White Room Quiz Wed 31 Aug 2022 - Summer Edition

[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 part of the

                   Summer on the O2 Community ‌🌞

with 8  Summer-related questions.

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

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

@Breanna   @RafaC 

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 - Castel Gandalfo is who`s summer residence ?

Q2 LITERATURE - In Shakespeare`s Midsummer Night`s Dream, who is King of the Fairies ?

Q3 WORDS - Summer Solstice is the day with the longest period of sunlight. What did the Latin word

                      solstice literally mean ?

Q4 MOVIES - In the 1960s movie Summer Holiday, which country did Cliff Richard and his friends finally

                       reach in the London bus ?

Q5 TV - In the British TV sit-com Last Of The Summer Wine, what was the name of the character played

             by Brian Wilde ?

Q6 ART - The Summer Exhibition is held annually in which London art gallery ?

Q7 SPORT - Which city will host the 2024 Summer Olympics ?

Q8 EVENTS - Sumardagurinun Fyrst, literally meaning First Day of Summer, is an annual public holiday

                      in which country ?

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 noon today [Wed 31 Aug 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 01 Sep 2022] - 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 Friday 02 Sept 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 noon today [Wed 31 Aug 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 01 Sept 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 01 Sept 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

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star  Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star

Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star.

Plus for 8 correct = Silver Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 Gandalf - incorrect  Q2 Marie - incorrect  Q3 sun at peak - incorrect  Q4 Spain - incorrect

Q5 Scott - incorrect  Q6 correct - star  Q7 correct - star  Q8 Finland - incorrect. 

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@pgn 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star  Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star

Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star

plus for 8 correct = Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star  Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star

Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star

plus for 8 correct = Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star  Q5 correct  Q6 Tate - incorrect

Q7 correct - star  Q8 Finland - incorrect

plus for 6 correct = Bronze Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 Carlos, King of Spain - incorrect  Q2 Puck - incorrect   Q3 Day length - incorrect   Q4 correct - star

Q5 correct - star   Q6 Tate Modern - incorrect   Q7 correct - star  Q8 Sweden - incorrect

Total 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 pass  Q3 longest sun - incorrect   Q4 correct - star   Q5 correct - star   Q6 correct - star

Q7 correct - star  Q8 Finland - incorrect

plus for 5 correct = Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star  Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star

Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star

plus for 8 correct = Silver Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 pass  Q3 sun - incorrect  Q4 Spain - incorrect  Q5 correct - star Q6 V & A - incorrect

Q7 correct - star  Q8 Thailand - incorrect

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

CONGRATULATIONS to SILVER THINKERS = @MI5  @pgn  @Cleoriff  @jonsie 

BRONZE THINKER + star = @gmarkj 

RED THINKER + star        = @BobM 

THREE stars                      = @Comben @Spenny 

TWO stars                         = @RafaC  

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questons with two questions on each of these categories

PEOPLE  NATURE   MUSIC   FOOD & DRINK

Thank you everyone for making WRQ fun.

[pgn]

Good show everyone - and answers are fine, @Mi-Amigo, despite the c&p foibles foist upon you by the Forum and your web browser 👍

Food and Drink next week, yum! Thanks!

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - well done all 👍

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo. Great game. Well done everyone x

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[gmarkj]

Well done for working round the forum/browser issue @Mi-Amigo  , and well done to all that took part.

[RafaC]

I knew I wasn't going to perform well this time... anyway, thanks @Mi-Amigo for this last great summer activity on the community and well done everyone!

@Mi-Amigo I've noticed you had to adapt the way you post the answers and awards, do you reckon it was an issue with the community platform?

[Comben]

Thanks Mi-Amigo for persevering despite the lack of C&P, must have taken even more effort than normal. At first I was thinking: ‘where are all the stars’… Did we all fail miserably but then saw your post explaining it.

Pretty happy with my result despite knowing very little of the answers. Hopefully I fare better in the Monday WRQ.

Well done to everyone for this WRQ (the last summer activity) and actually for all summer activities throughout the event. Really enjoyed them all. Cheers. 👍🏻 👏🏻 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj @RafaC @Comben 

Pleased you all enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards - even if the usual stars and awards list was missing this time.

The good news is that "copy and paste" now seems to be working again on the forum so hopefully this was a one-off.

I`ll search out the questions for Monday`s WRQ over the weekend and will try and find a few easier questions.