White Room Quiz Wed 30 Sept 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-09-2020

Welcome to

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @LukasB @Martin-O2 and O2 Guru @O2Karl

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

HISTORY WORDS SCIENCE [one Physics; one Biology] ART [one Sculptures; one Paintings]

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Who led the Peasants` Revolt in 1381 ?

Q2 [WORDS - 1] What is saponification ?

Q3 [SCIENCE - 1 Physics] In physics, what is an anode ?

Q4 [ART - 1 Sculptures] What is the name of the Swiss sculpturer who`s "L`Homme qui marche" sold

for £58 million in 2010, making it the most expensive sculpture ?

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] During which war did the Battle of Midway Island take place ?

Q6 [WORDS - 2] What does vaccimulgence involve ?

Q7 [SCIENCE - 2 Biology] What is the common name for the umbilicus in the human body ?

Q8 [ART - 2 Paintings] Who painted "The Boyhood Of Raleigh" in 1870 ?

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

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 30 Sept] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 01 October]

- allowing 36 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 morning of Fri 02 October.

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 30 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 01 October 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 01 October 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 today`s White Room Quiz, and finds it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎01-10-2020

Finally, Incoming, @Mi-Amigo ==>

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Mi-Amigo · ‎02-10-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received - before deadline of 11.59pm last night

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-10-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Who led the Peasants` Revolt in 1381 ?

A1 Wat Tyler

Q2 [WORDS - 1] What is saponification ?

A2 process of making soap

Q3 [SCIENCE - 1 Physics] In physics, what is an anode ?

A3 positive charge of electrode

Q4 [ART - 1 Sculptures] What is the name of the Swiss sculpturer who`s "L`Homme qui marche" sold

for £58 million in 2010, making it the most expensive sculpture ?

A4 Alberto Giacomette [just surname accepted answer]

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] During which war did the Battle of Midway Island take place ?

A5 World War II USA v Japan

Q6 [WORDS - 2] What does vaccimulgence involve ?

A6 milking a cow

Q7 [SCIENCE - 2 Biology] What is the common name for the umbilicus in the human body ?

A8 navel or belly button

Q8 [ART - 2 Paintings] Who painted "The Boyhood Of Raleigh" in 1870 ?

A8 Sir John Everett Millais [just surname accepted answer]

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎02-10-2020

Wat? Ah well, Ball's me up 🤣

Let's see...

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Cleoriff · ‎02-10-2020

Oh.My.God. ...talk about lucky guess....and 'surname accepted'

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎02-10-2020

Kicking myself over Millais!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎02-10-2020

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 Henry - incorrect plus, for four correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 cattle herder - incorrect [Wat Tyler was a blacksmith]

Q2 sucking sap from a tree into a cup - incorrect [but did make me laugh ]

Q3 part of an atom - incorrect Q4 pass Q5 World War I - incorrect

Q6 vaccination from a cow - incorrect [but for noting from a cow, I`ll be generous and award half

Q7 umbilical cord - incorrect [but British Medical Association Dictionary notes umblicus is the marking site of the site of the attachment of the umblical cord, so again to be generous I`ll award half ]

Q8 Rembrandt - incorrect

Total two half for two part correct answers

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 pass plus, for more than four correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@pgn

Q1 John Ball - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎02-10-2020

To be fair, I've never heard anyone say, 'I'm off to vaccimulge a cow'....

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-10-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @MI5 @pgn

Red Thinker + = for five correct answers - @gmarkj

Red Thinker = for four correct answers - @LukasB

two half = for two part correct answers - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinker - @Cleoriff

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker +

@pgn - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Red Thinker +

@LukasB - Red Thinker

@Marjo - two half

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz. I know that some of the questions were much tougher this time.

Over the weekend I will select eight questions for Monday`s White Room Quiz with two questions from each of these categories

PLACES NATURE TV FOOD & DRINK

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun.

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎02-10-2020

Thanks and well done all. It was a real thinker

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