White Room Quiz Wed 16 Aug 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ quiz is 8 questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

    LITERATURE   MUSIC   GAMES  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  @J9el  @Spenny  @BobM  @Breanna 

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 LITERATURE 1 - In Beatrix Potter`s "The Tailor of Gloucester", what was the name of the tailor`s cat ?

Q2 MUSIC 1 - Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta opens with men singing "We sail the ocean blue" ?

Q3 GAMES 1 - In"Devil Amongst the Tailors", dating from 1700s, a ball on a chain attached to a pole

                         was swung to demolish nine pins in a diamond formation. What is the game`s modern name ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the name of the distilled spirit, also known as "moonshine rum", which comes

                                       from Puerto Rico ?

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - "The Moon`s A Balloon" was the autobiography of which actor ?

Q6 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the singer Ian Drury`s backing band ?

Q7 GAMES 2 - On a UK/European roulette wheel, which number is between 4 and 2 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the main ingrediant of Cha ye Dan {Mandarin name] ?

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 16 Aug 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 18 Aug 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 18 Aug 2023

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 16 Aug

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 18 Aug 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 18 Aug 2023 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.

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

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pm with your answers received

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Not sure how well this will go, but answers on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Spenny]

@Mi-Amigo answers on the way over to you!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Spenny 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->