LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

[Mi-Amigo]

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  

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[MI5]

Just sent my guesses in whilst I had 5 mins spare.....

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 - much appreciated as you are busy with work - pm received

[pgn]

Quick quick - incoming!

[Mi-Amigo]

@pgn - thank you for playing. pm with your answers received

@Anonymous - good to have you join in with the quiz. pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Gentle reminder to @Martin-O2 and @Marjo - you still have plenty of time to pm me your answers 

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
Just sent my guesses in whilst I had 5 mins spare.....

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FIVE MINUTES?? It took me all damn day!!

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
Just sent my guesses in whilst I had 5 mins spare.....

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FIVE MINUTES?? It took me all damn day!!

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I think he meant 5 spare mins to paste his answers into a PM, @Cleoriff 🤣

Took me all day to determine the wedding anniversary one, and the list of modern gifts are so inappropriate for some weird reason! Bleh.

Good headscratcher questions, @Mi-Amigo. 

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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Took me all day to determine the wedding anniversary one, and the list of modern gifts are so inappropriate for some weird reason! Bleh.

Good headscratcher questions, @Mi-Amigo. 

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Totally agree with the statement about modern gifts @pgn 

Best say no more as people are yet to post....

[MI5]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
Just sent my guesses in whilst I had 5 mins spare.....

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FIVE MINUTES?? It took me all damn day!!

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Yeah just 5 mins to guess (at most of them) but I knew the anniversary one

[Marjo]

A PM is coming from me soon @Mi-Amigo !