White Room Quiz Wed 13 Mar 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 four categories - 

    PEOPLE   PLACES    SPORT    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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @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 - William Claude Dukenfield was the real name of which American actor/comedian ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the famous temple in Cambodia, dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu and

                          depicted on the national flag of Cambodia ?

Q3 SPORT 1 - What is the nickname of the Poole speedway team, which won the Elite League title in 2003 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Marmitako is a Spanish stew made with which fish ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the first name of Catherine, Princess of Wales, younger sister ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the famous square in Venice, close to the Grand Canal and site of the

                           Bassilica and Doge`s Palace ?

Q7 SPORT 2 - WSL team Arsenal Women football team split their home games between Emirates stadium

                        and which other football ground ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What type of food is Danish brunsviger ?

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 Mar 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 15 Mar 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 15 Mar 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 13 Mar

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 15 Mar 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 15 Mar 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]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @Oxonian @BobM @J9el 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker + star

@J9el          - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2   - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ, which will be a normal WRQ 

of 8 questions with two questions on each of these four categories

   HISTORY   GEOGRAPHY   NATURE    ART

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

[gmarkj]

well my standard fish answer was correct, so very happy with that outcome!

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone.

[pgn]

Good quiz, @Mi-Amigo - thank you very much. And well done all, nice to see more takers 👍🏼

[MI5]

Well done all and thanks to @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

A great quiz @Mi-Amigo. Nice to reminisce with my other half, about the Poole Pirates and Coventry Bees

Well done everyone.

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - another good quiz.

Good scores, well done all 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @BobM 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, another very fair quiz ! 👍