White Room Quiz Mon 04 Jan 2021 first WRQ of 2021 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-01-2021

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 star .

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

@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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-01-2021

THE AWARDS:

Gold Thinker = 10 correct answers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Silver Thinker + = 9 correct answers - @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct answers - @gmarkj

= 3 correct answers - @Anonymous

= 2 correct answers - @LukasB

+ one half = 1 correct answer + 1 part-correct - @Martin-O2

= 1 correct answer - @TheresaV

sorry 0 stars = 0 correct answer - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the GOLD THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done

@jonsie - Silver Thinker +

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@WispaRed7 -

@LukasB -

@Martin-O2 - + one half

@TheresaV -

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz - an "Odd Questions" edition with eight questions not from the usual categories, with one question on each of these subjects

TRANSPORT CODES CARS INITIALS POLITICS MATHS SAYINGS ADVERTS

which will be posted shortly on a separate thread and I hope everyone will take.

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

MI5 · ‎06-01-2021

Well done all and thanks

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pgn · ‎06-01-2021

Well done all!
The old magnifying glass was out for that New Zealand mountain though, it has to be said! 🧐 Many famous feature names reverting to the original local name from the older colonial name, and rightly so.
Take Uluru as another antipodean example...
Thanks, @Mi-Amigo, great quiz, new and old alike.

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Cleoriff · ‎06-01-2021

Well done everyone.

Thanks yet again to @Mi-Amigo for devising a quiz relevant to the old and new year. Really clever and needed much research.

Agree with @pgn Mount Cook and it's Maori name was a bit of a bind and funnily enough, the Shakespeare question was an inspired guess. (Although more obvious now)

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-01-2021

Thank you @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and congratulation to each of you on getting a Gold Thinker.

The New Zealand mountain question wasn`t easy and came from the new quiz book which I got for Xmas I thought it might be nice to share it with all the regular quizzers

I hope you, and all the regulars, like the categories and questions in today`s "Odd Questions" WRQ, which is now up on a separate thread.

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Martin-O2 · ‎06-01-2021

Well done everyone!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎06-01-2021

Thank you @Martin-O2

Hope you enjoyed this quiz and you like the questions in today`s WRQ "odd questions" quiz, which is now up on a separate thread.

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

jonsie · ‎06-01-2021

Well done all

Geography not my best subject so no more @Mi-Amigo

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Anonymous · ‎06-01-2021

Here you go @Marjo you can have this star instead

It's far more powerful than the ones the others got! 😉

gmarkj · ‎06-01-2021

Love it@AngryOldGuy!

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