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White Room Quiz Wed 21 Oct 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories. 

 

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  @WispaRed7 

 

 O2 Community managers @LukasB  @Martin-O2  [ @Marjo is away ] and O2 Guru @O2Karl 

 

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.

 

I have selected eight questions - with questions from each of these cateories

 

  PLACES   PEOPLE   NATURE   ART [with one question on paintings, one on sculpture]

 

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [PLACES - 1] What is the southernmost capital city in the world ?

      

Q2 [PEOPLE - 1]  Who preceded Tony Blair as British Prime Minister ?

 

Q3 [NATURE - 1] What is the natural habitat of an arboreal creature ?

 

Q4 [ART - 1]        Which Italian artist painted "La Primavera" in the late 1470s ?

 

Q5 [PLACES - 2]  In which British town is the University of Surrey ?

 

Q6 [PEOPLE - 2]  Which European leader rode a horse called Marengo ?

 

Q7 [NATURE - 2] What type of bird is a harlequin ? 

 

Q8 [ART - 2]       Who was the first female to win the Turner Prize in 1993 with her sculpture "House"?

 

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 21 October] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 22 October]

- 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 23 October

 

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

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 21 October 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 22 October 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 22 October 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 some of the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your eight answers received

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @jonsie - love the cartoon

pm with your eight answers received

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

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Thank you @Anonymous 

pm with your eight answers received

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

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Great gif, @jonsie! 🤣👍

 

@Cleoriff's is a bit of a car-crash tho LOL

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@pgn 

Cheeky B...I need to get F1 in.....any chance I get tongue

Have another one...and this really happened....LOL

 

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@pgn 

Cheeky B...I need to get F1 in.....any chance I get tongue

Have another one...and this really happened....LOL

 


Here's a fast one... 

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Back t' future...rofl

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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 [PLACES - 1] What is the southernmost capital city in the world ?

A1   Wellington, New Zealand

      

Q2 [PEOPLE - 1]  Who preceded Tony Blair as British Prime Minister ?

A2   John Major

 

Q3 [NATURE - 1] What is the natural habitat of an arboreal creature ?

A3   trees

 

Q4 [ART - 1]        Which Italian artist painted "La Primavera" in the late 1470s ?

A4   Botticelli

 

Q5 [PLACES - 2]  In which British town is the University of Surrey ?

A5   Guildford

 

Q6 [PEOPLE - 2]  Which European leader rode a horse called Marengo ?

A6   Napoleon

 

Q7 [NATURE - 2] What type of bird is a harlequin ? 

A7   duck or parrot [two answers, either acceptable]

 

Q8 [ART - 2]       Who was the first female to win the Turner Prize in 1993 with her sculpture "House"?

A8   Rachel Whiteread

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

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THE RESULTS:

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded  starQ2 correct - awarded star  Q3 correct - awarded star   

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

Q7 correct - awarded star 

Q8 Rachel Witering - surname incorrect, but as first name correct, I`ll be generous and award half star plus, for more than six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

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

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

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

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Silver Thinker

 

@LukasB 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 pass   Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 correct - awarded star 

Q5 London - incorrect        Q6 Putin - incorrect   Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded  starQ2 correct - awarded star  Q3 correct - awarded star   

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

Q7 correct - awarded star 

Q8 Rachel Whittard - surname incorrect, but as first name correct, I`ll be generous and award half star plus, for more than six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Martin-O2 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 pass   Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 pass   Q3 correct - awarded star   Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded star  Q6 correct - awarded star  Q7 correct - awarded star   

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8  pass; plus, for six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded  starQ2 correct - awarded star  Q3 correct - awarded star   

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 Tina Turner - incorrect; plus for more than six correct answers also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Anonymous 

Q1 Johannesburg - incorrect   Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 Carravagio - incorrect        Q5 Colchester - incorrect   Q6 Charles de Gaul - incorrect

Q7 peacock - incorrect             Q8 Tracey Emins - incorrect

Total: two starfor two correct answers 

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

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