White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 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 Monday`s postponed WRQ with eight questions - with two questions on each of these three categories - HISTORY   NATURE   LITERATURE ; one on TV ; and one question on EVENTS. 

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 @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 HISTORY 1 - At which battle, in 1460, during the War of the Roses was Richard, Duke of York, killed ? 

Q2 NATURE 1 - Which flower did the Victorians call a gilliflower ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Which author created the fictional detective Auguste C Dupin ?

Q4 TV - Who presents the afternoon TV word game LINGO ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Where was the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior sunk in July 1985 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of animal is a Turkish Van ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In comic books, what is Catwoman`s alter ego ?

Q8 EVENTS - How many official Bank Holidays are there in England this year [2022] ?

                      [you don`t have to give dates for them, just the total number]

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 04 May 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 05 May 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 06 May 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 04 May 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 05 May 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 05 May 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  

[J9el]

Answers/guesses sent over @Mi-Amigo. Thanks 😊

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - At which battle, in 1460, during the War of the Roses was Richard, Duke of York, killed ? 

A1  Battle of Wakefield

Q2 NATURE 1 - Which flower did the Victorians call a gilliflower ?

A2  Carnation

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Which author created the fictional detective Auguste C Dupin ?

A3  Edgar Allen Poe

Q4 TV - Who presents the afternoon TV word game LINGO ?

A4   Adil Ray

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Where was the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior sunk in July 1985 ?

A5   Auckland, New Zealand

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of animal is a Turkish Van ?

A6   Cat

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In comic books, what is Catwoman`s alter ego ?

A7  Selina Kyle

Q8 EVENTS - How many official Bank Holidays are there in England this year [2022] ?

                      [you don`t have to give dates for them, just the total number]

A8  Nine - extra day for Platinum Jubilee

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@MI5 

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

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

plus for 7  correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1  Battle of Roses - incorrect  Q2 daisy - incorrect  Q3 Agatha Christie - incorrect  Q4 pass

Q5 Gulf of Mexico - incorrect   Q6 goat - incorrect  Q7 Felicia Hardy - incorrect  Q8 8 - incorrect

Total - 0 stars for none correct

@gmarkj 

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

Q5 the sea - incorrect  Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

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

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 Georges Remi - incorrect  Q4 LukasB - incorrect

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

plus for 6  correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

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

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

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@J9el 

Q1 Bosworth Field - incorrect   Q2 poppy - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded  

Q4 Stephen Mulhern - incorrect  Q5 Indian Ocean - incorrect   Q6 dog - incorrect  

Q7 Felicity Feline - incorrect     Q8 8 - incorrect

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

@lewys-gp 

Q1 Battle of Yorkshire - incorrect   Q2 lilies - incorrect   Q3 correct - awarded  

Q4 Rick Edwards - incorrect  Q5 Oslo, Norway - incorrect  Q6 dog - incorrect 

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded 

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                   = 8 correct - @Cleoriff  @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker +     = 7 correct - @MI5  

Bronze Thinker                = 6 correct - @pgn 

Red Thinker +           = 5 correct - @gmarkj   

                   = 3 correct - @lewys-gp   @TallTrees 

                                   = 1 correct - @J9el 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS -  @Cleoriff  @jonsie 

Well done -

@MI5       = Bronze Thinker + 

@pgn       = Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj  = Red Thinker + 

@TallTrees = 

@lewys-gp =  

@J9el         =  

sorry @RafaC - no star this time

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    WORDS    ART    SPORT

I`ll search out the questions over the weekend and will try and find a nice mix of questions.

Thank you everyone for making the WRQ fun.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[pgn]

That worked out better than I thought it would - a nice spread of scores this week, and a good, if awkward, set of questions, @Mi-Amigo 

[RafaC]

Ouch, not a good performance from me this time around, I enjoyed trying nevertheless and once again have learned a lot.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo  and well done everyone!

[Cleoriff]

Loved this one @Mi-Amigo. Most questions were right up my street (lol)

Well done everyone. xx

[lewys-gp]

Great quiz and well done, all. The answer I was most looking forward to learning was the one to the Greenpeace question. Wikipedia article on the event here.

The sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, was a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence services, the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), carried out on 10 July 1985. During the operation, two operatives sank the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, Rainbow Warrior, at the Port of Auckland on her way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship.

France initially denied responsibility, but two French agents were captured by New Zealand Police and charged with arson, conspiracy to commit arson, willful damage, and murder. The scandal resulted in the resignation of the French Defence Minister Charles Hernu, while the two agents pleaded guilty to manslaughter and were sentenced to ten years in prison. They spent a little over two years confined to the French island of Hao before being freed by the French government.

Several political figures, including then New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, have referred to the bombing as an act of terrorism or state-sponsored terrorism.

Absolutely crazy story 😱.