White Room Quiz Mon 13 Oct 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    MUSIC     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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the largest lagoon in South America, measuring 174 miles long ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Charles Dickens` novel "Nicholas Nickleby" what is the first name of Nicholas Nickleby`s

                                  grandfather ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In Gilbert and Sullivan`s opera "Princess Ida", what is the name of Princess Ida`s father ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - In 1974 FIFA World Cup Final, West Germany beat The Netherlands. What was the score ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the longest river entirely in Finland ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Beatrix Potter`s "The Tailor of Gloucester" what was the name of the cat ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the group which released "Knock Three Times" which reached No 1

                          in UK Singles Chart in May 1971 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Which English County cricket team won the last Benson & Hedges Cup in 2002 ?

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 13 Oct 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 15 Oct 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 15 Oct 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 13 Oct

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 15 Oct 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 15 Oct 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.

[Cleoriff]

06.00am you posted this @Mi-Amigo. Must be a real early bird! 😂

Thanks anyway. x

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

06.00am you posted this @Mi-Amigo. Must be a real early bird! 😂

Thanks anyway. x

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Thanks @Cleoriff 

[TallTrees]

Answers! 

I may have 1 so far 😂

@Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Answers! 

I may have 1 so far 😂

@Mi-Amigo 

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Thanks @TallTrees 

You did well in recent WRQ, so hope guesses may pay off and of course you can ask your tea-time team 😀 .

[TallTrees]

Yes will need to throw a quiz tea party 🥳 

I remember the song .. never worry who sings them. The names of grandfather, father and cat!  The cat I may guess as I did have a small collection of Beatrix Potter's Characters one was a cat! Hard to remember though. Will try with extra brains at teatime you never know @Mi-Amigo 😂

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

06.00am you posted this @Mi-Amigo. Must be a real early bird! 😂

Thanks anyway. x

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Thanks @Cleoriff 

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Yes, just as imagined @Mi-Amigo 😂🤣

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

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pm with your answers received