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Welcome to the APRIL FOOL edition of
PLEASE NOTE AMENDED TIMES BELOW FOR SENDING YOUR PM'S WITH ANSWERS
As mentioned in the Advanced Notice on Monday HERE I will be quizmaster this week and our resident quizmaster ( @Mi-Amigo ) will also be attempting to answer the 12 questions in this White Room April Fool Quiz
THE QUESTIONS
Q1: APRIL FOOL PRANKS: One of the greatest April Fool pranks of all time was the Spaghetti Tree Prank. In which country were Spaghetti trees said to be growing?
Q2: SCIENCE : In coal mining, what is known as firedamp?
Q3: TRIVIA: Who were the last two people to be imprisoned in the Tower Of London?
Q4:TELEVISION: Which famous film director, directed the first episode of Columbo in 1971?
Q5:GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Olympus Mons Mountain located?
Q6: SPORT. What football Club once had Field Marshal Montgomery as its Chairman and Arthur Conan Doyle as a goalkeeper?
Q7: ART: Which famous artist had himself tied to the mast of a ship so he could paint a storm?
Q8: MUSIC: Which Nobel Prize winner wrote 'Make You Feel My Love' for Adele?
Q9: WORDS: What is the connection between the following words: Leapfrog, Import, Shipwrecked, Zany?
Q10: MEDICINE: Where was the world's first human heart transplant performed in 1967
Q11: NATURE: What is the fastest two legged creature in the world?
Q12: HISTORY: Which British Prime Minister was Knighted a total of 26 times?
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 ( @Cleoriff ) anytime after the questions are posted and up to 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 2 April 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 3rd April 2020.
THE AWARDS:
Each correct answer will be awarded a 
. In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for
12 correct 10 correct 8 correct 6 correct 4 correct
answers answers answers answers answers
Diamond Golden Silver Bronze Red
Thinker Thinker Thinker Thinker Thinker
DUE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF POSTING ON THE FORUM, I HAVE CHANGED THE TIMES FOR ANSWERS VIA PM'S TO ME
THE RULES
Each member are able to pm (private message) their answers to me ( @Cleoriff ) from as soon as the questions are posted... and up to 23.59 (11.59pm) tomorrow - Thursday 2 April 2020.
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday will be declared void.
No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.
I hope that our "regulars" quizzers
@gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @pgn @WispaRed7 @OldFart @Martin-O2 @Marjo and new members who said they would play... @O2Adnan @O2Sean
all members who have played previously, those who have never played before, and new members will take part and 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 on here.
Thank you everyone for your interest and I hope everyone enjoys this April Fool edition of the White Room Thursday Quiz. (Particularly in this mad world we now find ourselves in) 
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Hey, I could've put Superman in my fastest 2-legged answer, @Cleoriff 
BTW, the Wellington one, he got knighthoods from many different countries in Europe - several German states, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Austria, Sweden, France, Sicily, Belgium, Denmark...
His obituary says it all, as printed in the London Gazette - I lost count of the knighthoods he was given when I saw this in a book somewhere years ago:
Duke and Marquess of Wellington,
Marquess Douro, Earl of Wellington,
Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro,
Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,
Knight Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
One of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Forces.
Field Marshal of the Austrian Army,
Field Marshal of the Hanoverian Army,
Field Marshal of the Army of the Netherlands,
Marshal-General of the Portuguese Army,
Field Marshal of the Prussian Army,
Field Marshal of the Russian Army,
and
Captain-General of the Spanish Army.
Prince of Waterloo, of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo
and Grandee of Spain of the First Class.
Duke of Victoria, Marquess of Torres Vedras, and Count of Vimiera in Portugal.
Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Golden Fleece, and of the Military Orders
of St. Ferdinand and of St. Hermenigilde of Spain.
Knight Grand Cross of the Orders of the Black Eagle and of the Red Eagle of Prussia.
Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Teresa of Austria.
Knight of the Imperial Orders of St. Andrew, St. Alexander Newski, and St. George of Russia.
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword.
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of the Sword of Sweden.
Knight of the Order of St. Esprit of France.
Knight of the Order of the Elephant of Denmark.
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
Knight of the Order of St. Januarius and of the Military Order of St. Ferdinand and
of Merit of the Two Sicilies.
Knight or Collar of the Supreme Order of the Annunciation of Savoy.
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Military Order of Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria.
Knight of the Royal Order of the Rue Crown of Saxony,
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of Wurtemberg.
Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William of the Netherlands.
Knight of the Order of the Golden Lion of Hesse Cassel,
and
Knight Grand Cross of the Orders of Fidelity and of the Lion of Baden.
The only missing one? The Grand Order of the Boot
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I'm still laughing at @Marjo with her fastest 2 legged cheetah 
As for Wellington, as I said, I got it from here Duke Of Wellington Honours
I hoped by NOT putting soldier, it would have confused everyone. It did (except you)
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Great quiz @Cleoriff and a bit of relief from the bombardment elsewhere.
@Cleoriff wrote:The Duke of Wellington one is a question you have to know the answer to. If you google it, it doesn't come up.
Had I put soldier who was knighted 26 times, that would have helped everyone.
Got that info from here Honours Duke of Wellington
Scroll down to honours.
I see 29 on that list (+3 GB+I)
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@Cleoriff wrote:I'm still laughing at @Marjo with her fastest 2 legged cheetah
As for Wellington, as I said, I got it from here Duke Of Wellington Honours
I hoped by NOT putting soldier, it would have confused everyone. It did (except you)
Hilarious answer, @Marjo 
The only other PM I could think of was Churchill, but I couldn't see him having been knighted so many times - so it had to be someone who had knighthoods from countries other than the UK - and someone who was not a member of Royalty!
Damned good quiz, @Cleoriff - you had a high standard to follow, given @Mi-Amigo's killer questions at times.
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Well done everyone! I'm happy with my one star considering how hard the questions were.
A big thanks to @Cleoriff for running the quiz! 
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Pleased to hear it @Anonymous
