White Room Quiz Wed 26 July 2023

[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 four of the usual categories 

   LITERATURE    MUSIC    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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM @Breanna 

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 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea", first published in 1951 ?

Q2 MUSIC 1 - The song "Till There Was You" was in which 1957 musical ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the rom-com movie "Sleepless In Seattle" what is the occuption of the character

                           Sam Baldwin [played by Tom Hanks] ? 

Q4 ART 1 - Cezanne, Gaugan, van Gogh, and Seurat were four major artists of which art movement ?

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Leontes, Hermione, and Perdita are characters in which Shakespeare play ?

Q6 MUSIC 2 - How many "Ballades" did Chopen compose ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Bernard Cribbins played the character Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker in which Carry On

                            movie ?

Q8 ART 2 - What is the title of the 1930 painting by Grant Wood, which depicts a farmer holding a pitchfork

                     standing alongside his wife in front of a building ?

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 26 July 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 28 July 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 28 July 2023

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 26 July

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 28 July 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 28 July 2023 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 @jonsie 

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pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea", first published in 1951 ?

A1   Ernest Hemingway

Q2 MUSIC 1 - The song "Till There Was You" was in which 1957 musical ?

A2   The Music Man

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the rom-com movie "Sleepless In Seattle" what is the occuption of the character

                           Sam Baldwin [played by Tom Hanks] ? 

A3  Architect

Q4 ART 1 - Cezanne, Gaugan, van Gogh, and Seurat were four major artists of which art movement ?

A4   Post-impressionist

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Leontes, Hermione, and Perdita are characters in which Shakespeare play ?

A5   The Winter`s Tale

Q6 MUSIC 2 - How many "Ballades" did Chopen compose ?

A6   Four

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Bernard Cribbins played the character Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker in which Carry On

                            movie ?

A7   Carry On Jack

Q8 ART 2 - What is the title of the 1930 painting by Grant Wood, which depicts a farmer holding a pitchfork

                     standing alongside his wife in front of a building ?

A8   American Gothic

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Guys & Dolls - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Othello -  incorrect    Q6 8 - incorrect     Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker                             = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be the "Summer

Edition" with 8 "summer"-related questions, as part of Off Topic "Summer In The Community".

.... and please don`t forget the White Room Quiz 4th Anniversary quiz on Wed - 02 August.

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

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round, well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

[Cleoriff]

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[gmarkj]

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards