White Room Quiz Wed 16 Nov 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

 GEOGRAPHY  PLACES   NATURE    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  @TallTrees  @BobM  @J9el  @adec @RafaC @Spenny 

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsula from which African country ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Beeston Castle is in which English county ?

Q3 NATURE 1 - What is the fastest insect through the air, with speed of up to 35 mph ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which artist produced "Shot Marilyn", a series of silkscreen paintings, in 1964 ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The Clifton Suspension Bridge spans which river in the UK ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - According to survey of population in 2022, the three largest cities in The Netherlands are

                        Amsterdam [1st]; Rotterdam [2nd]; Den Haag - The Hague [3rd]. Which city is 4th ?

Q7 NATURE 2 - What colour are the flowers of broom; jasmine; and gorse ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted "The Goldfish" in 1912 and "The Snail" ["L`escargot"] in 1953 ?

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 16 Nov] and up to 03.00am Fri 18 Nov 2022] .

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 18 Nov 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 16 Nov] and before 03.00am Fri 18 Nov 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 18 Nov 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]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker                        = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @Comben @gmarkj @J9el 

Red Thinker                              = 4 correct - @RafaC 

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

Well done

@Cleoriff    - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker

@Comben   - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj      - Red Thinker + star

@J9el           - Red Thinker + star

@RafaC        - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded at least a Red 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 - 

 - SCIENCE   LITERATURE    SPORT   FOOD & DRINK

I will search out the questions over the weekend and try and find a mix of easier [?] and not-so-easy questions.

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

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round on a Friday, eh? Goes to show either we recall better nearer the end of the week, or @Mi-Amigo has a thing for the awkward questions at the start of the week 😂

Well done all, you can relax and enjoy the rain this weekend will doubtless bring 🌦

[BobM]

Good results, well done everyone. 

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

[RafaC]

Nice to see thinkers all around!
Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo! 

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. As for me, why oh why did I put Eindhoven? 😂 Thick!! Lol

Good quiz @Mi-Amigo x

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @pgn @BobM @pgn @Cleoriff 

Pleased you all enjoyed the quiz and well done each of you on your awards. Good to see everyone got a Thinker

@pgn 

As to the questions being harder at the begining of the weeks, I don`t know if it`s down to me having more time over the weekend to read various books and find something on which to base a question. But then, as has been said before, the questions are only easy if you know the answers 😀  

@Cleoriff 

Don`t be too annoyed at giving Eindhoven as the answer to the Dutch question. You weren`t the only one, and it is the fifth largest city.

[Comben]

Wow so many thinkers, well done everyone and especially to Mi-Amigo for putting together another great WRQ.

I really thought I was on for a Bronze thinker this week (and it would have been my first ever!) but alas I was 1 short... No bother there is always Monday's WRQ that I can have another attempt on and hopefully one day I'll get it.

Hope you all enjoyed the weekend and the start of the World Cup if you are into football. 🏆