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White Room Quiz Wed 30 Sept 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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

 

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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  

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Blimey!! I know the answer to the Physics question!! rofl

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Blimey!! I know the answer to the Physics question!! rofl


Hero

I hope you like the other questions.

I look forward to pm with your eight answers any time after noon today.

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Just to let you guys know- I think there are trick questions here. I think the answer to at least two is HENRY

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Be a lot later than noon @Mi-Amigo as I'm off out now. thumbsup

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Ouch!
Looks a bit tough on first glance, apart from the physics one wink
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@MI5 

Yep. I admit that some of the questions are a bit harder this time and maybe need a real think.

Good luck.

Look forward to pm with your eight answers

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Not liking the painting one at all 😞
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Thank you @LukasB 

pm with your eight answers received

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Sent but had to pass on one 😞
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