White Room Quiz Mon 15 Aug 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

   GEOGRAPHY   LITERATURE    MOVIES    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 

@RafaC   @Breanna 

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Maritime Alps are on the border of France and which other country ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - What is the title of the first novel by Jane Austen ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - What is the name of the character played by Michael Caine in the original Italian Job movie ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many points does a touchdown score in NFL American football ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Mt Botrange, with height of 2277ft, is the highest point in which European country ? 

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In J R R Tolkein`s novel The Hobbit, who lived at Bag End ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - Who played Private Ryan in the 1998 movie Saving Private Ryan ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In the Women`s  Euro 2022. which Lioness scored the backheel nutmeg goal against Sweden

                       in the Semi-final ?

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 15 Aug 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 16 Aug 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 morning of Wed 17 Aug 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 15 Aug 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 16 Aug 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 16 Aug 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

[Comben]

Thanks so much for organising these Mi-Amigo. Another great round from everyone and individually I’m happy with my result and award. 😀

Also cheers for the generous scoring because I couldn’t remember Russo’s first name so I’m happy you accepted. Great trick question for the Private Ryan one. 😂