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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.
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 @MI5 @gmarkj @Anonymous
and O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB
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 of eight questions - with two questions on each of these
cateories
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY NATURE SPORT
Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.
Some of the questions are rated as "easier", others as "not-so-easy".
TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS
Q1 [HISTORY- 1] Who was king of England between the reigns of Henry I and Henry II ?
Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] Which is the shortest river in England ?
Q3 [NATURE - 1] What does an aphyllus plant lack ?
Q4 [SPORT - 1] The biathlon is the combination of which two events ?
[half 
for each correct answer; full for both correct]
Q5 [HISTORY - 2] The Battle of Aboukir Bay, fought by Nelson in 1798, is better known by what name ?
Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] What is the capital of Andorra ?
Q7 [NATURE - 2] What animal was once known as a "foul martin" ?
Q8 [SPORT - 2] Gordon Banks was the England goalkeeper in the 1966 World Cup final.
Which football team was he a player with at that time ?
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 02 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 03 November]
- 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 04 November
Each member will be awarded 
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
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 02 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 03 November 2020].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 03 November 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 at least some of the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.
Good luck, everyone
p.s. The "BONFIRE NIGHT" edition of the White Room Quiz will be this Wednesday - 04 November.
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Thank you @gmarkj
pleased you enjoyed the quiz.
don`t be too hard on yourself, there were a couple of difficult questions and the river one was rated as one of the hardest.
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Thank you @jonsie
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and congrats on your Silver Thinker
Hope you like today`s Bonfire Night edition on separate thread.
