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White Room Quiz Wed 18 Aug 2021

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

 

   HISTORY    MUSIC   MOVIES    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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzer

@Cleoriff  @pgn   @jonsie  @gmarkj  @MI5  @TallTrees   @BobM  @TheresaV  @LukasB 

[@Martin-O2 is on holiday]

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  In which country was the Battle of Pinkie fought in 1547 ?

 

Q2 MUSIC 1      Where in the UK was the rock/pop festival held in 1969 at which Bob Dylan performed ?

 

Q3 MOVIES 1   Who directed the 2013 movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" ?

                        

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  From which country does Tokaj wine come from ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2   At the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, during the War of the Grand Alliance, the French were

                           defeated by an alliance of the English and which other country ? 

 

Q6 MUSIC 2      What was the title of The Boomtown Rats first UK No 1 single ?

 

Q7 MOVIES 2   In the 1989 Disney movie "The Little Mermaid" what type of creature was Sebastian ?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2  What foodstuff did James Keiller first produce in the 1700s, which later became popular

                                       at breakfast ?

                            

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

 

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 18 Aug 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 19 Aug 2021]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Fri 20 Aug 2021

 

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 18 Aug 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 19 Aug 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 19 Aug 2021 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

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Will read Q's properly today 🙄

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@MI5 wrote:

Will read Q's properly today 🙄


Good luck @MI5 

 

Just a little note for all our WRQ quizzers 

A couple of questions in today`s WRQ are rated "difficult", and one is possibly the hardest question in its category so far [and I`m not saying which question or which category]. So might be thinking hats on ?? 

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Hmm. Definitely... I Don't Like Wednesdays!

Nothing personal, @Mi-Amigo 😉

 

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@pgn wrote:

Hmm. Definitely... I Don't Like Wednesdays!

Nothing personal, @Mi-Amigo 😉

 


Not taken personally @pgn 😁

Be interesting to see the answers this time...

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Bit late to the pity party here but good grief!! 😂

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Bit late to the pity party here but good grief!! 😂


I take it that means there are a couple of questions to think about @Cleoriff ?

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Read carefully (I hope)......

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PM on its way @Mi-Amigo  --->

 

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Ah what is So BRILLIANT about this quiz is  @Mi-Amigo 

I know who Bob Dylan is 

I know where Beachy Head is

I know who the Boomtown Rats are

am truly Blessed    🙄



HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

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