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White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 12 May 2025 05:38:02 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 2 questions on each of these categories:

HISTORY LITERATURE TV 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 HISTORY 1 - The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 took place in which Canadian territory ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Which Shakespeare play takes place in the "Forest of Eden" ?

Q3 TV 1 - In BBC 1 children`s TV programme "The Clangers" first screened 1969-974, the Clangers eat green

soup and what kind of pudding ?

Q4 FOOD * DRINK 1 - What does the French dessert "ile flottante" consist of ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who led the Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Jane Austen`s novel "Sense & Sensibility" what is the first name of

Marianne Dashwood`s sister ?

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit com "The Inbetweeners" what is the first name of character Will McKenzie`s

mother [character`s first name not first name of actress] ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - The Dutch dish "kip met kerrisaus" consists of which meat ?

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 12 May 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 14 May 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 14 May 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 12 May

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 14 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 14 May 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 12 May 2025

Cleoriff — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:16:20 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

jonsie — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:26:14 GMT

INCOMING @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 12 May 2025 14:44:35 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 12 May 2025 15:34:52 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Oxonian — Mon, 12 May 2025 18:45:41 GMT

My entry awaits your red pen @Mi-Amigo ! 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

pgn — Mon, 12 May 2025 19:23:43 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

TallTrees — Mon, 12 May 2025 19:36:07 GMT

Hi @Mi-Amigo

Not my quiz (again) but some answers in your PM box. Thanks for the quiz ☺️

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 13 May 2025 07:40:24 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

gmarkj — Tue, 13 May 2025 09:25:21 GMT

Quite an array of questions. Will be interesting to see how this goes...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:30:59 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Dave-O2 — Tue, 13 May 2025 15:54:24 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Answers in your inbox

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:44:04 GMT

Thank you @Dave-O2

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:02:37 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 took place in which Canadian territory ?

A1 Yukon

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Which Shakespeare play takes place in the "Forest of Eden" ?

A2 As You Like It

Q3 TV 1 - In BBC 1 children`s TV programme "The Clangers" first screened 1969-974, the Clangers eat green

soup and what kind of pudding ?

A3 blue string pudding

Q4 FOOD * DRINK 1 - What does the French dessert "ile flottante" consist of ?

A4 meringue floating in custard

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who led the Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 ?

A5 Franco

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Jane Austen`s novel "Sense & Sensibility" what is the first name of

Marianne Dashwood`s sister ?

A6 Elinor

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit com "The Inbetweeners" what is the first name of character Will McKenzie`s

mother [character`s first name not first name of actress] ?

A7 Polly

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - The Dutch dish "kip met kerrisaus" consists of which meat ?

A8 chicken

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:17:42 GMT

THE RESULTS

@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

@jonsie

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

@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

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 rice - in correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 pork - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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

@TallTrees

Q1 correct Q2 Midsummer Nights Dream - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 pass .

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@gmarkj

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 mousse - incorrect .

Q5 TheresaV - incorrect Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 lamb - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2

Q1 correct Q2 Macbeth - incorrect Q3 rice - correct Q4 egg - incorrect .

Q5 correct Q6 Paula - incorrect Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:22:45 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @Oxonian

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @gmarkj

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @Dave-O2

2 stars = 2 correct - @TallTrees

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

Well done

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2 - Red Thinker

@TallTrees - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars.

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 two questions on these categories

GEOGRAPHY NATURE MUSIC MOVIES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

pgn — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:34:53 GMT

All Thinkers so far this week - well done all! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:48:45 GMT

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

TallTrees — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:56:56 GMT

Good morning @Mi-Amigo

Thank you for the 2 🌟

Should have remembered 1 or 2 more.

Meringue floating in custard 🍮 not my sort of thing!

Happiness is 2 🌟 🤩

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

MI5 — Wed, 14 May 2025 06:48:15 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all.