White Room Quiz Wed 21 Feb 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 four categories - 

    PEOPLE   WORDS   ART   SPORT

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @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 name of the son of Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim, born Oct 2005 ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - What does the word "fritinancy", dating from 1650, mean ?

Q3 ART 1 - What was the title of the painting by American artist Edward Hopper, painted in 1942, which

                     depicts four people in a downtown diner at night ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Point guard; small forward; and power forward are positions in which sport ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who did comedy actor John Cleese marry in 1968 [They divorced in 1978] ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What does the word "williwaw", dating from 19th century when used by sailors, mean ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted 21ft wide "Washington Crossing the Delaware" in 1851, now held by NYC

                     Metropolitan Museum of Art ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In the Olympics, the men`s and women`s triathlon [not relay] consists of a 1.5km swim;

                         a 10km run; and a bike ride of what distance ?

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 21 Feb 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 23 Feb 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 23 Feb 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 21 Feb

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 23 Feb 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 23 Feb 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.

[gmarkj]

Happy with that.

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - Good one, well done everyone 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @BobM 

Pleased you all liked the quiz and well done on your awards.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, a couple of tough questions therein but that's what makes the challenge. 👍 

[pgn]

Loadsa thinkers, well done all, great quiz @Mi-Amigo!

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

Loadsa thinkers, well done all, great quiz @Mi-Amigo!

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