White Room Quiz Wed 18 Nov 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎18-11-2020

Welcome to

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

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎19-11-2020

Gentle reminder

@Anonymous @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

and any member who would like to tackle the questions in the WRQ, there still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thursday] to pm me Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Hope to hear from you soon.

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.

Anonymous · ‎19-11-2020

pm sent >>> >>> >>> @Mi-Amigo

A difficult quiz

Mi-Amigo · ‎19-11-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-11-2020

THE ANSWERS

please note: four questions are rated as "difficult" or "hard" as show below

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

A1 rated "difficult" - Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

Q2 WORDS - 1 What is an eidograph ?

A2 rated "difficult" - instrument for enlarging or reducing maps or drawings

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

A3 London - National Portrait Gallery

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

A4 rated "hard" - 111

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

A5 William III - aka William of Orange

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

A6 rated "hard" in Quiz Book which gives the answer "heterodox" but as there are over 10 words

which mean the opposite of "orthodox", I will also accept "unorthodox" and "liberal"

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

A2 George Stubbs

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

A8 90ft

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-11-2020

THE RESULTS:

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 60 - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 World War I - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 Constable - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 American Civil War - incorrect Q2 mathematic theory - incorrect Q3 Stockholm - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Edward II - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 Landseer - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

Total: for three correct answers

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-11-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @MI5 @pgn @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

= for three correct answers - @Anonymous

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @MI5 @pgn @jonsie

Well done

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker +

@Anonymous -

Well done everyone. This was probably one of the toughest White Room Quizzes.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz.

Over the weekend I will select eight questions with two from each of these categories

PLACES TV GAMES EVENTS

I will try and find a balance in the level of the questions, with some easier questions.

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun.

@Mi-Amigo

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

MI5 · ‎20-11-2020

Tough one this week.
Well done everyone and thanks.

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Cleoriff · ‎20-11-2020

Nelson 111? what a stupid amount of runs.... Seems Cricket AND Physics are my weakest points...

Well done everyone...and thanks for a great game again @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎20-11-2020

A "Nelson" is a reference to Admiral Nelson who was believed to have died with 1 arm, 1 leg and 1 eye. 111 also refers to each of the stumps without bails and therefore, means you're out.
It's an old fashioned superstition.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎20-11-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting the Bronze Thinker and

I am not a cricket fan either and have absolutely no idea why 111 runs is called a nelson

edite to add

thanks for the explanation @MI5

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