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White Room Quiz Wed 19 May 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 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

 

   HISTORY  NATURE   LITERATURE   MUSIC

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

 

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @TheresaV   @LukasB   @Martin-O2 

  @O2EmmaLouise  @BobM  @Cairdeas 

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 Roman mythology, who co-founded the City of Rome with his brother Romulus ?

 

Q2 NATURE 1   What type of animal is a pollack ?

 

Q3 LITERATURE 1  Who wrote "A Bear Called Paddington", the first Paddington Bear book, first

                                 published in 1958 ?

                          

Q4 MUSIC 1     In The Who`s rock opera "Tommy", what was Tommy`s surname ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2 Who was the mother of Edward VI who became King of England in 1547 ?

 

Q6 NATURE 2  Osier and sallow are species of which tree ?

 

Q7 LITERATURE 2   In Stephen King`s horror novel "Cujo", what species of dog is Cujo?

 

Q8 MUSIC 2    Which British Indie band had a UK No1 single with "Caravan Of Love" in Dec 1986 ?

 

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

 

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 19 May 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 20 May 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 21 May 2021

 

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

 

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

 

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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 19 May 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 20 May 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 20 May 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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@pgn  Julie Walker at her very best. Reminds me of Mrs Overall from Acorn Antiques....rofl

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THE RESULTS:

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6  correct - awarded star

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@TheresaV 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 pass  Q4 Lee - incorrect

Q5 Anna - incorrect   Q6 pass  Q7 chihuaha - incorrect joy Q8 pass

Total: two starfor two correct answers

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star  Q3 correct - awarded star  

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 LukasB - incorrect joy  Q6 apple - incorrect 

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus for six correct answers also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 pass  Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded star  Q6 correct - awarded star Q7 pass  Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@BobM 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded  star Q3 correct - awarded star  Q4 correct - awarded star 

Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 correct - awarded star Q7 correct - awarded star  

Q8 correct - awarded star

plus for more than six correct answers also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6  correct - awarded star

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@LukasB 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 rabbit - incorrect   Q3 gmarkj - incorrect joy

Q4 pass   Q5 Edward - incorrect   Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass  Q8  

Total: one starfor one correct answer

 

@O2EmmaLouise 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 - correct - awarded starQ4 pass

Q5 pass  Q6 correct - awarded star Q7 correct - awarded star   Q8 pass

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6  correct - awarded star

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3  correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6  correct - awarded star

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

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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?"
Robert Kennedy.

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THE AWARDS:

 

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Silver Thinker                   = 8 correct answers @MI5 @Cleoriff  @jonsie @pgn 

 

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Bronze Thinker + star    = 7 correct answers @BobM   

 

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Bronze Thinker                = 6 correct answers @gmarkj 

 

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Red Thinker + star          = 5 correct answers @O2EmmaLouise  

 

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Red Thinker                     = 4 correct answers  @TallTrees 

 

star star                           = 2 correct answers  @TheresaV  

star                                   = 1 correct answer  @LukasB   

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS -  @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie @pgn 

 

Well done

@BobM             - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj                 - Bronze Thinker

@O2EmmaLouise   Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees               - Red Thinker

@TheresaV              - starstar 

@LukasB                  - star 

Everyone who took part got at least   - star

 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz,

which will be 8 questions - with two questions on each of these categories

    

     GEOGRAPHY   SCIENCE [one question on BIOLOGY; one on PHYSICS]   ART   FOOD & DRINK

 

I already have two questions prepared [from Quiz Book I had for Xmas] and will search out the others

over the weekend.

 

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz fun.

                                                                   

@Mi-Amigo 

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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?"
Robert Kennedy.

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Well done everyone! Great quiz @Mi-Amigo  smiling

(Still laughing at @TheresaV thinking Cujo was a Chihuahua rofl) Sorry @TheresaV you would only know that if you had read the book or seen the film lol

Pfffttt I notice Physics is next week. Meh!!

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Good one slight_smile
Well done all and thanks....
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Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good quiz  thumbsup

Well done all who took part.

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Well done all. Another good quiz @Mi-Amigo!

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Well done everyone! Great quiz @Mi-Amigo  smiling

(Still laughing at @TheresaV thinking Cujo was a Chihuahua rofl) Sorry @TheresaV you would only know that if you had read the book or seen the film lol

Pfffttt I notice Physics is next week. Meh!!


I thought Stephen King so must be scary and the scariest dog there is must be a Chihuahua rofl @Cleoriff 

 

Thanks for another great game @Mi-Amigo and I am glad to see that @gmarkj and @LukasB have now entered a battle of naming each other in these joy

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Thank you @Cleoriff  @MI5  @BobM @gmarkj @TheresaV 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

@TheresaV wrote:
I am glad to see that @gmarkj and @LukasB have now entered a battle of naming each other in these joy

Love it - makes a change from seeing "pass" when answer isn`t known joy

 

  @Cleoriff wrote:

 

    Pfffttt I notice Physics is next week. Meh!!

 

Wait until you see the question joy It`s one of the two I`ve already got from my Quiz book Thinking

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Yes so scarry should change to chihuahua so hard to spell 🤪 rely on phone! @TheresaV
Ah now Red Thinker for me...I thought poor result..but not bad at all ...me 🤤
Well done everyone...   @LukasB a resting genius



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