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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 O2 Guru @O2Karl
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
PEOPLE NATURE FOOD & DRINK SPORT
Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.
TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS
Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated in office ?
Q2 [NATURE - 1] What type of bird is named in honour of Thomas Beswick, who`s wood engravings
of birds appeared in "A History of British Birds" ?
Q3 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] What type of food is creme du Barry ?
Q4 [SPORT - 1] Who was the first footballer to be transferred for £1 million ?
Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Who was the last woman to be hanged in Britain ?
Q6 [NATURE - 2] What type of tree is also known as a May tree [not Latin name] ?
Q7 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What vegetable was introduced into Scotland by Patrick Miller, who received
seeds of the vegetable from King Gustav of Sweden in around 1800 ?
Q8 [SPORT - 2 ] Who was the first English motor racing world champion ?
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 20 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 21 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 22 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 20 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 21 July 2020].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 21 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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Thank you @jonsie
pm with your eight answers received
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Thank you @Anonymous
pm with your eight answers received
Gentle reminder to @gmarkj and @Martin-O2
and anyone else who would like to take part in this quiz
there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] - to pm me Mi-Amigo with your answers.
Good luck
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Thank you @gmarkj
pm with your eight answers received
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Answers sent @Mi-Amigo! A very tough one for me this time around so excited to see how I did. 
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Thank you @Martin-O2
pm with your eight answers received
results - so you and everyone will know how well you`ve done - tomorrow [Wed] morning
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THE ANSWERS:
Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated in office ?
A1: Spencer Percival
Q2 [NATURE - 1] What type of bird is named in honour of Thomas Bewick, who`s wood engravings
of birds appeared in "A History of British Birds" ?
A2: swan - Bewick wren is also named after him, so I would accept that as a correct answer
Q3 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] What type of food is creme du Barry ?
A3: soup - cauliflower soup to be precise
Q4 [SPORT - 1] Who was the first footballer to be transferred for £1 million ?
A4: Trevor Francis
Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Who was the last woman to be hanged in Britain ?
A5: Ruth Ellis
Q6 [NATURE - 2] What type of tree is also known as a May tree [not Latin name] ?
A6: hawthorn
Q7 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What vegetable was introduced into Scotland by Patrick Miller, who received
seeds of the vegetable from King Gustav of Sweden in around 1800 ?
A7: swede - as it was also known as a turnip swede, I`ll also accept turnip as a correct answer
Q8 [SPORT - 2 ] Who was the first English motor racing world champion ?
A8: Mike Hawthorn
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