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White Room Quiz Wed 10 July 2024

Mi-Amigo
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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 categories

   HISTORY     LITERATURE     MOVIES     ART

 

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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave ]

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 the first man to row solo across the Atlantic ?

                                 

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from which Shakespeare play ?

                        

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the 1974 James Bond movie "The Man With The Golden Gun", what was the name of the

                           villan played by Christopher Lee ?

 

Q4 ART 1 - In "A Friend In Need", painted by C M Coolidge in 1903, how many dogs, in total, are playing

                     cards and drinking ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Seige of Mafeking of 1899-1900 took place during which war ?

 

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Agatha Christie`s novel "The ABC Murders" what was the occupation of George

                                  Earlsfield, the fourth victim ?

 

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In the 1970 British comedy movie "Carry On Loving" what is the surname of the character

                            played by Sid James ?

 

Q8 ART 2 - What was the name of the German expressionist who painted "The Little Blue Horse" in 1912 ?

                                                                                 

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 10 July 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 12 July 2024.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 12 July 2024.

Each member will be awarded :star:  for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 10 July

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 12 July 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 12 July 2024 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.

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gmarkj
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Happy with that. No idea on some, and guesses on others.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

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Thanks as always @Mi-Amigo, another splendid quiz.

 

Well done to all who participated, and in particular to those who scored maximums. 👍   

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Thank you @pgn @BobM @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @jonsie @Oxonian 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

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