White Room Quiz Wed 10 July 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

   HISTORY     LITERATURE     MOVIES     ART

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 @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave ]

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 - Who was the first man to row solo across the Atlantic ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from which Shakespeare play ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the 1974 James Bond movie "The Man With The Golden Gun", what was the name of the

                           villan played by Christopher Lee ?

Q4 ART 1 - In "A Friend In Need", painted by C M Coolidge in 1903, how many dogs, in total, are playing

                     cards and drinking ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Seige of Mafeking of 1899-1900 took place during which war ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Agatha Christie`s novel "The ABC Murders" what was the occupation of George

                                  Earlsfield, the fourth victim ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In the 1970 British comedy movie "Carry On Loving" what is the surname of the character

                            played by Sid James ?

Q8 ART 2 - What was the name of the German expressionist who painted "The Little Blue Horse" in 1912 ?

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 10 July 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 12 July 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 12 July 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 10 July

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 12 July 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 12 July 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.

[pgn]

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[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

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[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - Who was the first man to row solo across the Atlantic ?

A1   John Fairfax

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from which Shakespeare play ?

A2   Hamlet

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the 1974 James Bond movie "The Man With The Golden Gun", what was the name of the

                           villan played by Christopher Lee ?

A3   Scaramanga

Q4 ART 1 - In "A Friend In Need", painted by C M Coolidge in 1903, how many dogs, in total, are playing

                     cards and drinking ?

A4  7  [SEVEN]

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Seige of Mafeking of 1899-1900 took place during which war ?

A5  2nd Boer War

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Agatha Christie`s novel "The ABC Murders" what was the occupation of George

                                  Earlsfield, the fourth victim ?

A6  barber

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In the 1970 British comedy movie "Carry On Loving" what is the surname of the character

                            played by Sid James ?

A7  Bliss

Q8 ART 2 - What was the name of the German expressionist who painted "The Little Blue Horse" in 1912 ?

A8  Franz Marc

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 6 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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 correct -            Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 baker - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 pass .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 Ian Rivers - incorrect  Q2 correct -              Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -                  Q6 butcher - incorrect Q7 correct -   Q8 pass .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 Toby - incorrect  Q2 correct -               Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 pass                    Q6 butcher - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 LukasB - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -     Q2 correct -   Q3 pass  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 6 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 pass   Q8 pass .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @MI5 

Bronze Thinker                               = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @gmarkj @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@MI5          - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian   - Bronze Thinker 

@BobM       - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@TallTrees   - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

  PLACES     NATURE     MUSIC     SPORT

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

[pgn]

Thinkers across the board this time, great to see - well done all!

Thanks for another great WRQ @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[BobM]

Thanks as always @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone 👍

[MI5]

Close guess but no cigar this time.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Plenty of thinkers. Great to see. Well done all and thanks as ever to @Mi-Amigo xx