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White Room Quiz Wed 24 July 2024

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

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

   HISTORY     NATURE     LITERATURE     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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 - The Battle of Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet took place during which war ?

                                 

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the gestation period, in days, of a hamster ?

                             [I`ll accept 5 days either way from answer I have ]

                        

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - "Cry `Havok!` and let loose the dogs of war" is a line from which Shakespeare play ?

 

Q4 SPORT 1 - The US Masters golf tournament is held during the first week of April at which golf course ?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In Greek mythology, what was the name of the creature which terrorised the Thebans by

                             asking them a riddle and then devouring them when they couldn`t answer ?

 

Q6 NATURE 2 - Chinstrap and macaroni are types of which bird ?

 

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - "Ask no questions and you`ll be told no lies" is a line from which Charles Dickens novel ?

 

Q8 SPORT 2 - Which country hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics but failed yo win a single gold 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 24 July 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 26 July 2024.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 26 July 2024.

Each member will be awarded :star: for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 24 July

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 26 July 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 26 July 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.

 

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Cleoriff
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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

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Veritas Numquam Perit

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

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My entry should be in your inbox @Mi-Amigo ; thank you as usual for organising. 👍

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Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @pgn 

and thanks for interesting gif

pm with your answers received

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Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

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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?"
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Interesting selection of questions!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

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