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White Room Quiz - Wed 12 Aug 2020

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.

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories. 

 

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  @MI5  @gmarkj  @WispaRed7 

 

 O2 Community managers @Marjo  @Martin-O2  @LukasB  and O2 Guru @O2Karl 

 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

 

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

 

    HISTORY   PLACES   MOVIES   GAMES

 

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Who was the last King of England to die in battle ?  

      

Q2 [PLACE - 1] In which English county is the Poohsticks Bridge ?

 

Q3 [MOVIES - 1] Which movie won seven Oscars [Academy Awards] in 2014 ? 

 

Q4 [GAMES - 1] In snooker, what is a spider ?

 

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] In the First English Civil War which of these two battles was fought first

                               Battle of Naseby or Battle of Edgehill ? 

 

Q6 [PLACES - 2] Where in Europe is the Atomium [answer = city and country] ?

 

Q7 [MOVIES - 2] In which official Bond film did James Bond drive a Lotus Esprit unerwater ? 

 

 Q8 [GAMES - 2] On a British/European roulette wheel, what number is between 19 and 21 ?  

 

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 12 Aug] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 13 Aug]

- 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 14 August.

 

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 12 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 13 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 13 August 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.

 

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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I spy an element of arachnid spin on this one, @Mi-Amigo - shame about the place and time ones... 😳
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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your eight answers received

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@pgn wrote:
I spy an element of arachnid spin on this one, @Mi-Amigo - shame about the place and time ones... 😳

I couldn`t possibly comment @pgn Zipped except I look forward to pm with your eight answers

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Mi-Amigo
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Thanks @jonsie - love the message

pm with your eight answers received

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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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Gentle reminder @pgn  @Anonymous  @Marjo  @Martin-O2  @O2Karl 

and any member who would like to have a go at this White Room Quiz

there is still plenty of time - until 11.59pm tonight [Thursday] = to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your eight answers.

Look forward to hearing from you. Good luck.

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Reaching out via PM, @Mi-Amigo --->
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Thank you @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received

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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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Another great challenging quiz just sent my answers. slight_smile

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Thank you @O2Karl 

pm with your eight answers received 

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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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