White Room Quiz Mon 31 May 2021 Spring Bank Hol ed - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎31-05-2021

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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 the Spring Bank Holiday Special with eight questions

- with one question on each of these categories

HISTORY PEOPLE PLACES LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES SPORT EVENTS

Each question is associated in some way with 31 May.

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].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @O2EmmaLouise @BobM @TheresaV

@LukasB @Martin-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 EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 HISTORY - 31 May 1911: Which famous ship was launched in Belfast ?

Q2 PEOPLE - 31 May 1996: Timothy Leary, philosopher and advocate of hippy counter- culture died.

What was his famous saying, first coined at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco in 1967 ?

Q3 PLACES - 31 May 1859: The clock in the tower, which houses Big Ben began, keeping time.

What was the name of the tower - before it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 ?

Q4 LITERATURE - 31 May 1669: Samuel Pepys wrote the last entry in his famous diary.

What reason did he write for not going to continue with his diary ?

Q5 MUSIC - 31 May 2007: Rihana released her third album.

What was the title of this - Rihana`s third album ?

Q6 MOVIES - 31 May 1930: Clint Eastwood was born.

What character did Clint Eastwood play in the 1971 movie "Play Misty For Me" ?

Q7 SPORT - 31 May 1868: Dr James Moore of the UK won the race at Parc de St Cloud, Paris, France

This was the first recorded race of which sport ?

Q8 EVENTS - 31 May 1978: The revival of "Hunting the Earl of Rone" staged and then held annually.

Troop of men, dressed as grenadiers, search for the Earl of Rone, wearing grotesque mask and

clothes stuffed with straw. Once found, Earl of Rone put on donkey, escorted by man on hobby

horse and the Fool through the town, stopping at pubs for donations.

In which town in Devon is "Hunting the Earl of Rone" held ?

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 31 May 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 01 June 2021]

- 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 02 June 2021

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

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 31 May 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 01 June 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 01 June 2021 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

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I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

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

pgn · ‎01-06-2021

Incoming guesses and answers, @Mi-Amigo --->>

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Mi-Amigo · ‎01-06-2021

Thank you @pgn

nice gif

pm with your 8 answers received

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

gmarkj · ‎01-06-2021

Pm sent from a sunny caravan in Clacton!
Good luck with some of those answers...

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Mi-Amigo · ‎02-06-2021

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received - before deadline

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-06-2021

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 HISTORY - 31 May 1911: Which famous ship was launched in Belfast ?

A1 Titanic

Q2 PEOPLE - 31 May 1996: Timothy Leary, philosopher and advocate of hippy counter- culture died.

What was his famous saying, first coined at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco in 1967 ?

A2 Turn on, tune in, drop out

Q3 PLACES - 31 May 1859: The clock in the tower, which houses Big Ben began, keeping time.

What was the name of the tower - before it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 ?

A3 St Stephen`s Tower - as in Encyclopedia Britannica Online here . However everyone taking part

in this quiz gave the answer The Clock Tower. On checking, many reputable websites give the

name of the tower as The Clock Tower so I`ll allow it as a correct and award a

Q4 LITERATURE - 31 May 1669: Samuel Pepys wrote the last entry in his famous diary.

What reason did he write for not going to continue with his diary ?

A4 Poor eyesight and fear of going blind

Q5 MUSIC - 31 May 2007: Rihana released her third album.

What was the title of this - Rihana`s third album ?

A5 Good Girl Gone Bad

Q6 MOVIES - 31 May 1930: Clint Eastwood was born.

What character did Clint Eastwood play in the 1971 movie "Play Misty For Me" ?

A6 Dave Garver. As I did not specify first and surname, I`ll accept Dave or Garver or both as correct.

Q7 SPORT - 31 May 1868: Dr James Moore of the UK won the race at Parc de St Cloud, Paris, France

This was the first recorded race of which sport ?

A7 Bicycle race

Q8 EVENTS - 31 May 1978: The revival of "Hunting the Earl of Rone" staged and then held annually.

Troop of men, dressed as grenadiers, search for the Earl of Rone, wearing grotesque mask and

clothes stuffed with straw. Once found, Earl of Rone put on donkey, escorted by man on hobby

horse and the Fool through the town, stopping at pubs for donations.

In which town in Devon is "Hunting the Earl of Rone" held ?

A8 Coombe Martin

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-06-2021

THE RESULTS

@O2EmmaLouise

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded

plus for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 help - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 tired - incorrect

Q5 help - incorrect Q6 Clean Harry - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 Plymouth - incorrect

Total: three for three correct answers

@TheresaV

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 Pepys saw Lukas - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Exeter - incorrect

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass Q5 pass

Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

Total: three for three correct answers

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Ilfracombe - incorrect

plus for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 HMS LukasB - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 couldn`t be bothered - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-06-2021

THE AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers @Cleoriff @MI5

Bronze Thinker + = 7 correct answers @BobM @pgn

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct answers @O2EmmaLouise @gmarkj

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @TheresaV @LukasB

= 3 correct answers @TallTrees @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5

Well done

@Bob_Mcg - Bronze Thinker +

@pgn - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@O2EmmaLouise - Bronze Thinker

@TheresaV - Red Thinker

@LukasB - Red Thinker

@TallTrees -

@Martin-O2 -

Everyone who took part got at least -

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be the MULTI-CHOICE ANSWERS ed with 10 questions - one question on each of these categories

HISTORY GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE NATURE LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES TV SPORT GAMES

and will be posted on a seperate thread shortly

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz fun.

@Mi-Amigo

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

MI5 · ‎02-06-2021

Blimey 😁
Well done all and thanks 🙏

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BobM · ‎02-06-2021

Good quiz @Mi-Amigo thank you.

I actually did better than I thought I would have.

Well done everyone, there's a lot of good results this time

TallTrees · ‎02-06-2021

Well done everyone, especially @BobM ... bronze +
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This is me 🌟🌟🌟
Thank you @Mi-Amigo
for an interesting quiz...last entry by Pepys was and so to bed ( I thought it was that) but not the question...so learned something.

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