White Room Quiz - "Alice"themed questions - Page 5

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-04-2020

Welcome to this week`s

As mentioned in the Advanced Notice on Monday, the eight questions in this week`s quiz are all, is some way, related to the theme of "Alice" - but don`t worry they are not all about "Alice in Wonderland"; and there is no QI-style question, where the answer is not what everyone thinks it is.

There are a couple of questions which some might find a bit "tricky"... Good luck, everyone

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The White Room Quiz is open to all members

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7 @Marjo @Martin-O2

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

will join in with this week`s White Room Quiz.

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [SPORT] What annual sporting event is held in Alice Springs, Australia ?

Q2 [LITERATURE] In A A Milne`s poem "Buckingham Palace", Alice goes down with Christopher Robin.

Who is Alice going to marry?

Q3 [FILM] In the film "Alice In Wonderland", who tells Alice "We`re all mad here"?

Q4 [PEOPLE] What is the real name of the singer Alice Cooper ?

Q5 [MUSIC] Which band released the song "Living Next Door To Alice" in 1972?

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY] Where, in England, is the statue of suffragette Alice Hawkins ?

Q7 [HISTORY] Who was the grandmother of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone?

Q8 [WORDS] Where did the name Alice originate from?

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 [Wednesday 29 April] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 30 April]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

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 29 April 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 30 April 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 30 April 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.

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

I hope everyone enjoys this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz and gives a little light relief.

Have 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 · ‎01-05-2020

Thanks @jonsie

I`ll sort out next week`s quiz over the weekend and post an Advanced Notice on Monday

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