White Room Quiz Mon 03 Aug 2020 - 1st Anniversary

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-08-2020

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 star .

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎03-08-2020

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

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

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-08-2020

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 ]

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎03-08-2020

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

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Mi-Amigo · ‎03-08-2020

No problem @MI5

Hope you are enjoying the weather in the field

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎03-08-2020

Yes thanks. It’s glorious

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Cleoriff · ‎03-08-2020

Middle of a field @MI5 ?

Are you on holiday?

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎03-08-2020

Racing weekend.
Back Wednesday

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Cleoriff · ‎03-08-2020

@MI5 wrote:
Racing weekend.
Back Wednesday

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

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎03-08-2020

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

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