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White Room Quiz Mon 29 July 2024

Mi-Amigo
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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 categories

   PEOPLE     PLACES      MUSIC     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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 PEOPLE 1 - Who was the only US President who never married ?

                                 

Q2 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the Abbey, founded in 1131, the ruins of which lie on the banks of the

                          River Wye between Monmouth and Chepstow ?

                        

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In The Beatles` song "Eleanor Rigby", what is the name of the clergyman "wiping the dirt

                          from his hands as he walks from the grave" ?

 

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1987 movie "Withnail and I" who played the character Monty, Withnail`s uncle ?

 

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the name of British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper`s husband ?

 

Q6 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the chalk headline situated near Eastbourne, which is the highest cliff

                           on the south coast of England ?

 

Q7 MUSIC 2 - "Lara`s Theme" was part of the Oscar-winning musical score for which 1965 movie ?

 

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 1979 movie " [Monty Python`s] Life of Brian ", which actor [not the character] delivered

                           the line "He`s not the Messiah, he`s a very naughty boy"

                                                                                 

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 29 July 2024] and before 03.00am Wed31 July 2024.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 31 July 2024.

Each member will be awarded :star: for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Mon 29 July

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 31 July 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 31 July 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.

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gmarkj
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Apologies for missing this one @Mi-Amigo - although I'm not sure how well I would have done anyway!

Well done everyone.

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Well done one and all. Thanks again @Mi-Amigo x

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Didn't know that many but got enough. 

Many thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 



HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

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Thank you @Mi-Amigo ; another very enjoyable quiz. 

 

Well done to all ! 👍

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @BobM @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @TallTrees @jonsie @Oxonian 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

 

@gmarkj 

sorry you missed out on this quiz and hope you`ll be able to join in with today`s [Wed] WRQ

 

 

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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