White Room Quiz Mon 30 Dec 2024 - End of the Year Quiz

[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 THE END OF THE YEAR QUIZ.

Instead of the usual 8 questions, there are 12 questions, with one question related to an event in each 

month of 2024.

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 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 @Oxonian @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 TWELVE QUESTIONS

Q1 JAN - 20. Japan became the 5th nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon.

                      What was the name of the spacecraft ?

Q2 FEB - 18. 77th British Academy Film Awards [BAFTA} held.

                      What was the title of the film which won "Best Film" ?

Q3 MAR - 28. Radio Caroline celebrated 60 years of broadcasting.

                        Who was the radio station named after ?

Q4 APR - 19. Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, which broke Spotify record with over 300 million

                        streams in one day.

                       What was the title of the album ?

Q5 MAY - 11. European Song Contest final held in Sweden, won by Swiss contestant Nemo.

                       What was the title of Memo`s winning song ?

Q6 JUN - 20. Donald Sutherland, actor, died.

                      What was the name of the character he played in 1967 movie "The Dirty Dozen" ?

Q7 JUL - 04. British General Election held.

                     Former PM Liz Truss lost her seat - in which constituency ?

Q8 AUG - 05. British artist Banksy began a series of artworks around London, each featuring animals.

                        Which animal featured on the first of the series on this date near Kew Bridge ? 

Q9 SEP - 27. Dame Maggie Smith, actor, died.

                     What was the name of the character she played in 1978 movie "Death on the Nile" ?

Q10 OCT - 20. ICC Women`s T20 World Cup held in United Arab Emirates.

                        Which country`s team won the World Cup ?

Q11 NOV - 03. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted, killing 10 people and forcing 7km evacuation zone.

                         Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is on which eastern Indonesian island ?

Q12 DEC - 01. Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player, died.

                        Who did he beat in 1979 World Snooker Championship final ?

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 30 Dec 2024] and 03.00am Wed 01 Jan 2025.

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 01 Jan 2025.

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 30 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am on 01 Jan 2025].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on 01 Jan 2025 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube, ChatGPT 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  

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @jonsie @Oxonian for your posts/tributes to Johnnie Walker.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 JAN - 20. Japan became the 5th nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon.

                      What was the name of the spacecraft ?

A1  SLIM - Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon

Q2 FEB - 18. 77th British Academy Film Awards [BAFTA} held.

                      What was the title of the film which won "Best Film" ?

A2  Oppenheimer

Q3 MAR - 28. Radio Caroline celebrated 60 years of broadcasting.

                        Who was the radio station named after ?

A3  Caroline Kennedy - daughter of US President JFK

Q4 APR - 19. Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, which broke Spotify record with over 300 million

                        streams in one day.

                       What was the title of the album ?

A4  The Tortured Poets Department

Q5 MAY - 11. European Song Contest final held in Sweden, won by Swiss contestant Nemo.

                       What was the title of Memo`s winning song ?

A5  The Code

Q6 JUN - 20. Donald Sutherland, actor, died.

                      What was the name of the character he played in 1967 movie "The Dirty Dozen" ?

A6   Vernon Pinkley

Q7 JUL - 04. British General Election held.

                     Former PM Liz Truss lost her seat - in which constituency ?

A7  South West Norfolk

Q8 AUG - 05. British artist Banksy began a series of artworks around London, each featuring animals.

                        Which animal featured on the first of the series on this date near Kew Bridge ? 

A8   goat

Q9 SEP - 27. Dame Maggie Smith, actor, died.

                     What was the name of the character she played in 1978 movie "Death on the Nile" ?

A9  Miss Bowers

Q10 OCT - 20. ICC Women`s T20 World Cup held in United Arab Emirates.

                        Which country`s team won the World Cup ?

A10  New Zealand

Q11 NOV - 03. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted, killing 10 people and forcing 7km evacuation zone.

                         Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is on which eastern Indonesian island ?

A11   Flores Island

Q12 DEC - 01. Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player, died.

                        Who did he beat in 1979 World Snooker Championship final ?

A12   Dennis Taylor

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@jonsie 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4   correct   Q5   correct   Q6   correct  .

Q7 correct   Q8 correct   Q9 correct   Q10 correct   Q11 correct   Q12 correct  .

plus for 12 correct answers also awarded   

Diamond Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4   correct   Q5   correct   Q6   correct  .

Q7 correct   Q8 correct   Q9 correct   Q10 correct   Q11 correct   Q12 correct  .

plus for 12 correct answers also awarded   

Diamond Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 pass           Q2 correct                   Q3 correct   Q4   correct   Q5   correct   Q6   correct  .

Q7 correct   Q8 sheep - incorrect   Q9 correct   Q10 correct   Q11 correct   Q12 correct  .

plus for 10 correct answers also awarded  

Gold Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4   correct   Q5   correct   Q6   correct  .

Q7 correct   Q8 correct   Q9 correct   Q10 correct   Q11 correct   Q12 correct  .

plus for 12 correct answers also awarded   

Diamond Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4   correct   Q5   correct   Q6   correct  .

Q7 correct   Q8 correct   Q9 correct   Q10 correct   Q11 correct   Q12 correct  .

plus for 12 correct answers also awarded   

Diamond Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Diamond Thinker       = 12 correct - @jonsie @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn 

Gold Thinker               = 10 correct - @Oxonian 

CONGRATULATIONS TO  THE DIAMOND THINKERS - @jonsie @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn 

and Well Done to the GOLD THINKER - @Oxonian 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR WRQ QUIZZERS - past and present

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

the White Room Quiz - The Chase Challenge, with 8 questions which the Chasers on ITV`s quiz show

The Chase got wrong, and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thanks everyone who has taken part in WRQ over the past year and has made the quiz fun.

[pgn]

Shining performance from all, well done and thanks for running these, @Mi-Amigo!

And now for the New Year's Day WRQ, hey-ho!

[Cleoriff]

Well done one and all. Thanks to @Mi-Amigo for all his hard work xxx

[jonsie]

Good quiz @Mi-Amigo and good scores all round

It's strange that I wouldn't have remembered a couple of those had I not been reading an article on the highlights of 2024

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, very pleased with my score, even though I was bottom of the pile ! 😀

A shame that there weren't a few more entries although I appreciate that, for many, this is a busy time of year.

Well done to everyone else and Happy New Year ! 👍