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White Room Quiz Mon 28 Dec 2020

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of four categories 

 

   PEOPLE   PLACES   NATURE   FOOD & DRINK

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

 

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff    @pgn    @jonsie   @MI5   @gmarkj   @Anonymous 

and O2 Community managers  @Marjo   @Martin-O2   @LukasB  

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.

 

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 PEOPLE 1   Which serial killer lived at, and committed murder in, 10 Rillington Place?

      

Q2 PLACES 1   In which US city is the University of Minnesota?

 

Q3 NATURE 1  What type of creature is a steelhead?

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  What type of foodstuff is a radicchio?

 

Q5 PEOPLE 2  King Richard II of England is said to have starved to death around 14 Feb 1400 whilst in

                        captivity in which castle?

 

Q6 PLACES 2   In which city in Italy is the Doge`s Palace ? 

 

Q7 NATURE 2  What type of insect is a devil`s coach-horse?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2  Which cocktail was devised by Henry MacElhorne in 1919 using creme de menthe,

                                     which was replaced by gin in 1929, and in Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930 was made

                                     with gin, Cointreau and fresh lemon juice?

 

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

 

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 28 December] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 29 December]

- allowing 36 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 morning of Wed 30 December

 

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

 

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 28 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 29 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 29 December 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  

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Well, well, well - having picked myself up off the floor at the thought of 15 questions on Wednesday, I than cheered myself up with the thought that there's a cocktail for everything...

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Incoming, @Mi-Amigo --->

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Thank you @pgn

I like the gif

pm with your eight answers received

btw I hope Wed`s WRQ won`t be as daunting as you might think 

 

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

 

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@pgn wrote:

Love the gif, @Cleoriff rofl


Couldn't find anything else relevant to the quiz @pgn ...so thought that one would do...joy

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

I like the gif

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @MI5 

I like the gif

pm with your eight answers received

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Thank you @jonsie 

I like the gif

pm with your eight answers received

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Robert Kennedy.

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