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Q4 GAMES 1 - Which boardgame, originally made in 1938 by the makers of Monopoly, is based on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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                       = 8 correct - @Cleoriff   @jonsie  @MI5 

Bronze Thinker +         = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                     = 6 correct - @BobM  @gmarkj  @adec  @Spenny  @J9el 

                    = 3 correct - @Comben 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff   @jonsie   @MI5 

Well done

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@adec         - Bronze Thinker

@Spenny     - Bronze Thinker

@J9el           - Bronze Thinker

@Comben   -   

sorry @RafaC - no stars this time

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be

the SUMMER SPECIAL - with 8 Summer-related questions - and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[BobM]

Great quiz with great results...

Thanks as always @Mi-Amigo 👍

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great quiz @Mi-Amigo 😁

[pgn]

Hmm. My choice of music reflects my knowledge of some boardgames, as I had no clue about the horseracing one, @Mi-Amigo - very good! Well done all, looking forward to today's questions, I think...🤔😉

[gmarkj]

Pleased with my results - playing old board games comes in handy sometimes!

Well done everyone, and great set of questions @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM  @Cleoriff  @pgn  @gmarkj 

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

It was great to see so many Bronze Thinkers this time.

I hope each of you, and everyone else, likes the questions in today`s WRQ which is the Summer Edition and is now up on a separate thread.

[MI5]

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[RafaC]

I knew I had it coming 😣
At least I've learned a lot. Gonna try to do better on the excellent White Room Quiz Wed 31 Aug 2022 - Summer Edition

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone.

[jonsie]

Thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

well done everyone!!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @RafaC @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

Well done @MI5 and @jonsie on your awards. Sorry you didn`t do so well @RafaC .

I hope you all like the questions in today`s Summer edition of WRQ.