White Room Quiz Mon 29 Aug 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

   HISTORY   GEOGRAPHY   MUSIC    GAMES

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

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

@Breanna   @RafaC  

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 Treaty of Vereeniging was signed in 1902 at the end of which war ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of which Australian state/territory ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - How many reeds does an oboe have ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - Which boardgame, originally made in 1938 by the makers of Monopoly, is based on

                         horse-racing ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the Englsh suffragette who died under the King`s horse at Epsom

                           racecourse in 1913 Derby ? 

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The Seychelles are in which ocean ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of James Blunt`s debut album in 2004 ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - In the Nintendo video game "Happy Feet", what kind of penguin was Mumble ?

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 noon today [Mon 29 Aug 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 30 Aug 2022] - 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 Wed 31 Aug 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 noon today [Mon 29 Aug 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 30 Aug 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 30 Aug 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

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Comben]

Happy Bank Holiday! Thanks for still organising this on the long weekend Mi-Amigo. I’m not saying I’ve done well this week but I love the questions… There’s a great range of subjects and difficulty. 👏🏻

Answers PM’d

 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

I like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Comben 

Pleased you like the questions

I like the gif

pm with your answers received

[jonsie]

p-p-p-p-pinging it's way @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[gmarkj]

Just dropping in for a quick PM - answers on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

I lke the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[RafaC]

I don't even have a guess for quite a few of them this time around, expecting low scores, but having a go nonetheless. PM incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @RafaC 

pm with your answers received

[BobM]

PM heading your way @Mi-Amigo  --->