White Room Quiz Mon 19 Oct 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎19-10-2020

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 @Anonymous

O2 Community managers @Martin-O2 @LukasB [@Marjo is away] and O2 Guru @O2Karl

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.

Over the weekend, I have selected eight questions - with questions from each of these cateories

HISTORY LITERATURE MUSIC EVENTS

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

Some of the questions are rated as "easier", others as "not-so-easy".

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Which king was grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II ?

Q2 [LITERATURE - 1] Who wrote the novel "She", published in 1887 ?

Q3 [MUSIC - 1] What the name of the first album released on the Virgin record label ?

Q4 [EVENTS - 1] What does "The Trooping Of The Colour", held annually, celebrate ?

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] James IV of Scotland was the last King of Scotland to die in battle.

In which battle did he die ?

Q6 [LITERATURE - 2] In Shakespeare`s "A Midsummer Night`s Dream", by what other name in Puck known ?

Q7 [MUSIC - 2] What was the name of rock band Queen`s third studio album ?

Q8 [EVENTS - 2] In which English county is the annual Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking held on

Easter Monday?

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 19 October] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 20 October]

- 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 21 October

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

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 19 October 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 20 October 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 20 October 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 at least some of the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

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

pgn · ‎20-10-2020

Incoming... @Mi-Amigo 😁

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-10-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-10-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Which king was grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II ?

A1 George V

Q2 [LITERATURE - 1] Who wrote the novel "She", published in 1887 ?

A2 H Rider Haggard

Q3 [MUSIC - 1] What the name of the first album released on the Virgin record label ?

A3 Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Q4 [EVENTS - 1] What does "The Trooping Of The Colour", held annually, celebrate ?

A4 Official birthday of British monarch

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] James IV of Scotland was the last King of Scotland to die in battle.

In which battle did he die ?

A5 Battle of Flodden

Q6 [LITERATURE - 2] In Shakespeare`s "A Midsummer Night`s Dream", by what other name in Puck known ?

A6 Robin Goodfellow

Q7 [MUSIC - 2] What was the name of rock band Queen`s third studio album ?

A7 Sheer Heart Attack

Q8 [EVENTS - 2] In which English county is the annual Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking held on

Easter Monday?

A8 Leicestershire

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-10-2020

THE RESULTS:

@Martin-O2

Q1 George - part correct [no reginal number] awarded half Q2 pass Q3 pass

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Stirling - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 Queen 2 - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: one for one correct answer + one half for one part correct answer

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Somerset - incorrect; plus, for six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Oasis - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Bannockburn - incorrect Q6 imp - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Somerset - incorrect plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 George - part correct [no reginal number] awarded half Q2 Henry - incorrect

Q3 pass Q4 Gay Pride - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 "something Heart Attack" - part correct awarded half Q8 Hertfordshire - incorrect

Total: onefor one correct answer + two half for two part-correct answers

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-10-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie @pgn

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

Red Thinker = for four correct answers - @Anonymous

+ two half = for one correct answer + two part-correct - @LukasB

+ one half = for one correct answer + one part correct - @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie @pgn

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous - Red Thinker

@LukasB - + two half

@Martin-O2 - + half

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be up shortly on a separate thread - with eight questions = two questions from each of these categories -

PLACES PEOPLE NATURE ART [with one on paintings, one on sculpture]

with a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun.

@Mi-Amigo

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

Cleoriff · ‎21-10-2020

Blimey, a LOT of Queen fans then. Great to see. Well done everyone.

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MI5 · ‎21-10-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Blimey, a LOT of Queen fans then. Great to see. Well done everyone.

I still have the LP my parents bought in 1975 ish.

Well done everyone and thanks

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Cleoriff · ‎21-10-2020

Forgot to say, thanks for this quiz @Mi-Amigo . I'm looking forward to the next one.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎21-10-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff and @MI5

Pleased you liked the quiz.

I was surprised to see so many got the Queen question right. I too bought it when it came out.

Hope you, and everyone else, like the categories and questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread

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

Cleoriff · ‎21-10-2020

@MI5 wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Blimey, a LOT of Queen fans then. Great to see. Well done everyone.
I still have the LP my parents bought in 1975 ish.
Well done everyone and thanks

I saw them at the Coventry theatre in 1975 just after they released Bohemian Rhapsody. They sang that at the end. Brilliant. Part of their set was Lap of the Gods, Now I'm Here and Killer Queen, all from Sheer Heart Attack. What a group...

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