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White Room Quiz Mon 01 Mar 2021

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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 

 

   PEOPLE   WORDS   LITERATURE   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].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj  @MI5  @TallTrees  @Cairdeas  @Anonymous  @Martin-O2 

  @TheresaV  @LukasB  @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 PEOPLE 1  What was the real name of the American frontier-woman known as "Calamity Jane" ?

 

Q2 WORDS 1  What is heliophobia the fear of ?

 

Q3 LITERATURE 1  Who wrote the novel "Of Mice And Men", published in 1937 ?

 

Q4 TV 1  What is the name of Bart Simpson`s pet dog in the TV cartoon series "The Simpsons" ?

 

Q5 PEOPLE 2  Who founded The Body Shop in 1976 ?

 

Q6 WORDS 2  What does the word "minacious" mean ?

 

Q7 LITERATURE 2  Who wrote the children`s book "The Secret Garden" published in 1911 ?

 

Q8 TV 2  On which fictional Caribbean island is the TV detective series "Death In Paradise" set ?

 

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 March 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 02 March 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 Mar 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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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

                                                                THE RULES

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

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 02 Mar 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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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 PEOPLE 1  What was the real name of the American frontier-woman known as "Calamity Jane" ?

A1   Martha Jane Cannary. I`ll also accept Martha Jane Burke - married Clinton Burke 1891.

 

Q2 WORDS 1  What is heliophobia the fear of ?

A2    sun/sunlight

 

Q3 LITERATURE 1  Who wrote the novel "Of Mice And Men", published in 1937 ?

A3    John Steinbeck

 

Q4 TV 1  What is the name of Bart Simpson`s pet dog in the TV cartoon series "The Simpsons" ?

A4     Santa`s Little Helper

 

Q5 PEOPLE 2  Who founded The Body Shop in 1976 ?

A5     Anita Roddick

 

Q6 WORDS 2  What does the word "minacious" mean ?

A6    threatening/menacing

 

Q7 LITERATURE 2  Who wrote the children`s book "The Secret Garden" published in 1911 ?

A7    Frances Hodgson Burnett

 

Q8 TV 2  On which fictional Caribbean island is the TV detective series "Death In Paradise" set ?

A8    Saint Marie

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THE RESULTS:

 

@MI5 

Q1   correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4   correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7  correct - awarded star   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1   correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4   correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7  correct - awarded star   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@TheresaV 

Q1 pass  Q2 pass  Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 pass

Q6 correct - awarded star Q7 pass  Q8 pass

Total: threestarfor three correct answers

 

@pgn 

Q1   correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4   correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7  correct - awarded star   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@jonsie 

Q1   correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4   correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7  correct - awarded star   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded  star Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 correct - awarded star 

Q5 correct - awarded star  Q6 correct - awarded star  Q7 correct - awarded star 

Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for more than six correct answers, also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Anonymous 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded star  Q6 correct - awarded star Q7 pass  Q8 correct - awarded star 

plus, for six correct answers, also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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THE AWARDS:

 

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Silver Thinker                   = 8 correct answers  @Cleoriff  @MI5  @pgn  @jonsie 

 

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Bronze Thinker + star     = 7 correct answers   @gmarkj 

 

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Bronze Thinker                = 6 correct answers @Anonymous 

 

star star  star                 = 3 correct answers  @TheresaV 

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff  @MI5  @pgn  @jonsie 

 

Well done

@gmarkj          - Bronze Thinker + star 

@Anonymous   - Bronze Thinker

@TheresaV          - star star  star

Everyone who took part got at least   - star star  star  

 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz.

I hope our regular quizzers - 

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

and anyone else will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be eight questions with two questions on each of the categories

 

   NATURE   MUSIC  ART   SPORT

 

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

 

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz fun.

                                                                   

@Mi-Amigo 

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Lowest score but still higher than @LukasB upside_down

 

Looking forward to the next one, but make sure you rest properly @Mi-Amigo and get back to you full strength smiling

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Naughty @Martin-O2 ...'forgot to send his PM' yahoo

Also what happened to @LukasB? I can't see his name up there either....

 

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo thumbsup

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Thank you @TheresaV

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting three stars. Your admin "rivals" didn`t take part... wonder if it`s becasue they knew you might beat them ?? joy

 

Thank you @MI5 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker.

 

Thank you @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker.

 

Shame that some of the regulars couldn`t take part.

I hope everyone like some of the questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread.

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@Cleoriff@Cleoriff yes sorry guys I had some last minute work to do but I'll 100% be there for today's quiz! slight_smile

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @TheresaV

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting three stars. Your admin "rivals" didn`t take part... wonder if it`s becasue they knew you might beat them ?? joy

 

Thank you @MI5 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker.

 

Thank you @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker.

 

Shame that some of the regulars couldn`t take part.

I hope everyone like some of the questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread.


I like your thinking @Mi-Amigo smirk

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Well done to all. Happy with my score - no clue on Jane!
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