The White Room Seasonal Quiz 2 - Born On Xmas Day - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-12-2020

Welcome to

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

Today`s Quiz is the White Room Seasonal Quiz 2 - Born On Xmas Day

[part of 🎅🏻 🎄 Christmas On The Community]

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

HISTORY SCIENCE PLACES MOVIES LITERATURE TV MUSIC SPORT SPACE PEOPLE

with each question based on a person who was born on Christmas Day

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 @MI5 @gmarkj @Anonymous @LukasB @Martin-O2 @Marjo

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S TEN QUESTIONS

There is no question is a QI-style question, in which the answer is not what most people think.

Q1 Born on Xmas Day 1584 [history] - Margaret of Austria.

Which King of Spain did she marry in 1599?

Q2 Born on Xmas Day 1642 [science] - Isaac Newton, famous for work on gravity, laws of motion

In which English county was he born?

Q3 Born on Xmas Day 1887 [places] - Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels.

Bought his first hotel, Mobley Hotel in Texas, in 1919; but where [city and state] was the first hotel

to be named a Hilton Hotel, opened in 1925.

Q4 Born on Xmas Day 1899 [movies] - Humphrey Bogart, actor.

Which character did he play in the 1941 movie "The Maltese Falcon"?

Q5 Born on Xmas Day 1908 [literature] - Quentin Crisp, author

What was the title of his famous book of the first half of his life published in 1968?

Q6 Born on Xmas Day 1944 [TV] - Kenny Everett. dj and television personality.

What was his birth name, which he changed in 1966 to Kenny Everett?

Q7 Born on Xmas Day 1954 [music] - Annie Lennox, singer, formed Eurythmics with Dave Stewart.

What was the title of the Eurythmics UK single which reached No 2 in UK charts in 1983?

Q8 Born on Xmas Day 1957 [sport] - Chris Kamara. footballer and football manager.

Which football team did he manage from 1995 to 1998?

Q9 Born on Xmas Day 1959 [space] - Michael P Anderson, US astronaut

He was a member of the crew of which US Space Shuttle to Mir space station in January 1998?

Q10 Born on Xmas Day 1971 [people] - Justin Trudeau, politician.

Became 23rd Prime Minister of which country in 2005?

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 23 Dec] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 24 Dec]

- 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 25 December

- Christmas morning.

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 23 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 24 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 24 December 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

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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

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

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-12-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 Born on Xmas Day 1584 [history] - Margaret of Austria.

Which King of Spain did she marry in 1599?

A1 Phillip III

Q2 Born on Xmas Day 1642 [science] - Isaac Newton, famous for work on gravity, laws of motion

In which English county was he born?

A2 Lincolnshire

Q3 Born on Xmas Day 1887 [places] - Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels.

Bought his first hotel, Mobley Hotel in Texas, in 1919; but where [city and state] was the first hotel

to be named a Hilton Hotel, opened in 1925.

A3 Dallas, Texas

Q4 Born on Xmas Day 1899 [movies] - Humphrey Bogart, actor.

Which character did he play in the 1941 movie "The Maltese Falcon"?

A4 Sam Spade

Q5 Born on Xmas Day 1908 [literature] - Quentin Crisp, author

What was the title of his famous book of the first half of his life published in 1968?

A5 The Naked Civil Servant

Q6 Born on Xmas Day 1944 [TV] - Kenny Everett. dj and television personality.

What was his birth name, which he changed in 1966 to Kenny Everett?

A6 Maurice Cole

Q7 Born on Xmas Day 1954 [music] - Annie Lennox, singer, formed Eurythmics with Dave Stewart.

What was the title of the Eurythmics UK single which reached No 2 in UK charts in 1983?

A7 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Q8 Born on Xmas Day 1957 [sport] - Chris Kamara. footballer and football manager.

Which football team did he manage from 1995 to 1998?

A8 Bradford City

Q9 Born on Xmas Day 1959 [space] - Michael P Anderson, US astronaut

He was a member of the crew of which US Space Shuttle to Mir space station in January 1998?

A9 STS-89 Endeavour

Q10 Born on Xmas Day 1971 [people] - Justin Trudeau, politician.

Became 23rd Prime Minister of which country in 2005?

