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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Today`s Quiz is the White Room End Of The Year Quiz
[part of 🎅🏻 🎄 Christmas On The Community]
There are 15 questions based on some of the events and people who sadly passed away in 2020, with
one question on a date in each month of the year, except April for which there are four questions, and
for the first time, a PLATINUM THINKER for each person who gives 15 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 @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 15 QUESTIONS
Q1 JAN 21 Which former member of Monty Python died aged 77 ?
Q2 FEB 16 Record high number of flood warnings in England due to storm.
What was the name of this storm ?
Q3 MAR 16 First daily TV press conference from No 10 updating public on Covid-19 pandemic with
Boris Johnson and UK Chief Medical Advisor and UK Chief Scientific Advisor.
Name either the UK Chief Medical Advisor or UK Chief Scientific Advisor.
Q4 APR 02 Eddie Large, comedian, died aged 78.
What was the stage name of his comedy partner?
Q5 APR 05 Honor Blackman, actor, died aged 94.
What was the name of the character she played in the Bond film Goldfinger?
Q6 APR 20 The founder of pirate radio station Radio Caroline died aged 91.
What was his name?
Q7 APR 29 Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announced birth of their son.
What first name did they give their son?
Q8 MAY 10 The UK Government Covid-19 slogan "Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives" changed
to what three-phrase slogan?
Q9 JUN 10 During anti-racist protests following killing of George Floyd, statue of 17th century slave
trader pulled down in Bristol. Who was the statue of [name]?
Q10 JUL 10 Jack Charlton, footballer, died aged 95.
Played for England in 1966 World Cup Final. Which team did he play for at that time?
Q11 AUG 16 Ronnie O`Sullivan won his 6th World title at 2020 World Snooker Championship.
Who did he defeat in the final?
Q12 SEP 10 Diana Rigg, actor, died aged 82.
Which character did she play in the Bond film On Her Majesty`s Secret Service?
Q13 OCT 28 Bobby Ball comedian, died aged 76.
What was the name of the character he played in TV series Not Going Out?
Q14 NOV 15 Ray Clemence, goalkeeper, died aged 72
How many England caps did he get between 1972 and 1983?
Q15 DEC 10 Barbara Windsor died aged 85.
What was the title of the first Carry On film in which she appeared in 1964?
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 30 Dec] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 31 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 1 Jan 2021
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 30 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 31 December 2020].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 31 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 
.
In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for
15 correct
answers
Platinum Thinker
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
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
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61 caps!! out by one I put 60. Damn. Still it was a guess...
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THE RESULTS:
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass Q5 correct - awarded
Q6 pass Q7 Covid - incorrect = Covid Johnson, son of Boris 
Q8 Hands, Face, Space - incorrect Q9 pass Q10 pass Q11 pass Q12 pass Q13 pass Q14 pass Q15 pass
Total: three for three correct answers
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 Q11 correct - awarded Q12 correct - awarded
Q13 correct - awarded Q14 correct - awarded Q15 correct - awarded
plus, for 15 correct answers, also awarded
Platinum Thinker
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 Q11 correct - awarded Q12 correct - awarded
Q13 correct - awarded
Q14 60 caps - as so close to the correct answer [61], I`ll accept it as correct and award
Q15 correct - awarded
plus, for 15 correct answers, also awarded
Platinum Thinker
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 Q11 correct - awarded Q12 correct - awarded
Q13 correct - awarded
Q14 60 caps - as so close to the correct answer [61], I`ll accept it as correct and award
Q15 correct - awarded
plus, for 15 correct answers, also awarded
Platinum Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass
Q7 Harold - incorrect Q8 Hands; Face; Space - incorrect Q9 pass Q10 correct - awarded
Q11 correct - awarded Q12 correct - awarded Q13 correct - awarded
Q14 pass Q15 correct - awarded
plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded
Gold Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Hands; Face; Space - incorrect Q9 correct - awarded
Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded Q12 correct - awarded
Q13 correct - awarded Q14 77 caps - incorrect Q15 correct - awarded
plus, for more than 12 correct answers, also awarded
Diamond Thinker
@Anonymous
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 pass Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded
Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded
Q11 Judd Trump - incorrect Q12 pass Q13 pass Q14 17 caps - incorrect
Q15 Carry On Camping - incorrect
plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded
Red Thinker
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AWARDS:
Platinum Thinker = 15 correct answers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn
Diamond Thinker + 
= 13 correct answers - @jonsie
Gold Thinker = 10 correct answers - @gmarkj
Red Thinker + = 5 correct answers - @Anonymous
= 3 correct answers - @LukasB
CONGRATULATIONS to the PLATINUM THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn
Well done
@jonsie - Diamond Thinker +
@gmarkj - Gold Thinker
@Anonymous - Red Thinker +
@LukasB -
Everyone who took part got at least one -
I hope everyone enjoyed this End of the Year edition of the White Room Quiz.
I hope you will all take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be the first WRQ of 2021
with ten questions - one question on each of these categories
HISTORY PEOPLE PLACES ART FOOD & DRINK GEOGRAPHY LITERATURE MUSIC TV SPORT
with the chance to be a Gold Thinker.
Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ during 2020 and I wish everyone a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Most generous, @Mi-Amigo, thank you! I figured on 6 caps a year over a decade (allowing for a settling-in year) - so completely random guess! T'was an interesting format for a quiz, and well done all, a good spread of Thinkers and Stars 👍🌟
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Well done to all 👍
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@pgn wrote:Most generous, @Mi-Amigo, thank you! I figured on 6 caps a year over a decade (allowing for a settling-in year) - so completely random guess! T'was an interesting format for a quiz, and well done all, a good spread of Thinkers and Stars 👍🌟
That was my rationale for working out the Caps question @pgn so thanks for allowing it @Mi-Amigo
As you said, it was close enough. In my opinion, that was the hardest question of all.
Well done everyone.
A great head scratcher of a quiz @Mi-Amigo. Thanks for all your hard work in compiling it. 
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Thank you @Anonymous @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff for your comments.
As said, some of the questions were "head-scratchers" and, in my opinion, the Ray Clemence question on the number of caps was the hardest, which is why I gave a star for 60 caps as it was so close to the 61 caps he won and which few would know unless possibly because they were a Liverpool fan and knew about his career.
It was fun, if not a little bit of work, putting this quiz together and I am so pleased that so many of the quizzers took part, and, again congratulations to the first Platinum Thinkers, and well done to everyone who took part, and also I`m pleased that everyone enjoyed the quiz. Thank you.
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Thank you @jonsie
Well done on getting a Diamond Thinker +
