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

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

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 ? 

A1  Henry VIII

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

A2   Charley

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

A3    Philippines

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

                               Silver`s pet parrot ?

A4  Captain Flint

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

                       Senegal ?

A5   Steve Tyler

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

A6   Iago [alternative spellings accepted as correct answer]

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

                [fictional] species of parrot ?

A7   Norweigan Blue

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

                   included a green parrot ?

A8  van Eyck

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 Indonesia - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -   Q2 James - incorrect  Q3 S Africa - incorrect   Q4 Pete - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -             Q7 dodo - incorrect       Q8 van Gogh - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Cleoriff 

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

@gmarkj 

Q1 Edward I - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 Madagascar - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Chickie - incorrect   Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

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

Q5 pass             Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -    Q8 pass .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 Henry VII - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -    Q8 van Gogh - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @MI5 @pgn @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker                               = 6 correct - @BobM @TallTrees 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                              = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONLY SILVER THINKER - @Cleoriff 

Well done

@MI5             - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn             - Bronze Thinker + star

@jonsie         - Bronze Thinker + star

@TallTrees    - Bronze Thinker

@BobM         - Bronze Thinker 

@gmarkj       - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2    - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions

with 2 questions on each of these categories

  GEOGRAPHY   WORDS    SPORT    FOOD & DRINK

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

[TallTrees]

Thank you 😊 for the interesting quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Couldn't make the silver as music artists names  and the very ancient painters are not my thing usually, only odd occasions. 

So Bronze is great.  

Glad to see everyone had very good outcome in this quiz too 👍 

 

[pgn]

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - debatable results too 😆 Well done all!

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Close geographically with my guess.

Well done all.

[BobM]

Happy with that, thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Good scores all round, well done all 👍

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone. 😊

[gmarkj]

More than happy with that - well done everyone, and thanks for an interesting spin on the normal quiz @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees @MI5 @BobM @Cleoriff @gmarkj @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz. It was fun searching out the "parrot"-related questions.

Well done on your awards - with a few "nearer-misses" at getting the next level of Thinker.

If anyone has a suggestion for a future "themed" WRQ please send me a pm and I`ll try and arrange such for a future WRQ.

Thanks.