White Room Quiz Wed 15 Jan 2025

[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 categories

   PEOPLE     LITERATURE       MUSIC      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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @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 - Tage Erlander was Prime Minister of which country from 1946 to 1969 ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote "Shapes Of Things To Come", first published in 1933 ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In The Beatles` song "Lady Madonna", which day`s child "has learned to tie his bootlace" ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Sven-Goran Erikson was manager of which country`s football team in FIFA 2010 World Cup ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the real first name of actor Christopher Walken ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Homer`s "Odyssey" what is the name of the sorceress who turned men into pigs ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which composer wrote the concerto "Le quattro stagoni" in 1718-20 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Americans Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings and Misty Moss won gold medals in the Olympics in

                          2004, 2008, and 2012 - in which sport ?

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 15 Jan 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 17 Jan 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 17 Jan 2025.

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 15 Jan

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 17 Jan 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 17 Jan 2025 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.

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo ----->>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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Thank you @MI5 

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[gmarkj]

Interesting set of questions here. Not sure on a couple, but fingers crossed...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

Pleased you think its an interesting set of questions

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

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Thank you @pgn 

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[Dave-O2]

Morning @Mi-Amigo 😊

Answers are now in your inbox 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

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pm with your answers received