White Room Quiz Wed 09 March 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

- LITERATURE    TV     FOOD & DRINK     GAMES

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 LITERATURE 1 - In the Harry Potter books, what was the first name of Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts ? 

Q2 TV 1 - In the children`s TV programme "Spongebob Square Pants" what type of animal is Patrick ?

Q3 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What type of meat is usually used in Italian dish Osso bucco ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - Which game takes its name from the Chinese for sparrow ?

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "Old Possum`s Book Of Practical Cats" ?

Q6 TV 2 - Which BBC TV game show was hosted by Terry Wogan 1979 to 1983, Les Dawson 1984 to 1990,

                 and Paul O`Grady [as Lily Savage] from 1997 to 1999 ?

Q7 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which country does gjetost cheese come from ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - In chess, only two pieces can make the first move. One is a pawn, what is the other ? 

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 09 March 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 10 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 11 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 09 Mar 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 10 Mar 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 10 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  

[Spenny]

@Mi-Amigo my answers have been sent over to you.

1.  Harry potter! who doesn't love a bit of Harry Potter. I read the books, my kids read the books.  But headmaster's his first name…..ummmm…..got it
2. Sponge Bob – I know this, all those years watching children's morning tv with my kids. Remember Milkshake on Channel 5.
3. I don’t know but taking a guess
4. Another guess coming up, hopefully a good guess
5. Practical cats??!! Who wrote that? Probably some old dog..... probably 😊
6. Game shows, game shows, guessing again but think I’m right. Hope I'm right.  
7. Huh?! what?
8. I play chess.  Good job too. So that I can answer this question.

These are more my questions today.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Spenny 

pm with your answers received.

Like the way you explain what you thought of the questions... some you knew, some you guessed....

how successful ? You`ll see in the morning 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 LITERATURE 1 - In the Harry Potter books, what was the first name of Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts ?

A1   Albus 

Q2 TV 1 - In the children`s TV programme "Spongebob Square Pants" what type of animal is Patrick ?

A2   Starfish

Q3 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What type of meat is usually used in Italian dish Osso bucco ?

A3   Veal or beef

Q4 GAMES 1 - Which game takes its name from the Chinese for sparrow ?

A4   Mah Jong

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "Old Possum`s Book Of Practical Cats" ?

A5  T S Eliott

Q6 TV 2 - Which BBC TV game show was hosted by Terry Wogan 1979 to 1983, Les Dawson 1984 to 1990,

                 and Paul O`Grady [as Lily Savage] from 1997 to 1999 ?

A6  Blankety Blank

Q7 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which country does gjetost cheese come from ?

A7    Norway

Q8 GAMES 2 - In chess, only two pieces can make the first move. One is a pawn, what is the other ? 

A8   Knight

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@RafaC 

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

Q6 pass  Q7 Hungary - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@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 pass 

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

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 6  correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 fish - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

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

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@lewys-gp 

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

Q5 pass  Q6 Strictly Come Dancing - incorrect  Q7 Germany - incorrect 

Q8 rook in castling - incorrect; space between rook and kng has to be unoccupied in castling which it isn`t at start of game

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 squid - incorrect  Q3 pork - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 an author - can`t allow  Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 Denmark - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker        = 6 correct - @gmarkj @BobM 

Red Thinker +       = 5 correct - @TallTrees 

Red Thinker              = 4 correct - @lewys-gp @RafaC @Spenny 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 

Well done -

@BobM         = Bronze Thinker 

@gmarkj       = Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees     = Red Thinker + 

@lewys-gp    = Red Thinker

@RafaC         = Red Thinker

@Spenny       = Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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   SPACE    WORDS     MUSIC

I will be searching out the questions over the weekend with a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good quiz. 👍

Actually did better than I thought I would, so can't complain.

Well done all who took part. 🏆

[pgn]

Great end to a week - thinkers all-round, well done all! And thanks for a scorcher WRQ, @Mi-Amigo 👍

[lewys-gp]

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo. A couple of educated guesses got me through that! Well done, all 😊.

[RafaC]

@BobM me too! Didn't think I'd get a red thinker, quite happy with the results, well done everybody, as @pgn has said great way to en the week with everyone getting a thinker (love the gif by the way)

@Spenny I grew up reading those books, they all have a special place in my heart. So much so that I can show off a little bit for once and say that I actually know Dumbledore's full name, and he's a very long name 😆

Thanks for the game @Mi-Amigo and well done to all the community thinkers!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM @pgn @lewys-gp @RafaC 

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

As said, a great way to end the week with everyone takng part being a Thinker 😁