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White Room Quiz Mon 12 July 2021

Mi-Amigo
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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 

 

   GEOGRAPHY    WORDS    MUSIC     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].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff   @pgn  @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @BobM   @TheresaV   @LukasB  @Martin-O2 

  @O2EmmaLouise 

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 GEOGRAPHY 1  Which river flows through Florence, Italy ?

 

Q2 WORDS 1 What does the word "bolshoi" literally mean ?

 

Q3 MUSIC 1    Which day of the week is not mentioned in The Beatles`s song "Lady Madonna" ?

 

Q4 SPORT 1    How long, in minutes, is a Rugby Union match ?

 

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2  In which sea are the islands of Samos and Lesbos ?

 

Q6 WORDS 2  What does the word "crepuscular" refer to ?

 

Q7 MUSIC 2     Who wrote the classical music opera "Aida" ?

 

Q8 SPORT 2      On which racecourse is the Scottish Grand National run ?

                            

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 July 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 13 July 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 14 July 2021

 

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

 

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 12 July 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 13 July 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 13 July 2021 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  

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@Mi-Amigo 

This looks ok. Must make sure I read each question carefully!!

Just flicked through and two I read wrongly   innocent         

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A lot of guesses again, I guess joy

 

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Thank you @Cleoriff .

Pleased you like the quiz.

Some questions might need closer attention as they are not quite as easy as might first seem.

 

Thank you @TheresaV 

As you know, sometimes guesses pay off.

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Some good answers and some guesses incoming.......

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

 

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Thank you @MI5 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

 

Thank you @TheresaV 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

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INcoming @Mi-Amigo 

 

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Thank you @LukasB 

pm with your 8 answers received

 

Thank you @Cleoriff 

love the gif of a great band - relevant to one of the questions

pm with your 8 answers received

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Galloping your way now @Mi-Amigo  --->>>

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