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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 these categories
HISTORY NATURE MOVIES 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 @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 HISTORY 1 Who succeeded George IV as King of England in 1830 ?
Q2 NATURE 1 Eyas is a name given to the young of which bird ?
Q3 MOVIES 1 "Dream Warriors" and "The Dream Child" were the subtitles of sequals to which
horror movie ?
Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 What type of foodstuff is port salut ?
Q5 HISTORY 2 Which country did Britain fight in the Arrow War of 1856-60 to further trading rights ?
Q6 NATURE 2 Coterie is the collective term for a close knit family unit of which rodent ?
Q7 MOVIES 2 What was the name of the space-craft in the first "Alien" movie in 1979 ?
Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 Concorde and Louise Bonne are varieties of which fruit ?
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 28 April 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 29 April 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 30 April 2021
Each member will be awarded 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
SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 28 April 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 29 April 2021].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 29 April 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
on 30-04-2021 09:46
on 30-04-2021 09:46
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Thank you @MI5 @TheresaV @Cleoriff @TallTrees
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards
As to Monday`s WRQ Bank Holiday special, the only clue I can give is the questions might - in some way be related to the May Bank Holiday . I`m sure everyone will find it fun, with the mix of easier, and not-so-easy questions... and maybe a couple will be
on 30-04-2021 10:17
on 30-04-2021 10:17
@TallTrees wrote:
So funny @TheresaV
I only ever heard of "Hal"
prefer Lukas
I do too @TallTrees
Looking forward to the special one on Monday @Mi-Amigo
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on 30-04-2021 10:30
on 30-04-2021 10:30
Hit one or two right there @Mi-Amigo Thank you for marking my efforts and very well done
all.
In this particular Quizz I had some knowledge because:
I grow pears and have 4 trees William bon Chretien, Doyenne du Comice also the Conference this one is the easiest to fruit ~ the others very fussy sometimes fruit sometimes : pas de fruits.
Movies not much chance there, need to see hundreds to know any detail then wouldn't retain any knowledge probably fall asleep Might hit on one I know sometime!
Some Kings and Queens are ok ~ however my knowledge is quite limited as can only know about some events. This one was ok ~ I think he was Queen Victoria's Uncle and she succeeded him when he died.
Small fact but known by me!
Birds ~ generally ok ~ but not every detail so very interesting. I have kept birds and bred birds and helped wild birds, they are wonderful. There is not enough time in my life to know every detail but it is very enjoyable. Always ready to know more.
Cheeses ~ well I stick to the Cheddar and look at the others as fanciful so don't know it all but bring it on...I can try!
Wars ~ well had some interest in these. China of interest lately especially in the opium wars,
surprising that it is now ~ persona non grata
Interesting the one on Rodents ~ don't know that detail, I probably did read it at some time but couldn't retain the information.
Thanks for the interesting questions ~ being extremely varied is good, can always get one or two right and learn something from the others.
Thanks again bye for now TALLTREES
on 30-04-2021 10:32
on 30-04-2021 10:32
Wonderful quiz, apart from the king and battle - although William IV fathered 9 FitzClarence sprogs whilst he was the Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, quite an achievement. Sadly, as King, none of daughters or sons by the Queen survived. For this alone, he sticks in my memory.
The gif, comes from Mother, the AI computer on the USSCS Nostromo, this was my second choice of clip:
Volume up a bit.
Thanks, @Mi-Amigo for a question from one of my fave, if scary, films - the only one I ever bunked off school one afternoon to go see, aged about 16. The big screen sucked you in... The content made you sprint the 500m from the bus-stop to your house, after dark, for maybe 3 weeks after 😱
Well done, all!
on 30-04-2021 10:34
on 30-04-2021 10:34
on 30-04-2021 10:53
on 30-04-2021 10:53
@TallTrees wrote:
Good @TheresaV
I will try on Monday too
I look forward to your sense of humour applied to some of the questions!
I will try my best @TallTrees
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on 30-04-2021 11:05
on 30-04-2021 11:05
Thank you @TallTrees
It`s always interesting to hear which subjects appeal and which someone knows something about.
That`s one of the reasons why I try and give a different mix of categories with each WRQ.
Thank you @pgn
I didn`t catch on to what your gif referred to.
As to the Alien movie, I bunked off school to watch it. It wasn`t the scariest movie I saw when I was younger - that was the original The Omen which scared the whatsit out of me
Thank you @TheresaV
Pleased you are looking forward to Monday`s WRQ and I`m sure you`ll come up with some correct answers, maybe some guesses; and some to make us laugh
on 30-04-2021 15:32
on 30-04-2021 15:32
on 01-05-2021 11:23
on 01-05-2021 11:23