White Room Quiz Wed 22 May 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 categories

   NATURE    LITERATURE   ART    FOOD & DRINK

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 @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 [ @jonsie is away ]

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 NATURE 1 - Troglodyte troglodyte is the scientific term for which British bird ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Robert Louis Stevenson`s novel "Treasure Island" what was the name of the Inn ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Horse Frightened By A Lion" in 1770 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Denmark`s national dish - stegt flaesk - consists of fried strips of which meat ?

Q5 NATURE 2 - Digitalis purpurea is a plant better known by what name ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Shakespeare`s "Macbeth" what is the name of the cat ?

Q7 ART 2 - In Gainsborough`s "Girl With Pigs", painted in 1781, how many pigs are there ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - The Swedish dish "flying Jacob" is chicken casserole and which fruit ?

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 May 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 24 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

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

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 24 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 24 May 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 @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[Oxonian]

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@gmarkj wrote:

Not especially confident with these!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

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I feel like I could be in line for an all-time low score @gmarkj. 

We could well be rivals for the wooden spoon ! 🤣

[J9el]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo - that got the old brain working! 🧠

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 NATURE 1 - Troglodyte troglodyte is the scientific term for which British bird ?

A1   wren

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Robert Louis Stevenson`s novel "Treasure Island" what was the name of the Inn ?

A2   Admiral Benbow

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Horse Frightened By A Lion" in 1770 ?

A3  George Stubbs

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Denmark`s national dish - stegt flaesk - consists of fried strips of which meat ?

A4    pork

Q5 NATURE 2 - Digitalis purpurea is a plant better known by what name ?

A5   foxglove

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Shakespeare`s "Macbeth" what is the name of the cat ?

A6   Grimalkin

Q7 ART 2 - In Gainsborough`s "Girl With Pigs", painted in 1781, how many pigs are there ?

A7   3 [three]

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - The Swedish dish "flying Jacob" is chicken casserole and which fruit ?

A8    banana

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 2 - incorrect   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@Oxonian 

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

Q5 dianthus - incorrect   Q6 pass             Q7 one - incorrect Q8 plums - incorrect .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@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 correct -   Q2 The Local - incorrect        Q3 TheresaV - incorrect   Q4 venison - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 Bigglesworth - incorrect  Q7 4 - incorrect                Q8 pear - incorrect .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@TallTrees 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass              Q7 4 - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct -       Q2 correct -   Q3 William Blake - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 lily - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 2 - incorrect                       Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @MI5 @TallTrees 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @J9el 

2 stars                                              = 2 correct - @Oxonian @gmarkj 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @pgn 

Well done

@MI5         - Bronze Thinker + star

@TallTrees - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM     - Bronze Thinker

@J9el         - Red Thinker

@Oxonian - 2 stars

@gmarkj    - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in next week`s quizzes which will be -

Mon 27 May - WRQ "Spring Bank Holiday" edition

Tues 28 May - Spring Bank Hol Brain Teaser

As there are two quizzes scheduled - WRQ on MON; Brain Teaser on Tues

there will NOT be a WRQ on Wed 29 May

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

[TallTrees]

YAY AND YES

@Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the quiz ☺️ 

Well done all

LOVE THAT WREN BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BIRD ❤️ 😍 

[pgn]

That was a good one, @Mi-Amigo - well done all, some unexpected scores this week, good to see the scores and answers! It was a memory-dredge to answer the witch's familiar from Macbeth q! 😹

[BobM]

Another good one @Mi-Amigo - thank you.

Well done everyone 👍