White Room Quiz Wed 21 Oct 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-10-2020

Welcome to

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

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

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

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-10-2020

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

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

jonsie · ‎22-10-2020

Geronimooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎22-10-2020

Thank you @jonsie - love the cartoon

pm with your eight answers received

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-10-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

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

pgn · ‎22-10-2020

Great gif, @jonsie! 🤣👍

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

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Cleoriff · ‎22-10-2020

@pgn

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

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

Veritas Numquam Perit

pgn · ‎22-10-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
@pgn
Cheeky B...I need to get F1 in.....any chance I get
Have another one...and this really happened....

Here's a fast one...

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Cleoriff · ‎22-10-2020

Back t' future...

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-10-2020

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

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-10-2020

THE RESULTS:

@MI5

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded

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

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff

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

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

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

Silver Thinker

@LukasB

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

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

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@pgn

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded

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

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2

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

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

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

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

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

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

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

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

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

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

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

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

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

Q7 peacock - incorrect Q8 Tracey Emins - incorrect

Total: two for two correct answers

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