White Room Quiz - Wed 20 Dec 2023 - Christmas Edition

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is the Christmas Edition with 8 Christmas-related questions.

Each question is from one of these categories  

- HISTORY   PEOPLE   PLACES   MUSIC   MOVIES    TV    SPORT     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 03.00 am Friday

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @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 - What Xmas-related item did German pastor Johann Hinrich Wichern invent in 19th century ? 

Q2 PEOPLE - The British Royal Family traditionally celebrate Christmas at which Royal residence ?

Q3 PLACES - In which country is Christmas Eve supper known as wigilia eaten ?

Q4 MUSIC - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono features which choir ?

Q5 MOVIES - In 2000 movie "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", what is the name of The Grinch`s dog ?

Q6 TV - In Aldi`s TV Christmas ad, what is the name of the carrot ?

Q7 SPORT - F C Santa Claus is a football club from Rovaniemi in which country ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK - Which drink, tradionally drunk at Xmas, is also known as "milk punch" ?

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 20 Dec 2022] and 03.00am Friday 22 Dec 2022]

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 22 Dec 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 20 Dec 2022] and before 03.00am Fri 22 Dec 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Friday 22 Dec 2022 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  

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Look at all those Thinkers with their festive hats on! 😊

Great to see. Well done everyone.

Happy Christmas to you all 🎅🎄

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for all the great WRQ's throughout the year. xxx

[gmarkj]

Happy with that.

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - great quiz with great results, well done all.

Thanks also for keeping us on our toes all year with the quizzes.

Merry Christmas to one and all 🎅 🤶

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for this special Christmas Edition WRQ and all the WRQ you have created so far in 2023!!

Well done to everyone, some great scores on show 👍

Happy Christmas to all 🌲🎅

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @BobM @Dave-O2 

Pleased you enjoyed the Xmas WRQ. It was fun putting it together.

Well done everyone on your awards. It was great to see everyone got a Thinker.

[J9el]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and Merry Christmas everyone  🎅🏼🎄🛷🎁