White Room Quiz - Halloween edition - Mon 25 Oct 2021

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is the Halloween Edition

- as part of 

‌🎃‌ HALLOWEEK 2021 on the O2 Community ‌🎃‌

with eight questions - with one question from each of these categories -

   HISTORY   PLACES   SPACE   LITERATURE   WORDS   MOVIES   SPORT   GAMES  

Each question is, in some way, related to Halloween/31 October

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff   @pgn   @MI5   @BobM   @gmarkj   @TallTrees   @lewys-gp   @RafaC   @Martin-O2   @jonsie 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 HISTORY. 31 Oct 1517 - during the Protestant Reformation, who posted his 95 Thesis to the door of Castle

                      Church, Wittenberg on Halloween 1517 ?

Q2 PLACES. 31 Oct 1864 - Which US State, known as the "Silver State", was admitted as the 36th US State on

                    Halloween ?

Q3 SPACE. 31 Oct 2000 - What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft, launched on Halloween 2000, to take

                  the first crew to the International Space Station ?

Q4 LITERATURE. 31 Oct 1795 - Who was born on Halloween 1795, who went on to become a poet and wrote

                            "Ode To A Grecian Urn" ?

Q5 WORDS. Witches are often associated with Halloween. The word "witches" comes from Old English -

                     What did the word "witches" originally mean ? 

Q6 MOVIES. Who directed the 1978 horror movie "Halloween" ?

Q7 SPORT. 31 Oct 1997 - Who was born on Halloween 1997, became a Premier League footballer and played

                  for England in Euro 2020 ? 

Q8 GAMES. Pumpkins are often associated with Halloween. Two Pokemen characters resemble pumpkins.

                    One is Pumpkaboo. What is the name of the other Pokeman character ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 25 Oct 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 26 Oct 2021]

- 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 Wed 27 Oct 2021

Each member will be awarded  for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 25 Oct 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 26 Oct 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 26 Oct 2021 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" with this week`s quiz. 

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.

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[Cleoriff]

Well @Mi-Amigo ...what a quiz, Well done you! My brain hurts reading some of the questions 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

Sorry your brain is hurting reading the questions.

tbh mine hurt searching for Halloween/31 Oct related questions 😂 but was also fun...

I think that, with a little thought, some of the questions are not quite as difficult as they might seem at first.

[TallTrees]

I'll be joining in of course, Many thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done with the questions all related to Halloweek 

even though they are 😩

[gmarkj]

Oh blimey...

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

Pleased you`ll be joining in with the quiz.

look forward to pm with your answers latr

Thank you @gmarkj 

I take it from your post that you might find some of the question a bit tougher ? Maybe a guess will pay off - as it has for others in previous WRQs ?? Good luck.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @RafaC 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Martin-O2]

@Mi-Amigo PM sent. 😎 This one hurt my brain 🤔 but was a fun challenge! 

[lewys-gp]

Awesome questions, thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍.

[Cleoriff]

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@Martin-O2 wrote:

@Mi-Amigo PM sent. 😎 This one hurt my brain 🤔 but was a fun challenge! 

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Oh you copycat @Martin-O2 😂. That's exactly what I said. So that's 2 with hurting brains today