A10 Canada

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-12-2020

THE RESULTS:

@Marjo

Q1 8th monarch. On checking, there were eight monarchs of Spain from Isabella I to Phillip III, so I will be generous and award half

Q2 Warwickshire - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 Tommy - incorrect

Q5 My Teenage Years - incorrect Q6 Henry - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 Man Utd - incorrect

Q9 pass Q10 France - incorrect

Total: one + half for one correct answer + one part correct answer

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded

Q10 correct - awarded plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded

Q10 correct - awarded plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 Love Is A Stranger. rereleased in 1983, reached No 6 in UK Chart. As charted in same year, following Sweet Dreams, I`ll be generous and award

Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded

plus, for more than eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 Phillip. As no reginal number, I`ll award half Q2 pass

Q3 Texas. As state is correct, but no city, I`ll award half

Q4 pass Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass Q9 pass

Q10 correct - awarded

Total: one + two half for one correct answer + two part correct answer

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded

Q10 correct - awarded plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 Never Gonna Cry Again. released May 1981, charted No 63 in UK Chart July 1981. As it wasn`t re-released, or charted in 1983 [year Sweet Dreams reached No 2], sorry I can`t award a star

Q8 correct - awarded Q9 pass Q10 correct - awarded

plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 pass Q2 Hampshire - incorrect Q3 Los Angeles, California - incorrect Q4 pass

Q5 pass Q6 Joe Bloggs - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 Spurs - incorrect Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded

Total: three for three correct answers

@Martin-O2

Q1 pass Q2 Cambridgeshire - incorrect Q3 New York City, New York - incorrect

Q4 pass Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 Luton - incorrect

Q9 Columbia - incorrect Q10 correct - awarded

Total: one for one correct answer

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-12-2020

THE AWARDS:

Gold Thinker = 10 correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn

Silver Thinker + + half = 9 correct answers + one part correct - @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + = 7 correct answers - @gmarkj

= 3 correct answers - @Anonymous

+ two half = 1 correct answer + 2 part-correct - @LukasB

+ one half = 1 correct answer + 1 part-correct - @Marjo

= 1 correct answer - @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the GOLD THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn

Well done

@jonsie - Silver Thinker + + half

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker +

@WispaRed7 -

@LukasB - + two half

@Marjo - + one half

@Martin-O2 -

Everyone who took part got at least one

I hope everyone enjoyed this Seasonal edition of the White Room Quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be a "normal" edition with two questions from each of these categories

PEOPLE PLACES NATURE FOOD & DRINK

There will be a very special White Room Quiz on Wednesday 30 Dec 2020, with the End Of The Year Quiz

with 15 questions and a very special surprise.

Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ.

And I wish every STRMN and STRWOMN White Room Quizzer

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎25-12-2020

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

A great quiz. Happy Christmas and Happy Birthday

Thanks for all the hard work you have put in to these quizzes all year. Boggled our brain calls, Find words we have never heard of and generally provide some fun and light relief in a year which has been anything but normal. Thanks so much.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-12-2020

Thank you so much for such a lovely message @Cleoriff .

It has been a pleasure to run the White Room Quiz and I admit I do have fun coming up, finding, or searching for the questions. But for me what is more important is that each and everyone of those who takes part enjoys the quiz and has fun and finds it helps in some small way to escape what is happening around us during these times.

As long as people enjoy and take part, then I`ll continue with the White Room Quiz.

I hope everyone will like the End Of The Year Quiz - with a very special surprise - on Wednesday.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

jonsie · ‎25-12-2020

Thank you @Mi-Amigo for all the brilliant quizzes that have kept us occupied during this truly awful year that began so well but ended with dire consequences

The one constant has been the biweekly brain fodder, long may you find good health to set the quizes for everyone

Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year

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MI5 · ‎25-12-2020

Happy Christmas everyone

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Mi-Amigo · ‎25-12-2020

Thank you @jonsie

Researching and finding the questions and running the two WRQ each week keeps my mind active.

I wish you a Merry Xmas and hope the New Year is a much better one for you and everyone.

Thank you @MI5 and Happy Xmas to you, too.

I should at this point also ask all those who taken part in the WRQ this past year to thank @Cleoriff who twice organised and ran a White Room Quiz, which gave me the chance to participate and attempt to tackle the questions and showed me how difficult some of these can be.

As the saying goes, "the questions are only easy if you know the answer".

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎25-12-2020

Yes indeed, thanks too to @Cleoriff

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Cleoriff · ‎25-12-2020

@MI5 wrote:
Yes indeed, thanks too to @Cleoriff

Yeah. Never again @Mi-Amigo @MI5

Veritas Numquam Perit