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White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 May 2023 08:05:32 GMT

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 four categories

PEOPLE; PLACES; LITERATURE; MOVIES

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Comben @J9el @Patricia1066 @Spenny @Breanna

@BobM

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 PEOPLE 1 - Which US President was once married to actress Jane Wymark ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - The Effiel Tower in Paris, France was completed in which year ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In Dicken`s "Oliver Twist", who did Oliver ask for more gruel ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1957 movie "12 Angry Men", Henry Fonda played Juror Number ---- [which number] ?

Q5 PEOPLE2 - Who preceded Nelson Mandela as Head of State of South Africa ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Tivoli Gardens Amusement Park is in which Scandinavian city ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Which Shakespeare play is the shortest ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2001 movie "Moulin Rouge", what is the name of the courtesan played by Nicole Kidman ?

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 24 May 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 26 May 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 26 May 2023

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 24 May

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 26 May 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 26 May 2023 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

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

gmarkj — Wed, 24 May 2023 08:50:13 GMT

Blimey, those will get the grey matter working again!

Off to ponder...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Cleoriff — Wed, 24 May 2023 08:57:35 GMT

I'll sit this one out @Mi-Amigo. I'll be too busy doing 'other things' tomorrow and for the following few days. 🙄

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 May 2023 12:59:22 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj and @Cleoriff for your comments.

A couple of head-scratchers this time, so "good luck" @gmarkj

Sorry you are going to have to sit out this quiz @Cleoriff

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 May 2023 13:00:34 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

gmarkj — Wed, 24 May 2023 13:31:42 GMT

Pm on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 May 2023 16:11:01 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

jonsie — Wed, 24 May 2023 16:15:01 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 May 2023 16:50:57 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Spenny — Wed, 24 May 2023 19:51:09 GMT

Well hello @Mi-Amigo and all, Long long long time. Answers winging the way over to you.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

jonsie — Wed, 24 May 2023 19:52:51 GMT

Good to see you back @Spenny 😀

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Spenny — Wed, 24 May 2023 19:58:15 GMT

Cheers @jonsie lots of life and stuff.

Off to do a 100 mile cycle on Sunday at Ride London, that has been keeping me busy and fit.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 May 2023 20:07:54 GMT

Thank you @Spenny .

Good to have you back with us

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Patricia1066 — Wed, 24 May 2023 21:49:55 GMT

I'm back too. I'll upload the answers right or wrong to you now @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Patricia1066 — Wed, 24 May 2023 21:56:32 GMT

This is why I gave up a few weeks ago!

There are a limit to the number of attempts to post a message, and it foils me. Before this the reason for failure is wrong HTML

I have not successfully sent any messages today.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

pgn — Thu, 25 May 2023 05:47:52 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 25 May 2023 08:44:45 GMT

@Patricia1066 Good to have you back with us.

Sorry to hear about the problems you`re having with sending pm. I`ll tag @Breanna to ask her if she can get the platform provider to look at this for you

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 25 May 2023 08:45:54 GMT

Thank you @pgn and for the vid

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Breanna — Thu, 25 May 2023 09:09:32 GMT

Thanks for flagging this over @Mi-Amigo!

@Patricia1066 we're going to have a look and I'll let you know what we find out.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 24 May 2023

Patricia1066 — Thu, 25 May 2023 20:55:34 GMT

Thanks @Breanna @Mi-Amigo

I'll score myself! 😃