White Room Quiz Wed 24 Aug 2022

[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 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

   LITERATURE    WORDS    MOVIES    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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj  @MI5  @TallTrees  @BobM  @Spenny  @adec   @Comben  @J9el 

@Breanna  @RafaC 

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 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of J K Rowling`s second Harry Potter book ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of what ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Who played the character Wendy Torrance in the horror movie "The Shining" ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Who was the first Australian driver to win the Formula 1 World Championship ?

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote the poem "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What type of person does the word biblioklept refer to ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - The 1984 movie "A Nightmare On Elm Street" is set in which fictional town in Ohio, USA ? 

Q8 SPORT 2 - Which county cricket club plays at The Oval ?

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 24 Aug 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 Aug 2022] - 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 Friday 26 Aug 2022

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 24 Aug 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 Aug 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 25 Aug 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]

Thank you @Comben 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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pm with your answers received

[J9el]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo.…..🤞🏼🤞🏼

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received - before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of J K Rowling`s second Harry Potter book ?

A1   Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

Q2 WORDS 1 - Kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of what ?

A2    Fear of failure

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Who played the character Wendy Torrance in the horror movie "The Shining" ?

A3   Shelley Duvall

Q4 SPORT 1 - Who was the first Australian driver to win the Formula 1 World Championship ?

A4    Jack Brabham

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote the poem "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" ?

A5    Tennyson

Q6 WORDS 2 - What type of person does the word biblioklept refer to ?

A6    Book thief

Q7 MOVIES 2 - The 1984 movie "A Nightmare On Elm Street" is set in which fictional town in Ohio, USA ? 

A7    Springwood

Q8 SPORT 2 - Which county cricket club plays at The Oval ?

A8    Surrey

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@pgn 

Q1 correct -  Q2 correct -  Q3 TheresaV - 😂 - incorrect  Q4 correct -  

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 correct -  Q2 stealing phlegm - 😂 - incorrect   Q3 correct -   Q4 pass 

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 correct -   Q8 Mddlesex - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

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

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 Springbank - incorrect  Q8 correct - 

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -  Q2 pass    Q3 correct -   Q4 LukasB - 😂 - incorrect

Q5 TheresaV - 😂 - incorrect   Q6 correct -  Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - 

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 correct -  Q2 Komodo dragons - incorrect   Q3 pass  Q4 pass 

Q5 Blake - incorrect   Q6 avid reader - incorrect    Q7 Springfield - incorrect   Q8 pass

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

@Breanna 

Q1 correct -  Q2 sea monsters - incorrect   Q3 correct -   Q4 pass

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 correct -   Q8 pass

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@adec 

Q1 correct -  Q2 weird animals - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 correct -  

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 correct -   Q8 pass

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct -  Q2 karaoke - incorrect   Q3 Jodie Foster - incorrect  Q4 Daniel Riccardo - incorrect 

Q5 correct -  Q6 religious - incorrect  Q7 Springford - incorrect    Q8 correct - 

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -  Q2 karaoke - incorrect   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct -  Q2 snails - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 pass

Q5 Longfellow - incorrect   Q6 librarian - incorrect   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct - 

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                       = 8 correct - @MI5  @Cleoriff  

Bronze Thinker +         = 7 correct - @pgn  @BobM  @jonsie 

Red Thinker +               = 5 correct - @Spenny  @gmarkj  @Breanna  @adec 

Red Thinker                           = 4 correct - @J9el 

                        = 3 correct - @Comben 

                                        = 1 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Well done

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker + 

@jonsie       - Bronze Thinker + 

@Spenny    - Red Thinker + 

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + 

@Breanna   - Red Thinker + 

@adec          - Red Thinker + 

@J9el           - Red Thinker

@Comben   -   

@RafaC       - 

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one star.

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

8 questions with two questions on each of these subject

-  HISTORY   GEOGRAPHY   MUSIC   GAMES

and DON`T FORGET Wednesday`s WRQ will be the SUMMER SPECIAL 

I`ll search out the questions over the weekend and try to find a good mix.

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

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - good one 👍

Happy with the result.  Well done all.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

Stars all round