White Room Quiz Wed 03 Aug 2022 - Third Anniversary

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ celebrates the THIRD ANNIVERSARY of the WHITE ROOM QUIZ.

Thank you everyone who has made this quiz such a success.

This quiz is 8 questions, with one questions on each of the categories

   PEOPLE  GEOGRAPHY   SPACE   LITERATURE  MUSIC   TV SPORT

Each question is on the theme of "third".

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

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

@Breanna 

former Community managers @TheresaV and @LukasB 

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 - Who was the wife of King George III [George the third] of England ? 

Q2 GEOGRAPHY - Which is the third longest river in England ?

Q3 SPACE - Who, in Feb 1962, was the third US astronaut to go into space ?

Q4 LITERATURE - What was the title of the third Steve King horror novel, published in 1977 ?

Q5 MUSIC - What was the title of The Beatles` third album on Parlophone label, released in July 1964 ?

Q6 MOVIES - What was the title of the third official James Bond movie ?

Q7 TV - Which actor played the third Dr Who in the BBC TV series ?

Q8 SPORT - Which country`s football team won the third FIFA World Cup in 1938 ?

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 [Wed 03 Aug 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 04 Aug 2022] - 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 Fri 05 Aug 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 noon today [Wed 03 Aug 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 04 Aug 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 04 Aug 2022 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 @Breanna 

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Hi @Mi-Amigo, congratulations on the third anniversary of the quiz! I have pm’d my answers over 🤞🏼 Thanks again for organising, really enjoyed the questions!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

Pleased you enjoyed the questions

pm with your answers received

[Comben]

Answers submitted to you Mi-Aimgo.

Also a massive congratulations on hosting 3 years of WRQ, that must be a lot of asked questions and many different answers. Well done and I look forward to the next 3 years of WRQ. 🎉 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben 

pm with your answers received - before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE - Who was the wife of King George III [George the third] of England ? 

A1   Charlotte

Q2 GEOGRAPHY - Which is the third longest river in England ?

A2    Trent. Great Ouse is fourth; Ouse [in Yorkshire] is fifth

Q3 SPACE - Who, in Feb 1962, was the third US astronaut to go into space ?

A3   John Glenn

Q4 LITERATURE - What was the title of the third Steve King horror novel, published in 1977 ?

A4    The Shining

Q5 MUSIC - What was the title of The Beatles` third album on Parlophone label, released in July 1964 ?

A5    A Hard Days Night

Q6 MOVIES - What was the title of the third official James Bond movie ?

A6    Goldfinger

Q7 TV - Which actor played the third Dr Who in the BBC TV series ?

A7    John Pertwee

Q8 SPORT - Which country`s football team won the third FIFA World Cup in 1938 ?

A8    Italy [beat Hungary 4 -2]

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@TallTrees 

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

Q5 Rubber Soul - incorrect Q6 correct - award  Q7 pass   Q8 pass

Total - two stars for two correct

@RafaC 

Q1 Catherine - incorrect    Q2 Mersey - incorrect    Q3 Buzz Aldrin - incorrect 

Q4 correct - awarded  Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 Thunderball - incorrect

Q7 pass  Q8 Uruguay - incorrect

Total - two stars for two correct

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 Brazil - incorrect

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 Brazil - incorrect

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 Gt Ouse - incorrect  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@adec 

Q1 Anne - incorrect      Q2 correct - award       Q3 pass     Q4 Firestarter - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 Thunderball - incorrect    Q7 correct - award  Q8 Brazil - incorrect

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 Thames - iincorrect      Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 From Russia With Love - incorrect    Q7 correct - award  

Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 Anne - incorrect     Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award  Q4 Carrie - incorrect

Q5 Sgt Pepper - incorrect   Q6 Dr No - incorrect   Q7 correct - award  

Q8 Argentina - incorrect

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Breanna 

Q1 pass    Q2 Gt Ouse - incorrect   Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 pass  Q6 correct - award    Q7 pass                            Q8 pass

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@J9el 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 Medway - incorrect   Q3 Buzz Aldrin - incorrect   Q4 Cujo - incorrect  

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award         Q8 Brazil - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 Mersey - incorrect   Q3 Buzz Aldrin - incorrect   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 Abbey Road - incorrect Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  Q8 Brazil - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                     = 8 correct - @MI5 

Bronze Thinker +      = 7 correct - @jonsie @Cleoriff  @pgn  

Bronze Thinker                   = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker                         = 4 correct - @J9el  @Comben 

                 = 3 correct - @adec  @Spenny  @Breanna 

                           = 2 correct - @TallTrees  @RafaC  

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKER - @MI5 

Well done

@jonsie         - Bronze Thinker + 

@Cleoriff      - Bronze Thinker + 

@pgn            - Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM         - Bronze Thinker

@J9el             - Red Thinker

@Comben     - Red Thinker

@adec            -   

@Spenny        -   

@Breanna      -    

@TallTrees      -  

@RafaC           -   

Everyone taking part was awarded at least two stars.

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

a normal White Room Quiz of 8 questions with two questions on each of these subject

-  PLACES   NATURE   ART    GAMES

I will search out the questions over the weekend and see if I can find some easier questions for the quiz.

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

[TallTrees]

You're early 🤭

Two 🌟 

Not surprised mostly guesses. 

Thank you for the quiz and very well done all 😊

[BobM]

Thanks as always @Mi-Amigo for another great quiz 👍

Good turnout again - well done all.