White Room Quiz Wed 13 Dec 2023

[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 four categories - 

    PEOPLE   LITERATURE   MOVIES   SPORT

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  @jonsie  @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees  @BobM   @Spenny  @J9el   @Dave-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 PEOPLE 1 - Georg de Mestral, a Swiss engineer, invented what in 1948 after seeing burrs stuck to his 

                           dog while out on a walk ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Charity and Mercy Pecksniff are characters in which Charles Dickens` novel ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In which 1960 movie did John Wayne play Davy Crockett ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many players are there is a baseball team ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who was British Prime Minister immediately after Harold Macmillan ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Emilio Largo is a villain in which Ian Fleming James Bond novel ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 2008 movie "Twilight" what type of creature is Edward ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In golf, "fried egg" is a slang expression for what ?

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 13 Dec 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 15 Dec 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 15 Dec 2023

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 13 Dec

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 15 Dec 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 15 Dec 2023 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

[TallTrees]

NOT TOOO Bad @Mi-Amigo 

Burr yes  Pecksniff love that name ! 

John Wayne Davy Crocket is there anyone he hasn't played.. unscrupulous politicians YES  

Baseball team.. maybe.. know Largo but..

Probably won't get Twilight.  Fried egg ..love that. Well not a silver but 🤣🤣

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

Incoming.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees for your comments

Look forward to pm with your answers later. Good luck.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

That's so so good @Cleoriff 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

PM ON WAY @Mi-Amigo 

 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->