White Room Quiz Wed 14 Feb 2024 - "Love Week" edition

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the "Love Week" edition with 8 love/Valentine`s Day related questions.

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 HISTORY - According to Roman mythology who did Cupid fall in love with ?

Q2 PEOPLE - Which King of England declared Valentine`s Day a holiday in 1537 ?

Q3 PLACES - In which country is Valentine`s Day known as Friends Day ?

Q4 SCIENCE - Which hormone is known as the "love hormone" ?

Q5 LITERATURE - The line "love is blind" appears in which Shakespeare play ?

Q6 MUSIC - "What I Did For Love" is a song in which musical ?

Q7 MOVIES - In 2010 movie "Valentine`s Day" what was the name of the character played by Julia Roberts?

Q8 ART - Which artist painted "The Lovers I" in 1928 in which the identity of the figures is shrouded in

                  white cloth ?

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 14 Feb 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 16 Feb 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 16 Feb 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 14 Feb

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 16 Feb 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 16 Feb 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]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

pm with your answers to this WRQ received

[Dave-O2]

Answers now submitted @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[jonsie]

Done @Mi-Amigo ---->>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif - I think that applies to me 😂

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo, you old romantic, you! 😁

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received - well before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY - According to Roman mythology who did Cupid fall in love with ?

A1   Psyche

Q2 PEOPLE - Which King of England declared Valentine`s Day a holiday in 1537 ?

A2  Henry VIII [8th] - NOT Henry VII [7th] who died in 1509 [ITVX got this question wrong !!]

Q3 PLACES - In which country is Valentine`s Day known as Friends Day ?

A3   Finland

Q4 SCIENCE - Which hormone is known as the "love hormone" ?

A4   oxytocin

Q5 LITERATURE - The line "love is blind" appears in which Shakespeare play ?

A5   The Merchant of Venice

Q6 MUSIC - "What I Did For Love" is a song in which musical ?

A6   A Chorus Line

Q7 MOVIES - In 2010 movie "Valentine`s Day" what was the name of the character played by Julia Roberts?

A7   Kate Hazeltine. I`ll accept Kate as correct answer

Q8 ART - Which artist painted "The Lovers I" in 1928 in which the identity of the figures is shrouded in

                  white cloth ?

A8   Magritte

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Henry VII - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 Hazel - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Henry VII - incorrect     Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Midsummer`s Night Dream - incorrect  Q6 pass             Q7 correct -   Q8 LukasB - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Henry VII - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

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

Q5 Romeo and Juliet - incorrect            Q6 correct -   Q7 pass              Q8 pass .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Henry VII - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 @gmarkj 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONLY SILVER THINKER - @pgn   

Well done

@MI5         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Cleoriff   - Bronze Thinker + star

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker

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

   GEOGRAPHY   NATURE   TV    FOOD & DRINK

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