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White Room Quiz Wed 10 Mar 2021

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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   TV   GAMES   FOOD & DRINK

 

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   @gmarkj  @MI5   @Anonymous  @TallTrees  @Cairdeas 

   @TheresaV  @LukasB   @Martin-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  What was the name of the battle during which Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester,

                          was killed in 1265 ? 

 

Q2 TV 1  What type of animal was Dylan in the TV puppet series "The Magic Roundabout" ?

 

Q3 GAMES 1  Which number is opposite 1 on a standard dartboard ?

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  What type of vegetable is a January King ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2  Which monarch was King of England at the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666 ?

 

Q6 TV 2  What is the name of the Daleks` home planet in the TV series "Dr Who" ?

 

Q7 GAMES 2  In which card game is the Acol system used ?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 What name is given to a bottle of champagne equivalent in size to 8 standard

                                    bottles ?  

 

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 10 March 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 11 March 2021]

- 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 12 March 2021

 

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

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 10 Mar 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 11 March 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 11 March 2021 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  

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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pgn
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@Anonymous wrote:

My 1st Silver Award Bouncy

 

Monday's categories look interesting.


Well done, @Anonymous!

And Monday's topic selection does look tantalising...👍

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @Anonymous 

Well done on getting a Silver Thinker - as some of the questions were not easy

Pleased you think Monday`s subjects are interesting

 

Thank you @jonsie 

Well done on getting a Bronze Thinker + star - only just missing out on a Silver Thinker.

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

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@pgn wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

My 1st Silver Award Bouncy

 

Monday's categories look interesting.


Well done, @Anonymous!

And Monday's topic selection does look tantalising...👍



@pgn wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

My 1st Silver Award Bouncy

 

Monday's categories look interesting.


Well done, @Anonymous!

And Monday's topic selection does look tantalising...👍


Thank you @pgn @Mi-Amigo 

Some questions I knew, some were educated guesses, some were lucky guesses eg bridge

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well, what a palava..managed to get on , on another browser, and only on laptop confused O2 tried to help by setting up brand new account, so I lost this one..but new one messes up the avatar . I hope I can continue to log in on this one for now. x

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Mi-Amigo
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@Cairdeas 

Good to hear from you.

Sorry to hear about the problems you`ve had.

I`ve also posted reply to this on today`s WRQ thread here 

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