White Room Quiz Wed 12 Oct 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

  HISTORY    PLACES     SPACE    MOVIES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12.00 noon today [Wednesday] and 03.00am Friday.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees  @BobM  @Spenny  @Comben  @J9el  @adec 

@RafaC  @Breanna 

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 - In which year was US President Abraham Lincoln assassinated ?  

Q2 PLACES 1 - The English town of Leighton Buzzard is in which English county ?

Q3 SPACE 1 - Caster and Pollux are stars in which constellation ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In the 1993 movie "Jurassic Park",  Jeff Goldblum played which character ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which King of England ordered the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Leeds Castle is in which English county ?

Q7 SPACE 2 - Titania is a moon of which planet in our solar system ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - Who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 for his role in "From Here

                          To Eternity" ?

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

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12.00 noon today [Wed 12 Oct 2022] and 03.00am Fri 14 Oct 2022] - allowing 39 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 Fri 14 Oct 2022

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 12.00 noon today [Wed 12 Oct 2022] and before 03.00am Fri 14 Oct 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 14 Oct 2022 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 @pgn 

and for the gif

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

[Spenny]

Hi @Mi-Amigo my answers should have landed in your inbox.  Have a great evening

Hello all

[Comben]

Answered PM’d to you Mi-Amigo.

Some great questions as always but these particular ones were a good mixture of, “I know that one” and complete guesses.

 

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[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Spenny 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Comben 

and for the gif

pm with your answers received

both pms received before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In which year was US President Abraham Lincoln assassinated ?  

A1   1865

Q2 PLACES 1 - The English town of Leighton Buzzard is in which English county ?

A2   Bedfordshire

Q3 SPACE 1 - Caster and Pollux are stars in which constellation ?

A3    Gemini

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In the 1993 movie "Jurassic Park",  Jeff Goldblum played which character ?

A4    Dr Ian Malcolm

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which King of England ordered the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh ?

A5    James I

Q6 PLACES 2 - Leeds Castle is in which English county ?

A6    Kent

Q7 SPACE 2 - Titania is a moon of which planet in our solar system ?

A7   Uranus

Q8 MOVIES 2 - Who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 for his role in "From Here

                          To Eternity" ?

A8   Frank Sinatra

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@RafaC 

Q1 1850 - incorrect  Q2 Cheshire - incorrect  Q3 Ursa Major - incorrect  Q4 correct -  

Q5 Charles I - incorrect  Q6 Yorkshire - incorrect  Q7 Jupiter - incorrect  Q8 pass

Total = 1 star for one correct

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 TheresaV - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 Yorkshire - incorrect   Q7 correct -   Q8 LukasB - incorrect.

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 1885 - incorrect  Q2 Hertfordshire - incorrect  Q3 Orion - incorrect  Q4 correct -  

Q5 Elizabeth I - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 Jupiter - incorrect  Q8 Burt Lancaster - incorrect

Total = 2 stars for two correct

@Spenny 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass    Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Elizabeth I - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 Jupiter - incorrect Q8 Burt Lancaster - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Buckinghamshire - incorrect   Q3 Orion - incorrect  Q4 Prof - incorrect

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -      Q8 Clint Eastwood - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                       = 8 correct - @MI5  @Cleoriff  @jonsie  @pgn 

Red Thinker + star               = 5 correct - @gmarkj  

Red Thinker                          = 4 correct - @Spenny @Comben 

2 stars                                    = 2 correct - @J9el 

1 star                                     = 1 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5  @Cleoriff   @jonsie @pgn 

Well done

@gmarkj   - Red Thinker + star

@Comben - Red Thinker 

@Spenny   - Red Thinker

@J9el         - 2 stars

@RafaC      - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one star

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

  GEOGRAPHY   SCIENCE    MUSIC     SPORT

I will search out a mix of easier [?] and not-so-easy questions over the weekend.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[pgn]

That one was a stinker, so well done everybody. Total guess on the last one! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - always good when there's a moon involved 😂