White Room Quiz Wed 28 Apr 2021 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎28-04-2021

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

@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

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

jonsie · ‎29-04-2021

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Mi-Amigo · ‎29-04-2021

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

jonsie · ‎29-04-2021

@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.....

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-04-2021

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-04-2021

THE RESULTS:

@TheresaV

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

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

Total: twofor two correct answers

@MI5

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees

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

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

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@LukasB

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

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

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 apple - incorrect

plus, for six correct answers, also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@O2EmmaLouise

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

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

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@jonsie

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

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

Q7 parliament - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than six correct answers, also awarded

Bronze Thinker

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-04-2021

THE AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + = 7 correct answers @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct answers @gmarkj

Red Thinker + = 5 correct answers @TallTrees @O2EmmaLouise

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @LukasB

= 2 correct answers @TheresaV

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

Well done

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker +

@O2EmmaLouise - Red Thinker +

@LukasB - Red Thinker

@TheresaV -

Everyone taking part was awarded at least

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

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-04-2021

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎30-04-2021

Well played all and thanks

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TheresaV · ‎30-04-2021

I was so convinced that spaceship was called Lukas

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Cleoriff · ‎30-04-2021

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!

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