White Room Quiz Wed 26 June 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

   GEOGRAPHY   NATURE    ART    TV

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 is on leave; and

@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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Comoros Islands are in which ocean ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the gestation period, in days, of a chimpanzee ?

                          I`ll allow 10 days either way from answer I have]

Q3 ART 1 - Which English artist painted "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadowfield" in 1831 ?

Q4 TV 1 - In the British TV sit-com "To The Manor Born", screened 1979-81, what was the name of the butler

                   [character`s name not actor`s] ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the biggest island in Sweden ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - How many teeth does an adult giraffe have ?

Q7 ART 2 - What was the original title of Sir John Everett Millias painting "Bubbles" when first exhibited

                     at Grosvenor Gallery, London in 1886 ?

Q8 TV 2 - In the British TV sit-com "Rising Damp", screened 1974-78, what was the first name of the

                   character played by Don Warrington ?

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 June 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 28 June 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 28 June 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 26 June

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 28 June 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 28 June 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.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, another most challenging event, well done to everyone on the high scores ! 👍