White Room Quiz Mon 12 May 2025

Mi-Amigo · ‎12-05-2025

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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.