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White Room Quiz Wed 28 Oct 2020 Halloween Ed 🎃

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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 part of 🎃🎃🎃Halloweek on the O2 Community 🎃🎃🎃

Instead of the usual eight questions, there are 12 questions - with one question from each of these categories

 PEOPLE  PLACES  SPACE  WORDS  LITERATURE  MUSIC  ART  MOVIES  TV  GAMES  EVENTS  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   @MI5   @gmarkj  @Anonymous  @Marjo  @Martin-O2   @LukasB 

 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

 

TODAY`S TWELVE QUESTIONS

The questions are, in some way, relate to Halloween 

but no question is a QI-style question, in which the answer is not what most people think.

 

Q1 [PEOPLE] Which famous magician died on Halloween 1926 ?  

      

Q2 [PLACES] Halloween is known as Alla Helgons Dag in which country ?

 

Q3 [SPACE]   Which US astronaut, who went into space on a Apollo mission, was born on Halloween 1930?

 

Q4 [WORDS] What does the word guising mean in connection with Halloween ?

 

Q5 [LITERATURE] Which American author wrote "The Halloween Tree". a 1972 fantasy novel ? 

 

Q6 [MUSIC] What was the title of the Halloween song, recorded by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, which

                      topped the US Billboard charts in 1962  ?

 

Q7 [ART]  Which famous US monument, carved in rock, was completed on Halloween 1941 ? 

 

Q8 [MOVIES] "Halloween", 1978 horror movie directed by John Carpenter, was set in which fictional

                          US mid-west town ?

 

Q9 [TV]  Each year, US TV cartoon The Simpsons screen a Halloween special with three mini-episodes.

               What is the title of these Halloween mini-episodes ?

 

Q10 [GAMES] Which Halloween party game originated from the custom when it was used to predict

                         who would marry first ?

 

Q11 [EVENTS] El Dia de los Muertos [Day of the Dead] is a holiday over three days at Halloween

                         in which country ?

 

Q12 [FOOD & DRINK] What is the name of the Irish bread, with sultanas and raisons added to yeast,

                                       which is often eaten at Halloween ?

 

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 Oct] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 29 October]

- 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 Oct.

 

                                         

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 28 October 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 29 October 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 29 October 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" and take part in this quiz. 

 

Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a star .

 

In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

 

                          12 correct      10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

                            answers          answers       answers      answers      answers

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                             Thinker           Thinker       Thinker      Thinker           Thinker

 

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.

 

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Thank you @Anonymous 

pm with your 12 answers received

 

Thank you @pgn 

liked the animation

pm with 12 answers received

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PM sent @Mi-Amigo! I had no clue on half of them and a pretty good idea on the rest. Looking forward to seeing my score yahoo

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Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your 12 answers received

 

Thank you @Martin-O2 

pm with your 12 answers received

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Thanks everyone for pms with your answers received so far - and for the animations on the thread

 

Gentle reminder @Marjo and any member who would like to have a go at the questions in this quiz,

you still have plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thursday] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck.

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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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I'll send you a PM shortly @Mi-Amigo ! slight_smile Not missing this one!!

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@Marjo wrote:

I'll send you a PM shortly @Mi-Amigo ! slight_smile Not missing this one!!


Aha! I wonder why? LOL

 

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I'm 90% sure of at least one of my answers this time @pgn laughing

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Thank you @Marjo

pm with your 12 answers received

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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 [PEOPLE] Which famous magician died on Halloween 1926 ?

A1   Harry Houdini  

      

Q2 [PLACES] Halloween is known as Alla Helgons Dag in which country ?

A2   Sweden

 

Q3 [SPACE]   Which US astronaut, who went into space on a Apollo mission, was born on Halloween 1930?

A3   Michael Collins, astronaut on Apollo 11 

 

Q4 [WORDS] What does the word guising mean in connection with Halloween ?

A4   dressing up - for example, for trick or treat

 

Q5 [LITERATURE] Which American author wrote "The Halloween Tree". a 1972 fantasy novel ? 

A5    Ray Bradbury

 

Q6 [MUSIC] What was the title of the Halloween song, recorded by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, which

                      topped the US Billboard charts in 1962  ?

A6    Monster Mash

 

Q7 [ART]  Which famous US monument, carved in rock, was completed on Halloween 1941 ? 

A7    Mount Rushmore memorial of four US Presidents

 

Q8 [MOVIES] "Halloween", 1978 horror movie directed by John Carpenter, was set in which fictional

                          US mid-west town ?

A8    Haddenfield, Illinois

 

Q9 [TV]  Each year, US TV cartoon The Simpsons screen a Halloween special with three mini-episodes.

               What is the title of these Halloween mini-episodes ?

A9   Tree House of Horror

 

Q10 [GAMES] Which Halloween party game originated from the custom when it was used to predict

                         who would marry first ?

A10  apple bobbing

 

Q11 [EVENTS] El Dia de los Muertos [Day of the Dead] is a holiday over three days at Halloween

                         in which country ?

A11  Mexico

 

Q12 [FOOD & DRINK] What is the name of the Irish bread, with sultanas and raisons added to yeast,

                                       which is often eaten at Halloween ?

A12   barmbrach

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