White Room Quiz Mon 01 Dec 2025

[Mi-Amigo]

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:

   PLACES    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 @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 PLACES 1 - Castle Howard is in which English county ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Mother Shipton and blotched emerald are both what type of creature ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote the 1949 play "Death Of A Salesman" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Vietnamese cuisine, what is bun chu ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the 7 mile/ 11 km long barrier island in Venetian Lagoon, Northern Italy ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the collective noun for a group of owls ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - "Neither a borrower nor tender be" is a phrase in which Shakespeare play ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Portuguese cuisine, what is pasteis de bacalhau ?

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 01 Dec 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 03 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 03 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 01 Dec

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 03 Dec 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 03 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.

[TallTrees]

Answers in your PM box @Mi-Amigo 

We are all reasonably sober 😑

New to team is a Librarian a volunteer at our local library, all are volunteers at library, to keep it open 🤗  📚 📖 📙 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

I`m sure the team had a good time - even if "reasonably sober" 😂

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Baileys after brandy @TallTrees ? 😂

Good grief @Cleoriff 

We'd NEVER get home🤣

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However, nice and jolly for your friends @TallTrees 😂

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

Yes @Cleoriff 

Tesco have Bailey's for half price this week. So Bailey's it is!  In the coffee ☕️ should be very very tasty. 

[pgn]

Here's looking at you, @Mi-Amigo 🦉

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Yes @Cleoriff 

Tesco have Bailey's for half price this week. So Bailey's it is!  In the coffee ☕️ should be very very tasty. 

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Sounds delicious @TallTrees 🤣

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Castle Howard is in which English county ?

A1   North Yorkshire

Q2 NATURE 1 - Mother Shipton and blotched emerald are both what type of creature ?

A2   moth

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote the 1949 play "Death Of A Salesman" ?

A3   Arthur Miller

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Vietnamese cuisine, what is bun chu ?

A4   pork and noodles

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the 7 mile/ 11 km long barrier island in Venetian Lagoon, Northern Italy ?

A5    Lido

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the collective noun for a group of owls ?

A6   Parliament.

       One quizzer gave "stare" as answer, which is a less common term, so also accepted as correct.

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - "Neither a borrower nor tender be" is a phrase in which Shakespeare play ?

A7   Hamlet

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Portuguese cuisine, what is pasteis de bacalhau ?

 A8   cod fritters/fishcakes  

[Mi-Amigo]

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

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass            Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@pgn 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct               Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 stare - correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker