White Room Quiz Mon 10 June 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

   HISTORY   PLACES    NATURE     MOVIES

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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 [ @jonsie is way]

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 - What was the name of the supertanker which ran aground off Cornwall in March 1967,

                             causing an environmental disastr from its oil slick ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - What is the capital city of Azerbaijan ?

Q3 NATURE 1 - What type of animal is a willet ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In the 1967 black comedy movie "How I Won The War", what was the name of the character

                           played by John Lennon ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Two sons of King Edward IV [known as the Princes in the Tower] were lodged in the Tower

                             of London in 1483. One was Edward, what was the name of the other Prince, who was

                             Edward`s younger brother ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Beetham Tower, a 47-storey skyscraper, is in which British city ?

Q7 NATURE 2 - Tuatara, a reptile, is  native to which country ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In the 1966 British comedy movie "The Family Way", what was the first name of the character

                           played by Hayley Mills ?

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

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 10 June 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 12 June 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 12 June 2024.

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 10 June

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 12 June 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 12 June 2024 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.

[Cleoriff]

Lots of Thinkers with this one @Mi-Amigo.

Well done everyone.

[gmarkj]

Happy with that. Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

Hi @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the Red Thinker + Star

a little better for me this week.

Well done all

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @TallTrees 

pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Good to see everyone got a Thinker

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo and well done all. 👍

I think that the last time that there were high scores across the board, the next quiz was a shocker ; the quizmaster fights back ! 😀