White Room Quiz Mon 25 Sept 2023

[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 four categories - 

    HISTORY;   LITERATURE;   MUSIC;   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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @J9el @Dave-O2 

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 - What was the first and surname of the first "test-tube" baby, born in 1978 ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Ian Fleming`s James Bond novel "Dr No", what is the name of the MI6 armourer ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of the Bee Gees` single which reached No 1 in UK Singles Charts in 1967 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the main ingredient of the Greek dip melitzanosalata ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the Argentinean revolutionary, killed in Bolivia in 1967 ? 

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Name either of two children in Enid Blyton`s book "Adventures of the Wishing Chair"?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which band had Paul Jones as lead singer 1962 - 1966; and Mike d`Abo as lead singer from

                          1966 to 1969 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Sercial and verdelho are varieties of which wine ?

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 25 Sept 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 27 Sept 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 27 Sept 2023

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 25 Sept

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 27 Sept 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 27 Sept 2023 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]

#6 was a guess for me - sometimes you get lucky! Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo and well done all!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees @MI5 @Cleoriff @BobM @gmarkj @pgn for your comments.

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

Well done those who got a Thinker, especially if guesses paid off, and to those who didn`t do quite as well, I hope you find today`s questions a little easier. Good luck, everyone.

[Dave-O2]

Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Glad to get a score on the board 😁

Well done everyone!