White Room Quiz Wed 23 Oct 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 2 questions on each of these categories

   PLACES     LITERATURE     MUSIC     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @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 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the bridge which connects the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpa ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Shakespeare`s play "A Midsummer Night`s Dream", which character says

                                   "Lord, what fools these mortals are" ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In "Peter And The Wolf" composed by Prokofiev, which instrument represents the cat ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What was a bow drill used for ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Jin Mao Tower is in which city ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Philip Pullman`s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, what is the title of the second book,

                                   first published in 1997.

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which British singer released the album "Back To Black", which reached No 1 in UK album

                          chart in Jan 2007 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - BBC Radio 4 series "The Archers" is set in which fictional county ?

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 23 Oct 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 25 Oct 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 25 Oct 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 23 Oct

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 25 Oct 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 25 Oct 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 @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the bridge which connects the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpa ?

A1   Skybridge

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Shakespeare`s play "A Midsummer Night`s Dream", which character says

                                   "Lord, what fools these mortals are" ?

A2   Puck

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In "Peter And The Wolf" composed by Prokofiev, which instrument represents the cat ?

A3    clarinet

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What was a bow drill used for ?

A4   to start a fire

Q5 PLACES 2 - Jin Mao Tower is in which city ?

A5   Shanghai

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Philip Pullman`s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, what is the title of the second book,

                                   first published in 1997.

A6  The Subtle Knife

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which British singer released the album "Back To Black", which reached No 1 in UK album

                          chart in Jan 2007 ?

A7  Amy Whitehouse

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - BBC Radio 4 series "The Archers" is set in which fictional county ?

A8   Borsetshire   

[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

@gmarkj 

Q1 Bob - incorrect  Q2 Oberon - incorrect  Q3 violin - incorrect  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct            Q6 correct                 Q7 Adele - incorrect  Q8 pass .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct.

@jonsie 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct                                                 Q3 flute - incorrect  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 Noddy Goes To Toytown - 😂 incorrect Q7 correct             Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 Skyline - incorrect   Q2 correct    Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 Wuhan - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct    Q2 Oberon - incorrect  Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 pass                          Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 correct   Q8 Midsomershire - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @Cleoriff  @MI5 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @jonsie @Oxonian @BobM 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @gmarkj

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5 

Well done

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker + star

@jonsie       - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian   - Bronze Thinker

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker 

@gmarkj     - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

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

I hope everyone will join in Monday`s WRQ of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories - 

   HISTORY     SCIENCE     WORDS      MOVIES

[pgn]

Never liked Ambridge and its Archers enough to discover what county it was set in, tbh. Good quiz, @Mi-Amigo - and well done all. Some cracker "don't know, don't care" answers this week 🤣

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for a great quiz,

@pgnwhen I was growing up, it was a ritual to listen to the Archers at 6.45pm. My Mum and Dad loved this 'Everyday story of country folk' 🙄😂

[BobM]

Happy with that, thank you @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all  👍

[pgn]

@Cleoriff - The Clitheroe Kid was normal radio fayre in our house around teatime, once the tubes in the radio set had warmed up...🤣

[Cleoriff]

@pgn 

I'd quite forgotten the time it took to 'warm the radio up'!!

I'm afraid I couldn't be assed with the fantasy of The Archers. Brought up a few metres away from the worst bombing in the country, this inner city kid spent her formative years playing on one of 3 bombed sites in our street. We had no time to dream of the rolling hills of Ambridge!!