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

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo a great mix of questions. I was helped with the Leighton Buzzard one, as all Rays family

(on his Mum's side, live there) I took a guess at the moon one!

[RafaC]

Ouch, just a single star... well, better than none I guess.
Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo. 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @RafaC  @MI5 

Well done on your awards - especially as the "moon" question and the last "movie" question were tough.

[J9el]

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo! Always learning something new from the WRQ!

[jonsie]

Good quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done to everyone who took part

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el and @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

[Comben]

Another great quiz Mi-Amigo, I loved the range of questions and am happy a guess paid off.

Well done to the Silver Thinkers, way smarter than I'll ever be! Also congratulations to everyone else for getting one or more right, tough quiz.