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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Today`s White Room Quiz includes the 1000th question
Instead of the usual eight questions, there are 10 questions - with one question from each of these categories
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY NATURE SPACE LITERATURE
MOVIES GAMES EVENTS FOOD & DRINK MUSIC
Not only is there the chance of being awarded a Gold Thinker for 10 correct answers
but each person who correctly answers Q10 - the 1000th WRQ questions - will be awarded a 
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 @jonsie @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Cairdeas @TheresaV
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
Q1 HISTORY. Which King defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown in England in 871 ?
Q2 GEOGRAPHY. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon in the USA ?
Q3 NATURE. What type of animal is an Australian barramundi ?
Q4 SPACE. What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft in which Gherman Titov was the second Russian
cosmonaut into space in August 1961 ?
Q5 LITERATURE. In which Charles Dickens` novel does the character Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle appear?
Q6 MOVIES. What was the first name of Mrs Robinson`s daughter in the 1967 movie "The Graduate" ?
[character`s name not the name of the actress]
Q7 GAMES. In the game of tiddlywinks what is a squop ?
Q8 EVENTS. For which wedding anniversary is crystal the traditional gift ?
Q9 FOOD & DRINK. In the dish dubarry, which vegetable is coated with mornay sauce with crumbled
bread or cheese topping ?
Q10 MUSIC - the 1000th WRQ question -
Who recorded and released the song "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" which reached
No 3 in the UK singles chart on 6 March 1963 ?
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 12 April] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 13 April]
- 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 14 April.
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 12 April] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 13 April].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 13 April 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
plus - each person who correctly answers Q10 - the 1000th WRQ question - [whether or not he or she
answers the other questions correctly] will be awarded
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 in the White Room Quiz and making reaching the 1000th question possible 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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Well done all and thanks.
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I've seen that before @pgn. Was it on Parkinson? Great to see one of my favourite comedians Billy Connolly 'busting a gut' in the background 
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Thank you @Cleoriff @pgn @TheresaV @LukasB @MI5
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards and those who got a for the correct answer to the 1000th WRQ question.
I hope all of you like the categories and questions in today`s WRQ which is another one of the popular "Odd Questions" edition and is now up on a separate thread.
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Thank you @gmarkj
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.
Good to see your guesses paid off and well done on getting a Bronze Thinker.
Hope you like the "odd questions" in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread.
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Not too bad Red Thinker @Mi-Amigo
I have played T winks but certainly either: never knew or forgotten all the terms.
Fish now rings a bell too late.
Bobby Vee, good song never knew the guy.
So many characters with weird names in C.Dickens hard to remember which belongs where sometimes.
Cauliflower cheese, my thought was the same as @gmarkj
Well done everyone especially @Cleoriff and @MI5 for Gold Thinkers.
I have played T winks but certainly either: never knew or forgotten all the terms.
Fish now rings a bell too late.
Bobby Vee, good song never knew the guy.
So many characters with weird names in C.Dickens hard to remember which belongs where sometimes.
Cauliflower cheese, my thought was the same as @gmarkj
Well done everyone especially @Cleoriff and @MI5 for Gold Thinkers.
