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.

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@TallTrees - Bronze Thinker + star

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

   HISTORY    SCIENCE     MOVIES     SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Good quiz, well done all. I settled on "stare" as I thought rooks were collectively known as "a parliament" 🧑‍⚖️ Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Good high scoring quiz.

[TallTrees]

Hi @Mi-Amigo 

Very pleased with result.  

Just couldn't get Q5. ... not enough Brandy obviously 🙄 

Well done all and @pgn for "stare"

👋 

[Cleoriff]

Well done all. Thanks @Mi-Amigo x

[Cleoriff]

@pgn 

Interesting these collective nouns for birds. I didn't know there were so many for one type of bird!

Bird Spot says:

rooks – a building of rooks
rooks – a clamour of rooks
rooks – a parliament of rooks

owls – a parliament of owls
owls – a stare of owls
owls – a study of owls
owls – a wisdom of owls

https://www.birdspot.co.uk/culture/collective-nouns-for-birds 

[TallTrees]

Thanks for the list @Cleoriff 

 I thought a Parliament of Rooks too. Wasn't sure though.  Confusing that there's a few for each.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @TallTrees 

Well done on your awards

and thank you @Cleoriff for list of some collective terms for birds.

[Cleoriff]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Thanks for the list @Cleoriff 

 I thought a Parliament of Rooks too. Wasn't sure though.  Confusing that there's a few for each.

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It IS confusing I agree. Some birds only have one collective noun. I had no idea owls had 4!
I also thought Rooks were a Parliament.

Fascinating stuff. 😂

BTW, Crows have 7 nouns they can be called. One of which is also a Parliament!

[jonsie]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all