White Room Quiz Mon 07 Feb 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

- HISTORY   WORDS     TV    FOOD & DRINK

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @adelphiaUK @Spenny @lewys-gp @RafaC 

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 1 - Who was the Chancellor of England who was beheaded in 1532 by order of Henry VIII for

                           refusing to acknowledge Henry as head of the Church of England ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Kine, from Middle English word "kye", referred to the plural of which anmal ?

Q3 TV 1 - In which 1989 British TV comedy did Hugh Laurie play Leiut George Colhurst St Barleigh ? 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Slivovitz brandy is distilled from which fruit ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who was the captain of The Bounty, victim of mutiny in 1789, and later became Governor

                           of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808 ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - Snickersnee, from Dutch origin, was what kind of impliment ? 

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV medical drama "Casualty", what was the name of the character played by Derek

                 Thompson from the first episode in 1986 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is pamplemousse in a French restaurant ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 07 Feb 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 08 Feb 2022]

- 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 09 Feb 2022

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 07 Feb 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 08 Feb 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 08 Feb 2022 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

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Spenny 

and for your comments on the quiz and on your answers - without giving anything away 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you everyone who has sent me a pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @jonsie @TallTrees @BobM @adelphiaUK @lewys-gp @Martin-O2 and anyone else who would like to have a go at this quiz.

There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers

Look forward to hearing from you

Good luck

[lewys-gp]

Thank you for the gentle reminder, @Mi-Amigo! A lot of guesses.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp 

pm with your 8 answers received

Apologies @RafaC I missed you off the list in the gentle reminder and hope you get a chance to pm me with your answers

[RafaC]

Thanks for the reminder @Mi-Amigo, I didn't send my answers this time around as the questions are so hard that I could only think about a couple of guesses, so I don't think it's worth the shot 😅

[TallTrees]

Terrible for me again 😪 

PM on way shortly you won't need much time checking  them @Mi-Amigo   😂😂😂😂😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @RafaC 

Sorry to hear you`re not taking part this time but hope you`ll have a go at Wed WRQ.

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

I am with you on that one @RafaC 

Except I read Mutiny on the Bounty 

Know some history of Henry VIII

and food yeh🙄

See you next time😊

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 HISTORY 1 - Who was the Chancellor of England who was beheaded in 1532 by order of Henry VIII for

                           refusing to acknowledge Henry as head of the Church of England ?

A1   Sir Thomas More

Q2 WORDS 1 - Kine, from Middle English word "kye", referred to the plural of which anmal ?

A2   cows

Q3 TV 1 - In which 1989 British TV comedy did Hugh Laurie play Leiut George Colhurst St Barleigh ? 

A3   Blackadder Goes Forth

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Slivovitz brandy is distilled from which fruit ?

A4    plum

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who was the captain of The Bounty, victim of mutiny in 1789, and later became Governor

                           of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808 ?

A5   William Bligh

Q6 WORDS 2 - Snickersnee, from Dutch origin, was what kind of impliment ? 

A6   knife - used for fighting

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV medical drama "Casualty", what was the name of the character played by Derek

                 Thompson from the first episode in 1986 ?

A7   Charlie Fairhead 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is pamplemousse in a French restaurant ?

A8    grapefruit

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@pgn 

Q1  correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 LukasB - 😂 - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 LukasB - 😂 - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 apples - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded 

Q8 citrus fruit - I`ll be generous and award half star 

plus for 5 correct answers and one part-correct also awarded    

Red Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 peach - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 Michael - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@lewys-gp 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 squirrels - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 peach - incorrect

Q5 pass  Q6 eavesdropping - incorrect  Q7 James - incorrect  Q8 plump mousse - incorrect

Total - 2  for two correct answers

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 pass  Q3 pass  Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 pass  Q7 pass  Q8 correct - awarded 

Total - 3  for three correct answers