White Room Quiz Mon 03 Apr 2023 - Easter edition

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the Easter Edition with 8 Easter-related questions.

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Comben @J9el @Breanna @Patricia1066 @BobM 

@Spenny 

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 - Maundy Monday was first distributed in England in the reign of which English monarch ?  

Q2 PLACES - In the US, the New York Easter Parade takes place in which street ?

Q3 WORDS - Gleoilega paska is Happy Easter in which language ?

Q4 LITERATURE - Who wrote the poem "Easter, 1916" describing the Easter Uprising ?

Q5 MOVIES - Who directed the 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ" ?

Q6 TV - In the Easter 1996 edition of "The Vicar of Dibley", which character was intended to play Dibley`s

              Easter Bunny before she passed away and was replaced by the vicar ?

Q7 SPORT - Nick Easter was a former professional sportsman in which sport ? 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK - Paskeol, often drunk at Easter, is a beer from which country ?   

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 03 April 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 05 Apr 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 05 April 2023

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 03 Apr,

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 05 Apr 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 05 Apr 2023 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

[Comben]

My answers have been PM'd to you @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben 

like the gif

pm with your answers received before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY - Maundy Money was first distributed in England in the reign of which English monarch ?  

A1   Although specially-minted Maundy coins were first made and distributed in 1662, during the reign

        of Charles II, this is not the correct answer. Mandy Money was first distributed by King John in 1213. 

Q2 PLACES - In the US, the New York Easter Parade takes place in which street ?

A2   5th Avenue

Q3 WORDS - Gleoilega paska is Happy Easter in which language ?

A3    Icelandic

Q4 LITERATURE - Who wrote the poem "Easter, 1916" describing the Easter Uprising ?

A4   Yeats

Q5 MOVIES - Who directed the 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ" ?

A5    Mel Gibson

Q6 TV - In the Easter 1996 edition of "The Vicar of Dibley", which character was intended to play Dibley`s

              Easter Bunny before she passed away and was replaced by the vicar ?

A6   Letitica Cropley. I`ll accept first name as correct answer

Q7 SPORT - Nick Easter was a former professional sportsman in which sport ? 

A7    Rugby

Q8 FOOD & DRINK - Paskeol, often drunk at Easter, is a beer from which country ?   

A8    Denmark

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Patricia1066 

Q1 Henry II - incorrect  Q2 Broadway - incorrect  Q3 Romania - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 pass                          Q6 pass                              Q7 pass                            Q8 Norway - incorrect.

Total = 1 star for 1 correct

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 Charles II - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -                  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 Victoria - incorrect  Q2 pass  Q3 Klingon - incorrect  Q4 TheresaV - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 Henry VIII - incorrect  Q2 49th Street - incorrect  Q3 Greek - incorrect  Q4 E A Stir - incorrect .

Q5 correct -                   Q6 correct -                      Q7 correct -             Q8 Poland - incorrect .

Total = 3 stars for 3 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @pgn 

Red Thinker                             = 4 correct - @gmarkj   

3 stars                                       = 3 correct - @Comben 

1 star                                         = 1 correct - @Patricia1066 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Well done

@pgn              - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj         - Red Thnker

@Comben       - 3 stars

@Patricia1066 - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 1 star

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in today`s WRQ which is part 1 of WRQ A-Z Quiz with questions A-H and will be posted o a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone. 😉

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[pgn]

Looks like I got Long John de-silvered 🤣

Good quiz, @Mi-Amigo and well done all!

[Patricia1066]

Well done everyone. My guessing game was off this quuz. Now I knew all the romcoms of the 80s, 90s and 2000s. Who knew that was my specialist subject! That quiz was before I found this forum. 

[TallTrees]

Me where's me? 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@Mi-Amigo 

None nil nada 😴 noooo

Well done everyone 👏