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White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:12:00 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:

GEOGRAPHY MUSIC TV ART

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 @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the principal river which flows through Cardiff ?

Q2 MUSIC 1 - In Gilbert & Sullivan`s opera "The Mikado" what is the name of the tailor who becomes the

Lord High Executioner ?

Q3 TV 1 - In the US TV series "Daktari", first screened 1966-69, what was the name of the chimp ?

Q4 ART 1 - What is the title of the artwork created by Damien Hirst in 1993 which features a cow and calf

cut into sections ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of smallest inhabited island in Scotland ?

Q6 MUSIC 2 - What type of musical instrument is an abeng ?

Q7 TV 2 - In TV series "Wacky Races", first screened 1968-69, what was the name of the Ant Hill Mob`s car ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Ginevra de Benci" in 1474 ?

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 08 Dec 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 10 Dec 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 10 Dec 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 08 Dec

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 10 Dec 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 10 Dec 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 08 Dec 2025

jonsie — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:14:17 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:15:55 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gifs

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Cleoriff — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:36:20 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

TallTrees — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:32:01 GMT

Hi @Mi-Amigo

Thanks for the quiz. @Mi-Amigo

There is a lot of colds around here presently, so big decisions no teatime team with doughnuts until everyone is ok.

Fun 😁 on hold.

I don't know many if any of these to be honest 🤔

Never heard of Dakari 😂

1 known and 2 guesses probably 🙄

Give it a go !!

Bye for now TallTrees

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:16:55 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:19:03 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

Sorry to hear tea-time quiz team has been cancelled. I hope everyone is OK and no-one has cold or flu.

Pleased you will be having a go at WRQ and look forward to pm with your answers.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

pgn — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:04:08 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo --->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

TallTrees — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:13:57 GMT

Hi @Mi-Amigo

Answers in your PM box 📦 ✨️ 😉

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:38:44 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:46:29 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the principal river which flows through Cardiff ?

A1 River Taff

Q2 MUSIC 1 - In Gilbert & Sullivan`s opera "The Mikado" what is the name of the tailor who becomes the

Lord High Executioner ?

A2 KoKo

Q3 TV 1 - In the US TV series "Daktari", first screened 1966-69, what was the name of the chimp ?

A3 Judy

Q4 ART 1 - What is the title of the artwork created by Damien Hirst in 1993 which features a cow and calf

cut into sections ?

A4 Mother and Child Divided

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of smallest inhabited island in Scotland ?

A5 Easdale

Q6 MUSIC 2 - What type of musical instrument is an abeng ?

A6 bugle made from cow horn

Q7 TV 2 - In TV series "Wacky Races", first screened 1968-69, what was the name of the Ant Hill Mob`s car ?

A7 Bulletproof Bomb - also known as Roaring Plenty [which one quizzer gave as answer]

Q8 ART 2 - Which artist painted "Ginevra de Benci" in 1474 ?

A8 da Vinci

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:41:03 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

@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 pass Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 7 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 pass Q3 pass Q4 pass .

Q5 Largs - in correct Q6 drum - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 pass .

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:44:43 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @Cleoriff

1 star = 1 correct - @TallTrees

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

Well done

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker + star

@TallTrees - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded 1 star.

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 NATURE WORDS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

TallTrees — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:15:51 GMT

Thank you for the quiz @Mi-Amigo

Good I got a star 🌟 🤩 ✨️ 😎

Well done all

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

MI5 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:17:00 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:49:09 GMT

Oh, so that's what it is !😂

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 🤗

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:11:14 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees @MI5 @Cleoriff

Well done on your awards.

I thought there were a couple of tricky/ slightly difficult ones this time.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

jonsie — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:51:40 GMT

Thank you @Mi-Amigo

Well done all

Glad my educated guesses on a couple of those worked out well

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

pgn — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:24:34 GMT

The Roaring Horn of Plenty 😆

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Dec 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:43:08 GMT

@pgn wrote:
The Roaring Horn of Plenty 😆
Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo.

Sounds most exciting @pgn 😂