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.

[Oxonian]

My entry should be awaiting your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; some tricky questions in there. 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - Tage Erlander was Prime Minister of which country from 1946 to 1969 ?

A1   Sweden

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

A2   H G Wells

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

A3   Monday`s child 

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

A4   Ivory Coast

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

A5    Ronald

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

A6    Circe

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

A7    Vivaldi

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 ?

A8    [Beach] volleyball

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@jonsie 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 England - incorrect .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@MI5 

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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 gymnastics - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

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

@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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct   Q2 pass            Q3 Wednesday - incorrect   Q4 England - incorrect .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct    Q7 pass                                  Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct                Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 Robert - incorrect  Q6 pass            Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @jonsie @gmarkj 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj    - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

   GEOGRAPHY    SCIENCE     TV      GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

[pgn]

Thinkers abound this time around - well done all and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👌

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Loads of thinkers this time. Well done one and all.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo x

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff 

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

Great to see everyone getting a Thinker.

[jonsie]

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo