White Room Quiz Wed 08 Nov 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions - with two questions on each of these four categories - 

    HISTORY    LITERATURE   MUSIC   FOOD & DRINK

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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @J9el @Dave-O2 

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 - The Lollards were 14th century followers of which Oxford University philosopher and

                              theologian ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote "The Story of Doctor Doolittle", first published in 1920 ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - The Overlanders had a UK No 1 single in 1966 with a cover of which Beatles` song ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What type of food is the Russian dish kasha ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the ship commanded by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile

                             in 1798 ? 

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Mark Twain`s novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", who murdered Dr Robinson

                                    witnessed by Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What is the name of the lead singer and guitarist of the band Stereophonics ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What foodstuff is Portuguese bacalhau ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 08 Nov 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 10 Nov 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 10 Nov 2023

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 Nov

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 10 Nov 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 10 Nov 2023 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 @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Not very confident on these @Mi-Amigo but answers are on the way...

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

My answers have now been sent over, quite a few had me scratching my head 😂

 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

Answers in PM @Mi-Amigo 

No.8 if it's the same as I remember then 🤢

[BobM]

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo ---> 👍