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White Room Quiz Wed 16 Oct 2024

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

   HISTORY  GEOGRAPHY    MOVIES    TV

 

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 @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 1 - What was the name of the only major naval battle in World War I ?

                                 

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Mount Ras Dejen is the highest mountain in which country ?

                        

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the Disney cartoon movie "Robin Hood", what is the name of the snake ?

 

Q4 TV 1 - In the British TV sit-com "My Family", what is the name [character`s name not actress`s name] of

                  Ben Harper`s daughter ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In which English city was the highwayman Richard Turpin hanged ?

 

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - K`gan, formerly known as Fraser Island, is a World Heritage sand island along the coast

                                    of which Australian State/Territory ?

 

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In the 1984 horror movie "A Nightmare On Elm Street", what is the first name of the

                           character played by Amanda Wyss ?

         

Q8 TV 2 - When ITV`s quiz show "The Chase" began in 2009, there were only two Chasers.

                 Who was the third Chaser, who joined The Chase in Series 2 in 2010 ?

                                                                                 

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 Oct 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 18 Oct 2024.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 18 Oct 2024.

Each member will be awarded star  for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 16 Oct

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 18 Oct 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 18 Oct 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.

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj @BobM @jonsie 

So pleased you enjoyed the quiz and great to see you do so well with the Thinkers - especially as Q2 and Q7 are rated "difficult" in my quiz book.

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Thank you @Mi-Amigo, an enjoyable and well-balanced set of questions. 

 

Well done to all and particularly those that scored "maximums" ! 👍

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