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White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:07:55 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 MUSIC MOVIES 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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzer

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @TheresaV @LukasB

[@Martin-O2 is on holiday]

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 In which country was the Battle of Pinkie fought in 1547 ?

Q2 MUSIC 1 Where in the UK was the rock/pop festival held in 1969 at which Bob Dylan performed ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 Who directed the 2013 movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 From which country does Tokaj wine come from ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 At the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, during the War of the Grand Alliance, the French were

defeated by an alliance of the English and which other country ?

Q6 MUSIC 2 What was the title of The Boomtown Rats first UK No 1 single ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 In the 1989 Disney movie "The Little Mermaid" what type of creature was Sebastian ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 What foodstuff did James Keiller first produce in the 1700s, which later became popular

at breakfast ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 18 Aug 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 19 Aug 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 20 Aug 2021

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 18 Aug 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 19 Aug 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 19 Aug 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 18 Aug 2021

MI5 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:29:28 GMT

Will read Q's properly today 🙄

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:40:43 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Will read Q's properly today 🙄

Good luck @MI5

Just a little note for all our WRQ quizzers

A couple of questions in today`s WRQ are rated "difficult", and one is possibly the hardest question in its category so far [and I`m not saying which question or which category]. So might be thinking hats on ??

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

pgn — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:51:21 GMT

Hmm. Definitely... I Don't Like Wednesdays!

Nothing personal, @Mi-Amigo 😉

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:04:25 GMT

@pgn wrote:
Hmm. Definitely... I Don't Like Wednesdays!
Nothing personal, @Mi-Amigo 😉

Not taken personally @pgn 😁

Be interesting to see the answers this time...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:39:09 GMT

Bit late to the pity party here but good grief!! 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:53:24 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Bit late to the pity party here but good grief!! 😂

I take it that means there are a couple of questions to think about @Cleoriff ?

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

MI5 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:41:26 GMT

Read carefully (I hope)......

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

BobM — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:02:52 GMT

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo --->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

TallTrees — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:46:08 GMT

Ah what is So BRILLIANT about this quiz is @Mi-Amigo

I know who Bob Dylan is

I know where Beachy Head is

I know who the Boomtown Rats are

I am truly Blessed 🙄

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:56:58 GMT

Thank you @MI5

like gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @BobM

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:55:45 GMT

@TallTrees wrote:
Ah what is So BRILLIANT about this quiz is @Mi-Amigo
I know who Bob Dylan is
I know where Beachy Head is
I know who the Boomtown Rats are
I am truly Blessed 🙄

@TallTrees

As you know who Bob Dylan is; know where Beachy Head is; and know who The Boomtown Rats are; this might mean you might know the answers to those - and maybe the other ? - questions...

Look forward to pm with your answers, later.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

jonsie — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:58:34 GMT

I spy silver for Tall Trees 🎖

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

jonsie — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:41:06 GMT

Here ya go ------------>>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

jonsie — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:45:49 GMT

Just a query re Q5

Didn't the French win?

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:53:43 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

Like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

as to Q5 - no the French didn`t win, they were defeated at the Battle of Beachy Head by the alliance of English and ????

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:35:55 GMT

I know what the hardest question was!! On it's way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

jonsie — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:10:36 GMT

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
Q5 - no the French didn`t win, they were defeated at the Battle of Beachy Head by the alliance of English and ????

Mm....I'm sure I was taught otherwise and I had an A level in History

...although that was more years ago than I care to remember 😐

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:34:34 GMT

Have to say @jonsie I thought the same. I put it down to brain fade which considering the day I had today, didn't surprise me at all. 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

TallTrees — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:54:27 GMT

This is one of my "knowns" @jonsie

1690 is celebrated in Ireland (actually) Battle of the Boyne

As far as my distant memory of 1690 battles recalls the English were defeated at Beachy Head or thereabouts 🙄 ignominiously losing many ships as well as allied ships and the Commander (or whatever he was called then ~ title titles again) was sacked or as genteel persons would put it

"relieved of his command" old boy 😲

You know what history is like ~ who wrote it is very important ~ perhaps the English forgot they lost the battle 😂

It was a long war.

You are right @jonsie

in my humble opinion....! Fortunately we do not need to "come to blows" over the issue as the

question is who was the Partner in War.

Edited to add ~

Fortunately I know little of Medieval Wars

So there will be "little" conflict here with @Mi-Amigo 's Scholarly books ~

because I do not know the Answer! 😆