White Room Quiz Mon 27 May 2024 - Spring Bank Holiday edition

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the Spring Bank Holiday edition with 8 "Spring"- related questions.

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 - The German Spring Offensive [aka Kaiserschlacht], a series of four offensives with the main

                          attack intending to break the Allies lines, took place in 1918 in which country ? 

Q2 PEOPLE - The Springfields 60s folk/pop group included Mary [Dusty] Springfield and her brother.

                        What was the first name of Dusty Springfield`s brother ? [I`ll accept stage or real name]

Q3 PLACES - Alice Springs is in which Australian state/territory ?

Q4 NATURE - What type of creature is a spring peeper ?

Q5 LITERATURE - "Absent In The Spring", first published in 1944, was a novel by Agatha Christie under

                                what pen name ? 

Q6 MUSIC - What the title of Bruce Springsteen`s first UK album which reached No 17 in UK album chart

                       in Nov 1975 ?

Q7 MOVIES - "Springtime For Hitler" is a song featured in which Mel Brooks movie ?

Q8 ART - Which artist painted "Spring by the Seine" in 1875 and "Springtime at Giverny" in 1886 ?

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 27 May 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 29 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 28 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 27 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 29 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 29 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.

[Dave-O2]

Loved the quiz @Mi-Amigo 😁

Well done everyone 👏

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

Phew, just "pip-squeaked" into that 😅 

@Mi-Amigo 

Well done all 

Thank you for the quiz ☺️ 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @Cleoriff @Dave-O2 @MI5 @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Great to see all the Thinkers

[Oxonian]

Good quiz @Mi-Amigo, thank you as always for arranging. 👍

Well done all - good scoring across the board ! 😀