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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 
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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
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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 it is thought (or known!) that Leonardo got bodies to dissect to understand the muscle structure anatomy @Cleoriff
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Yes, I know that @TallTrees.
Many scientists did exactly the same.
However a DEAD body would have absolutely no value in discovering how circulation works, as circulation stops when you die.
You see where I'm going with this?.... 
i.e The history of anatomy extends from the earliest examinations of sacrificial victims to the sophisticated analyses of the body performed by modern scientists. The study of human anatomy can be traced back thousands of years, at least to the Egyptians, but the science of anatomy, as we know it today, did not develop until far later
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Having worked in such areas in a former role, I can say there're many things you can glean from a cadaver - but you need a live one to do anything like Harvey did. Nerve impulses by stimulating the hairs on a cockroach leg, y'know 🤠😉
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I cannot lie, I knew only five of those 😞
which is not bad as some found the questions difficult and didn`t do as well as that. - 93188 Posts
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I was going to do the quiz last night but I was called to my neighbours to participate in drinking Fosters and sampling red wines 
