White Room Quiz - Mon 20 July 2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-07-2020

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 @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 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 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

@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 · ‎20-07-2020

Some good questions there @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-07-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Some good questions there @Mi-Amigo

Thank you @Cleoriff

I thought there might be one you would like

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

MI5 · ‎20-07-2020

Sneaky and not specific tho ?

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Mi-Amigo · ‎20-07-2020

@MI5 wrote:
Sneaky and not specific tho ?

Sneaky?? me???

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

MI5 · ‎20-07-2020

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Please select the post that helped you best and mark as the solution. This helps other members in resolving their issues faster. Thank you.

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-07-2020

IMPORTANT:

Q2 - typo: should read Thomas Bewick - not Beswick

apologies and I hope it doesn`t spoil the quiz...

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

MI5 · ‎20-07-2020

I had assumed a silent "s"

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O2Karl · ‎20-07-2020

@Mi-Amigo

Another great quiz, took a few guesses this time :)...No red thinker for me this week

MI5 · ‎20-07-2020

Here it comes >>>>>>>>>>>

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