White Room Quiz Mon 03 Aug 2020 - 1st Anniversary

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the First Anniversary of

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

To celebrate the First Anniversary of the White Room Quiz, instead of the usual eight questions - with two questions from four categories - there will be 12 questions - with one question from each of these categories

 HISTORY  PLACES  NATURE  SPACE  ART  LITERATURE  MUSIC  MOVIES  TV  SPORT  GAMES  FOOD & DRINK 

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  @WispaRed7 

 O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 and @LukasB ; and O2 Guru @O2Karl 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S TWELVE QUESTIONS

- please note: to tie-in with the First Anniversary, the questions are themed around "first"

and one question is QI-style, in which the answer is not what most people think

Q1 [HISTORY] Who was the first English monarch of the House of Hanover ?  

Q2 [PLACES] Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was built first ?

Q3 [NATURE] Where were the first Botanical Gardens in the world opened in 1545 [town; country] ?

Q4 [SPACE] Who was the first American astronaut to walk in space in 1965 ?

Q5 [ART] What was the title of Picasso`s first Cubist painting, painted in 1906 ? 

Q6 [LITERATURE] Who wrote "The First Men In The Moon", published in 1901 ?

Q7 [MUSIC] What is the planet in the first movement in Holst`s Planet Suite composed in 1914 ? 

Q8 [MOVIES] What was the name of the first movie to feature Mickey Mouse ?

Q9 [TV] What product was the first advertised in a TV commercial on ITV ?

Q10 [SPORT] Which was the first English football team to become League Champions in 1889 ? 

Q11 [GAMES] What is the first property on a standard UK Monopoly board ?

Q12 [FOOD & DRINK] In which county were cabbages first cultivated in England by Sir Anthony Ashley in 1539 ?

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 03 August] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 04 August]

- 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 05 August.

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 03 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 04 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 04 August 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. 

Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a  .

In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

                          12 correct      10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

                            answers          answers       answers      answers      answers

                                     

                            Diamond         Golden         Silver         Bronze              Red

                             Thinker           Thinker       Thinker      Thinker           Thinker

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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

TODAY`S TWELVE QUESTIONS

- please note: to tie-in with the First Anniversary, the questions are themed around "first"

and one question is QI-style, in which the answer is not what most people think

Q1 [HISTORY] Who was the first English monarch of the House of Hanover ?  

Q2 [PLACES] Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was built first ?

Q3 [NATURE] Where were the first Botanical Gardens in the world opened in 1545 [town; country] ?

Q4 [SPACE] Who was the first American astronaut to walk in space in 1965 ?

Q5 [ART] What was the title of Picasso`s first Cubist painting, painted in 1906 ? 

Q6 [LITERATURE] Who wrote "The First Men In The Moon", published in 1901 ?

Q7 [MUSIC] What is the planet in the first movement in Holst`s Planet Suite composed in 1914 ? 

Q8 [MOVIES] What was the name of the first movie to feature Mickey Mouse ?

Q9 [TV] What product was the first advertised in a TV commercial on ITV ?

Q10 [SPORT] Which was the first English football team to become League Champions in 1889 ? 

Q11 [GAMES] What is the first property on a standard UK Monopoly board ?

Q12 [FOOD & DRINK] In which county were cabbages first cultivated in England by Sir Anthony Ashley in 1539 ?

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 03 August] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 04 August]

- 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 05 August.

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 03 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 04 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 04 August 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. 

Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a  .

In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

                          12 correct      10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

                            answers          answers       answers      answers      answers

                                     

                            Diamond         Golden         Silver         Bronze              Red

                             Thinker           Thinker       Thinker      Thinker           Thinker

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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[Cleoriff]

Uh Oh. I had forgotten about this being a 12 question quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Can't see me getting my answers in at 12md!!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @Cleoriff 

No rush and no pressure to get your answers pm`d at 12 midday...

especially as a couple of questions are "tricky" and one is QI-style

[no-one should be too surprised after 12 months of WRQ  ]

[MI5]

Likely to be late too as in middle of a field with rubbish signal. 

[Mi-Amigo]

No problem @MI5 

Hope you are enjoying the weather in the field

[MI5]

Yes thanks. It’s glorious

[Cleoriff]

Middle of a field @MI5 ?

Are you on holiday?

[MI5]

Racing weekend.
Back Wednesday

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
Racing weekend.
Back Wednesday

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Great. This time a few years back, it was Silverstone!

[MI5]

Yes, 3 years ago it was and still the same tyre issues.