White Room Quiz Gold Thinker ed Wed 27 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:

   HISTORY   PLACES   SCIENCE    MOVIES    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 TEN QUESTIONS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - What was the name of Horatio Nelson`s flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Clun Bridge, dating from 1450, crosses the River Clun in which English county ?

Q3 SCIENCE 1 - What does a konimeter measure ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1964 movie "Dr Strangelove" what is the first and surname of the US President character

                            played by Peter Sellers ?

Q5 SPORT 1 - Who did Jack Dempsey knock out in July 1919 to become World Heavyweight Boxing

                          Champion ?

Q6 HISTORY 2 - Who succeeded Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister following General Election

                              in July 1945 ?

Q7 PLACES 2 - What is the capital city of Central African Republic ?

Q8 SCIENCE 2 - Pantothenic acid is the scientific term for which vitamin ?

Q9 MOVIES 2 - In 1963 movie "The Great Escape" who played the character Flight Lieut Danny Welinski,

                            Polish RAF officer ?

Q10 SPORT 2 - Which English County Cricket team won the first English County Cricket Championship

                             in 1890 ?

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 27 Aug 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 29 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 29 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 27 Aug

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 29 Aug 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 29 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Silver Thinker                                =   8 correct - @Oxonian 

Bronze Thinker + star                   =   7 correct - @TallTrees 

Bronze Thinker                             =   6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                   =   4 correct - @Dave-O2  

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

Well done

@Oxonian - Silver Thinker

@TallTrees - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj   - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2  - 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    LITERATURE    TV     FOOD & DRINK

[Cleoriff]

Thinkers all round, Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

[TallTrees]

Hi there @Mi-Amigo 

I have my trophy 🏆 yes !😅 Well "our" teatime 🏆  

Bronze though 🙄

Funny I had just viewed The Great Escape at Lunchtime break 😄  didn't watch through 🙃 

No one could recall names of person in Q4 or Q5 not surprising 🙄 so passed.

A nurse on team and thankfully a cricket fan (old 😀) !! Still with a memory..😂

Think we confused Q7 with the Congo.

Not bad for teatime team.

Thank you for the quiz and results.

Well done everyone 

Bye TallTrees 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋

[pgn]

Well done all! Good quiz, even if a couple of the answers needed much contemplation. Not Bangui, having visited it briefly many years back, the capital of la République centrafricaine (RCA), pidgin French most helpful. Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - thank you.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @TallTrees @pgn 

Well done on your awards.

@TallTrees good to see your tea-time team played a part with your answers - nothing wrong in that - and you [and anyone else] is welcome to ask relatives and/or friends as long as no-one looks up the answers or searches on line 😀 👍 .

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

A tough week for the brain cells this week

[gmarkj]

Happy with that.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @gmarkj 

Well done on your awards

[jonsie]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for a good mix of questions

Well done peeps!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

Well done on your award