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White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:05:01 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

HISTORY PLACES ART SPORT

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 @gmarkj @MI5 @WispaRed7 @TallTrees @Cairdeas

@TheresaV @LukasB @Martin-O2 @Marjo

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 Which King of England died from food poisoning after eating "surfeit of lampeys" ?

Q2 PLACES 1 In which US State are the Aleutian Islands?

Q3 ART 1 Which Flemish artist`s works include "Adoration of the Magi" in 1618 and "Battle of

the Amazon" in 1618?

Q4 SPORT 1 Alex Ferguson managed two football teams which won the European Cup Winners Cup

- one was Manchester United. What was the other team?

Q5 HISTORY 2 In which country did the Battle of Arnheim take place in 1944?

Q6 PLACES What is the capital of Puerto Rica ?

Q7 ART 2 Which sculptor created "Ecstacy of Saint Teresa" in 1647-52 for the chapel of the

Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria ?

Q8 SPORT 2 How many players are there in a curling team ?

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 24 February 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 Feb 2021]

- 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 26 Feb 2021

Each member will be awarded 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

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 24 Feb 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 Feb 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 25 Feb 2021 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

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

MI5 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:19:53 GMT

eek!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:22:56 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
eek!

A couple of head-scratchers this time @MI5 ??

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

MI5 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:41:01 GMT

I think I can decode a couple and I have a couple of 50/50's.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:07:13 GMT

Thinking cap firmly on......

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:29:59 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
I think I can decode a couple and I have a couple of 50/50's.

@Cleoriff wrote:
Thinking cap firmly on......

Good luck @Cleoriff and @MI5

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

gmarkj — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:13:04 GMT

erm, not so confident for these ones!!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:15:37 GMT

@gmarkj wrote:
erm, not so confident for these ones!!

@gmarkj

It seems that the general consenus is there are a couple of tougher ones this time. Good luck.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

MI5 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:21:36 GMT

Here we go then.....

It's Fergie time

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:25:56 GMT

Thank you @MI5

Appreciate the appropriate gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:58:10 GMT

On it's way. Gif nothing to do with anything, other than F1 is starting next month

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:21:25 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

Like the gif - the only conection with this quiz is if its LH failed attempt at curling [sorry]

pm with your 8 answer received

Thank you @TheresaV

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:46:44 GMT

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

pgn — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:51:15 GMT

Well, seeing as lamprey were involved, I'll make an exception for that Monarch q, @Mi-Amigo.
Some of the others require a little more omphaloskepsis... 😖🤣

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

gmarkj — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:55:02 GMT

Well, I've sent mine in but not expecting much back!
PM sent @Mi-Amigo...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:08:22 GMT

Thank you @pgn for your comment.

I hope your "little more omphaloskepsis" pays off and look forward to pm with your answers.

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

LukasB — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:13:30 GMT

@Mi-Amigo really tough this one - guesses lots of guesses haha

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Martin-O2 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:36:17 GMT

I really struggled with these questions but PM has been sent @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:21:19 GMT

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 Feb 2021

jonsie — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:58:36 GMT

Sliding in >>>>>>