White Room Quiz Wed 19 Feb 2025

[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 2 questions on each of these categories:

   PEOPLE   LITERATURE    ART    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 

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 first name of actress Julia Roberts older brother ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Which novellist created the character Jason Bourne ?

Q3 ART 1 - Tracey Emin`s art piece "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995", created in 1995,

                      features what as its centrepiece ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Which award was described by comedian Billy Connolly as "a death mask

                                                       on a stick" ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the surname of the former Spice Girl Mel C ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote the novel "Rebecca", first published in 1938 ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist designed "Bust of Sylvette", constructed by Carl Nesjar and erected in New York

                      in 1968 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - nomophobia is the fear of what ?

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 19 Feb 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 28 Feb 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 28 Feb 2025.

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 19 Feb

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 21 Feb 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 21 Feb 2025 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

@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 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 bed - incorrect  Q4 Scotch Whiskey  - incorrect .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 pass                    Q8 PAYG credit runout - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@jonsie 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 International Comedy Awards - incorrect .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 bed - incorrect  Q4 Oscar - incorrect .

Q5 correct   Q6 pass           Q7 pass                    Q8 saying "No" - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Red Thinker                                    = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2  - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in with Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on these categories

  GEOGRAPHY    NATURE     MUSIC     FOOD & DRINK

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[pgn]

A little later than normal today, nothing to do with nomophobia 😂

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for spreading the topics this week...

[jonsie]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz, as I tried to vary the topics, and well done on your awards.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, somewhat disappointed with my score but ho-hum. Thank you for organiaing.

Well done everyone, some good scores in there. 👍