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White Room Quiz Wed 28 Apr 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 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 

  @O2EmmaLouise   @Cairdeas 

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 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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                  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

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received


I thought I would go for a subtle play on words..... wink

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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 HISTORY 1  Who succeeded George IV as King of England in 1830 ?

A1    William IV

 

Q2 NATURE 1   Eyas is a name given to the young of which bird ?

A2    hawk or falcon

 

Q3 MOVIES 1   "Dream Warriors" and "The Dream Child" were the subtitles of sequals to which

                          horror movie ?

A3   Nightmare On Elm Street

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1  What type of foodstuff is port salut ?

A4   cheese

 

Q5 HISTORY 2  Which country did Britain fight in the Arrow War of 1856-60 to further trading rights ?

A5   China

 

Q6 NATURE  2  Coterie is the collective term for a close knit family unit of which rodent ?

A6   prarie dogs

 

Q7 MOVIES  2   What was the name of the space-craft in the first "Alien" movie in 1979 ?

A7    Nostromo

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2  Concorde and Louise Bonne are varieties of which fruit ?

A8    pears

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THE RESULTS:

 

@TheresaV 

Q1 pass   Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 pass  Q4 drink - incorrect   Q5 pass 

Q6 rats - incorrect   Q7 Lukas - joy incorrect Q8 correct - awarded star 

Total: twostarfor two correct answers

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3 correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7  correct - awarded star   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3 correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7  correct - awarded star   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star  Q3 pass   Q4 correct - awarded star 

Q5 correct - awarded star  Q6 lemmings - incorrect  Q7 HAL - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@LukasB 

Q1 Henry - incorrect   Q2 pigeons - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 wine - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 rats - incorrect   Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 pass   Q6 correct - awarded star 

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 apple - incorrect

plus, for six correct answers, also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3 correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7  correct - awarded star   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@O2EmmaLouise 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star  Q3 correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q6 France - incorrect  Q6 rat - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 correct - awarded star   Q3 correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7 parliament - incorrect   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for more than six correct answers, also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

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THE AWARDS:

 

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Silver Thinker                   = 8 correct answers @Cleoriff  @MI5   @pgn 

 

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Bronze Thinker + star     = 7 correct answers @jonsie 

 

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Bronze Thinker                = 6 correct answers @gmarkj 

 

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Red Thinker + star           = 5 correct answers @TallTrees  @O2EmmaLouise 

 

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Red Thinker                        = 4 correct answers @LukasB 

 

star star                              = 2 correct answers @TheresaV  

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS -  @Cleoriff  @MI5   @pgn 

 

Well done 

@jonsie                  - Bronze Thinker +  star

@gmarkj                - Bronze Thinker 

@TallTrees             - Red Thinker + star

@O2EmmaLouise  - Red Thinker + star

@LukasB                - Red Thinker 

@TheresaV          - starstar

Everyone taking part was awarded at least starstar

 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in next week`s White Room Quizzes 

- details in separate ADVANCED NOTICE post below

Thank you everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun 

 

Bow

@Mi-Amigo 

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ADVANCED NOTICE - Next week`s White Room Quizzes

 

Mon 03 May - Early May Bank Holiday - special Bank Holiday Monday edition of WRQ

                         with 8 questions but slightly different from usual WRQ

                         So as not to spoil the surprise, I am not going to give the categories in advance

 

Wed 05 May - "Odd questions" edition of WRQ with 8 questions.

                         One question on each of these subjects

                           INITIALS   MAPS   FLAGS   CARS   NURSERY RHYMES   CODES   MOTORWAYS   ADVERTS

 

I hope our regular quizzers and anyone else who would like to have a go will take part in these quizzes                      

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Well done everyone. Thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Both quizzes for next week look interesting! Particularly Monday where we have no clue on topics!

LOL

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