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

[gmarkj]

Blasted Henry's!

Laughed when I saw the answer to Q8. I just heard one of the sketches from Little Britain (the one in the magazine shop when he shouts upstairs).

[Cleoriff]

Damn and  blast!!

Not sure what you mean about ITVX @Mi-Amigo but I knew who was King of England in blumming 1537!

Oh well! Tis only a game....😂

[MI5]

Thanks again @Mi-Amigo 👍

[jonsie]

Excellent quiz again @Mi-Amigo and yes, I fell for the sucker question too

[pgn]

All Thinkers this time woohoo! Well done all, thanks @Mi-Amigo!

Thank goodness the Julia Roberts one was a first names only basis 👍🏼😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj @jonsie @pgn 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards - even though the Henry question was tricky.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, very good quiz but tough marking on question 7.