The White Room Thursday Quiz - 06 February 2020

[Mi-Amigo]

WELCOME to the White Room Thursday Quiz...

Each week, there are EIGHT questions, from a range of categories.

                                                           THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [history]: During which war did the Battle of Marston Moor take place?

Q2 [structures - new]: Which castle overlooks the Llyn peninsula?

Q3 [science]: Ni is the chemical symbol for which element?

Q4 [nature]: Which breed of animal is a Cheshire White?

Q5 [literature]: What is the first name and surname of The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist ?

Q6 [games]: In a standard pack of playing cards, how many eyes - in total - of the four Jacks can be seen ?

Q7 [music]: In which year did the UK first win the Eurovision Song Contest?

Q8 [food and drink]: What is wrapped in bacon to make angels on horseback ? 

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 06 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.

Each member will be awarded  for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded

                                   

                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE 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 06 February 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 those who have taken part in a previous White Room Thursday Quiz - inc

@Cleoriff ; @pgn ; @gmarkj ; @MI5 ;  @jonsie ; @Marjo ; @Martin-O2 ; @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  

[Cleoriff]

Interesting quiz @Mi-Amigo. Off to look for my brain.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

Pleased you found the questions "interesting" and look forward to your pm with your answers tomorrow 

[gmarkj]

Looks good as usual @Mi-Amigo.
As an aside, i have not had a notification for the mention or an email come through...

[MI5]

6 definite and 2 need some thought......

[MI5]

PS. I've not had notification of the mention either ?

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @gmarkj and @MI5 .

I hope both of you will be joining in and sending me a pm with your answers tomorrow.

As to notifications and e-mails, I have received forum notification for @Cleoriff , @gmarkj and @MI5 - and e-mail notification for @Cleoriff and @gmarkj but not @MI5 

I`ll tag @Marjo here and ask if she could have a look at this [there is forum maintenance by Khoros due tomorrow].

[MI5]

I just received notification for this mention, but not the first one @Mi-Amigo

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

I didn't get a notification mentioning my name either. I just came across WRQ in unread posts.

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
I just received notification for this mention, but not the first one @Mi-Amigo

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Same here.