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White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 May 2025 05:08:28 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 NATURE ART SPORT

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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday 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 - Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911 ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What colour is the breast of a male bullfinch ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which Irish artist painted "The Liffey Swim" which won Silver Medal for Arts & Culture at the

1924 Olympics ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American football ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In the American Civil War, which city was the Confederates` city capital ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of fish is a freshwater burbot ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which British artist painted "Hambletonian, Rubbing Down" in 1800 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In platform and spring board diving there are four diving positions - free, straight, pike

and whch other position ?

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 [Wed 28 May 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 30 May 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 30 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 [Wed 28 May

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 30 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 30 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 Wed 28 May 2025

jonsie — Wed, 28 May 2025 11:01:21 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 28 May 2025 12:28:44 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 May 2025 14:53:52 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Oxonian — Wed, 28 May 2025 19:25:07 GMT

I will enter tomorrow (Thursday) evening @Mi-Amigo ! 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

pgn — Wed, 28 May 2025 20:56:57 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 29 May 2025 07:33:12 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

look forward to pm with your answers later

Thank you @pgn

like the pic

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Dave-O2 — Thu, 29 May 2025 15:35:18 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Answers in your inbox

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 29 May 2025 17:23:44 GMT

Thank you @Dave-O2

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Oxonian — Thu, 29 May 2025 17:26:44 GMT

My entry awaits your perusal @Mi-Amigo ! 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 29 May 2025 17:28:58 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 30 May 2025 04:52:27 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911 ?

A1 Roald Amundsen

Q2 NATURE 1 - What colour is the breast of a male bullfinch ?

A2 pinkish red

Q3 ART 1 - Which Irish artist painted "The Liffey Swim" which won Silver Medal for Arts & Culture at the

1924 Olympics ?

A3 J B Yeats

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American football ?

A4 six - 6

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In the American Civil War, which city was the Confederates` city capital ?

A5 Richmond

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of fish is a freshwater burbot ?

A6 cod

Q7 ART 2 - Which British artist painted "Hambletonian, Rubbing Down" in 1800 ?

A7 George Stubbs

Q8 SPORT 2 - In platform and spring board diving there are four diving positions - free, straight, pike

and whch other position ?

A8 tuck

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 30 May 2025 05:01:46 GMT

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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

@Dave-O2

Q1 correct Q2 orange - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 salmon - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 correct .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 Montgomery - incorrect Q6 correct Q7 pass Q8 correct .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 30 May 2025 05:06:54 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @Oxonian

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @Dave-O2

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

Well done

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 - Red Thinker

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 Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

PLACES SCIENCE MUSIC TV

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

pgn — Fri, 30 May 2025 05:42:52 GMT

A smaller, yet no less thoughtful, set of Thinkers again this time! Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Cleoriff — Fri, 30 May 2025 07:04:37 GMT

Well done everyone. Thanks again @Mi-Amigo xx

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

jonsie — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:11:00 GMT

Ah, back to the good old straight forward quizzes @Mi-Amigo 🙂

Well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 30 May 2025 14:38:20 GMT

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @jonsie

Well done on your awards. Good to see everyone got a Thinker.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Oxonian — Fri, 30 May 2025 18:40:58 GMT

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

Well done all ! 👍