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White Room Valentines Quiz - Wed 10 Feb 2021

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Welcome to 

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The White Room Quiz is twice a week with one quiz on Monday and one on Wednesday.

 

                             Today`s Quiz is the White Room Valentines Quiz

                            [part of  ❤️Love Week on the O2 Community❤️ ] 

 

Instead of the usual eight questions, there are 10 questions - with one question from each of these categories

   HISTORY  PEOPLE  GEOGRAPHY  PLACES  SPACE  LITERATURE   MUSIC MOVIES  TV SPORT 

with each question in some way related to the Valentine theme

 

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   @MI5  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj  @Anonymous  @TallTrees  @LukasB @TheresaV 

  @Martin-O2  @Marjo 

 

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 TEN QUESTIONS

 

Q1 HISTORY  In which US city did the Valentines Day Massacre take place in 1929 ?

      

Q2 PEOPLE    Which famous explorer was killed in Hawaii on Valentines Day 1779 ?

 

Q3 GEOGRAPHY  In which Province of Canada is the Valentine River ?

 

Q4 PLACES    Two cities in France are named Valentine. One is in midi-Pyrennes.

                       In which Provinence in France is the other city of Valentine ?

 

Q5 SPACE      What was the name of the Russian spacecraft in which Russian cosmonaut Valentina

                       Tereshkova became the first woman in space ?

 

Q6 LITERATURE   In which Shakespeare play do the characters Valentine and Porteus appear ?

 

Q7 MUSIC     In which Richard Rogers and Lorenza Hart musical is "My Funny Valentine" featured ? 

 

Q8 MOVIES  Who played the title character in the 1989 movie "Shirley Valentine" ?

 

Q9 TV           What was the first name of the male character [not the actor`s name] Dr Valentine in

                      the BBC TV drama series "Holby City" ? 

 

Q10 SPORT   Which football team did Kevin Keegan, born on Valentines Day 1951, begin his

                      professional football career ?

 

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 10 Feb 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 11 Feb 2021]

- 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 12 Feb 2021.

 

                                         

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 10 February 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 11 February 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 11 February 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

 

                               10 correct     8 correct     6 correct     4 correct

                                answers       answers       answers      answers 

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                                Golden          Silver          Bronze              Red

                                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  

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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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@jonsie wrote:

Special Delivery.....

 

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Just brilliant @jonsie heart_eyesrofl

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Thank you @jonsie 

love the cartoon

pm with your 10 answers received - before the deadline

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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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THE ANSWERS

 

Q1 HISTORY  In which US city did the Valentines Day Massacre take place in 1929 ?

A1   Chicago

      

Q2 PEOPLE    Which famous explorer was killed in Hawaii on Valentines Day 1779 ?

A2   James Cook

 

Q3 GEOGRAPHY  In which Province of Canada is the Valentine River ?

A3    Ontario

 

Q4 PLACES    Two cities in France are named Valentine. One is in midi-Pyrennes.

                       In which Provinence in France is the other city of Valentine ?

A4    Cote d`Azur

 

Q5 SPACE      What was the name of the Russian spacecraft in which Russian cosmonaut Valentina

                       Tereshkova became the first woman in space ?

A5    Vostok 6

 

Q6 LITERATURE   In which Shakespeare play do the characters Valentine and Porteus appear ?

A6   Two Gentlemen Of Verona

 

Q7 MUSIC     In which Richard Rogers and Lorenza Hart musical is "My Funny Valentine" featured ? 

A7   Babes In Arms

 

Q8 MOVIES  Who played the title character in the 1989 movie "Shirley Valentine" ?

A8   Pauline Collins

 

Q9 TV           What was the first name of the male character [not the actor`s name] Dr Valentine in

                      the BBC TV drama series "Holby City" ? 

A9   Oliver or Ollie

 

Q10 SPORT   Which football team did Kevin Keegan, born on Valentines Day 1951, begin his

                      professional football career ?

A10  Scunthorpe Utd

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Bah Humbug. Scunthorpe my ass...rofl

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No problem with Scunny but the "Provinence" in France was beyond my intellect !
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Oh boy I failed this one so badly joy Please don't tell me @LukasB has more right answers than myself or I will cry the whole weekend joy

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THE RESULTS:

 

@LukasB 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 pass  Q3 pass  Q4 pass  Q5 pass

Q6 Shakespeare In Love - incorrect  Q7 pass Q8 pass  Q9 pass  Q10 pass

Total: one  starfor one correct answer

 

@MI5 

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

Q4   Rhone - incorrect           Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star   

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

Q10 correct - awarded star  plus, for more than eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

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

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

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

Q10  Liverpool - incorrect    plus, for more than eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Martin-O2 

Q1 Boston - incorrect   Q2 pass  Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 pass  Q5 pass

Q6 Othello - incorrect  Q7 pass  Q8 pass  Q9 James - incorrect   Q1O Liverpool - incorrec

Total: one  starfor one correct answer

 

@TheresaV 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 pass  Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 Brittany - incorrect 

Q5 pass  Q6 pass  Q7 pass  Q8 pass  Q9 pass  Q10 Manchester - incorrect

Total: two  starfor two correct answers

 

@Anonymous 

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

Q4  Provence - incorrect     Q5 correct - awarded star  Q6 Love Labours Lost - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 correct - awarded star Q9 James - incorrect 

Q10 correct - awarded starplus, for more than six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@TallTrees 

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

Q4 Normandy - incorrect    Q5 Valentine - incorrect    Q6 correct - awarded star  Q7 pass   Q8 pass   

Q9 pass  Q10 Liverpool - incorrect   plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2  correct - awarded star Q3 Quebec - incorrect

Q4 Alsace - incorrect           Q5 correct - awarded star  Q6 correct - awarded star Q7 pass

Q8 correct - awarded star  Q9 correct - awarded star Q10 correct - awarded star

plus, for more than six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@pgn 

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

Q4  La Loire - incorrect         Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star   

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

Q10 correct - awarded star  plus, for more than eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@jonsie 

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

Q4    Indre - incorrect         Q5 correct - awarded star   Q6 correct - awarded star   

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

Q10 correct - awarded star  plus, for more than eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

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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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YEEEESSSSSS SUCCCESSSSS! Take that @LukasB joy

 

A bit sad that I am celebrating over getting two out of ten but oh well joy

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hahaha well deserved @TheresaV 

 

this was the toughest one yet I think @Mi-Amigo - a real challenge 

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AWARDS:

There was NO Gold Thinker

 

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Silver Thinker  +  star    = 9 correct answers   @Cleoriff  @MI5 @pgn  @jonsie 

 

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Bronze Thinker + star     = 7 correct answers @gmarkj @Anonymous    

 

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Red Thinker                     = 4 correct answers  @TallTrees 

 

star star                           = 2 correct answers  @TheresaV  

 

 star                                  = 1 correct answer  @LukasB   @Martin-O2 

 

 Well done, everyone. Everyone who took part got at least one star 

 

I hope everyone enjoyed this Valentine edition of the White Room Quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be a "normal" edition with two questions from each of these categories

 

  GEOGRAPHY  NATURE  WORDS  GAMES

 

I will search out the questions over the weekend, with a mix of easier and not so easy questions.

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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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