White Room Quiz Wed 11 Dec 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     WORDS      MOVIES      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 @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian [ @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 founded the Macedonian Empire in 334 BCE ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word "bloss", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what type of criminal ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Who was the director of the 1980 movie "The Elephant Man" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which sauce, originally from Genoa, is made by adding olive oil to pounded basil,

                                        pine nut kernels, garlic, and Parmesan cheese ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "colquarron", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what part of a man`s body ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1989 movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, who played Dr Henry Jones -Indiana

                              Jones`s father ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Fino is a very dry, and oloroso is a sweeter type, of which fortified wine ?

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 11 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 13 Dec 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 13 Dec 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 11 Dec

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 13 Dec 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 13 Dec 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.

[Cleoriff]

Great to see you on @Mi-Amigo. I just text you as you were a bit late. Ignore text. 😂

[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

@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 murderer - incorrect   Q3 correct                            Q4 pass .

Q5 David Beatty - incorrect  Q6 head - incorrect          Q7 Harrison Ford - incorrect   Q8 pass .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@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

@pgn 

Q1 correct    Q2 prostitute - incorrect Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct                    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct    Q2 burglar - incorrect  Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass            Q6 correct                  Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

2 stars                                             = 2 correct - @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj   - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 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

    GEOGRAPHY      SCIENCE       LITERATURE       MUSIC.

[pgn]

So my China Blue gif was a bit of a blowen... a shoplifter bloss not a lady of the night bloss, good to know 😁

Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo - those arcane words are pretty challenging! 🤔

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo. Thanks as usual for organising it.

Well done everyone.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[jonsie]

Nice toughie quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done peeps!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Sorry answers, results, awards were posted a little later than usual - I overslept 😂 .

[jonsie]

We're all allowed a little lie-in now and again @Mi-Amigo 

Hopefully it did you some good 👍

[Oxonian]

Ouch @Mi-Amigo, I wish that you had not posted them at all ! 

Anyway, thank you and well done to everyone else ! 👍