White Room Quiz Mon 15 Dec 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   SCIENCE   LITERATURE   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 @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 deepest lake in the world, with depth of 1642m/5387ft ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Which element in the Periodic Table has the atomic number 9 ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In Agatha Christie`s novel "4.50 From Paddington" what is the name of Miss Marple`s

                                  friend who tells her she had seen a man in a passing train strangle a woman ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Swedish cuisine, what is artsoppa ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the highest peak in Ukraine ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Auriscope is used to examine which part of the human body ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In Jane Austen`s novel "Pride and Prejudice" what is Mr Darcy`s first name ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which meat is used in German schweinshaxe ?

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 15 Dec 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 17 Dec 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 17 Dec 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 15 Dec

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 17 Dec 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 17 Dec 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 @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Great to see you all got a Silver Thinker

@pgn wrote

    probably means a killer set of questions today 

I think @TallTrees might agree but I wish everyone good luck with today`s [Wed] WRQ