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White Room Quiz - April Fool/April 1st

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

 

                       Today`s White Room Quiz is the April Fool/April 1st edition

                                    [part of 🐣 Easter Week on the Community]

 

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

            HISTORY  PEOPLE  GEOGRAPHY   SCIENCE [Biology]   LITERATURE

             MUSIC     ART        MOVIES           TV                             FOOD & DRINK

with each question based on April Fool or April 1st

 

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   @jonsie   @pgn  @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @Cairdeas   @TheresaV 

  @LukasB    @Martin-O2 

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

 

Q1 HISTORY - April 1, 16th century. Start of the year in France.

        Which King of France issued an edict in 1563 to change the start of the year to 1st Jan, which

         came into affect on 1st Jan 1567?

      

Q2 PEOPLE - April 1, 1976. Steve Woznak and Steve Jobs founded Apple.

         In which town and State in USA did Woznak and Jobs found Apple in garage of Job`s parents home?

 

Q3 GEOGRAPHY - April 1, 1977. The Guardian newspaper published April Fool hoax with seven-page

         suppliment on supposed 10th anniversary of an island.

         What was the name of the fictional island in the Guardian April Fool hoax?

 

Q4 SCIENCE [biology] - April 1, 1578. William Harvey, English physician, born.

         What biological function is Harvey credited with discovering ?

 

Q5 LITERATURE - April 1, 1924. Adolf Hitler was imprisoned for his part in Beer Hall Putsch revolt to

        overthrow Bavarian government.

         What was the title of the book Hitler wrote while in prison ?

 

Q6 MUSIC - April 1, 1873. Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, was born.

         What was the title of the rhapsody for piano and orchestra which Rachmaninoff wrote in 1934 ?

 

Q7 ART - April 1, 1976. Max Ernst, German-born surrealist artist, died.

         What was the name of the artistic group which Ernst and others founded in 1919 ?

 

Q8 MOVIES - April 1, 1939. Ali MacGraw, American film actress, born.

         What was the name of the character Ali MacGraw played in the 1970 movie "Love Story" ?

 

Q9 TV - April 1, 2010. John Forsyth, US TV actor, died.

        What was the name of the character John Forsyth played in US TV series "Dynasty" from 1981 to 1989?

 

Q10 FOOD & DRINK - April 1, 1998. Burger King ran full-page ad for April Fool hoax in US newspapers.

          What food did Burger King say, in their newspaper April Fool hoax, would be available in their

           fast-food restaurants ? 

 

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 31 March] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 01 April]

- 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 02 April.

 

                                         

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 31 March] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 01 April].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 01 April 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 

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                                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  

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Well done finding all those April 1st Questions @Mi-Amigo 

Good-bye Bronze for me though!!nerd

 



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Thank you @MI5 and @TallTrees 

It was fun trying to find "April Fool/April 1st" related questions.

I admit that some of the questions are not easy and some might be head-scratchers Thinking

but there are no tricks or hoaxes [even though it is April 1st/April Fool`s Day tomorrow] and all the questions have genuine answers.

Good luck.

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Great questions @Mi-Amigo smiling Though not sure my answers will match the 'greatness'rofl

Couldn't you have used the spaghetti tree prank again...LOL

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Great questions @Mi-Amigo smiling Though not sure my answers will match the 'greatness'rofl

Couldn't you have used the spaghetti tree prank again...LOL


Thank you @Cleoriff 

Pleased you think these are great questions. Good luck with your answers.

I couldn`t really use the "spaghetti tree hoax" as that would`ve been a little bit too easy for all the clever quizzers who take part in the White Room Quiz.

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So many questions, not a lot of answers haha 

 

But glad its slightly German themed joy

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Really tough this one, but hopefully some good answers submitted.

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Thank you @LukasB 

pm with your 10 answers received

 

Thank you @MI5 

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pm with your 10 answers received

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Pm incoming>>>>>

 

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