White Room Quiz Mon 20 May 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 categories

   HISTORY    GEOGRAPHY     WORDS    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 @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 [ @jonsie is away]

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 - Lady Jane Grey reigned for 9 days in 1553. Who succeeded Lady Jane Grey as English

                            monarch ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Isla de la Juventud [Island of Youth] lies 50km south of which Caribbean island ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the 18th century word "whindle" mean ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - In which year did Arsenal last win the English F A Cup ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which member of the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1912 left his tent saying

                              "I am just going outside and maybe some time" and died of hyperthermia ?

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Beerenberg, the world`s most northerly vocano, is located on which Norweigan island ? 

Q7 WORDS 2 - The 18th century word "fambers" referred to people who did what ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Smoggies is a nickname of which English Championship football Team ?

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 20 May 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 15 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 22 May 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 20 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 22 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 22 May 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.

[pgn]

So much for nookie - dodgy coin, eh? Hmm. Seems it stumped everyone, good one @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - Good one 👍

High scores, well done all.

[MI5]

Sneaky one @Mi-Amigo 👍

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Well that was troublesome @Mi-Amigo 😂

Q7 indeed!!

[TallTrees]

Thank you for the quiz ☺️ 

@Mi-Amigo 

3 🌟 OK

Well done all 

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, a couple of tough questions therein and nobody got 100 per cent ! 👍

Very happy with my score and well done everyone else. 😀 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @MI5 @Cleoriff @TallTrees @Oxonian 

Well done on your awards.

Q7 was taken from a quiz book and rated as very difficult