White Room Thursday Quiz - 8th Aug 2019

[Mi-Amigo]

         

                       This week`s contestant, chosen at random by @EmilieT , is

                                                           @gmarkj 

The six questions are:

Q1 Who scored the first goal in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final?

Q2 What type of animal is a leporine?

Q3 Where, according to the rhymn, did the Owl and the Pussycat sail to?

Q4 When was Candlemas?

Q5 How many men did a centurian command in the Roman Empire?

Q6 Which of the Channel Islands is closest to France?

Rules:

You can only give one answer to each question.

You can answer the questions in any order - please copy and paste the question and answer.

You can post one, or more, answer at any time between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 8 August 2019.

Any answer posted before 00.01 or after 23.59 will be declared void.

Please - no googling, Wiki, social media, Youtube in search of the answers.

The results, with the correct answers, will be posted on Friday 9 August 2019.

Each correct answer will be awarded a 

If you get all six questions correct, you will be awarded the Silver Thinker

All members, including those who have put their names forward as contestants and those who maybe a future contestant, are welcome to join in and play along - by making their own list of questions and seeing how many they can get right - but, please do not post your answers on the thread.

Thank you for your interest and good luck @gmarkj  

Mi-Amigo

[gmarkj]

Wow. Those are some questions!
Will have to do some off line research on those - I might be able to answer a couple now but would just be guessing!!

[Cleoriff]

Best of luck @gmarkj 

[Mi-Amigo]

@gmarkj 

Some of the questions are a little trickier... but you have plenty of time to come up with the answers. please remember you can`t post your first answer until after midnight - and then have all day tomorrow [Thursday].

Good luck.

@Cleoriff 

I hope you will be playing along again, as you did well last time 

[Anonymous]

Hello @Mi-Amigo

Just playing along at home 

I think I've got 2 of the answers ... I shall be interested to see if I am correct or not 

[Cleoriff]

I have guessed about 4 so far...

[Anonymous]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

I have guessed about 4 so far...

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Cleo, am I allowed to say that I think you're a bit of a Smarty Pants ? 

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

I have guessed about 4 so far...

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Cleo, am I allowed to say that I think you're a bit of a Smarty Pants ? 

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Ha...I said guessed @Anonymous ...no idea if any are correct.

[Mi-Amigo]

Great to know you are playing along @Cleoriff and @Anonymous 

Please let me know how you did - after I give the results on Friday.

[jonsie]

I'm fairly confident of four of those. Two I Haven't a diddly clue. ..