Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 Oct 2020 Halloween Ed �... - Page 5

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

Great quiz, loads of participants - thank you @Mi-Amigo! Hope you liked the 'douking' reference 🍎🎃. Just wish there was a town called "Something" in Illinois...

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gmarkj · ‎30-10-2020

Well done all, particularly the Diamond Thinkers!
Another excellent quiz @Mi-Amigo, thanks for hosting!

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Marjo · ‎30-10-2020

Wow so many Thinkers, congrats everyone! Super pleased with my Red Thinker, two in a row! And Diamond Thinkers, how do you guys have all that knowledge

Thanks @Mi-Amigo ! This was a fun one. Looking forward to the Bonfire Night quiz!

@LukasB @Martin-O2 I'm aiming for the Bronze next too, watch out....

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-10-2020

Thank you @pgn.

I did like your mention of "douking". You only just missed out on the Diamond Thinker - if only there had been a town, even fictional, called Something

Thank you @gmarkj

Well done on getting a Gold Thinker. Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

Thank you @Marjo

In fact, you only just missed out on a Bronze Thinker this time. You got a Red Thinker and one and a half stars and if you had known the monument was Mount Rushmore would have a Bronze Thinker.

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and hope you like the questions on Monday and in the Bonfire Night special on Wed.

btw - I love the animations which some of you include in notification of pm sent, but must mention the one from @Cleoriff , which was my favourite this time

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

I liked the witch animation and the pumpkin/bat one, really good ones!

And, re town names, wouldn't you know:

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gmarkj · ‎30-10-2020

surprised anything in America could be considered normal at the minute...

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pgn · ‎30-10-2020

@gmarkj wrote:
surprised anything in America could be considered normal at the minute...

Well, that was #1 of 22, says a lot.

All the others here, if you want to know about

Embarrass, MN; Nameless, TN (gives USPS a headache, that one!), or Accident, MD...

Weird Town Names: 22 of the Strangest Ever Put on the Map - Bob Vila https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/the-22-weirdest-town-names-ever-put-on-the-map-50603

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Martin-O2 · ‎30-10-2020

Wow my first bronze thinker! Going for silver next

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-10-2020

Well done getting a Bronze Thinker @Martin-O2

Good luck with going for a Silver Thinker - in Monday`s normal WRQ or "Bonfire Night" special on Wed?

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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