White Room Quiz - Gold Thinker ed - Wed 06 Aug 2025

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ is a Gold Thinker edition of 10 questions, with 2 questions on each of these categories:

   PEOPLE    NATURE   TV   FOOD & DRINK   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 @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 TEN QUESTIONS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What was the first name of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert`s youngest child, born in 1857 ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of fish is a wobbegong ?

Q3 TV 1 - In US sit-com "The Big Bang Theory" what is Howard`s middle name ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Czech cuisine what is ovocne knedliky ?

Q5 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Pre-Euro, Lativa latu currency consisted of 100 ... what ?

Q6 PEOPLE 2 - What is Whoopie Goldberg`s real first name ?

Q7 NATURE 2 - Embarrassment is the collective noun for a group of which animals ?

Q8 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "Dad`s Army" what is the first name of Captn Mainwaring`s wife ?

Q9 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Polish cuisine barszcz czerwony soup is made with which vegetable ?

Q10 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - HR is the International Vehicle Registration code of which country ?

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 06 Aug 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 08 Aug 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 08 Aug 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 06 Aug

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 08 Aug 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 08 Aug 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.

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

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[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

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[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What was the first name of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert`s youngest child, born in 1857 ?

A1   Beatrice

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of fish is a wobbegong ?

A2   shark

Q3 TV 1 - In US sit-com "The Big Bang Theory" what is Howard`s middle name ?

A3   Joel

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Czech cuisine what is ovocne knedliky ?

A4   fruit dumplings

Q5 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Pre-Euro, Lativa latu currency consisted of 100 ... what ?

A5   santimi

Q6 PEOPLE 2 - What is Whoopie Goldberg`s real first name ?

A6   Caryn

Q7 NATURE 2 - Embarrassment is the collective noun for a group of which animals ?

A7    pandas

Q8 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "Dad`s Army" what is the first name of Captn Mainwaring`s wife ?

A8    Elizabeth

Q9 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Polish cuisine barszcz czerwony soup is made with which vegetable ?

A9    beetroot

Q10 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - HR is the International Vehicle Registration code of which country ?

A10    Croatia

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct    Q2 reef fish - incorrect   Q3 Clive - incorrect   Q4 cake - incorrect   Q5 latviski - incorrect .

Q6 Clara - incorrect   Q7 correct          Q8 Elsie - incorrect   Q9 correct              Q10 Slovakia - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct    Q5   correct  .

Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct    Q9 correct    Q10 correct  .

plus for 10 correct answers also awarded  

Gold Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct    Q5   lati - incorrect .

Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct    Q9 correct    Q10 correct  .

plus for 9 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 sea fish - incorrect                   Q3 correct    Q4 bread - incorrect       Q5  correct   .

Q6 Caroline Johnson - incorrect   Q7 correct    Q8 correct    Q9 parsnips - incorrect   Q10 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    Q9 correct    Q10 correct  .

plus for 10 correct answers also awarded  

Gold Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct    Q5   correct  .

Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct    Q9 correct    Q10 correct  .

plus for 10 correct answers also awarded  

Gold Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 James - incorrect   Q2 correct    Q3 David - incorrect    Q4 correct              Q5   korona - incorrect .

Q6 correct                Q7 correct    Q8 Barbra - incorrect   Q9 leeks - incorrect   Q10 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Gold Thinker                                 = 10 correct - @Cleoriff @pgn @MI5 

Silver Thinker + star                      =   9 correct - @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker                             =   6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                        =   5 correct - @Dave-O2  

3 stars                                            =   3 correct - @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Silver Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars .

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

   HISTORY    PLACES     WORDS    ART .

[pgn]

Great to see the Gold Thinker back, if only briefly 👍🏼 Well done all, and thanks for running this week's specials, @Mi-Amigo.

[TallTrees]

Thank you for the results and quiz @Mi-Amigo 

I was very interested in the wobbegong. I do enjoy reading about different animals etc. Haven't come across this wonderful creature question no. 2 The carpet shark

I found a spotted one ..

Love it 😀 

Well done all.  Bye for now TallTrees 😊

P. S.   I did find Nemo !!   😂

 

[Cleoriff]

I really enjoyed that quiz @Mi-Amigo. As @pgn said, it was great to have the Gold Edition back. 

Special thanks to you for the really hard job of sorting out the 'Special Edition' questions. Well done to the rest of the quizzers. xx

[MI5]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

PS @TallTrees 

Great pictures xx