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LOVE WEEK - WHITE ROOM QUIZ

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Welcome everyone to a special heart LOVE WEEK heart edition of

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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?

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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 star . In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

 

                          12 correct      10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

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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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Thanks @jonsie 

Hope you will be taking part and pming your answers tomorrow slight_smile

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@MI5 wrote:
I’m working away this week but will try......

Germany/Czech Republic?


Only UK but not back home until late tomorrow night. 

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@MI5 wrote:

@Cleoriff wrote:

@MI5 wrote:
I’m working away this week but will try......

Germany/Czech Republic?


Only UK but not back home until late tomorrow night. 


You actually work? 😯😂😂

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@jonsie wrote:

You actually work? 😯😂😂


More "supervisory" than actual work Happy Dance

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@MI5 wrote:

@jonsie wrote:

You actually work? 😯😂😂


More "supervisory" than actual work Happy Dance


Way to go 👍😉😊

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PM sent @Mi-Amigo 

Getting in early as I'm out tomorrow morning and I may be blown away rofl

PS, it was a brain wrangler this week.... Not very LOVEly at all Fearheart

 

 

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I've had a good think and I know 6, can make an educated guess at 4.... and 2 will be a wild stab in the dark.

I'll PM tomorrow when I thunk some more Thinking

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Thanks @Cleoriff - yes, the quiz is tougher this week [which is why there is an extra award] - pm with your answers received.

 

@jonsie - sounds good. Good luck with the other answers. You have until midnight to pm the answers.

 

@Anonymous - thanks for playing - pm with your answers received 

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Irrespective of how extra hard it was @Mi-Amigo , that's only to be expected when looking for a love based theme. I still enjoyed it though.... whatever score I manage. grimacing

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Thank you for playing @gmarkj - pm with your answers received 

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