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Each week, there are EIGHT questions, from a range of categories.
Please note: the categories and questions for this week`s White Room Quiz were chosen before the
People`s Choice Quiz (which will be next week) was announced
THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS
Q1 [people]: Who was the first British Prime Minister?
Q2 [places]: In which Bay was the island prison of Alcatraz?
Q3 [science]: What is measured by the Mohs scale?
Q4 [literature]: What was Old Nog in Henry Williamson`s novel "Tarka the Otter" ?
Q5 [sport]: In what event did Tessa Sanderson win a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics ?
Q6 [TV]: What was the first name of Hyacinth Bucket`s son in the TV sit-com "Keeping Up Appearances"?
Q7 [art]: Which animals was George Stubbs most famous for painting?
Q8 [food and drink]: Which vegetable has varieties known as calabrese and blue wind ?
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 27 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 FOUR correct answers
will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded
SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED 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 27 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.
As usual, there is one QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people assume.
I have tried to make to be a balance of easier and trickier questions, and hope those who have taken part in a previous White Room Thursday Quiz 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.
If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.
Thank you everyone for your interest.
I hope everyone enjoys this edition of the White Room Thursday Quiz.
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@Anonymous wrote:I thought Q7 was a typo.. 'which animal's' was' .. shouldn't that be 'which animals were'
If the question was Which animal was GS most famous for painting.. that animal was called 'Whistlejacket' hence my answer.
Happy with 5 tho!
A very good point @Anonymous
As Whistlejacket [the answer you gave] was a horse in a famous painting by Stubbs and the question could be read as you did, I`m going to be fair and award you a 
for that answer. As this means you have a total of six , then you are also awarded, instead of Red Thinker,
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@Mi-Amigo wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:I thought Q7 was a typo.. 'which animal's' was' .. shouldn't that be 'which animals were'
If the question was Which animal was GS most famous for painting.. that animal was called 'Whistlejacket' hence my answer.
Happy with 5 tho!A very good point @Anonymous As this means you have a total of six
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Yaay, welcome to the club, @Anonymous 👍🤣
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Well done guys. I'll happily settle for bronze
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