White Room Quiz Wed 27 Dec 2023 - End of the Year Quiz 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is THE END OF THE YEAR QUIZ.

Instead of the usual 8 questions, there are 12 questions, with one question related to an event in each 

month of 2023.

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 [Wednesday] and 03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @J9el @Spenny @Oxonian  @Dave-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 TWELVE QUESTIONS

Q1 JAN - 01. Which country adopted the Euro ?

Q2 FEB - 14. New Zealand declared a national state of emergency when a cyclone caused widespread

                       flooding and devastation across North Island. What was the name of the cyclone ?

Q3 MAR - 28. TV presenter Paul O`Grady died. What was the name of his black Cairn terrier cross dog,

                         which appeared with him on his TV shows, but sadly died in 2018 ?

Q4 APR - 14. European Space Agency launched Juice satellite on Arciane 5 rocket on mission to moons

                        of which planet ?

Q5 MAY - 24. Rock star Tina Turner died. What the name of the character she played in The Who`s rock

                        opera movie "Tommy" ?

Q6 JUN - 15. Actress Glenda Jackson died. What was the title of the 1969 movie in which she won the first

                        Academy Award for Best Actress ?

Q7 JUL - 09. The movie "Barbie" premiered. Who plays the charcter Ken ?

Q8 AUG - 20. FIFA Women`s World Cup final. Spain beat England [The Lionesses] 1 - 0. Who was captain of

                         the Spanish team who was the only player to score ?

Q9 SEP - 11. Stolen painting "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring", painted in 1884, was returned.

                        Which artist painted it ?

Q10 OCT - 20. Rock band The Rolling Stones released their 24th studio album. What is its title ?

Q11 NOV - 07. NASA astronaut Frank Borman died. On which Apollo space mission was he a crew member ? 

Q12 DEC - 19. Women`s footballer Mary Earps was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Which WSL

                          [Women`s Super League] does she play for ?

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 [Wed 27 Dec 2022] and 03.00am Fri 29 Dec 2023.

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 29 Dec 2023.

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

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 27 Dec 2022] and before 03.00am on 29 Dec 2023].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on 29 Dec 2023 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube, ChatGPT 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  

[TallTrees]

12 😩 @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the quizzes 😳

[TallTrees]

PM on way ~ don't know many but good guesses for the answered ones 🤣

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

This is more like it! My type of quiz. Better than that damn brain teaser anyway. 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

Pleased you like the End of the Year Quiz

Look forward to pm with your answers

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Dave-O2]

Loving the monthly 2023 theme @Mi-Amigo 

Answers have now been sent 📫

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received