White Room Quiz Mon 11 Aug 2025

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-08-2025

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 PLACES WORDS ART

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 - The name of the House of the British Royal Family changed from the House of Saxe-Coburg

to the House of Windsor during the reign of which British monarch ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Daw`s Castle, founded by King Alfred, is in which English county ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - Butterboxes, mentioned in 1736 dictionary, was the slang for people from which country ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which animal is featured in Landseer`s "A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society" painted

in 1831 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The Battle of Herrings, fought in 1429, took place during which war ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the capital city of the US State of Montana ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - Chrometophobia is the fear of what ?

Q8 ART 2 - Charles Burton Barber`s "A Family of Pugs", commissioned by Queen Voctoria and painted in

1877, features how many pugs ?

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 11 Aug 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 13 Aug 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 13 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 [Mon 11 Aug

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 13 Aug 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 13 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.