White Room Quiz Wed 11 Dec 2024

[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 categories

   HISTORY     WORDS      MOVIES      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 [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 [ @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 founded the Macedonian Empire in 334 BCE ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word "bloss", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what type of criminal ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Who was the director of the 1980 movie "The Elephant Man" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which sauce, originally from Genoa, is made by adding olive oil to pounded basil,

                                        pine nut kernels, garlic, and Parmesan cheese ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "colquarron", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what part of a man`s body ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1989 movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, who played Dr Henry Jones -Indiana

                              Jones`s father ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Fino is a very dry, and oloroso is a sweeter type, of which fortified wine ?

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 11 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 13 Dec 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 13 Dec 2024.

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 11 Dec

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 13 Dec 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 13 Dec 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

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@jonsie wrote:

We're all allowed a little lie-in now and again @Mi-Amigo 

Hopefully it did you some good 👍

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Thanks @jonsie 

Had a good night and feel good today

@Oxonian 

Thanks for your post.

Sorry the questions didn`t work out quite so well for you this time but thanks for taking part.

[Oxonian]

It is curious @Mi-Amigo that I have achieved my best and worst WRQ scores in the space of a week !

Anyway, have a good weekend and here's looking forward to next week's quiz. 👍 

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie 

Sorry answers, results, awards were posted a little later than usual - I overslept 😂 .

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Good for you @Mi-Amigo. So did I! 😂