White Room Quiz Wed 08 Jan 2025

[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 categories

   HISTORY     WORDS     ART       GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @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 HISTORY 1 - The "Auld Alliance" of 1295 was between Scotland and which other country ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - "libbege", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what household item ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist is generally recognised as painting"The Torment of St Anthony" in 1487 ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Which car manufacturer made models Qashqai, Juke, and Note ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the Egyptian pharaoh who defeated the Hittites at Battle of

                              Kadesh in 1274 BCE ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - "camesa", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what item of clothing ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted "The Flaying of Marsyas" in 1570-1576 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - Which city`s underground metro system is the third oldest in the world,

                                                      which includes St Enoch subway station ?

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 08 Jan 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 10 Jan 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 10 Jan 2025.

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 08 Jan

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 10 Jan 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 10 Jan 2025 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.

[BobM]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo  --->  👍

[Dave-O2]

Answers sent via PM @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Dave-O2 

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[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - The "Auld Alliance" of 1295 was between Scotland and which other country ?

A1    France

Q2 WORDS 1 - "libbege", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what household item ?

A2   bed

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist is generally recognised as painting"The Torment of St Anthony" in 1487 ?

A3   Michelangelo

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Which car manufacturer made models Qashqai, Juke, and Note ?

A4    Nissan

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the Egyptian pharaoh who defeated the Hittites at Battle of

                              Kadesh in 1274 BCE ?

A5   Rameses [II]

Q6 WORDS 2 - "camesa", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what item of clothing ?

A6   shirt

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted "The Flaying of Marsyas" in 1570-1576 ?

A7    Titian

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - Which city`s underground metro system is the third oldest in the world,

                                                      which includes St Enoch subway station ?

A8    Glasgow

[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

@jonsie 

Q1 correct   Q2 brush - incorrect  Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct              Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct   Q2 pass           Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass           Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct            Q3 TheresaV - incorrect  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 coat - incorrect  Q7 LukasB - incorrect      Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct   Q2 table - incorrect  Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct              Q7 pass           Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 Ireland - incorrect  Q2 correct           Q3 pass  Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass                         Q6 hat - incorrect  Q7 pass  Q8 correct  .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct.

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj      - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2   - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

   PLACES      NATURE     MOVIES     FOOD & DRINK

[MI5]

Thanks again @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone xx

[BobM]

Well done all 👍

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

Tough one @Mi-Amigo 

I hate 'auld' words 😁

Well done to everyone, top job!