White Room Quiz Mon 31 Oct 2022 - Halloween edition

[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 HALLOWEEN edition

Instead of 8 questions, with two questions on each of four categories, there are 8 Halloween-related questions with one question on each of these subject

  HISTORY    PEOPLE    LITERATURE    WORDS    MOVIES    TV    SPORT    EVENTS

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12.00 noon today [Monday] and 03.00am Wednesday.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

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

@Breanna 

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 - Which US State became the 36th US State on Halloween 1864 ?

Q2 PEOPLE - Who was born on Halloween 1795 and was to write "Ode To A Greek Urn" ?

Q3 LITERATURE - Who wrote "Halloween", published in 1979, a novelization of the 1978 horror movie ?

Q4 WORDS - What word [---- phobia] means the fear of Halloween ?

Q5 MOVIES - In the 1978 movie "Halloween", who played the character Laurie Strode ?

Q6 TV - What was the title of the BBC TV hoax, featuring Michael Parkinson, Sarah Green, and Mike Smith,

              supposedly a "live" broadcast from a haunted house broadcast on Halloween 1992 ? 

Q7 SPORT - Marcus Rushford, born on Halloween 19977, plays for which Premier League football club ?

Q8 EVENTS - What is the name of the day after Halloween ?

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 12.00 noon today [Mon 31 Oct 2022] and 03.00am Wed 02 Nov 2022] - allowing 39 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 02 Nov 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 12.00 noon today [Mon 31 Oct 2022] and before 03.00am Wed 02 Nov 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 02 Nov 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]

Thank you @Spenny 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

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[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo  ---> 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[Comben]

Answers PM'd to you Mi-Amigo.

Hope everyone had a good Halloween and more importantly Hallo-Week Community Event. 😅

Thanks for the special theme Mi-Amigo and well done on such a creative bunch of Halloween questions.

[J9el]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo. PM sent 🎃

[Mi-Amigo]

Apologies @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

both pms received before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY - Which US State became the 36th US State on Halloween 1864 ?

A1   Nevada

Q2 PEOPLE - Who was born on Halloween 1795 and was to write "Ode To A Greek Urn" ?

A2   John Keats

Q3 LITERATURE - Who wrote "Halloween", published in 1979, a novelization of the 1978 horror movie ?

A3    Richard Curtis - under the name Curtis Richards

Q4 WORDS - What word [---- phobia] means the fear of Halloween ?

A4    Samhainophobia

Q5 MOVIES - In the 1978 movie "Halloween", who played the character Laurie Strode ?

A5   Jamie Lee Curtis

Q6 TV - What was the title of the BBC TV hoax, featuring Michael Parkinson, Sarah Green, and Mike Smith,

              supposedly a "live" broadcast from a haunted house broadcast on Halloween 1992 ? 

A6   Ghostwatch

Q7 SPORT - Marcus Rushford, born on Halloween 19977, plays for which Premier League football club ?

A7     Manchester United

Q8 EVENTS - What is the name of the day after Halloween ?

A8    All Saints Day; All Hallows Day; Hallowmas

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@RafaC 

Q1 Oregan - incorrect  Q2 pass  Q3 pass  Q4 Hallowphobia - incorrect

Q5 correct -    Q6 pass  Q7 correct -   Q8 Day of the Dead - sorry can`t accept, not official name in UK.

Total = 2 stars for two correct

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 pass Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 Witchahocuspocuspobia - incorrect

Q5 correct -   Q6 Haunted House - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 Texas - incorrect  Q2 LukasB - incorrect  Q3 TheresaV - incorrect  Q4 scaryphobia - incorrect

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 pass

Total = 3 stars for three correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass             Q4 pass

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 Pennsylvania - incorrect  Q2 David Sanders - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 hallowphobia - incorrect

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 1st Nov - sorry can`t accept need name for day

 plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 Illinois - incorrect Q2 correct -   Q3 John Carpenter - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 pass  Q6 Ghosthunting - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker