White Room Quiz Mon 12 Sept 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 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

   HISTORY    LITERATURE     TV     SPORT

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   @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @BobM   @Spenny   @adec   @Comben   @J9el 

@Breanna   @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 - The Wall Street Crash, on American stock exchange, happened in which year ? 

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Miriam Leivers is a character in which D H Lawrence novel ? 

Q3 TV 1 - What is the name of Bob The Builder`s female business partner and girlfriend in the TV series ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Which sport is played by the Chicago Cubs ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Agincourt took place during which war ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - What is the name of Janet and Peter`s pet dog in Enid Blyton`s Secret Seven books ?

Q7 TV 2 - Who played Mr D`Arcy in the 1995 TV version of "Pride And Prejudice" ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Niblick and nobble are terms in which sport ?

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 12 Sept 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 13 Sept 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 Wed 14 Sept 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 12 Sept 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 13 Sept 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

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

Thank you @Breanna 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Great questions @Mi-Amigo - PM sent! 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn for the gif

pm with your answers received 

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>

Sorry, no time for a gif

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

pm with your answers received - before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - The Wall Street Crash, on American stock exchange, happened in which year ? 

A1   1929

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Miriam Leivers is a character in which D H Lawrence novel ? 

A2   Sons And Lovers

Q3 TV 1 - What is the name of Bob The Builder`s female business partner and girlfriend in the TV series ?

A3    Wendy

Q4 SPORT 1 - Which sport is played by the Chicago Cubs ?

A4    Baseball

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Agincourt took place during which war ?

A5    Hundred Years War

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - What is the name of Janet and Peter`s pet dog in Enid Blyton`s Secret Seven books ?

A6    Scamper

Q7 TV 2 - Who played Mr D`Arcy in the 1995 TV version of "Pride And Prejudice" ?

A7    Colin Firth

Q8 SPORT 2 - Niblick and nobble are terms in which sport ?

A8    Golf

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@adec 

Q1 correct -  Q2 pass    Q3 correct -  Q4 correct - 

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 pass    Q8 lacrosse - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct -  Q2 The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - incorrect  Q3 correct -  

Q4 correct -  Q5 French Civil War - incorrect   Q6 doggy - incorrect 

Q7 correct -  Q8 bar billiards - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -  Q2 Lawrence of Arabia - incorrect   Q3 correct -  

Q4 American football - incorrect  Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 correct -  

Q8 tiddlywinks - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Breanna 

Q1 correct -  Q2 Lady Chatterley`s Lover - incorrect  Q3 correct -  Q4 correct - 

Q5 pass     Q6 Spot - incorrect    Q7 correct -  Q8 correct - 

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 1989 - incorrect   Q2 Lady Chatterley`s Lover - incorrect   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct - 

Q5 correct -  Q6 Fido - incorrect  Q7 correct -  Q8 polo - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -  Q2 Lady Chatterley`s Lover - incorrect  Q3 correct -  Q4 correct - 

Q5 correct -  Q6 Timmy - incorrect  Q7 correct -  Q8 correct - 

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 Sir Lawrence Olivier  Q8 correct - 

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                       = 8 correct - @MI5  @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker +         = 7 correct - @jonsie   

Bronze Thinker                     = 6 correct - @pgn 

Red Thinker +               = 5 correct - @adec  @gmarkj  @Breanna   

Red Thinker                          = 4 correct - @Comben  @J9el 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5  @Cleoriff  

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker 

@adec         - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + star

@Breanna   - Red Thinker + star

@Comben   - Red Thinker

@J9el           - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be

8 questions with two questions on each of these subject

-  PLACES   SPACE    WORDS   ART

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.