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Welcome to
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
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 
.
In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for
10 correct 8 correct 6 correct 4 correct
answers answers answers answers
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
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Well at least I got the three right 
Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo
Well done everyone ~ this was a truly difficult one ~ for me anyway.
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Thank you @TallTrees
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.
Well done on your three stars as you found some of the questions difficult this time.
Hope you will join in with the Easter WRQ on Monday and a chance of getting a Silver, Bronze or Red Thinker.
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Well done all, golden guys/gals especially!
I was sure, with the Easter theme, Harvey's interest in reproduction and the question of "which came first, the chicken or the egg" question, would rank higher than his seminal (!) work on the circulatory system, but I'll take my Silver, thank you very much, @Mi-Amigo 👍😆
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Thank you @pgn
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your Silver Thinker
Also thanks for link to interesting article on Harvey 
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@pgn. He was fascinated with reproduction.....but his work on the circulatory system and the fact blood can only flow in one direction was a bit of a gamechanger in that day and age. 
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Yes I will try the Quiz on Monday next @Mi-Amigo
....it is unlikely that I could get a silver mainly because I am not into computer gaming, TV soaps, Films or hardly any actors names etc., this is the bread and butter for quizzes I expect.
...I used to watch "who wants to be a Millionaire" I got the million £ answer (once) a dog breed called
Bichon Frise ~ I like that little dog ~ I was shouting it to the screen of course.
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PS, as they were rather barbaric in those days, I have always wondered the exact truth of his circulation discovery. I once asked a nursing tutor who thought he may have experimented on live animals. Mmmmm!
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@TallTrees wrote:Yes I will try the Quiz on Monday next @Mi-Amigo
....it is unlikely that I could get a silver mainly because I am not into computer gaming, TV soaps, Films or hardly any actors names etc., this is the bread and butter for quizzes I expect.
...I used to watch "who wants to be a Millionaire" I got the million £ answer (once) a dog breed called
Bichon Frise ~ I like that little dog ~ I was shouting it to the screen of course.
All the things I love @TallTrees (apart from computer gaming...which I HAVE tried but useless at it.)
I suppose my saving grace is having a husband who sets quizzes himself and going to pub quizzes was part of our social life...
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Yes that is what I am saying @Cleoriff
I have never been to a pub quizz this would have been helpful!
But it is no matter I can only rely upon my History interests which will be hit and miss of course.
I love Art and music but again will be limited to what I like and have experienced.
Wagner I hate so any queries ~ forget it!
It does widen my knowledge though ... so onwards!
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@Cleoriff wrote:PS, as they were rather barbaric in those days, I have always wondered the exact truth of his circulation discovery. I once asked a nursing tutor who thought he may have experimented on live animals. Mmmmm!
Would not surprise me, a bit like this classic rhetorical question from an excellent film:
