White Room Quiz Mon 02 Dec 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions  with two questions on each of these categories

   HISTORY   MUSIC    ART     FOOD & DRINK

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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian - @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 1 - What was the name of the German battleship which was sunk in Dec 1939 following the

                             Battle of the River Plate ?

Q2 MUSIC 1 - The musical term "forte" means play loudly. What is the musical term which means "play

                         softly" ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Saturn Devouring His Son" in 1819-23 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Spaghetti alle vongole is made with which shellfish ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the first USS nuclear-powered submarine ?

Q6 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the ship which was the title of The Beach Boys single which reached

                            No 2 in the UK singles chart in May 1966 ?

Q7 ART 2 - Picasso`s anti-war painting "Guernica", painted 1937, features a horse and which other animal ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the Spanish foodstuff "membrillo" ?

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 [Mon 02 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 04 Dec 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 04 Dec 2024.

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 [Mon 02 Dec

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 04 Dec 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 04 Dec 2024 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.

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo ---->>

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Oxonian]

My submission should be in your inbox @Mi-Amigo ; as usual, thank you for organising. 👍

That's quite a gif @Cleoriff ; nearly made me jump out of my chair. 🤣  

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo  --->  👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie 

and for the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

and for the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @AK04 

great to have you join in quiz

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Answers sent via PM @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

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@Oxonian wrote:

That's quite a gif @Cleoriff ; nearly made me jump out of my chair. 🤣  

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Yes it was pretty good @Oxonian 😂

[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo