White Room Quiz Wed 08 June 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 eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

- HISTORY   PLACES    LITERATURE     TV

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  @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 - Who was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018; King of Norway from

                           1028 to his death in 1035 ?  

Q2 PLACES 1 - The English town of Ipswich stands on which river ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In which Charles Dickens` novel does the character Phil Squod appear ?

Q4 TV 1 - Who played the character Lieut Colombo in the US crime series "Colombo" ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who was the first Labour Party British Prime Minister ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - What is the capital city of Qatar ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - What is the name of the villainess in the novel "The Three Musketeers" ?

Q8 TV 2 - What was the name of the character played by Roger Moore in British TV series "The Saint" ?

                 [note - The Saint is not an accepted answer 😂 ]

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 08 June 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 09 June 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 10 June 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 08 June 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 09 June 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 09 June 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]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - Who was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018; King of Norway from

                           1028 to his death in 1035 ?  

A1  Canute [or Cnut]

Q2 PLACES 1 - The English town of Ipswich stands on which river ?

A2  River Orwell

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In which Charles Dickens` novel does the character Phil Squod appear ?

A3  Bleak House

Q4 TV 1 - Who played the character Lieut Colombo in the US crime series "Colombo" ?

A4   Peter Falk

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who was the first Labour Party British Prime Minister ?

A5   Ramsey McDonald

Q6 PLACES 2 - What is the capital city of Qatar ?

A6   Doha

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - What is the name of the villainess in the novel "The Three Musketeers" ?

A7   Lady de Winter

Q8 TV 2 - What was the name of the character played by Roger Moore in British TV series "The Saint" ?

A8   Simon Templar

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@RafaC 

Q1 Edward II - incorrect   Q2 River Lea - incorrect  Q3 Oliver Twist  - incorrect   

Q4 Tommy Lee Jones - incorrect  Q5 pass   Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 Juliette - incorrect

Q8 William Johnson - incorrect

Total - 1 star for one correct

@MI5 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 Pickwick Papers - incorrect 

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

Q7 Cardinal Richelieu - incorrect  Q8 Peter Saint - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 LukasB - incorrect   Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 Tale of Two Cities - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 TheresaV - incorrect  Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 correct - award  

Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

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

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - awarded  Q7  EmilieT - incorrect 

Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass   Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 Pickwick Papers - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

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

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker +                    = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                               = 6 correct - @BobM  

Red Thinker +                           = 5 correct - @J9el  @gmarkj  @TallTrees 

                                                   = 1 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @jonsie @Cleoriff   

Well done -

@pgn           = Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM        = Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj      = Red Thinker + 

@J9el            = Red Thinker + 

@TallTrees    = Red Thinker + 

@RafaC        = 

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one star

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

8 questions but with a slight twist - which should be fun and might give more a chance of a Silver Thinker...

more information on Monday 😀

Thank you everyone for making the WRQ fun.

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good quiz.

You caught us all out today with the early morning results.

Well done everyone  👍

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone. Yes, as @BobM mentioned about the early results, I had to look at my watch twice. 😂

[RafaC]

And it turns out Q6 is the only one I got right 😅

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone!

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Good quiz

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM @Cleoriff @RafaC @MI5 

Answers/results posted early due to change in my domestic arrangements on Fridays only.

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Bit of tease about Monday`s but I`m sure all of you, and everyone else, will like it. 

[pgn]

Well done all - hope @EmilieT doesn't mind, could not think of an answer for that Musketeers one 😖

A twist next Monday? Can't wait...

[jonsie]

Well done guys, good quiz @Mi-Amigo