White Room Quiz Mon 10 Mar 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:

   GEOGRAPHY    LITERATURE    WORDS     MOVIES

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 @BobM @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Nevado del Ruz, stratovolcano which erupted in 1985, is in which country ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Shaespeare`s play "Macbeth", who became King of Scotland after death of Macbeth ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - "aggerawator", mentioned in 1860 dictionary, referred to what body part ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1968 movie "The Lion In Winter", who played the character Richard I ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Gangkhar Puensum, world`s highest unclimbed mountain, is in which country ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - "Tall, Dark and Gruesome", first published in 1998 is the autobiography of which actor ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - "claggum", mentioned in 1860 dictionary, referred to what foodstuff ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2008 movie "The Incredible Hulk", who played the character Bruce Banner ?

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 10 Mar 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 12 Mar 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 12 Mar 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 10 Mar

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 12 Mar 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 12 Mar 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 

Answers in your inbox 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

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[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Nevado del Ruz, stratovolcano which erupted in 1985, is in which country ?

A1   Colombia

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Shaespeare`s play "Macbeth", who became King of Scotland after death of Macbeth ?

A2   Malcolm

Q3 WORDS 1 - "aggerawator", mentioned in 1860 dictionary, referred to what body part ?

A3   hair

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1968 movie "The Lion In Winter", who played the character Richard I ?

A4   Anthony Hopkins

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Gangkhar Puensum, world`s highest unclimbed mountain, is in which country ?

A5   Bhutan

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - "Tall, Dark and Gruesome", first published in 1998 is the autobiography of which actor ?

A6   Christopher Lee

Q7 WORDS 2 - "claggum", mentioned in 1860 dictionary, referred to what foodstuff ?

A7    treacle toffee

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2008 movie "The Incredible Hulk", who played the character Bruce Banner ?

A8    Edward Norton

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 bum - incorrect  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 flour - incorrect  Q8 Eric Bana - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 pass .

Q5 pass           Q6 pass           Q7 correct   Q8 pass .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct                         Q2 correct   Q3 correct              Q4 correct  .

Q5 Afghanistan - incorrect  Q6 correct   Q7 curry - incorrect  Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@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

@pgn 

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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct   Q2 pass          Q3 nose - incorrect  Q4 pass .

Q5 correct   Q6 correct   Q7 fruit - incorrect  Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[pgn]

Well done all, thinkers all-round! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - a challenging quiz and no doubt!

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @TallTrees  @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees  - Red 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 with today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on these categories

  HISTORY    NATURE    TV    SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[Cleoriff]

Well done all. Thanks @Mi-Amigo x

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[TallTrees]

Thank you for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Very good all Thinkers for everyone 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

I`m impressed that everyone got a Thinker as some questions were not easy.