on 04-11-2020 09:08
Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.
Today`s White Room Quiz is a Bonfire Night edition, with eight questions, themed in some way around Bonfire Night.
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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @Anonymous
O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @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.
One question has been chose from each of these categories
HISTORY PEOPLE PLACES WORDS LITERATURE TV MUSIC FOOD & DRINK
Please note:
One question is a QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think, but I`m not saying which.
TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS
Q1 HISTORY Who did the "Gunpowder Plot" conspirators want to assassinate ?
Q2 PEOPLE Who was the leader of the "Gunpowder Plot" ?
Q3 PLACES In which English county was Guy Fawkes born ?
Q4 WORDS What word is the term for making or displaying fireworks ?
Q5 LITERATURE What type of creature was the pet which Dumbledore named "Fawkes" in the
Harry Potter books?
Q6 TV Who played Guy Fawkes in the 2017 three-part BBC TV drama "Gunpowder" ?
Q7 MUSIC Who recorded the 2010 US No 1 song "Firework" ?
Q8 FOOD & DRINK What is the name of the cake, made of brown sugar, ginger, golden syrup or
treacle, often eaten in the UK on Bonfire Night ?
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 [Wed 04 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 05 November]
- 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 November
Each member will be awarded 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 [Wed 04 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 05 November 2020].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 05 November 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 some of the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.
Good luck, everyone
on 06-11-2020 09:23
on 06-11-2020 09:23
on 06-11-2020 09:25
on 06-11-2020 09:25
@Mi-Amigo wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:I think @Anonymous deserves another point for guessing at Benedict Cumberbatch @Mi-Amigo Another favourite, if you note my signature
Mmmm The only thing is Benedict "Sherlock" Cumberbatch didn`t try and blow of the Houses of Parliament - well, not as far as I know
He was only supposed to blow the bloody doors off
on 06-11-2020 09:27
on 06-11-2020 09:27
Thank you @MI5 for your comments.
Like you, I`ve always been interested in the Gunpowder Plot since a child so liked putting the quiz together.
Well done on the Silver Thinker.
Thank you @Cleoriff for your comments.
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting the Silver Thinker.
Yes - there is a pirate question in Monday`s "Odd questions" ed of WRQ - along with the *groan* codes
on 06-11-2020 09:33
on 06-11-2020 09:39
on 06-11-2020 09:39
@pgn wrote:
Well done all! And thank you, @Mi-Amigo!
Next Monday's looks interesting - great for those southpaws amongst the contestants... 👌😉🤣
Thank you @pgn and well done in the quiz - only just missed out on the Silver Thinker.
Yep Monday`s should be interesting... Everyone will have to wait and see what the "left-over" is....