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White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:44:40 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 LITERATURE 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 @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.

Perhaps @Kei-M_O2 and @Spindle would like to take part ??

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In World War II, what was the name of the Nazi in charge of the Nazi SS ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the fruit of the rose plant called ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote the children`s novel "The Railway Children" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Spanish churros are what type of foodstuff ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In which year did the Berlin Wall come down ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - How many legs does a jerboa have ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In Roald Dahl`s novel "The BFG", what does the BFG [Big Friendly Giant] eat ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Snakebite, an alcoholic drink popular in 1980s, was made with equal measures of

lager and which other alcoholic drink ?

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 05 Jan 2026] and before 03.00am Wed 07 Jan 2026.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 07 Jan 2026 .

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 05 Jan

2026] and before 03.00am on Wed 07 Jan 2026.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 07 Jan 2026 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 05 Jan 2026

TallTrees — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:38:12 GMT

Oh thank you @Mi-Amigo

This quiz is good so I can join in with everyone and enjoy

I might have to guess some dates but that's the fun 😁

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 09:08:17 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees for your comments.

Pleased you will be joining in.

Look forward to pm with your answers later

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Cleoriff — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:33:00 GMT

A nice mixture of questions @Mi-Amigo 😉

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Cleoriff — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:05:02 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

jonsie — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:24:31 GMT

Tumbling down @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

TallTrees — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:58:06 GMT

Answers in your PM box 📦 ✨️

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:21:02 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

pgn — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 18:12:20 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:07:30 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @gmarkj

great to have you back with us

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Spindle — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:43:37 GMT

Thanks, I'm not sure on 2 or 3 so, I might just watch and learn on this one.

I asked my OH what the BFG eats and their answer was Sainsburys food deliveries 😆

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:58:34 GMT

Thank you for your post @Spindle

I appreciate your interest and can understand you "might just watch and learn".

Having said that, I would add that even our regular quizzers don`t always kmow the answer to every question, sometime giving funny answers - as your OH did.

Also I should add that it is OK to ask friends and family for help with WRQ - as long as no-one makes an online search or uses reference books.

I hope that you will be able to join in soon, and if you come up with any answers to this quiz and want to take part you have until 3am [early hours/middle of the night] on Wed morning to pm me your answers.

Thanks again.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:00:06 GMT

Due to nightmare problems with [temp] reformatting of Community yesterday, I was unable to get on.

Fortunately this has been resolved, but means the answers will be posted late, and today`s WRQ will also be posted later.

Sorry

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:27:39 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In World War II, what was the name of the Nazi in charge of the Nazi SS ?

A1 Heinrich Himmler

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the fruit of the rose plant called ?

A2 rose hip

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote the children`s novel "The Railway Children" ?

A3 Edith Nesbitt

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Spanish churros are what type of foodstuff ?

A4 donuts dipped in melted chocolate

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In which year did the Berlin Wall come down ?

A5 1989

Q6 NATURE 2 - How many legs does a jerboa have ?

A6 4

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In Roald Dahl`s novel "The BFG", what does the BFG [Big Friendly Giant] eat ?

A7 snoozcumbers

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Snakebite, an alcoholic drink popular in 1980s, was made with equal measures of

lager and which other alcoholic drink ?

A8 cider

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:42:21 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

@TallTrees

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 pass Q4 squid - incorrect .

Q5 correct Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@gmarkj

Q1 correct Q2 pass Q3 Teresa V - incorrect Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

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

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:46:21 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @gmarkj

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @TallTrees

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

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - 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 today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY TV SPORT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

MI5 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:56:24 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

TallTrees — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:59:26 GMT

I HAD DIFFICULTY YESTERDAY ALL DAY WITH ODD VIEWS on the Community Forum page

IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ANYTHING

@Mi-Amigo

I knew it wasn't squid 🤣

as soon as posted PM !!

Calamari is squid 🐙

PLEASED with the Thinker though

Don't worry about joining in and knowing all answers @Spindle

I get 1 or 2 right out of 8 sometimes

Questions are going to be more down to earth so more community members can get at least ONE right🤣

CALAMARI

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Cleoriff — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:11:12 GMT

I could see there was some work going on with forum when I logged back on at 6pm. I thought it was Firefox.

I use laptop and tried Chrome which worked perfectly. I tried Firefox again (about midnight) and that was back working correctly.

Anyway, thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all. Great to see you back @gmarkj 🤗

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 05 Jan 2026

Cleoriff — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:20:08 GMT

@Spindle

Loved your OH's answer to the BFG question. Obviously like me, watched the brilliant Sainsbury's Christmas advert 😂😂

As others have said, The WRQ is fun so I wish you would join in. No one judges here 😂