White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 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   LITERATURE   TV    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 @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 HISTORY 1 - The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 took place in which Canadian territory ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Which Shakespeare play takes place in the "Forest of Eden" ?

Q3 TV 1 - In BBC 1 children`s TV programme "The Clangers" first screened 1969-974, the Clangers eat green

                  soup and what kind of pudding ? 

Q4 FOOD * DRINK 1 - What does the French dessert "ile flottante" consist of ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who led the Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Jane Austen`s novel "Sense & Sensibility" what is the first name of

                                   Marianne Dashwood`s sister ?

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit com "The Inbetweeners" what is the first name of character Will McKenzie`s

                   mother [character`s first name not first name of actress] ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - The Dutch dish "kip met kerrisaus" consists of which meat ?

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 12 May 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 14 May 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 14 May 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 12 May

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 14 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 14 May 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]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Answers in your inbox 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 took place in which Canadian territory ?

A1    Yukon

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Which Shakespeare play takes place in the "Forest of Eden" ?

A2    As You Like It

Q3 TV 1 - In BBC 1 children`s TV programme "The Clangers" first screened 1969-974, the Clangers eat green

                  soup and what kind of pudding ? 

A3    blue string pudding

Q4 FOOD * DRINK 1 - What does the French dessert "ile flottante" consist of ?

A4    meringue floating in custard

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who led the Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 ?

A5   Franco

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Jane Austen`s novel "Sense & Sensibility" what is the first name of

                                   Marianne Dashwood`s sister ?

A6   Elinor

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit com "The Inbetweeners" what is the first name of character Will McKenzie`s

                   mother [character`s first name not first name of actress] ?

A7   Polly

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - The Dutch dish "kip met kerrisaus" consists of which meat ?

A8    chicken

[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

@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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 rice - in correct .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 pork - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct    Q2 Midsummer Nights Dream - incorrect   Q3 pass  Q4 pass .

Q5 pass            Q6 pass                                                          Q7 pass   Q8 correct  .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct                     Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 mousse - incorrect .

Q5 TheresaV - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 lamb - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct    Q2 Macbeth - incorrect  Q3 rice - correct   Q4 egg - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 Paula - incorrect        Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                        = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                  = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

2 stars                                            = 2 correct - @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

@TallTrees  - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars.

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 two questions on these categories

  GEOGRAPHY    NATURE     MUSIC    MOVIES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

All Thinkers so far this week - well done all! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

[TallTrees]

Good morning @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the 2 🌟 

Should have remembered 1 or 2 more.

Meringue floating in custard 🍮 not my sort of thing!  

Happiness is 2 🌟 🤩 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.