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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 four of the usual categories
HISTORY; NATURE; WORDS; 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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM @Breanna
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 - Three battles were fought on what is now British soil in 1066. The second was Stamford
Bridge; the third was Hastings. What was the first battle in 1066 ?
Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of mammal is a tamaraw, native to the Philippines ?
Q3 WORDS 1 - Ecru is a word for what colour ?
Q4 ART 1 - Cave paintings in La Grotte Chauvet, Ardeche, France. dating from 20,000 to 17,000 years ago,
depict two different kinds of animal. Name one.
Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Pitchfork Rebellion in July 1685 in Somerset, England is better known as the battle of
..... where ?
Q6 NATURE 2 - How many neck vertebrae does an owl have ?
Q7 WORDS 2 - What does the word eccaleobion mean ?
Q8 ART 2 - Who created the red panel piece "Turqued Ellipses" in 1997, which was shown at Dia Centre,
New York, USA ?
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 12 July 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 14 July 2023.
Please do not post your answers on the thread.
The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 14 July 2023
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 12 July
2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 14 July 2023.
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 14 July 2023 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
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THE ANSWERS
Q1 HISTORY 1 - Three battles were fought on what is now British soil in 1066. The second was Stamford
Bridge; the third was Hastings. What was the first battle in 1066 ?
A1 Fulford
Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of mammal is a tamaraw, native to the Philippines ?
A2 dwarf buffalo
Q3 WORDS 1 - Ecru is a word for what colour ?
A3 beige/off-white. I`ll accept "linen" as correct answer
Q4 ART 1 - Cave paintings in La Grotte Chauvet, Ardeche, France. dating from 20,000 to 17,000 years ago,
depict two different kinds of animal. Name one.
A4 I took the question from an online quiz which gave the answer lion and rhino, but after receiving pms
with answers I checked and found a more reliable source gave a list which said over 60% of paintings
were of bears, lions, mammoths, rhinos, horses - so will accept those as correct answers
Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Pitchfork Rebellion in July 1685 in Somerset, England is better known as the battle of
..... where ?
A5 Sedgemore. Three quizzers gave the answer "Monmouth". Although the Pitchfork Rebellion was also
known as the Monmouth Rebellion, that was named after the Duke of Monmouth but was not
where the battle took place.
Q6 NATURE 2 - How many neck vertebrae does an owl have ?
A6 14
Q7 WORDS 2 - What does the word eccaleobion mean ?
A7 incubator - to hatch eggs
Q8 ART 2 - Who created the red panel piece "Turqued Ellipses" in 1997, which was shown at Dia Centre,
New York, USA ?
A8 Richard Serra
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THE RESULTS
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
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
Q1 correct - Q2 rodent - incorrect Q3 correct - Q4 sabre-tooth tiger - incorrect .
Q5 Monmouth - incorrect Q6 5 - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 Andy Warhol - incorrect .
Total - 2 stars for 2 correct
Q1 Hastings - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .
Q5 correct - Q6 10 - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 pass.
plus for 5 correct answers
Red Thinker
Q1 correct - Q2 bird - incorrect Q3 blue - incorrect Q4 correct - .
Q5 Monmouth - incorrect Q6 6 - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 pass .
Total - 2 stars for 2 correct
Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 sabre-toothed tiger - incorrect .
Q5 Bideford - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 Turner - incorrect .
plus for 5 correct answers
Red Thinker
Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .
Q5 Monmouth - in correct Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .
plus for 7 correct answers
Bronze Thinker
