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White Room Quiz Mon 01 Feb 2021

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 eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

 

   PLACES   SPACE   MUSIC    TV

 

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

 

I hope our regular quizzers

   @Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @Anonymous   @Martin-O2   @LukasB   @TheresaV 

   @TallTrees   @Marjo 

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 PLACES 1   HMP Isle of Wight is a high security prison across two site near Newport, Isle of Wight.

                         One site is Parkhurst [former HMP]. What is the name of the other site [former HMP]? 

 

Q2 SPACE 1    Two planets in our solar system are "ice giants". One is Uranus. What is the other?

 

Q3 MUSIC 1    By what name is Dvorak`s Symphony No 9 better known ?

 

Q4 TV 1           In the TV sit-com "Gavin and Stacey" from which Welsh town does Stacey come from?

                         [the character, not the actress].

 

Q5 PLACES 2   What was the former name of the Canton Tower in the Haizhu district in China?

 

Q6 SPACE 2     What was the name of the rocket used to carry the Apollo missions into space?

 

Q7 MUSIC 2     What type of musical instrument is a bodhran ?

 

Q8 TV 2            In the TV sit-com "Men Behaving Badly" what was the name of the character played by

                          Leslie Ash ?

 

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 [Mon 01 February 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 02 Feb 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 03 Feb 2021

 

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

 

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 01 Feb 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 02 Feb 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 02 Feb 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  

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @gmarkj 

As I said, you are not alone regarding the tower question but well done on getting a Red Thinker + star

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @jonsie 

Pleased you liked it and well done on getting a Silver Thinker.

Hope you like the questions in today`s WRQ.

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