Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 Oct 2020 Halloween Ed �... - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎28-10-2020

Welcome to

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

Diamond Golden Silver Bronze Red

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

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

pgn · ‎30-10-2020

So many little Illinois towns... 🤣

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MI5 · ‎30-10-2020

My movie watching paid off 😉

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-10-2020

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 apple eating - incorrect, but I`ll be generous and award half

Q11 correct - awarded Q12 scone - incorrect plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@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

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for 12 correct answers, also awarded

Diamond 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

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for 12 correct answers, also awarded

Diamond Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 Finland - in English translations of various Finnish websites, alla helgons dag is All Saints on Day 31 Oct, so I`ll awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass Q5 pass

Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Amityville - incorrect Q9 Spooksims - incorrect

Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded Q12 kraken - incorrect plus, for six correct 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 Illinois - as this is the State, I`ll award half

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for more than 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@gmarkj

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded Q10 pass

Q11 correct - awarded Q12 pass plus, for 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 Ireland - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 pass Q5 pass Q6 pass

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded Q9 correct - awarded

Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded Q12 pass plus, for six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Neil Armstrong - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Hemingway - incorrect Q6 pass

Q7 monument of President`s heads - I`ll be generous and award half Q8 pass

Q9 Homerween - incorrect Q10 oiji board - incorrect Q11 correct - awarded

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

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LukasB · ‎30-10-2020

This is the best birthday present ever!!! Bronze Thinker @Mi-Amigo have you counted correctly?

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Cleoriff · ‎30-10-2020

Blimey it was either Sweden or Norway...so that was a guess! Well done everyone.

Just want to say a special thanks to @Mi-Amigo. Finding 12 Halloween type questions must have taken a hell off a lot of time. Well done you x

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎30-10-2020

Enjoyed this one. Thanks and well done to all.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-10-2020

AWARDS:

Diamond Thinker = 12 correct answers - @MI5 @Cleoriff

Gold Thinker + + half = 11 correct + 1 part correct - @pgn

Gold Thinker = 10 correct answers - @gmarkj

Bronze Thinker + + half = for seven correct answers + one part correct - @LukasB

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @Anonymous @Martin-O2

Red Thinker + + half = for five correct answers + one part correct - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the DIAMOND THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff

Well done everyone who took part - everyone was awarded a Thinker this time

@pgn - Gold Thinker + + half

@gmarkj - Gold Thinker

@LukasB - Bronze Thinker + + half

@Martin-O2 - Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous - Bronze Thinker

@Marjo - Red Thinker + + half

I hope everyone enjoyed this Halloween edition of the White Room Quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz.

Over the weekend I will select eight questions with two questions from each of these categories

HISTORY GEOGRAPHY NATURE SPORT

Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ.

@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 · ‎30-10-2020

ADVANCED NOTICE:

There will be a "Bonfire Night" Special Edition of the White Room Quiz on Wed 4 November

- with eight "Bonfire Night" related questions.

I hope everyone will come and have fun.

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

Anonymous · ‎30-10-2020

Really pleased with my Bronze thinker award

Thank you @Mi-Amigo for compiling this special WRQ

Well done all.

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-10-2020

Thank you @LukasB @MI5 @Cleoriff and @Anonymous for your kind comments.

Congratulations to @MI5 and @Cleoriff on getting a Diamond Thinker; and well done to @LukasB on getting a Bronze Thinker - and Happy Birthday for tomorrow; and well done to @Anonymous on getting a Bronze Thinker and for your answer Finland which made me check and learn something

To be honest, I enjoyed searching out the questions for this quiz. I admit that I thought the "alla helgons dag" question might catch a few people out, so again well done to all those who got that right.

I hope everyone will find Monday`s "normal" White Room Quiz a little easier and also you will all join in with the "Bonfire Night" special on Wednesday, when there will be a couple of trickier questions which I have already got in mind...

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

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White Room Quiz Wed 28 Oct 2020 Halloween Ed 🎃