White Room Valentines Quiz - Wed 10 Feb 2021 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-02-2021

Welcome to

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

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

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 · ‎10-02-2021

Thank you @Cleoriff

It was a lot of fun finding Valentine-related questions for the quiz. The hardest category to find a question for was Space, so had to slightly "bend" the question.

As to there being a question on the Valentines Day Massacre, all I`ll say is "you know me too well"

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

LukasB · ‎10-02-2021

Love this quiz @Mi-Amigo - in true spirit 🌹

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MI5 · ‎10-02-2021

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Mi-Amigo · ‎10-02-2021

Thank you @LukasB

pleased you love the quiz

pm with your 10 answers received

@MI5

like the gif

pm with your 10 answers received

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

Cleoriff · ‎10-02-2021

On it's way @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-02-2021

Thank you @Cleoriff

love the gif... wish I had that box of chockies

pm with your 10 answers received

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Robert Kennedy.

Martin-O2 · ‎10-02-2021

After much head scratching my PM has been sent!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎10-02-2021

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your 10 answers received

Thank you @TheresaV

pm with your 10 answers received

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

Anonymous · ‎10-02-2021

PM sent @Mi-Amigo

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-02-2021

Thank you @Anonymous

like the Valentine cat - appropriate for the quiz

pm with your 10 answers received

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