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White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:18:03 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:

PLACES MOVIES TV 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 PLACES 1 - Nunney Castle is in which English county ?

Q2 MOVIES 1 - What was the title of the 1980 movie for which Robert Redford received his only

competitve Oscar ?

Q3 TV 1 - In the English version of children`s TV "The Magic Roundabout" what was the name of the

roundabout`s operator ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many consecutive Wimbledon Men`s Singles titles did Bjorn Borg win ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the 268 mile pathway which runs from Edale, Derbyshire to

Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish borders ?

Q6 MOVIES 2 - What was the name of the character played by Gregory Peck in the 1962 movie

"To Kill A Mocking Bird" [need first and surname of character for star] ?

Q7 TV 2 - In the British children`s TV series "Camberwick Green" what was the name of the doctor ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In which year did David Beckham make his debut playing for England national football team ?

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 22 Oct 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 24 Oct 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 24 Oct 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 22 Oct

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 24 Oct 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 24 Oct 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 22 Oct 2025

pgn — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:01:37 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

jonsie — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:27:45 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:24:05 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif 😂

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:49:32 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

No gif as not working.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:07:10 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

sorry to hear you couldn`t add a gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:40:42 GMT

It's annoying. Tried on usual Firefox and then Chrome. Nothing working on either!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:43:35 GMT

Well that's weird, just copied @jonsie's and that's worked!! 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:52:37 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Nunney Castle is in which English county ?

A1 Somerset

Q2 MOVIES 1 - What was the title of the 1980 movie for which Robert Redford received his only

competitve Oscar ?

A2 Ordinary People

Q3 TV 1 - In the English version of children`s TV "The Magic Roundabout" what was the name of the

roundabout`s operator ?

A3 Mr Rusty

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many consecutive Wimbledon Men`s Singles titles did Bjorn Borg win ?

A4 5 - five

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the 268 mile pathway which runs from Edale, Derbyshire to

Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish borders ?

A5 Pennine Way

Q6 MOVIES 2 - What was the name of the character played by Gregory Peck in the 1962 movie

"To Kill A Mocking Bird" [need first and surname of character for star] ?

A6 Atticus Finch

Q7 TV 2 - In the British children`s TV series "Camberwick Green" what was the name of the doctor ?

A7 Dr Mopp

Q8 SPORT 2 - In which year did David Beckham make his debut playing for England national football team ?

A8 1996

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:57:33 GMT

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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 Wed 22 Oct 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:03:13 GMT

AWARDS

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

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

Everyone taking part was awarded a Silver Thinker.

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

Please note - there will be NO WRQ on Monday 27 Oct 2025 instead there will be

Mon 27 OCT - Brain Teaser End of BST 2025

don`t worry if you will be away or busy, the Brain Teaser will be open for you to pm me with your

answers from 10am Mon 27 Oct to 10pm Wed 29 Oct. Answers/scores posted Thurs 30 Oct.

WRQ will return on

Wed 29 Oct - WRQ Gold Thinker with 10 questions [2 questions on each of five subjects]

with Gold Thinker for 10 correct answers.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

pgn — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:55:20 GMT

Taxing minds, perfect scores - next week will sort'em out, eh? 😆 Well done all, thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

MI5 — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:15:56 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Good show from all.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Cleoriff — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:20:12 GMT

Well done all. Thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

jonsie — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:07:52 GMT

I'm sensing a pattern here....😏

Well done the quartet and thank you @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:21:40 GMT

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie

Well done on your awards - Silver Thinker each, once again.