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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 
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 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.
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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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@TallTrees Funny that we both remember the Commander being relieved of his duties and No I can't remember his name either.
The French rarely won naval battles if ever and this was expected to be a walkover for the English Hah.
As you say though, the answer is in the alliance so probably matters not a jot who won in the end 
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@TallTrees wrote:LURVE THOSE TALL SHIPS @Cleoriff
So do I @TallTrees
Should have been the Tall Ships Regatta in Falmouth today. It has been cancelled due to the uncertainty of Covid all over the world!
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My apologies to @jonsie @Cleoriff @TallTrees with regards to Q5 The Battle of Beachy Head question.
I was way out of line in my reply to @jonsie who first raised the question about the question, when I said the French were defeated by the Alliance. I was wrong. When it came to making my notes for the question, I made a stupid error and wrote "the French were defeated by the Alliance" [which is wrong] rather than "the French defeated the Alliance" [which is correct].
@jonsie was right in his reply to my post; as was @Cleoriff in her post; and @TallTrees has given some correct information.
btw - this question is not one of the two questions classed as "difficult" or the hardest question.
I apologise for all of this, which is down to me.
Fortunately, my mistake has not affected the results or scores of any of the answers pm`d to me so far.
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No matter about that error in my opinion @Mi-Amigo. Happens to us all.
As you say it doesn't affect the outcome, as the Q was asking who fought with England at the battle of Beachy Head in 1690. Who won was irrelevant really. Pleased you explained it though. I shall no longer think my brain was fading
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Thank you for your note @Mi-Amigo
An interesting point here though : after this astonishing defeat where everyone on both sides I recall were blamed for one thing or another and were relieved of these positions.
Britain built up their fleet to become the largest and ruled the waves (as it were).
I am here and there today : will give my answers later.
Not the hardest! OMG 😁
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Thank you @TallTrees
Look forward to pm with your answers later.
No rush, you have plenty of time - up to 11.59 pm tonight [Thursday] to pm me.
