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White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:23:26 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 WORDS MUSIC 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 @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 - In which month and year did Apollo 11 lunar module land on the Moon ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Amaxophobia is the fear of what ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which female singer released "Not Such An Innocent Girl" which reached No 6 in UK Singles

Chart in Sept 2001 ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - In which country was FIFA Womens World Cup held in 2015 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In Roman mythology who was the Roman god of doors and gates ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "dunaker", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to a person who stole what ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the Russian composer who wrote "Prince Igor" in 1890 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Who won the World Snooker Championship title in 2017 ?

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 11 June 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 013 June 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 13 June 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 11 June

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 13 June 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 13 June 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 11 June 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:08:48 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:31:24 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:04:03 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Oxonian — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:33:14 GMT

In your inbox @Mi-Amigo, thank you but not hopeful with that lot ! 😀

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

jonsie — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:07:37 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

pgn — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:31:34 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:31:21 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Dave-O2 — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:48:06 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Answers in your inbox

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:27:49 GMT

Thank you @Dave-O2

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:51:11 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In which month and year did Apollo 11 lunar module land on the Moon ?

A1 July 1969

Q2 WORDS 1 - Amaxophobia is the fear of what ?

A2 driving or riding in a vehicle

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which female singer released "Not Such An Innocent Girl" which reached No 6 in UK Singles

Chart in Sept 2001 ?

A3 Victoria Beckham

Q4 SPORT 1 - In which country was FIFA Womens World Cup held in 2015 ?

A4 Canada

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In Roman mythology who was the Roman god of doors and gates ?

A5 Janus

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "dunaker", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to a person who stole what ?

A6 cows, calves, cattle

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the Russian composer who wrote "Prince Igor" in 1890 ?

A7 Borodin. Finished by Rimsky Korsikov, so I`ll also allow Korsikov as correct answer

Q8 SPORT 2 - Who won the World Snooker Championship title in 2017 ?

A8 Mark Selby

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:04:14 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

@gmarkj

Q1 pass Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 bread - incorrect Q7 LukasB - incorrect Q8 correct .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 pass Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 Ikickabollockov - incorrect 😂 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

@Dave-O2

Q1 correct Q2 water - incorrect Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 pass Q6 wallets - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 correct .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:08:42 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @jonsie

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @Oxonian @gmarkj

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @Dave-O2

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

Well done

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

@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

GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE MOVIES TV .

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

pgn — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:51:06 GMT

All Thinkers again, brilliant work all! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

MI5 — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:07:58 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Cleoriff — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:19:51 GMT

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:30:22 GMT

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff

Well done on your awards.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

jonsie — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:35:06 GMT

Well done all

Thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Oxonian — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 14:58:08 GMT

I suppose @Mi-Amigo that I must be satisfied with that ; three passes is never going to lead to a high score.

Thank you for organising as usual and well done to everyone else. 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 16:29:37 GMT

Thank you @jonsie for your kind comment.

Well done on your award.

Thank you @Oxonian

At least you got a Thinker, so well done.