White Room Quiz Mon 15 Jan 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   NATURE    MUSIC    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 [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 @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 - What was the name of the battle of 31BCE in which Octavian defeated the combined forces

                               of Mark Antony and Cleopatra ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What colour are the legs of a kingfisher bird ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Who composed the London Symohonies between 1791 and 1795 ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Which horse race was originally referred to as the "sweepstake of 25 guineas" before its name

                         was changed at a dinner party at the Red Lion Inn, Doncaster in 1778 ? 

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In which European city did a massive earthquake kill up to 100,000 people in 1755 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Which mammal has the scientific name "lutra lutra" ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of girl band Little Mix second UK single, which reached No 1 in UK singles

                          chart in September 2012 ? 

Q8 SPORT 2 - Which country`s football team won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021 ?

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 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 17 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan

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

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 17 Jan 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

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @TallTrees @MI5 @BobM @gmarkj 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards - as there were a couple of tough questions.

[pgn]

2 guesses, one right, one wrong - not bad! Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo!

[Oxonian]

Good quiz that @Mi-Amigo, enjoyed it ! 😀

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Oxonian 

Pleased you liked the quiz; and good to see that guesses sometimes pay off.