White Room Quiz Mon 15 Apr 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions - with two questions on each of these four categories

   HISTORY    PLACES     MUSIC     MOVIES

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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 

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 - Lambert Simnel was an imposter and pretender to the English throne during the reign 

                            of which English King?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Diss is a market town in which English county ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which singer won three Grammy Awards in 2017 for the song "Hello" ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In the 1955 Ealing comedy movie "The Lady Killers", what was the name of the old lady

                           in whose house the gang leader [played by Alec Guinness] lodged ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the castle in North of England which was taken over by Richard III

                             after the death of Warwick the Kingmaker ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Which town in Cheshire, 14 miles from Manchester, is said to have been named after 

                             King Canute ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which singer had a UK No 2 single with "Castle on the Hill" in Jan 2017 ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In the 1957 British comedy movie "The Smallest Show On Earth" what was the name of the

                            projectionist character played by Peter Sellers ?

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 15 April 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 17 April 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 17 April 2024.

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 15 Apr

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 17 Apr 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 17 Apr 2024 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.

[TallTrees]

Morning @Mi-Amigo 

Warwick caught me out 😕

Know Knutsford very well a lovely town.

Diss is so nice in Norfolk that is an interesting county,  includes the Broads such a great place to visit.   

Thank you for the quiz...

Well done all 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[pgn]

Well done all - and the Goon Show humour of Peter Sellers' projectionist Percy Quill still makes me smile, Bluebottle!  Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - not easy this week so far! 

[gmarkj]

Happy with that - been to Knutsford and Diss many times!

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

Pffftttt...Mrs WILBERFORCE! 😂

Racked my brain cells on that one. Seen it a couple of times. My Mum took me to the cinema the first time.

Never mind. Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 😊

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees @MI5 @pgn @gmarkj @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Sorry @TallTrees missed out on Red Thinker with one answer; @gmarkj missed out on Bronze Thinker with one answer; and @Cleoriff missed out on Silver Thinker with one answer. 

[Oxonian]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo ; wonder how many realise Knutsford is a place and not just a M6 Service Station ? 👍