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White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:02:41 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

PLACES LITERATURE SPORT FOOD & DRINK

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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @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 EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the largest city in Pakistan ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Dan Brown`s novel "The Da Vinci Code", what is the surname of the Louvre curator

who is murdered at the begining of the book ?

Q3 SPORT 1 - Sun Yong of China won gold medal at 2012 Olympic Games in which sport ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the current name of the drink known as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime

Soda when launched in 1929 ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Varirata National Park is in which country in Australasia ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "The Age of Innocence", first published in 1920, and which won the

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 ?

Q7 SPORT 2 - The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually in US in which sport ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the name of the fruit which is a cross between red raspberry and blackberry

and is named after a Scottish river ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 27 Jan 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 29 Jan 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 29 Jan 2025.

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 [Mon 27 Jan

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 29 Jan 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 29 Jan 2025 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" 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.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:03:48 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

pgn — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:24:36 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:35:28 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Oxonian — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:57:16 GMT

Thank you @Mi-Amigo ; my entry awaits your perusal. 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:34:29 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Dave-O2 — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:35:48 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Answers in your inbox 😁

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Cleoriff — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:40:16 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:36:26 GMT

Thank you @Dave-O2

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

love the gif 😂

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:39:49 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the largest city in Pakistan ?

A1 Karachi

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Dan Brown`s novel "The Da Vinci Code", what is the surname of the Louvre curator

who is murdered at the begining of the book ?

A2 Sauniere

Q3 SPORT 1 - Sun Yong of China won gold medal at 2012 Olympic Games in which sport ?

A3 swimming

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the current name of the drink known as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime

Soda when launched in 1929 ?

A4 7 Up

Q5 PLACES 2 - Varirata National Park is in which country in Australasia ?

A5 Papua New Guinea

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "The Age of Innocence", first published in 1920, and which won the

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 ?

A6 Edith Wharton

Q7 SPORT 2 - The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually in US in which sport ?

A7 golf

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the name of the fruit which is a cross between red raspberry and blackberry

and is named after a Scottish river ?

A8 tayberry

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:51:16 GMT

THE RESULTS

@gmarkj

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 New Zealand - incorrect Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 Jacques - can`t accept as first name and need surname Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 pass Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2

Q1 correct Q2 pass Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 Australia - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:56:24 GMT

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @gmarkj

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @Oxonian

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @Dave-O2

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

PEOPLE GEOGRAPHY WORDS MUSIC

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

pgn — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 06:44:13 GMT

Thinkers all-round again, well done all and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:55:15 GMT

Good results. Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 😘

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

MI5 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:01:36 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

gmarkj — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:25:03 GMT

Really happy with that - couple of guesses worked for a change!

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:39:18 GMT

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Good to know your guesses paid off this time @gmarkj and you only just missed out on Silver Thinker.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

Oxonian — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:37:55 GMT

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, very happy with that outcome. 😀

Well done all. 👍