White Room Quiz Wed 23 Oct 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

   PLACES     LITERATURE     MUSIC     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @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 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the bridge which connects the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpa ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Shakespeare`s play "A Midsummer Night`s Dream", which character says

                                   "Lord, what fools these mortals are" ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In "Peter And The Wolf" composed by Prokofiev, which instrument represents the cat ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What was a bow drill used for ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Jin Mao Tower is in which city ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Philip Pullman`s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, what is the title of the second book,

                                   first published in 1997.

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which British singer released the album "Back To Black", which reached No 1 in UK album

                          chart in Jan 2007 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - BBC Radio 4 series "The Archers" is set in which fictional county ?

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 Oct 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 25 Oct 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 25 Oct 2024.

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 Oct

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 25 Oct 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 25 Oct 2024 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.

[jonsie]

Tough one @Mi-Amigo and a little head-scratchin' 😁

Well done peeps!

Yes the Clitheroe Kid on a Sunday was a must listen for me

Housewives Favourites on full blast whilst my mom was ironing......

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @BobM @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Thanks also for sharing your memories of programmes on Auntie BBC.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo ; pleasantly surprised to have improved on my recent scores (although they couldn't really have gone any lower).

Well done to everyone else too ! 👍