White Room Quiz Mon 24 Oct 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

  PEOPLE   PLACES   LITERATURE   GAMES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12.00 noon today [Monday] and 03.00am Wednesday.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @BobM  @Spenny  @Comben  @J9el   @adec 

@RafaC  @Breanna 

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 PEOPLE 1 - Which famous explorer`s body was buried in the church of San Lorenzo, Venice in 1324 ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in which city ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Hermione Granger`s pet cat ? 

Q4 GAMES 1 - How many holes are there on a bar billiards table ? 

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the maiden surname of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Armathwaite Castle is in which English county ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In D H Lawrence`s novel "Lady Chatterley`s Lover", what was Lady Chatterley`s first name ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - Ruy lpez and Scillian defence are terms which can feature in which game ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12.00 noon today [Mon 17 Oct 2022] and 03.00am Wed 19 Oct 2022] - allowing 39 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 Wed 19 Oct 2022

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 12.00 noon today [Mon 24 Oct 2022] and before 03.00am Wed 26 Oct 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 26 Oct 2022 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

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 and @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your award

[Comben]

Not a bad one for me, very pleased to earn a Red Thinker and others faired even better I see.

Well done to everyone and thanks Mi-Amigo for a great WRQ.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben 

Well done on getting a Red Thinker