White Room Quiz Wed 18 Sept 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    TV     ART      FOOD & DRINK

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 @J9el @Spenny [ @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 - Geronimo was the leader of which Native American tribe ?

Q2 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "The Young Ones" who played the character Jerzy Balowski, the landlord ?

Q3 ART 1 - In Leonardo da Vinci`s "Benois Madonna", painted in 1478, what object is Infant Jesus reaching

                     for in Virgin Mary`s hand ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Chablis wine is produced in which region of France ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in which British city ?

Q6 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "Dad`s Army", who played the character Private Frazer ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which French artist painted "The Gleaners" ["des glaneuses"], completed in 1857 ? 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the name, derived from Italian for trouser leg, for a pizza folded in half

                                        before cooking to contain the filling ?

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 Sept 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 20 Sept 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 Sept 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 [Wed 18 Sept

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

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 20 Sept 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]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@Oxonian 

Q1 pass            Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 pass            Q8 wrap - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red 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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct                        Q2 correct    Q3 carrot - incorrect      Q4 pass .

Q5 Edinburgh - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 TheresaV - incorrect Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @Oxonian

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@Oxonian      - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj        - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions

with 2 questions on each of these categories

   HISTORY     PLACES     WORDS     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[pgn]

Well done all!

Another record, @Mi-Amigo?

[gmarkj]

Well one guess came good and the other didn't - can't complain at that success rate!

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

[jonsie]

Well done all

Excellent quiz @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @pgn @gmarkj @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Great to see everyone getting a Thinker - again !

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo for another splendid quiz ; well done to all and particularly to those who got 100 per cent ! 👍