White Room Quiz Wed 04 Nov 2020 Bonfire Night ed - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-11-2020

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 star 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

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎06-11-2020

Well I'll be a Kit - so much for 3-parters!😂

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-11-2020

THE RESULTS:

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 "the king" - sorry can`t allow it, I need a name Q2 Guy Fawkes - incorrect Q3 pass

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct, awarded Q8 pass

Total: for two correct answers

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded

Q6 Kit Harrington - incorrect [played Catesby] Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass plus, for six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2

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

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

Total: for three correct answers

@Anonymous

Q1 Henry I - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 Lancashire - incorrect Q4 pass Q5 correct - awarded

Q6 Benedict Cumberbatch - incorrect Q7 Lady Gaga - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

Total: for two correct answers

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎06-11-2020

I think @Anonymous deserves another point for guessing at Benedict Cumberbatch @Mi-Amigo Another favourite, if you note my signature

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-11-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @pgn

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

= for three correct answers - @Martin-O2

= for two correct answers - @Anonymous @LukasB

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie

Well done

@pgn - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2 -

@Anonymous -

@LukasB -

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be another "Odd Questions" edition, with eight questions which aren`t in the usual categories.

Over the weekend, I`ll select eight questions, with one from each of these subjects

CURRENCY PIRATES INITIALS CODES FLAGS SAYINGS SIGNS

and "LEFT-OVER" ["left-over"? - more on that on Monday ]

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun.

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎06-11-2020

'Twas an easy one for me as I have always been interested in the history of Bonfire night since a small child........
Bonfire comes from the old English "banefire" which was to burn bones, usually of people convicted of heresy

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MI5 · ‎06-11-2020

Well done to all and thanks to @Mi-Amigo

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Cleoriff · ‎06-11-2020

@MI5 wrote:
'Twas an easy one for me as I have always been interested in the history of Bonfire night since a small child........
Bonfire comes from the old English "banefire" which was to burn bones, usually of people convicted of heresy

But but but but....they haven't burnt your bones yet @MI5

Veritas Numquam Perit

Cleoriff · ‎06-11-2020

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo thanks for your hard work putting them together...

OH..I SEE PIRATES IN NEXT QUIZ....

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎06-11-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
'Twas an easy one for me as I have always been interested in the history of Bonfire night since a small child........
Bonfire comes from the old English "banefire" which was to burn bones, usually of people convicted of heresy
But but but but....they haven't burnt your bones yet @MI5

I do the burning

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Cleoriff · ‎06-11-2020

@MI5 wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
'Twas an easy one for me as I have always been interested in the history of Bonfire night since a small child........
Bonfire comes from the old English "banefire" which was to burn bones, usually of people convicted of heresy
But but but but....they haven't burnt your bones yet @MI5
I do the burning

Twas always the way....

Veritas Numquam Perit