White Room Quiz Wed 04 May 2022

[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 Monday`s postponed WRQ with eight questions - with two questions on each of these three categories - HISTORY   NATURE   LITERATURE ; one on TV ; and one question on EVENTS. 

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 @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @J9el @lewys-gp @RafaC -

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 1 - At which battle, in 1460, during the War of the Roses was Richard, Duke of York, killed ? 

Q2 NATURE 1 - Which flower did the Victorians call a gilliflower ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Which author created the fictional detective Auguste C Dupin ?

Q4 TV - Who presents the afternoon TV word game LINGO ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Where was the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior sunk in July 1985 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of animal is a Turkish Van ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In comic books, what is Catwoman`s alter ego ?

Q8 EVENTS - How many official Bank Holidays are there in England this year [2022] ?

                      [you don`t have to give dates for them, just the total number]

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 04 May 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 05 May 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 06 May 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 04 May 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 05 May 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 05 May 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  

[Cleoriff]

Absolutely great to have our WRQ back @Mi-Amigo. Particularly after all the problems of getting online Monday and Tuesday.  

Also a nice set of questions!

[lewys-gp]

Great questions. Looking forward to finding out the answers to the ones I don't know, @Mi-Amigo 😅.

[pgn]

Must be out of practice, these ones look, well, a touch on the tough side today... Still, let's see what a bit of quiet head-scratching produces, eh? 🤔

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @lewys-gp @pgn 

It`s great to be able to bring WRQ back.

A couple of the questions might be a bit tricky and need a bit of head scratching, although I have tried to give a mix with some easier questions.

To be honest, the flower question might be the hardest question in the quz, which I came up with after reading a book about the Victorians over the weekend.

Look forward to pms with the answers later and wish everyone good luck with this WRQ.  

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

Well now I thought the Victorian flower question was easy (having read a lot of books on victoriana topics.) Also watch a lot of Alan Titchmarsh. Just hope I have got it right Lol

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif - appropriate to one of the questions

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[MI5]

Sorry I don't do daytime TV

[gmarkj]

No silver thinker for me today, but answers are on a post card @Mi-Amigo !