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White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 04 May 2022 07:36:34 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is Monday`s postponed WRQ with eight questions - with two questions on each of these three categories - HISTORY NATURE LITERATURE ; one on TV ; and one question on EVENTS.

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 quizzers

- @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @J9el @lewys-gp @RafaC -

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 - At which battle, in 1460, during the War of the Roses was Richard, Duke of York, killed ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Which flower did the Victorians call a gilliflower ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Which author created the fictional detective Auguste C Dupin ?

Q4 TV - Who presents the afternoon TV word game LINGO ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Where was the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior sunk in July 1985 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of animal is a Turkish Van ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In comic books, what is Catwoman`s alter ego ?

Q8 EVENTS - How many official Bank Holidays are there in England this year [2022] ?

[you don`t have to give dates for them, just the total number]

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 04 May 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 05 May 2022] - 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 06 May 2022

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 04 May 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 05 May 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 05 May 2022 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 04 May 2022

Cleoriff — Wed, 04 May 2022 08:18:50 GMT

Absolutely great to have our WRQ back @Mi-Amigo. Particularly after all the problems of getting online Monday and Tuesday.

Also a nice set of questions!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

lewys-gp — Wed, 04 May 2022 08:24:39 GMT

Great questions. Looking forward to finding out the answers to the ones I don't know, @Mi-Amigo 😅.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

pgn — Wed, 04 May 2022 08:40:25 GMT

Must be out of practice, these ones look, well, a touch on the tough side today... Still, let's see what a bit of quiet head-scratching produces, eh? 🤔

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 04 May 2022 08:49:07 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff @lewys-gp @pgn

It`s great to be able to bring WRQ back.

A couple of the questions might be a bit tricky and need a bit of head scratching, although I have tried to give a mix with some easier questions.

To be honest, the flower question might be the hardest question in the quz, which I came up with after reading a book about the Victorians over the weekend.

Look forward to pms with the answers later and wish everyone good luck with this WRQ.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Cleoriff — Wed, 04 May 2022 10:05:43 GMT

@Mi-Amigo

Well now I thought the Victorian flower question was easy (having read a lot of books on victoriana topics.) Also watch a lot of Alan Titchmarsh. Just hope I have got it right Lol

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Cleoriff — Wed, 04 May 2022 11:49:26 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 04 May 2022 12:25:29 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif - appropriate to one of the questions

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

MI5 — Wed, 04 May 2022 13:25:47 GMT

Sorry I don't do daytime TV

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

gmarkj — Wed, 04 May 2022 13:52:26 GMT

No silver thinker for me today, but answers are on a post card @Mi-Amigo !

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

RafaC — Wed, 04 May 2022 14:36:38 GMT

PM sent

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 04 May 2022 16:20:56 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Thank you @RafaC

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

TallTrees — Wed, 04 May 2022 16:56:32 GMT

Hello @Mi-Amigo

Glad you are back ~ will give this a go later.

Bye TallTrees

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

jonsie — Wed, 04 May 2022 17:38:57 GMT

Inbound....

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 04 May 2022 18:05:14 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

Good to be back

Look forward to pm with your answers later

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

pgn — Wed, 04 May 2022 18:06:07 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 04 May 2022 18:11:19 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif - appropriate for one of the questions

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 04 May 2022 18:41:31 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 05 May 2022 11:52:54 GMT

Thank you everyone who has sent me a pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @BobM @J9el @Spenny @lewys-gp and anyone else who would lke to have a go at this quiz.

There is stll plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thurs] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Look forward to hearng from you.

Good luck.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

lewys-gp — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:14:29 GMT

Thank you for the gentle reminder, @Mi-Amigo. Answers are on their way 😎.