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Welcome to
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 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
SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER
THE RULES
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
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I really struggled with this one! thanks @Mi-Amigo and good work everyone.
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โ15-07-2020 15:36 - edited โ15-07-2020 15:37
Thank you @Anonymous
Glad you are pleased with your three stars - and don`t forget you beat that Egghead !!
Really sorry you missed out on the quiz @jonsie
no pm received, and, as far as I know, no problems with pm`s or notifications yesterday
Thanks @Martin-O2
Glad you liked the quiz, even tough some questions were harder than usual
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If it helps I got all eight correct....
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Yes, silver for thinking I thought