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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[jonsie]

Incoming >>>>>>>>>>>>

[jonsie]

That's an hour of my life I'll never get back 

[Mi-Amigo]

@Marjo - thank you for playing - pm received

@jonsie - thanks for your answers - pm received 

[Martin-O2]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo ! 

[Mi-Amigo]

@Martin-O2 - thanks for playing. pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

                                                                    THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [history]: Who did Horatio Nelson marry?

A1: Frances Woolward, widow of Josiah Nisbet - known as Fanny - so Francis/ Fanny Woolward/Nisbet allowed as answer

Q2 [people]: What was the first and surname of gangster Bonnie Parker`s lover and partner-in-crime?

A2: Clyde Barrow

Q3 [places]: Where, in Europe, is the Lake of Love and Lover`s Bridge [need town and country] ?

A3: Bruges [at Minnewater at southern end of city], Belgium  

Q4 [space]: Who was the planet Venus named after?

A4: Roman goddess of love

Q5 [nature]: Which country are grey-headed lovebirds native to?

A5: Madagascar - other species of lovebirds do come from other places.

Q6 [literature]: Which character speaks the line "If music be the food of love" in Shakespeare`s "Twelfth Night"?

A6: Duke Orsino

Q7 [sport]: Which Scottish football team`s home ground was Love Street from 1894 to 2009 ?

A7: St Mirren

Q8 [television]: Who played the character Beryl Battersby in the 1970s TV sit-com "The Lovers" ? 

A8: Paula Wilcox

Q9: [art]: Where is the LOVE sculpture, created by Robert Indiana in 1970, now on display in the USA?

                

A9: Indianapolis Museum of Art - but one member, who gave this correct answer, pointed out that copies are on display in New York and Philadelphia. On checking and finding this is correct, have accepted NY as an alternative answer [see below]

Q10: [music]: Which 1960s film [movie] features "Love In The Open Air", composed by Paul McCartney?

A10: The Family Way

Q11: [event]: What, traditionally, is given as a gift on the first wedding anniversary in the UK?

A11: Paper

Q12: [food and drink]: What is a "love apple"?

A12: tomato [in French - pomme d`amour]

[Mi-Amigo]

                                                                               THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

A1 correct - awarded ; A2 correct - awarded ; A3 correct - awarded ;

A4 correct - awarded ; A5 correct - awarded ; A6 correct - awarded ;

A7 Motherwell - incorrect;  A8 correct - awarded ; A9 correct - awarded ;

A10 correct - awarded ; A11 correct - awarded ; A12 correct - awarded 

for 11 answers correct - also awarded

   

Golden Thinker + 

@gmarkj 

A1 correct - awarded ; A2 correct - awarded ; A3 Venice - incorrect

A4 correct - awarded ; A5 Italy - incorrect; A6 pass; A7 correct - awarded ;

A8 pass; A9 pass; A10 pass; A11 correct - awarded ; A12 pass:

for 5 answers correct - also awarded

  

 Red Thinker + 

@Anonymous 

A1 pass; A2 correct - awarded ; A3 Venice - incorrect; A4 correct - awarded ;

A5 Venezula - incorrect; A6 pass; A7 pass;  A8 pass; A9 Chicago - allowed - awarded ;

A10 pass; A11 correct - awarded ; A12 pass:

for 3 answers correct - awarded   

more results to follow....

[Mi-Amigo]

RESULTS [continued]:

@MI5 

A1 correct - awarded ; A2 correct - awarded ; A3 correct - awarded ;

A4 correct - awarded ; A5 correct - awarded ; A6 correct - awarded ;

A7 correct - awarded ;  A8 correct - awarded ; A9 correct - awarded ;

A10 correct - awarded ; A11 correct - awarded ; A12 correct - awarded 

for 12 answers correct - also awarded

 Diamond Thinker

@pgn 

A1 correct - awarded  [and pgn added "turns out wasn`t his only Fanny"];

A2 correct - awarded ; A3 correct - awarded ;

A4 correct - awarded ; A5 correct - awarded ; A6 correct - awarded ;

A7 correct - awarded ;  A8 correct - awarded ; A9 New York - allowed - awarded ;

A10 correct - awarded ; A11 correct - awarded  [and pgn added "5th [anniversary] is interesting, you get to give your partner wood"]; A12 correct - awarded 

for 12 answers correct - also awarded

 Diamond Thinker

@Anonymous 

A1: "Courtney Love" - incorrect;  A2: "Right Turn Clive" - incorrect; A3 "Venus Williams, as tennis has `love` in in it" - incorrect; A4 "Prague" - incorrect; A5 correct - awarded ; 

A6 correct - awarded ; A7 correct - awarded ;  A8 correct - awarded ;

A9 "the landfill where it belongs" - incorrect; A10 correct - awarded ; A11 correct - awarded ;

A12 correct - awarded 

for 7 answers correct - also awarded

   

Bronze Thinker + 

@jonsie 

A1 correct - awarded ; A2 correct - awarded ; A3 correct - awarded ;

A4 correct - awarded ; A5 correct - awarded ; A6 Antonio - incorrect;

A7 correct - awarded ;  A8 correct - awarded ; A9 correct - awarded ;

A10 correct - awarded ; A11 correct - awarded ; A12 correct - awarded 

for 11 answers correct - also awarded

  

 Golden Thinker

@Marjo 

A1: an actress - incorrect; A2: Clyde Peterson - incorrect; A3: Krakov - incorrect;

A4: Greek goddess - incorrect; A5: Canada - incorrect; A6: Casanova - incorrect;

A7: pass; A8: Patricia Routledge; A9: San Francisco - allowed - awarded ;

A10: Casablance - incorrect; A11: blueberry pie - incorrect; A12: apple filled with booze - incorrect

for one correct answer awarded 

@Martin-O2 

A1: pass; A2: correct - awarded ; A3: pass; A4: correct - awarded ;

A5: Spain - incorrect; A6: pass; A7: pass; A8: pass; A9: Seattle - allowed - awarded ;

A10: pass; A11: coal - incorrect; A12: peach - incorrect

for three correct answers awarded   

[Mi-Amigo]

The Awards this week:

 

Diamond Thinker           -  @MI5 and @pgn 

     

Golden Thinker +   - @Cleoriff and @jonsie 

      

Bronze Thinker +    - @Anonymous 

      

Red Thinker +        - @gmarkj 

      

Red Thinker                    - @Anonymous 

               - @Martin-O2 

                                - @Marjo 

Congratulations to the award winners and well done everyone in this difficult quiz.

I hope you all enjoyed it and will join in the next regular White Room Thursday Quiz with 8 questions

- posted next Wed with answers pmd to me on Thursday. I will be choosing the questions over the weekend with one question from these categories 

   History; Geography; Science; Space; Words; Games; Music [classical]; Events

Thanks once again for making this quiz so popular with so many views 

[Cleoriff]

Well done one and all. Bloody St Mirren (who knew) ....well not me obviously....

Congrats @MI5  and @pgn . Not bad @MI5  for '5 minutes work'....

Thanks for compiling this quiz @Mi-Amigo. As much as I enjoyed it, I did find it hard.

PS some crackingly funny answers given. Thanks for making my day

Now off to watch the launch of my Valentines day gift. The Mercedes F1 W11.....