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LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:24:00 GMT

Welcome everyone to a special LOVE WEEK edition of

Instead of the usual eight questions, this week there are 12 LOVE-RELATED questions

THE QUESTIONS:

Q1 [history]: Who did Horatio Nelson marry?

Q2 [people]: What was the first and surname of gangster Bonnie Parker`s lover and partner-in-crime?

Q3 [places]: Where, in Europe, is the Lake of Love and Lover`s Bridge [need town and country] ?

Q4 [space]: Who was the planet Venus named after?

Q5 [nature]: Which country are grey-headed lovebirds native to?

Q6 [literature]: Which character speaks the line "If music be the food of love" in Shakespeare`s "Twelfth Night"?

Q7 [sport]: Which Scottish football team`s home ground was Love Street from 1894 to 2009 ?

Q8 [television]: Who played the character Beryl Battersby in the 1970s TV sit-com "The Lovers" ?

Q9: [art]: Where is the LOVE sculpture, created by Robert Indiana in 1970, now on display in the USA?

Q10: [music]: Which 1960s film [movie] features "Love In The Open Air", composed by Paul McCartney?

Q11: [event]: What, traditionally, is given as a gift on the first wedding anniversary in the UK?

Q12: [food and drink]: What is a "love apple"?

The White Room Thursday Quiz will be open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part will need to pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 13 February 2020.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

THE AWARDS:

Each correct answer will be awarded a . In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

12 correct 10 correct 8 correct 6 correct 4 correct

answers answers answers answers answers

Diamond Golden Silver Bronze Red

Thinker Thinker Thinker Thinker Thinker

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow - on Thursday 13February 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received before 00.01 on Thursday and/or after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

With, what I have tried to make to be a fair balance of easier and trickier questions, I hope "regulars"

@Cleoriff @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @pgn @Anonymous ; Community Managers @Martin-O2 and

@Marjo ; and members who have played previously - @RyanK1992 ; @Sy ; @TallTrees ; @BOSSGOGG

will take part, and that new members, and those who have not previously played, will join in.

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

, and, if you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the White Room Thursday Quiz so popular...

I hope everyone enjoys this edition of the White Room Thursday Quiz.

@Mi-Amigo

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Cleoriff — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:16:17 GMT

You have been busy @Mi-Amigo

Quite a mix of questions there....

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:21:50 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
You have been busy @Mi-Amigo
Quite a mix of questions there....

Thank you @Cleoriff

I hope you like the choice and mix of questions and will be pming me your answers tomorrow.

Please note folks - the Red Thinker for four correct answers - so more have a chance of an award

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Martin-O2 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:28:04 GMT

Count me in @Mi-Amigo!

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:25:37 GMT

Thanks @Martin-O2

Look forward to your answers pm`d to me tomorrow [Thursday]

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

MI5 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:15:08 GMT

Hopefully I'll get time this week to have a bash

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:03:22 GMT

Thank you @MI5

It`ll be great if you have time to pm me your answers - you will have all day tomorrow

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

MI5 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:57:54 GMT

I’m working away this week but will try......

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Cleoriff — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:03:38 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
I’m working away this week but will try......

Germany/Czech Republic?

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

jonsie — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:16:08 GMT

I'll have a good think about this when I get home 🏡

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:22:36 GMT

Thanks @jonsie

Hope you will be taking part and pming your answers tomorrow

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

MI5 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:24:29 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
I’m working away this week but will try......
Germany/Czech Republic?

Only UK but not back home until late tomorrow night.

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

jonsie — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:34:09 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
I’m working away this week but will try......
Germany/Czech Republic?
Only UK but not back home until late tomorrow night.

You actually work? 😯😂😂

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

MI5 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:37:50 GMT

@jonsie wrote:

You actually work? 😯😂😂

More "supervisory" than actual work

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

jonsie — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:39:23 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
@jonsie wrote:
You actually work? 😯😂😂
More "supervisory" than actual work

Way to go 👍😉😊

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Cleoriff — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:16:30 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo

Getting in early as I'm out tomorrow morning and I may be blown away

PS, it was a brain wrangler this week.... Not very LOVEly at all

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

jonsie — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:11:27 GMT

I've had a good think and I know 6, can make an educated guess at 4.... and 2 will be a wild stab in the dark.

I'll PM tomorrow when I thunk some more

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:57:56 GMT

Thanks @Cleoriff - yes, the quiz is tougher this week [which is why there is an extra award] - pm with your answers received.

@jonsie - sounds good. Good luck with the other answers. You have until midnight to pm the answers.

@Anonymous - thanks for playing - pm with your answers received

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Cleoriff — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:01:55 GMT

Irrespective of how extra hard it was @Mi-Amigo , that's only to be expected when looking for a love based theme. I still enjoyed it though.... whatever score I manage.

Re: LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:42:25 GMT

Thank you for playing @gmarkj - pm with your answers received