White Room Quiz Wed 08 May 2024

[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

   GEOGRAPHY   MOVIES   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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2  [@jonsie is away]

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 - Which is the largest island in the Indian Ocean ?

Q2 MOVIES 1 - What is the subtitle of the 1997 movie "Speed 2" ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Wheatfield With Crows" in July 1890, shortly before his death ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the Greek foodstuff tiropita ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the lake which lies between US States of New York and Vermont

                                    and extends north into Canadian province of Quebec ?

Q6 MOVIES 2 - In 1953 movie "Houdini" who played the part of Bess, Houdini`s wife ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which Roman goddess was the subject of a painting by Renoir, painted in 1867 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What type of foodstuff is the Dutch oliebollen ?

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 May 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 10 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 10 May 2024.

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 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 10 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 10 May 2024 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.

[TallTrees]

A few guesses needed here for me.  No good at movies at all. Music I like to listen, but take no note of titles or artists names 🤔 I have always enjoyed the foodie questions 😋 don't know them all of course. See how it goes on this one @Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo 

Thought I'd send it off while the going is good 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees for your post

Look forward to pm with your answers later

Thank you @pgn and thanks for gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @BobM good to have you with us

pm with your answers received

[Oxonian]

My entry should be in your inbox @Mi-Amigo. 👍

Those seemed to be a hard set of questions ! 

Is your internet behaving itself now ? ❓ 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

As far as my connection to the internet, still variable. During the day, sometime get connection but drops out after about 5 mins; so have to get on `net early morning and evenings... Don`t know when mast prob will get sorted....

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo