White Room Quiz Wed 28 Feb 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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 four categories - 

    PLACES    LITERATURE   TV   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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-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 PLACES 1 - The Hoover Dam is on the border of Arizona and which other US State ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Richard Adam`s children`s book "Watership Down" what is the name of the warren

                                  from which the rabbits leave - at the beginning of the book in Part 1 The Journey ?

Q3 TV 1 - What was the name of the ITV children`s TV programme hosted by Ant and Dec and Cat Deeley

                   from 1998 to 2002 ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Skateboarding made its Olympic debut at which Olympic Games ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Darwen and Nelswon are towns in which English county ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is the autobiography by which American writer ?

Q7 TV 2 - In BBC TV crime drama "Silent Witness" what is the name of the character played by Emilia Fox ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Scottish Cup Final in June 2023 was won by Celtic. Which football team did they beat ?

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 28 Feb 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 01 Mar 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 01 Mar 2024.

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

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 28 Feb

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 01 Mar 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 01 Mar 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Oxonian]

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@jonsie wrote:

Yes @Oxonian 

I live 2 miles from Darwen and around 8 miles from Nelson

and there you go everyone....a clue 😂😂

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I find it interesting @jonsie that both Nelson and Darwen were once football league clubs :-

List of former English Football League clubs - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_English_Football_League_clubs

How times change ! 😊

[jonsie]

As they say....when Moses was a lad....

My son occasionally goes to watch Darwen as the NW Counties League is a decent standard - he enjoys the fact that it is played by MEN who get up after a tackle and just get on with it rather than rolling around like a cat scratching it's back!

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - The Hoover Dam is on the border of Arizona and which other US State ?

A1   Nevada

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Richard Adam`s children`s book "Watership Down" what is the name of the warren

                                  from which the rabbits leave - at the beginning of the book in Part 1 The Journey ?

A2   Sandleford

Q3 TV 1 - What was the name of the ITV children`s TV programme hosted by Ant and Dec and Cat Deeley

                   from 1998 to 2002 ?

A3  SMTV

Q4 SPORT 1 - Skateboarding made its Olympic debut at which Olympic Games ?

A4   Tokyo 2020, held in 2021

Q5 PLACES 2 - Darwen and Nelswon are towns in which English county ?

A5    Lancashire

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is the autobiography by which American writer ?

A6   Maya Angelou

Q7 TV 2 - In BBC TV crime drama "Silent Witness" what is the name of the character played by Emilia Fox ?

A7   Dr Nikki Alexander

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Scottish Cup Final in June 2023 was won by Celtic. Which football team did they beat ?

A8    Inverness Caledonian Thistle

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass              Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass   Q3 pass   Q4 pass .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass   Q7 pass   Q8 pass.

Total - 2 stars for two correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass   Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass                                   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 Stephen King - incorrect  Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass             Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Beatty - incorrect Q3 correct -  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -            Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass    Q3 Nickelodeon - incorrect   Q4 USA 2002 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass    Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @MI5 @Oxonian @pgn

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @BobM @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

2 stars                                             = 2 correct - @TallTrees 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Well done

@MI5         - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2   - Red Thinker

@TallTrees   - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s WRQ, which will be a normal WRQ 

of 8 questions with two questions on each of these four categories

   PEOPLE   GEOGRAPHY    ART    FOOD & DRINK

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[TallTrees]

Thank you for the quiz ☺️ 

Two 🌟 🤩 

Good I knew something @Mi-Amigo 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Off to research Maya Angelou 👍

[Cleoriff]

Off to celebrate with another cup of tea @Mi-Amigo 😂

Nice quiz. Well done everyone xx

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - happy with that 👍

Well done all.