White Room Quiz Wed 26 Oct 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

  HISTORY   SPACE    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 12.00 noon today [Wednesday] and 03.00am Friday.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees  @BobM  @Spenny  @Comben @J9el  @adec 

@RafaC   @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 HISTORY 1 - The Battle of Gettysburg, in 1863, was fought in which US State ?

Q2 SPACE 1 - What is the name of the second largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Age of Innocence" in 1785 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Honeycrisp, Fuji, and Cripps pink are varities of which fruit ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - How many monarchs reigned in England in the Nineteenth Century ?

                            you don`t have to name them, I just want the total number of monarchs who reigned

Q6 SPACE 2 - The Horsehead Nebulla is in which constellation ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Girl Before A Mirror" in 1932 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which alcoholic drink is in a Screwdriver cocktail ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12.00 noon today [Wed 26 Oct 2022] and 03.00am Fri 28 Oct 2022] - allowing 39 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 28 Oct 2022

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 12.00 noon today [Wed 26 Oct 2022] and before 03.00am Fri 28 Oct 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 28 Oct 2022 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

[gmarkj]

Proper mixed bag of questions there!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you everyone who has sent me a pm with their answers

Gentle reminder to @RafaC @Breanna @BobM @adec @J9el @Comben @Spenny 

There is still time - up to 03.00am tomorrow [Friday morning] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers

Look forward to hearing from you

Good luck

[Comben]

I agree with gmarkj, complete mix bag of questions there... I started off with some guesses and then a couple of educated ones and finally finished with a few I'm fairly sure are right. Enjoyed that WRQ after the first few questions. 😅

PM sent Mi-Amigo

Above - Me when I'm trying to think of educated guesses!

[BobM]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo --->  👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben pleased you liked the quiz

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - The Battle of Gettysburg, in 1863, was fought in which US State ?

A1    Pennsylvania

Q2 SPACE 1 - What is the name of the second largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ?

A2    Vesta

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Age of Innocence" in 1785 ?

A3    Joshua Reynolds

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Honeycrisp, Fuji, and Cripps pink are varities of which fruit ?

A4    apples

Q5 HISTORY 2 - How many monarchs reigned in England in the Nineteenth Century ?

                            you don`t have to name them, I just want the total number of monarchs who reigned

A5    four = George III [1760-1820]; George IV [1820-1830]; William IV [1830-1837]; Victoria [1837-1901] 

Q6 SPACE 2 - The Horsehead Nebulla is in which constellation ?

A6    Orion

Q7 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Girl Before A Mirror" in 1932 ?

A7    Picasso

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which alcoholic drink is in a Screwdriver cocktail ?

A8    vodka

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass    Q3 pass             Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass    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

@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 pass              Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

Q5 6 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Bob - incorrect  Q3 LukasB - incorrect       Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass             Q4 pass

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 New York - incorrect  Q2 Orcus - incorrect  Q3 Vesper - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                       = 8 correct - @jonsie  @MI5 

Bronze Thinker + star          = 7 correct - @Cleoriff  @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                     = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                = 5 correct - @TallTrees  @gmarkj  @Comben 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @jonsie  @MI5 

Well done

@Cleoriff   - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees  - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + star

@Comben    - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least Red Thinker + star [= 5 stars] 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be the Halloween Edition of WRQ - with 8 Halloween-related questions.

Also see the White Room Quiz - Advanced Notice [about the forthcoming WRQ Quizzes from next Wed] which will be posted shortly...

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

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round this time, well done all! Thanks @Mi-Amigo for running these brain-breakers 😆