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White Room Quiz Wed 24 Mar 2021

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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

 

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

 

   PEOPLE   SPACE   ART    FOOD & DRINK

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

 

I hope our regular quizzers

   @Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj  @MI5   @TallTrees   @Cairdeas 

   @TheresaV   @LukasB   @Martin-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 PEOPLE 1   In what type of entertainment was John Neville Maskelyn [1839-1917] famous ?

 

Q2 SPACE 1     What was the name of the Command Module on the Apollo 12 moon mission ?

 

Q3 ART 1         What was the name of the 20th century art movement established by Picasso and Braque?

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 What alcoholic drink is mixed with Scotch to make a Rusty Nail cocktail ?

 

Q5 PEOPLE 2   Who succeeded Sir Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in 1955 ?

 

Q6 SPACE 2      What is the name of the first asteroid, which was discovered by Piazzi in 1801 ?

 

Q7 ART 2          Which cathedral did John Constable paint a view of in 1831 ?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2  Which type of fish is in an Omelette Arnold Bennett ?

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

 

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 24 March 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 March 2021]

- 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 morning of Fri 26 March 2021

 

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

 

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 24 Mar 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 March 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 25 March 2021 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  

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Cleoriff
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Just to let you know I'm offline this morning @Mi-Amigo

I have an appointment and no idea how long I'll be. As for the questions. Some good some bad!!  rofl

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Hope all goes well with your appointment @Cleoriff 

As to the questions, over the weekend I looked for what I hope is a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions, with a couple which might take a bit of thinking about Thinking 

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

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Answers are on a post card @Mi-Amigo!
I say answers, more like some answers but more guesses!!

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @MI5 

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pm with your 8 answers received

 

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

 

Thank you @gmarkj 

postcard via pm joy with your 8 answers/guesses received smiling

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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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Huh @gmarkj my answers are on a postage stamp!!🤭
PM will arrive shortly @Mi-Amigo 😭


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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @TallTrees 

Your answers on a postage stamp joy arrived.

pm with your 8 answers received  

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What-ho, WRQers!  Having had plumbers ripping out and replacing the hot water tank from the airing cupboard at the top of the stairs since 08:30 this morn, I find I might have a few minutes to grab a gander at the questions today....

 

 

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