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White Room Quiz - Mon 20 July 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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 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

 

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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  

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@Mi-Amigo that is how quick the tables have turned joy

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Well done everyone. Two Hawthorns in one quiz. yahoo


I spotted that too, and may or may not have rapidly alluded to it before I had submitted my answers. Sneaky!

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Good quiz, well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo ! 

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That was the reason I answered the motor racing question as I did too, so I think we all spotted it. I was just doubtful that there was even more to the sneakiness tongue
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@pgn wrote:

@Cleoriff wrote:

Well done everyone. Two Hawthorns in one quiz. yahoo


I spotted that too, and may or may not have rapidly alluded to it before I had submitted my answers. Sneaky!

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Good quiz, well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo ! 


I noticed that comment @pgn I knew then you had at least one correct. rofl

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I enjoyed the quiz @Mi-Amigo thank you for compiling it

Well done all.

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Thank you @Anonymous and @jonsie 

Glad you enjoyed the quiz

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