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The 150th White Room Quiz

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

 

                                 Today`s White Room Quiz is the 150th White Room Quiz

                                   since the White Room Quiz began on 01 August 2019.

 

Instead of the usual eight questions, there are 10 questions - with one question from each of these categories, with one question about "150th"

                           SPORT   PEOPLE   GEOGRAPHY   PLACES   NATURE 

                           WORDS   LITERATURE   MUSIC    MOVIES  FOOD & DRINK

and the chance to be awarded a GOLD THINKER for 10 correct answers

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

 

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj  @MI5  @BobM @TheresaV  @LukasB @Martin-O2 @TallTrees 

and @O2EmmaLouise and @Cairdeas who took part in previous WRQs

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and would love to see any new members of the Community join in with this - the 150th White Room Quiz.

 

TODAY`S TEN QUESTIONS

 

Q1 SPORT  In which year did the FA [Football Association] celebrate its 150th anniversary ?

      

Q2 PEOPLE  According to Greek mythology, who was the Greek goddess of beauty ?

 

Q3 GEOGRAPHY  Mount Elbert is the highest point in which US State ?

 

Q4 PLACES  The Hagia Sophia Museum is in which city ?

 

Q5 NATURE  What type of animal is a pipistrelle ?

 

Q6 WORDS   The word "distaff" referred to a tool used in what trade ?

 

Q7 LITERATURE  What is the surname of the family in Steinbech`s novel "Grapes Of Wrath" ?

 

Q8 MUSIC  What is the surname of Charlie and Craig, twin brothers of The Proclaimers ?

 

Q9 MOVIES Who played the character Mr Freeze in the 1997 movie "Batman & Robin" ?

 

Q10 FOOD & DRINK Timperley Early and Cawood Castle are types of which fruit ? 

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

 

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 21 July 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 22 July 2021]

- 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 23 July 2021.

 

                                         

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 21 July] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 22 July].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 22 July 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" and take part in this quiz

 

Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a star .

 

In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

 

                               10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

                                answers       answers       answers      answers 

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                                Golden          Silver          Bronze              Red

                                Thinker        Thinker       Thinker           Thinker 

 

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 enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@Mi-Amigo  

 

 

 

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @LukasB 

Shame you missed the quiz. 

I, and I`m sure others, were so looking forward to your answers...

... still, there`s always Monday`s WRQ to see how you do

 

Thank you @MI5 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Gold Thinker

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pgn
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I enjoyed that one, apart from the FA question ๐Ÿ˜†
And as I have drunk a Fat Tire (yep) with various colleagues from Colorado over the years, the mountain had to be in South Park territory.
Well done all, and thanks for a 150th Special @Mi-Amigo ๐Ÿ‘

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @pgn 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your award.

Thanks also for your gif and background on the Colorado question.

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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TallTrees
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Hi @Mi-Amigo
Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š @Mi-Amigo
I feel better today as breezy and not 30c
Having bit of a rest today as hectic week.
Will be happy to give Monday's quiz a go.
Bye TallTrees


HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

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