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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo  -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[BobM]

Missed the last couple of quizzes but made if back for this one.

PM sent @Mi-Amigo --->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

Good to have you back with us

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What is the name of the son of Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim, born Oct 2005 ?

A1   Kal-El

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

A2   chirping/tweeting

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 ?

A3   Nighthawks

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

A4  basketball

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

A5   Connie Booth

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

A6   wind blowing offshore from mountains

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

                     Metropolitan Museum of Art ?

A7   Leutze

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 ?

A8   40km

[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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 Nicolas - incorrect  Q2 adultery - incorrect  Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -              Q6 seasick - incorrect     Q7 pass               Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 scared - incorrect     Q3 LukasB - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 no wind - incorrect  Q7 ThersaV - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pass   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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

@BobM 

Q1 Rib Cage - incorrect 😂  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -                      Q6 correct -   Q7 pass              Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian @BobM 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @gmarkj  @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2  - 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 a normal WRQ 

of 8 questions with two questions on each of these four categories

   HISTORY    SCIENCE   MUSIC   MOVIES

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

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Good one

[Cleoriff]

Well done one and all. Thanks @Mi-Amigo x