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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.

Cleoriff · ‎12-02-2021

@jonsie wrote:
Special Delivery.....

Just brilliant @jonsie

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎12-02-2021

Thank you @jonsie

love the cartoon

pm with your 10 answers received - before the deadline

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 · ‎12-02-2021

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

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

Cleoriff · ‎12-02-2021

Bah Humbug. Scunthorpe my ass...

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎12-02-2021

No problem with Scunny but the "Provinence" in France was beyond my intellect !

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TheresaV · ‎12-02-2021

Oh boy I failed this one so badly Please don't tell me @LukasB has more right answers than myself or I will cry the whole weekend

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Mi-Amigo · ‎12-02-2021

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

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

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

Total: one for one correct answer

@MI5

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

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

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

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

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

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

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

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

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

Silver Thinker

@Martin-O2

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

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

Total: one for one correct answer

@TheresaV

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

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

Total: two for two correct answers

@Anonymous

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

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

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

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

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees

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

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

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

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

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

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

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

plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

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

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

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

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

Silver Thinker

@jonsie

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

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

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

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

Silver Thinker

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

TheresaV · ‎12-02-2021

YEEEESSSSSS SUCCCESSSSS! Take that @LukasB

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

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LukasB · ‎12-02-2021

hahaha well deserved @TheresaV

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

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Mi-Amigo · ‎12-02-2021

AWARDS:

There was NO Gold Thinker

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

Bronze Thinker + = 7 correct answers @gmarkj @Anonymous

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @TallTrees

= 2 correct answers @TheresaV

= 1 correct answer @LukasB @Martin-O2

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

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.

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

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White Room Valentines Quiz - Wed 10 Feb 2021