White Room Quiz - "Parrot" edition - Wed 15 Nov 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the "Parrot" edition of 8 "parrot"-related questions - with one question on each of these categories - 

    HISTORY  PEOPLE  NATURE  LITERATURE   MUSIC  MOVIES  TV  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 @BobM @Spenny @J9el @Dave-O2 

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 - The first pet parrot in Britain is said to have been an African Grey parrot at Hampton Court

                          in 16th century belonging to which King of England ? 

Q2 PEOPLE - What was the name of the parrot owned by Winston Churchill during World War II ?

Q3 NATURE - The Sulu Racquet-tail Parrot is one of the world`s rarest parrots. What is its country of origin ? 

Q4 LITERATURE - In Robert Louis Stevenson`s novel "Treasure Island", what was the name of Long John

                               Silver`s pet parrot ?

Q5 MUSIC - What is the name of the lead singer of rock band Aerosmith who had a pet parrot called

                       Senegal ?

Q6 MOVIES - What is the name of the parrot in Disney movie "Aladdin" ?

Q7 TV - In the Monty Python 1969 TV "dead parrot" sketch, the dead parrot was said to be what

                [fictional] species of parrot ?

Q8 ART - Which Dutch artist painted "Virgin and Child with the Canon van der Paele" in 1436 which included

                  a green parrot ?

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 15 Nov 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 17 Nov 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 17 Nov 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 15 Nov

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 17 Nov 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 17 Nov 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

[TallTrees]

Well amazing @Mi-Amigo 

So parroty   🦜 

Well done for a great mix of questions.  

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 🐦

Answers are now sitting in your inbox 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees for your kind comments.

Look forward to pm with your answers later

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Not holding much hope with these - answers on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

That's sooo funny @Cleoriff 😅