White Room Quiz Wed 18 Nov 2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎18-11-2020

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There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz has eight questions - with two questions from each of four categories

HISTORY WORDS ART SPORT

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @Anonymous

and Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

Some of the questions are rated as "easier", others as "not-so-easy".

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 HISTORY - 1 In which war did the Battle of Isandhlwana take place ?

Q2 WORDS - 1 What is an eidograph ?

Q3 ART - 1 In which city did the first portrait gallery open in 1856 ?

Q4 SPORT - 1 In cricket, how many runs is a nelson ?

Q5 HISTORY - 2 Which British monarch died as a result of his horse stumbling on a molehill ?

Q6 WORDS - 2 Which word is the opposite of "orthodox" ?

Q7 ART - 2 Who painted "Whistlejacket" in the 1760s ?

Q8 SPORT - 2 What is the distance [in feet or metres] between the bases in baseball ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 18 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 19 November]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Fri 20 November

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 18 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 19 November 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 19 November 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

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Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎18-11-2020

Well, that is a killer set of questions there, for sure. Hmm. Definitely a three, or perhaps 4-cupper.

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MI5 · ‎18-11-2020

Jeeez man, what you trying to do to us!!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-11-2020

Errr - thanks [? - I think] @pgn and @MI5

The questions in today`s quiz are a bit tougher than usual with two rated as "difficult", so there might be a bit of head scratching needed.

Good luck.

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Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎18-11-2020

Hardly a pub quiz @Mi-Amigo ....I see you have my least favourite sport included...Bloody cricket!!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-11-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Hardly a pub quiz @Mi-Amigo ....I see you have my least favourite sport included...Bloody cricket!!

Funny you should say that @Cleoriff

Four of the questions are from a "Pub Quiz" book I`ve had for some time...

As for the cricket question, at least it`s not a QI-style question.

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Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎18-11-2020

Definitely 2 there which will need some thought, or luck

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Cleoriff · ‎18-11-2020

I'll tell you now, I will get at least two of those wrong. There you go....Take it away

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gmarkj · ‎18-11-2020

Blimey. Some right stinkers in there!
Well done for digging those out @Mi-Amigo!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-11-2020

@gmarkj wrote:
Blimey. Some right stinkers in there!
Well done for digging those out @Mi-Amigo!

Thank you @gmarkj

I tried to vary the questions and level of difficulty in the quiz this time.

Looks like it`s gonna be a tough one, so I`ll try and make the next couple of WRQ a little easier.

Good luck.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.