White Room Quiz Wed 14 Dec 2022

[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 question on each of these categories

  HISTORY   SCIENCE    MOVIES    ART

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers from 12 noon today [Wed] to 03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @Comben   @BobM   @TallTrees   @J9el   @Spenny  @RafaC 

@Breanna  @adec 

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 - Roman Emperor Septimus Severus died in 211AD in Britain. What is the modern name of the

                           English city in which he died ? 

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Which of these does light travel fastest through - air, water, or vacuum ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the James Bond movie "From Russia With Love", what is the name of the assassin played

                          by Robert Shaw ?

Q4 ART 1 - Picasso`s "Guerinca" is in Museo Reina Sofia in which European city ? 

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The longest seige in medieval England began in 1266 at which English castle ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Heterochromia results in what changes in physical appearance ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Who directed the movie "Gladiator" in the year 2000 ?

Q8 ART 2 - What colour is the wife`s dress in Jan van Eyck` painting "The Arnolifini Portrait" ? 

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 14 Dec] and up to 03.00am Fri 16 Dec 2022] .

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 16 Dec 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 between 12 noon today [Wed 14 Dec] and before 03.00am Fri 16 Dec 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 16 Dec 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, even though there are a couple of tough questions this time. 

Good luck, everyone.

[Comben]

PM has been sent Mi-Amigo - The WRQ was a mixed bag for me this week, hopefully I'll get a few more right than Monday 😝 Because at least this one has a mixture of answers I know and others I could take a reasonable guess at.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

Look forward to pm with your answers

Thank you @Comben 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

PM in your message box

@Mi-Amigo 

[J9el]

Hey @Mi-Amigo PM sent over. History and Bond ✅✅

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gf

pm with your answers received - before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - Roman Emperor Septimus Severus died in 211AD in Britain. What is the modern name of the

                           English city in which he died ? 

A1   York

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Which of these does light travel fastest through - air, water, or vacuum ?

A2   vacuum

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the James Bond movie "From Russia With Love", what is the name of the assassin played

                          by Robert Shaw ?

A3   Red Grant

Q4 ART 1 - Picasso`s "Guerinca" is in Museo Reina Sofia in which European city ? 

A4   Madrid

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The longest seige in medieval England began in 1266 at which English castle ?

A5   Kenilworth Castle

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Heterochromia results in what changes in physical appearance ?

A6   different colour eyes

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Who directed the movie "Gladiator" in the year 2000 ?

A7    Ridley Scott

Q8 ART 2 - What colour is the wife`s dress in Jan van Eyck` painting "The Arnolifini Portrait" ? 

A8    green   

[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

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 Bath - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 Barcelona - incorrect

Q5 Warwick Castle - incorrect          Q6 correct -    Q7 correct -    Q8 blue - incorrect

 plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 London - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 David ? - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Warwick Castle - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

 plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 Cambridge - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 Blowfeld - incorrect 

Q4 Spain - sorry can`t accept, need the city  Q5 Lancaster - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -  

Q8 blue - incorrect.

Total = 3 stars for three correct

@TallTrees 

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

Q5 pass    Q6 pass   Q7 pass       Q8 correct -  .

 plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 London - incorrect  Q2 air - incorrect   Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 hair turns grey - incorrect  Q7 correct -    Q8 orange - incorrect

 plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -    Q8 blue - incorrect

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @pgn 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @RafaC 

Red Thinker                             = 4 correct - @gmarkj @J9el @TallTrees 

3 stars                                       = 3 correct - @Comben 

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

Well done

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker + star

@RafaC       - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@J9el           - Red Thinker

@TallTrees    - Red Thinker

@Comben    - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars

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   WORDS     MUSIC      SPORT

I will search out a mix of "easier" and "not-so-easy" questions over the weekend; and

DON`T FORGET - the White Room Christmas Quiz is next Wed - 21 Dec

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