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White Room Quiz Mon 24 June 2024

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.

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

   HISTORY    PLACES     LITERATURE     FOOD & DRINK

 

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 - Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 ?

                                 

Q2 PLACES 1 - What is the capital city of Bulgaria ?

                        

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In George Orwell`s novel "Animal Farm" what type of animal is Jessie ?

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Makah ozette, from the Pacific northwest of USA, is what type of vegetable ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the monoplane in which Charles Linbergh made the first solo

                            non-stop transatlantic flight in 1927 ?

 

Q6 PLACES 2 - The Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA spans which river ?

 

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - What is the name of the female detective in Agatha Christie`s novel "The Secret

                                   Adversary", first published in 1922 ?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What was the name of the soft drink ["pop"] invented by pharmacist Charles Alderton

                                        in 1880s and first served in 1885 ?

                                                                                 

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 24 June 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 26 June 2024.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 26 June 2024.

Each member will be awarded :star: for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Mon 24 June

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 26 June 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 26 June 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.

 

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TallTrees
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Hi @Mi-Amigo 

This quiz is better for me.  I have been to Bulgaria very nice.  One or two others are OK with my knowledge base 😆



HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

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Veritas Numquam Perit

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Oxonian
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It would have been in your Inbox @Mi-Amigo only for :-

 

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I will try again tomorrow ! 👍

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PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you

@TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @Oxonian 

sorry you have problem with flooding

look forward to pm with your answers later

 

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

 

 

 

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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PM on the way @Mi-Amigo ---> 👍

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼

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Oxonian
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And it has now let me send it @Mi-Amigo ; should be in your inbox ! 👍

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