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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Today`s Quiz is the first White Room Quiz of 2021
Instead of the usual eight questions, there are 10 questions
with five questions based on "old" - with one question from each of these categories
HISTORY PEOPLE PLACES ART FOOD & DRINK
and five questions based on "new" - with one question from each of these categories
GEOGRAPHY LITERATURE MUSIC TV SPORT
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 @LukasB @Martin-O2 @Marjo
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 TEN QUESTIONS
There is no question is a QI-style question, in which the answer is not what most people think.
OLD-
Q1 HISTORY: The "Old Pretender" claimed the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland after the death
of his father in 1701 and tried, unsuccessfully, to gain the throne during the Jacobite
Rebellion of 1715.
What was the Old Pretender`s name?
Q2 PEOPLE: The "Grand Old Man" was the name the working class gave to which UK Prime Minister
who was PM four times between 1867 and 1894?
Q3 PLACES: The "Old Man Of Stoor" is a pinnacle of rock on which British isle?
Q4 ART: "The Old Guitarist" was painted by which artist in 1903-04?
Q5 FOOD & DRINK: "Old Speckled Hen" was first brewed in Abingdon in 1979 to celebrate what?
NEW -
Q6 GEOGRAPHY: New Zealand`s highest mountain is known by what name by native Maoris?
Q7 LITERATURE: "Brave New World" is an expression said to have been coined by Shakespeare.
In which Shakespeare play did the expression first appear?
Q8 MUSIC: "New England" reached No 7 in the UK singles chart in 1985. Who recorded this version?
Q9 TV: "The New Statesmen" was a 1980s UK sit-com. Who played the character Alan B`stard?
Q10 SPORT: New Zealand`s senior women`s national rugby team is known by what nickname?
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 04 Jan 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 05 Jan 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 06 Jan.
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 04 Jan 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 05 Jan 2021].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 05 Jan 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" and take part in this quiz.
Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a 
.
In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for
10 correct 8 correct 6 correct 4 correct
answers answers answers answers
Golden Silver Bronze Red
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
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Thank you @Anonymous
pm with your 10 answers received
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Just hoping Stoor is actually Storr - seen it a number of times, visited a renowned distillery in the vicinity once! 👍
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btw thank you @TheresaV
pm with one answer received early Monday. Apologies for not mentioning it at the time.
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THE ANSWERS:
OLD-
Q1 HISTORY: The "Old Pretender" claimed the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland after the death
of his father in 1701 and tried, unsuccessfully, to gain the throne during the Jacobite
Rebellion of 1715.
What was the Old Pretender`s name?
A1 James Stuart
Q2 PEOPLE: The "Grand Old Man" was the name the working class gave to which UK Prime Minister
who was PM four times between 1867 and 1894?
A2 William Gladstone
Q3 PLACES: The "Old Man Of Stoor" is a pinnacle of rock on which British isle?
A3 Isle of Skye
Q4 ART: "The Old Guitarist" was painted by which artist in 1903-04?
A4 Picasso
Q5 FOOD & DRINK: "Old Speckled Hen" was first brewed in Abingdon in 1979 to celebrate what?
A5 50th anniversary of MG car company
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Q6 GEOGRAPHY: New Zealand`s highest mountain is known by what name by native Maoris?
A6 Aoraki
Q7 LITERATURE: "Brave New World" is an expression said to have been coined by Shakespeare.
In which Shakespeare play did the expression first appear?
A7 The Tempest
Q8 MUSIC: "New England" reached No 7 in the UK singles chart in 1985. Who recorded this version?
A8 Kirsty McCall
Q9 TV: "The New Statesmen" was a 1980s UK sit-com. Who played the character Alan B`stard?
A9 Rik Mayall
Q10 SPORT: New Zealand`s senior women`s national rugby team is known by what nickname?
A10 Black Ferns
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THE RESULTS:
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded
Q10 correct - awarded plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded
Gold Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 Taranaki - incorrect
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded
Q10 correct - awarded
plus, for more than eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 Scotland - as Isle of Skye is in Scotland, I`ll award half
Q3 pass Q4 FA Cup Final - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 Macbeth - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 pass
Q9 pass Q10 pass
Total: one + half for one correct answer + one part correct answer
Q3 correct - awarded [no other answers given]
Total: one for one correct answer
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded
Q10 correct - awarded plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded
Gold Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass Q9 correct - awarded
Q10 correct - awarded
plus, for six correct also awarded
Bronze Thinker
Q1 Henry - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass Q9 pass Q10 pass
Total: two for two correct answers
Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 Isle of Wight - incorrect Q4 Rembrandt - incorrect Q5 Spring - incorrect
Q6 Big Peak - incorrect Q7 Romeo & Juliet - incorrect Q8 U2 - incorrect
Q9 Alan Rickman - incorrect Q10 pass
sorry, no awarded this time
@Anonymous
Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 Isle of Arran - incorrect Q4 Cezanne - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 pass
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded Q10 pass
Total: three for three correct answers
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded
Q10 correct - awarded plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded
Gold Thinker
