White Room Quiz Mon 08 Sept 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:

   HISTORY    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 [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 HISTORY 1 - What was the name of the volcano in US State of Washington which erupted in May 1980

                             - one of the greatest volcanic eruptions in North America ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Epistaxis is the medical term for which condition in humans ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - Hattie Jacques played the character Peggy Hawkins in which "Carry On" movie ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Who did Bjorn Borg beat in 1976 Wimbledon Mens Single final to win his first Wimbledon title ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who succeeded d`Estaing as French President following 1981 French election ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Ac is the chemical symbol for which element in Periodic Table ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1968 horror movie "Rosemary`s Baby" what was the surname of the character Rosemary

                             played by Mia Farrow ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Italy beat W Germany in 1982 FIFA Men`s World Cup final, which was held in which city ?

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 08 Sept 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 10 Sept 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 10 Sept 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 08 Sept

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 10 Sept 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 10 Sept 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 - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@Oxonian - Bronze 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 today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

   PLACES    WORDS     FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Quite interesting to note the low uptake this time, given the level of difficulty was very low for a change 🤔 

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

The 2nd-half of the week's quiz has more of a bite to it...

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all. 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 

well done on your awards

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, happy with that. Well done everyone else. 👍