White Room Quiz Wed 22 May 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

   NATURE    LITERATURE   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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 [ @jonsie is away ]

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 NATURE 1 - Troglodyte troglodyte is the scientific term for which British bird ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Robert Louis Stevenson`s novel "Treasure Island" what was the name of the Inn ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which artist painted "Horse Frightened By A Lion" in 1770 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Denmark`s national dish - stegt flaesk - consists of fried strips of which meat ?

Q5 NATURE 2 - Digitalis purpurea is a plant better known by what name ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Shakespeare`s "Macbeth" what is the name of the cat ?

Q7 ART 2 - In Gainsborough`s "Girl With Pigs", painted in 1781, how many pigs are there ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - The Swedish dish "flying Jacob" is chicken casserole and which fruit ?

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 22 May 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 24 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 24 May 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 [Wed 22 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 24 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 24 May 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.

[Cleoriff]

Well this is much better than Famblers (or Fambers) @Mi-Amigo 😂

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

PS what a nice gif! 😂

[TallTrees]

Ah yes 

May know more here 

Polish the Thinkers @Mi-Amigo 

🤣😂

[Oxonian]

PM in your inbox @Mi-Amigo. 👍

Those were hard ; could be a very low score. 😀 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees 

Pleased you like some of the questions

look forward to pm with your answers

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Not especially confident with these!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo  --->  👍