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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Today`s WRQ is the Election Edition with 8 "Election"-based questions .
[Don`t worry if you`re not into politics, the questions are general knowledge]
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 [Mon] and
03.00am Wednesday morning.
Please do not post your answers on the thread.
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @jonsie is away; @Dave-O2 is on leave]
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 - Michael Portillo famously lost his seat at the General Election - in which year ?
Q2 PEOPLE - David "Screaming Lord" Sutch first stood in an election at Stratford-upon-Avon by-election
in 1963 as the candidate for which political party ?
Q3 PLACES - Margaret Thatcher was first elected as an MP in 1959 General Election in which constituency ?
Q4 NATURE - Larry the cat first moved into No 10 Downing Street as "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office"
in Feb 2011, after who won the 2010 General Election and became PM ?
Q5 LITERATURE - "More Than A Game - The Story of Cricket`s Early Years", first published in 2007, was
written by which former PM who lost the 1997 General Election ?
Q6 WORDS - In the lead up to a General Election political parties publish their manifesto.
Use of the word "manifesto" was first recorded in England in 1620; derived from the Latin
"manifestum" which meant what ?
Q7 MUSIC - In 1997 General Election, the Labour Party campaign song was "Things Can Only Get Better"
- by which group ?
Q8 SPORT - Which former athlete, who won medals at 1980 and 1984 Olympics, was elected as MP for
Falmouth and Camborne in the 1992 General Election ?
The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 01 July 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 03 July 2024.
Please do not post your answers on the thread.
The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 03 July 2024.
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 01 July
2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 03 July 2024.
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 03 July 2024 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.
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Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.
03-07-2024 09:19
Thank you @BobM @TallTrees @Cleoriff @MI5
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards
03-07-2024 10:04
Happy with that.
Well done everyone,and thanks @Mi-Amigo
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