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]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                     = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                = 5 correct - @Spenny 

Red Thinker                          = 4 correct - @Comben @J9el 

3 stars                                    = 3 correct - @gmarkj 

2 stars                                    = 2 correct - @RafaC 

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

Well done

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@Spenny    - Red Thinker + star

@J9el          - Red Thinker

@Comben   - Red Thinker

@gmarkj     - 3 stars

@RafaC       - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars

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

Return of the A to Z Quiz part 1

Halloween Edition of WRQ - with 8 Halloween-related questions.

which will be posted on a separate thread shortly...

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

[Cleoriff]

Thanks for a great game @Mi-Amigo. Look forward to the A-Z WRQ, although I'm out of the house this morning 😉

[BobM]

Good quiz @Mi-Amigo thank you.

Well done all 👍

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[gmarkj]

Didn't think this was going to be a great result for me so no surprises!

Well done everyone, and well done for finding all the Halloween related questions @Mi-Amigo 

[RafaC]

Same here @gmarkj!
Well done everyone and thanks for the great Halloween quiz @Mi-Amigo!  

[J9el]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - really fun quiz 🎃

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @BobM @MI5 @gmarkj @RafaC @J9el 

Pleased you enjoyed the quz and well done on your awards

Apologies for error in post about today`s WRQ which is A to Z Quiz and NOT Halloween-related questions.

[pgn]

Excellent quiz, @Mi-Amigo and well done all who joined in.

You've earned a Nevada Silver Quarter 👍

[jonsie]

Brilliant quiz again @Mi-Amigo