White Room Quiz Wed 22 Jan 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 two questions on each of these categories

   HISTORY     NATURE      MOVIES      ART

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 HISTORY 1 - The Battle of Kasserine Pass was fought by US, UK and French forces against German and

                             Italian forces in Feb 1943 in which country ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Tilia cordata is the scientific name of which tree ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In 2005 version of "King Kong" movie, who played the character Ann Darrow ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which Italian artist painted "The Feast in the House of Levi" on rear wall of refectory of

                     Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice in 1573 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which King of the English was stabbed to death by Leofa in 946 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of creature is a lamprey ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1980 horror movie "The Shining", what is the name of the hotel ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted 3 paintings entitled "The Waterseller of Seville" between 1618 and1622 ?

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 22 Jan 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 24 Jan 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 24 Jan 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 22 Jan

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 24 Jan 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 24 Jan 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 horse chestnut - incorrect   Q3 correct   Q4 pass .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct                               Q7 correct   Q8 pass .

plus for 5 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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 Austria - incorrect  Q2 monkey tree - incorrect  Q3 correct   Q4 Michelangelo - incorrect .

Q5 correct                 Q6 correct                          Q7 correct   Q8 da Vinic - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

   PLACES     LITERATURE     SPORT     FOOD & DRINK

[pgn]

Thinkers across the board, well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo.

The Overlook hotel!? Still makes me shudder, as well as the follow on book Doctor Sleep (about the son, now an adult). 😓

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

@Cleoriff I must admit that although I love Stephen King`s horror books I`ve not read Doctor Sleep so will have to add it to my "must do" list 😁 .

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@Cleoriff I must admit that although I love Stephen King`s horror books I`ve not read Doctor Sleep so will have to add it to my "must do" list 😁 .

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TBH @Mi-Amigo, I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. I tend to find the sequels aren't as good. However, The Shining (book) came out in 1977 and Doctor Sleep was published in 2013.

This gave the child Danny, time to grow up as it came out 36 years later. 😂

[gmarkj]

Not shocked at that score. Art never was a strong point.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, quite a pleasing outcome. 

Well done all. 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian @gmarkj 

Well done with your awards