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White Room Quiz - Mon 13 July 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories. 

 

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  @pgn  @jonsie  @MI5  @gmarkj  @WispaRed7 

 

 O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2  @LukasB 

 

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.

 

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

 

      HISTORY  SCIENCE [one BIOLOGY; one PHYSICS]  ART  EVENTS

 

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time,

but two questions were classed as "tough" in the quiz books I consulted for this quiz.

    

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] When Richard I died, King John became King of England

                             What relation was Richard I to King John?   

      

Q2 [SCIENCE - 1: BIOLOGY] In which part of the human body is the trapezium bone ?

 

Q3 [ART - 1] Which French painter`s works included "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande

                      Jatte" and "Bathers at Asniere" ?

 

Q4 [EVENTS - 1] Where is the annual "Moonraking Festival" held in Britain [village and county] ?

 

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] In history, what item of clothing was a mandillian ? 

 

Q6 [SCIENCE - 2: PHYSICS] How many watts are there in one horsepower

                                             [whole number without decimal point] ?

 

Q7 [ART - 2] Which French painter produced a series of paintings entitled "The Card Players" ? 

 

Q8 [EVENTS - 2] What prize is competed for at the oldest ritual in England, held in Haxey, Lincolnshire

                              on 6 January each year?  

 

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 13 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 14 July]

- 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 15 July.

 

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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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 13 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 14 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 14 July 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.

 

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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First aid training innit wink
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And here goes my thinker status again hahaha - @Marjo this is your chance!

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@MI5 wrote:
First aid training innit wink

Exactly! Although when the grandson played footie, it was me they called for rofl

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Thank you @MI5 

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @LukasB 

pm with your eight answers received

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PM sent @Mi-Amigo 

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Thank you @Anonymous 

pm with your eight answers received

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

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Gentle reminder @pgn  @jonsie  @Martin-O2  @Marjo 

and any members who would like to take part in this quiz

There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tuesday] to pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with your answers.

I look forward to your pm with your eight answers

Good luck

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Tough one for me this time! PM send @Mi-Amigosmiling

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Thank you @Martin-O2 

pm with your eight answers received

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Hmm. Shots in the dark, bit of a wildcard quiz this one, @Mi-Amigo... Incoming >>>
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