White Room Quiz Wed 23 Aug 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ quiz is 8 questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

    HISTORY    GEOGRAPHY    TV    SPORT

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  @jonsie  @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees  @J9el  @Spenny  @BobM   @Breanna 

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 - Who was defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which of the Great Lakes in North America is known to Ojibwe native Americans as

                                    Gichi-Gami or Kitchi-Gami ?

Q3 TV 1 - In Ch 4 "soap" drama "Brookside", what was the name of the character buried under the patio

                  in 1993 [not who buried the victim] ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - In 2020 Tokyo Olympics, what was the distance [in metres] of swimming event in the Modern

                         Pentathlon ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs escsped from which prison in July 1965 ?

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Adirondack mountains are located in which US State ?

Q7 TV 2 - Marina was a character in which 1960s Gerry Anderson TV children`s puppet series ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In 2023 Women`s Netball World Cup, Australia came first and won gold medal; England came

                        second and won silver medal. Which country csme third and won bronze medal ?

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 23 Aug 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 25 Aug 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 25 Aug 2023

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 23 Aug

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 25 Aug 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 25 Aug 2023 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]

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 losers - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -            Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 USA - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 Greeks - incorrect  Q2 Michegan - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -              Q6 correct -                   Q7 correct -   Q8 New Zealand - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 Oliver North - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -                       Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @MI5 

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct  - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                        = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @BobM 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5 

Well done

@pgn       - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj  - Bronze Thinker

@BobM    - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ quiz, which will be

8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

  NATURE   LITERATURE    ART   FOOD & DRINK.

I will search out the questions over the weekend, with a mix of "easier" and "not so easy" questions.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[BobM]

Between misreading the question and guessing wrongly, not my best performance.

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good one.

[pgn]

Great questions this time, @Mi-Amigo  - and now I know what happened to Flurry Knox from the Irish RM 😂

Every day's a learning day. 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[gmarkj]

Well done everyone. Couple of guesses came good, and one didn't so very happy with that!

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

I misread Q1 so it was a good job I rechecked my answers! I originally put the winners not the losers 😂

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

PS @pgn Trevor Jordache. One nasty piece of work 😂

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

PS @pgn Trevor Jordache. One nasty piece of work 😂

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An almost-Perfect Scoundrel, yes, glad I never watched Brookside much, @Cleoriff 

The actor, Bryan Murray, now suffers from Alzheimers - making his stage appearances a challenge: 

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1648048252925935616?t=CMHWrc8HAnbeZK8A88jjaA&s=19

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj @pgn 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards, which shows that guesses sometime pay off [and sometimes they don`t].

Thanks @pgn for additional info on Bryan Murray.