White Room Quiz Mon 03 Mar 2025

[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 2 questions on each of these categories:

   HISTORY   LITERATURE   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 [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 

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 - Who was King of France when the French army was defeated at Battle of Crecy in 1346 ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - "A Dark-Adapted Eye", first published in 1986, was the first psychological thriller

                                   written by Ruth Rendell under which pen name ?

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Vicar of Dibley", what was the surname of the female councillor who was

                  renown for her strange food concoctions [character`s surname not actress`s] ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which Flemish artist painted "Lord John Stuart and his brother Lord Bernard Stuart" in 1638 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Huamachuco, fought in 1883 when Chilean forces defeated Peruvian forces,

                            was the last major battle in which war ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Ron Weasley`s pet rat ?

Q7 TV 2 - In US TV sit-com "Frasier" what is Daphne`s maiden surname [character`s surname not actress`s]?

Q8 ART 2 - Which Dutch artist painted "Portrait of a Carthusian" in 1446, now in Metropolitan Museum, 

                       New York ?

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 03 Mar 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 05 Mar 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 05 Mar 2025.

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 03 Mar

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 05 Mar 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 05 Mar 2025 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.

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

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Thank you @jonsie 

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Thank you @pgn 

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Thank you @MI5 

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[gmarkj]

Be shocked if I even get a red this time!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, my entry awaits your perusal. 

A couple of tricky questions therein ; at least that old dictionary was rested ! 👍  

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

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Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

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I think that was the heardest one for me yet 😩 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

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