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White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:01:12 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 TV SPORT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - River de la Plata forms a border between Argentina and which other country ?

Q2 TV 1 - The TV drama series "Heartbeat", screened 1992 - 2010, was set in which fictional village ?

Q3 SPORT 1 - FIFA World Cup Final in 2018 took place in which city ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What is the name given to the Jewish New Year ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the longest river in Australia ?

Q6 TV 2 - In the TV puppet series "The Muppets" what was the name of the drummer in the band ?

Q7 SPORT 2 - Which country`s cricket team won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - How is the year 2026 written in Roman numerals ?

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 07 Jan 2026] and before 03.00am Fri 09 Jan 2026.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 09 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 [Wed 07 Jan

2026] and before 03.00am on Fri 09 Jan 2026.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 09 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 Wed 07 Jan 2026

TallTrees — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:27:49 GMT

Glad you managed to get the quiz up on the forum @Mi-Amigo

Not tooooo bad 🤣

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:44:21 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees for your post.

It`s good to be able to get back on.

Pleased you think this WRQ is "not toooo bad" 😅

I`ve tried a couple of slightly different General Knowledge questions this time, which I hope everyone likes.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

jonsie — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:32:09 GMT

Rockin' it @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

TallTrees — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:13:49 GMT

Answers to some of the questions are in your PM BOX 📦 @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:30:21 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

love the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

pgn — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:40:11 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo 😁

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:49:45 GMT

Thank you @pgn

love the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Cleoriff — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:44:54 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:38:25 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

love the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:10:39 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - River de la Plata forms a border between Argentina and which other country ?

A1 Uruguay

Q2 TV 1 - The TV drama series "Heartbeat", screened 1992 - 2010, was set in which fictional village ?

A2 Aidensfield

Q3 SPORT 1 - FIFA World Cup Final in 2018 took place in which city ?

A3 Moscow

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What is the name given to the Jewish New Year ?

A4 Rosh Hashanah

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the longest river in Australia ?

A5 Murray

Q6 TV 2 - In the TV puppet series "The Muppets" what was the name of the drummer in the band ?

A6 Animal

Q7 SPORT 2 - Which country`s cricket team won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019 ?

A7 England

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - How is the year 2026 written in Roman numerals ?

A8 MMXXVI

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:18:24 GMT

THE RESULTS

@jonsie

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 MMXVI - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 correct Q2 Ashfordly - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 pass .

Q5 correct Q6 pas Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@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 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:21:13 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker = 7 correct - @jonsie

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @TallTrees

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

Well done

@jonsie - 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 Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

PEOPLE SCIENCE MUSIC ART

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

pgn — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:06:41 GMT

Nice to see the thinkers out in force, well done all!

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - a nice mix of handy questions and a head-scratcher or two, hopefully attracting another player or two soon

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

TallTrees — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:52:39 GMT

Well done everyone 😊

Great to have been able to join in and do quite well 😀

Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Cleoriff — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:56:21 GMT

Well done all. Thinkers abound 😂

Thanks @Mi-Amigo. Look forward to Monday's quiz.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:32:00 GMT

Thank you @pgn @TallTrees @Cleoriff

Well done on your awards.

I`ll try and keep the mix of questions in the coming WRQs in the hope more will take part.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

MI5 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:04:22 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

TallTrees — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:41:31 GMT

A good mix of questions at different levels of difficulty would be much more helpful. Thanks you @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jan 2026

jonsie — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:57:32 GMT

Well done everyone and thanks again @Mi-Amigo

Kicking myself for missing the X out of the Roman numeral when I knew that double X was 20

More haste less speed!