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White Room Quiz "Numbers" edition - Mon 10 Jan 2022

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ is an "Numbers" edition with eight questions - one question on each of these categories

- HISTORY    PEOPLE    SCIENCE    SPACE    LITERATURE    MUSIC    TV    GAMES

The answer to each question is a number.

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @adelphiaUK @MAKAZAGA @lewys-gp 

@RafaC @Martin-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 HISTORY - In which year was the Battle of Prestonpans fought by Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

                        against the English ?

 

Q2 PEOPLE - How many children does rock singer Rod Stewart have ?

 

Q3 SCIENCE - How many pairs of ribs does a normal human have ?

 

Q4 SPACE - How many Russian Vostok space missions were there between April 1961 and June 1963 ?

                        

Q5 LITERATURE - How many Famous Five books did Enid Blyton write between 1942 and 1963 ?

 

Q6 MUSIC - In the title of The Rolling Stones` song on their 1967 album "Their Satanic Majesty`s Request",

                    how many "----- Light Years From Home" ? 

 

Q7 TV - In The Simpson`s cartoon TV series, at what number Evergreen Terrace do The Simpsons live ?

 

Q8 GAMES - How many number are there on a UK/European roulette wheel ? 

                            

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

 

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 10 Jan 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 11 Jan 2022]

- 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 Wed 12 Jan 2022

 

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

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 10 Jan 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 11 Jan 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 11 Jan 2022 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  

 

 

 

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Gone... 😵

 

This clip, @Cleoriff

And the Queen soundtrack around that scene 👍

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Thank you @RafaC @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards - given there were some tricky questions

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@jonsie wrote:

Dipsticks! 😂

Nt you @Mi-Amigo 😉


Yes, thank you for a particularly brain-taxing quiz on Monday, @Mi-Amigo, and well done all! Off to have a dekko at today's 200th Question quiz.

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@pgn wrote:

@Cleoriff wrote:

@pgn wrote:

@Cleoriff wrote:

😱😉

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You don't make things easy 'first' thing in the morning @pgn 😂

I read the above and thought 'what the hell?'😣


Just keeping everyone on their toes, @Cleoriff 😇 😆


Do another capture (just to watch it fade away) 😉

At least it showed I read it @pgn  😂

Oh image has been deleted, I've just noticed! What a spoilsport! 🤔


Better to burn out than to fade away (as Kurgan said, I think) 😁


I only know 'Not fade away' by the Stones @pgn 😯


Yep, was Kurgan.

AKA Clancy Brown. Been in quite a few films over the years!

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