White Room Quiz Wed 18 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

   PEOPLE   PLACES     TV    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 [ @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 PEOPLE 1 - What is the profession of a person with the initials RIBA after their name ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Which northern English county is known as the "Land of the Prince Bishops" ?

Q3 TV 1 - Squidward Q Tentacles is a character in which children`s TV series ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Mont Sainte-Victoire", series of paintings painted between 1902 and 1906 ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - In Greek mythology, what was the name of the Greek god of fire ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Delphi, the site of the temple dedicated to Apollo, is on the slope of which mount ?

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "As Time Goes By", 9 series aired 1992 to 2005, who played the character

                  Lionel ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which English artist painted "Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western", first exhibited in

                     1844 ?

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 18 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 20 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 20 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 [Wed18 Dec

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 20 Dec 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 20 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received - before deadline.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What is the profession of a person with the initials RIBA after their name ?

A1   architecht

Q2 PLACES 1 - Which northern English county is known as the "Land of the Prince Bishops" ?

A2   Co Durham

Q3 TV 1 - Squidward Q Tentacles is a character in which children`s TV series ?

A3   SpongeBob SquarePants

Q4 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Mont Sainte-Victoire", series of paintings painted between 1902 and 1906 ?

A4   Cezanne

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - In Greek mythology, what was the name of the Greek god of fire ?

A5    Hephaestus

Q6 PLACES 2 - Delphi, the site of the temple dedicated to Apollo, is on the slope of which mount ?

A6    Mt Parnassus

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "As Time Goes By", 9 series aired 1992 to 2005, who played the character

                  Lionel ?

A7   Geofrrey Palmer

Q8 ART 2 - Which English artist painted "Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western", first exhibited in

                     1844 ?

A8    Turner

[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 correct                   Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 TheresaV - incorrect .

Q5 Olympus - incorrect  Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 LukasB - incorrect .

plus for 5 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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct .

Q5 pass            Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct                         Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct .

Q5 Old Smokey - incorrect  Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct .

plus for  correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @Oxonian @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj      - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in next week`s festive quizzes - info see here 

[pgn]

Thinkers abound, well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo - the next few quizzes over the festive season could be a challenge... 🤐👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

Another great quiz. Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo x

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - Good scores, well done all. 

[jonsie]

Mucho gracio @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone!

[Mi-Amigo]

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

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards