White Room Quiz Mon 27 Nov 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   NATURE    LITERATURE    MOVIES

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 - The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 in which country ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the term for a baby echidna ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In Harper Lee`s novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" what is the name of the lawyer who is the

                                  father of Scott and Jem ? 

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In the 1951 movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" what is the name of the alien ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who was assassinated by James Earl Ray in 1968 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - The axolott, an amphibian, originates from which country ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Santiago is a character in which Eernest Hemingway novel, first published in 1952 ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In the 1962 British comedy movie "Carry On Cruising" what is the name of the ship ?

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 Nov 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 29 Nov 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 29 Nov 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 27 Nov

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 29 Nov 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 29 Nov 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

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @gmarkj @Cleoriff @jonsie 

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

Great to see everyone got a Thinker.

I wonder how you will all do with today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread ?

[Dave-O2]

Well done everyone, some good scores all around 👏

Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo now onto the next one 😁