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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.

 

                                         

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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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@TheresaV 

Thank you so much for making the correction to Q3 in the WRQ...

 

pm with your 10 answers received

 

Thank you @MI5 

like the gif - relevant to one of the questions

pm with your 10 answers received

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@TheresaV 

shucks... thanks... like the gif

 

Thank you @Martin-O2 

pm with your 10 answers received

 

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif - related to one of the questions

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Thank you @BobM 

love the gif - and I agree best Batman & Robin ever yahoo - sort of related to one of the questions

om with your 10 answers received

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