White Room Quiz Mon 13 Feb 2023 - Love edition - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎13-02-2023

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the "Love" edition; as part of

💟 Love Week on the O2 Community 💟

There are 8 questions - with one love-related question on each of these categories -

HISTORY; NATURE; LITERATURE; WORDS; MUSIC; MOVIES; TV; GAMES

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Comben @J9el @RafaC @Spenny

@Breanna @adec

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 - According to Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection ?

Q2 NATURE - Love-in-a-mist [Nigella damascena] belongs to which family of plants ?

Q3 LITERATURE - In which Harry Potter book does Harry and Cho-Chang first kiss ?

Q4 WORDS - Sevmek is the word for love in which language ?

Q5 MUSIC - "You`ve Lost That Loving Feeling" was first recorded by which US duo ?

Q6 MOVIES - In the rom-com movie "Sleepless In Seattle", Tom Hanks played the character Sam Baldwin.

What was the character`s name of Sam Baldwin`s son ?

Q7 TV - In the TV sit-com "Gavin and Tracey", what was the character`s name of Smithy`s love interest ?

Q8 GAMES - In Scrabble, how many points in total does the word LOVE score [not counting any double or

triple letter or any double or triple word square] ?

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 13 Feb 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 15 Feb 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 15 Feb 2023

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 13 Feb,

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 15 Feb 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 15 Feb 2023 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Comben · ‎14-02-2023

Excellent themed WRQ @Mi-Amigo, my answers have been PM'd.
Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! ❤️ (excuse the Christmas hat in the below gif but the dancing made me smile)

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious"
Albert Einstein

Mi-Amigo · ‎14-02-2023

Thank you @Comben

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-02-2023

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY - According to Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection ?

A1 Narcissus

Q2 NATURE - Love-in-a-mist [Nigella damascena] belongs to which family of plants ?

A2 buttercup

Q3 LITERATURE - In which Harry Potter book does Harry and Cho-Chang first kiss ?

A3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Q4 WORDS - Sevmek is the word for love in which language ?

A4 Turkish

Q5 MUSIC - "You`ve Lost That Loving Feeling" was first recorded by which US duo ?

A5 The Righteous Brothers

Q6 MOVIES - In the rom-com movie "Sleepless In Seattle", Tom Hanks played the character Sam Baldwin.

What was the character`s name of Sam Baldwin`s son ?

A6 Jonah

Q7 TV - In the TV sit-com "Gavin and Stacey", what was the character`s name of Smithy`s love interest ?

A7 Nessa

Q8 GAMES - In Scrabble, how many points in total does the word LOVE score [not counting any double or

triple letter or any double or triple word square] ?

A8 7

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎15-02-2023

Gavin and Tracey, I did wonder if there was a typo. Never watched the Gavin & Stacey show anyway - meh 😂

Good to see a straight on the other 7 though, including the Turkish Delight vid I doctored some years ago! Good one @Mi-Amigo 👍

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-02-2023

THE RESULTS

@RafaC

Q1 correct - Q2 flowers - too vague, need name Q3 correct - Q4 Swedish - incorrect .

Q5 pass Q6 Robert - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 15 - incorrect.

Total = 2 stars for two correct

@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

@pgn

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

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 TheresaV - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - Q2 roses - incorrect Q3 Half Blood Prince - incorrect Q4 Polish - incorrect.

Q5 correct - Q6 pass Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie

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

@Comben

Q1 correct - Q2 lily - incorrect Q3 Goblet of Fire - incorrect Q4 Ukraine - incorrect.

Q5 correct - Q6 Tom - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 9 - incorrect.

Total = 3 stars for three correct

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-02-2023

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @pgn

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @gmarkj

3 stars = 3 correct - @Comben

2 stars = 2 correct - @RafaC

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie

Well done

@pgn - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

@Comben - three stars

@RafaC - two stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least two stars

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

normal WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these subjects

- PEOPLE; SCIENCE; ART; GAMES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎15-02-2023

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all.

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RafaC · ‎15-02-2023

Thanks for the love week themed quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done everybody!

TallTrees · ‎15-02-2023

Will give this a go @Mi-Amigo

Back to my PC and good too.

May be get one or two in your Quiz

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-02-2023

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @RafaC

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Thank you @TallTrees

Be good to have you back with us for Wed WRQ

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.