov 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 04 Nov 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 04 Nov 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  

[Cleoriff]

Been a very long time since I stood at a bus stop @pgn 😂

[jonsie]

Wish I could say the same @Cleoriff !

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif - not the pollution

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @jonsie 

love the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

[jonsie]

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@pgn wrote:

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

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Ah those were the days 😁

[Cleoriff]

Yes, they were a beautiful sight to see. Love that so many have been restored and run on limited tracks 😉

[pgn]

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@jonsie wrote:

Ah those were the days 😁

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When the air was so thick, you could chew on a lungful for an hour 😆

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 HISTORY 1  What were the Rainhill Trials held for in 1829 ?

A1  Competition for steam locomotive for Liverpool to Manchester railway

Q2 PLACES 1     Lindholme Prison is near which UK town ?

A2   Doncaster

Q3 ART 1          Which artist painted "The Yellow Chair" in 1888 ?

A3  Van Gogh

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  In which country did Braeburn apples originate in 1952 ?

A4   New Zealand

Q5 HISTORY 2   Which organisation did the United Nations replace in 1945 ?

A5   League of Nations

Q6 PLACES 2     What is the name of the nearest tube station to Madame Tussuards in London ?

A6   Baker Street

Q7 ART 2           Which English artist painted three versions of "The Lady of Shalott" in 1888, 1894, and 1915 ?

A7  John William Waterhouse

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2  What type of fruit is a York Imperial ?

A8   apple 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@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

@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

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass   Q2 pass  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded   Q5 correct - awarded 

Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 pass  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 LukasB - 😂 - incorrect  Q4 Scotland - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 TheresaV - 😂 - incorrect

Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 pass  Q2 Manchester - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 Germany - incorrect

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

Total: 3   for three correct answers

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Waterloo - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@lewys-gp 

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

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

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red 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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker +  = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker         = 6 correct - @BobM  

Red Thinker +        = 5 correct - @TallTrees @gmarkj 

Red Thinker               = 4 correct - @lewys-gp    

                        = 3 correct - @RafaC 

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees  - Red Thinker + 

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + 

@lewys-gp  - Red Thinker

@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

- GEOGRAPHY    SCIENCE [one question on Biology; one on Chemistry]   LITERATURE   MOVIES

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

Thanks everyone for joinin in and making WRQ fun.