White Room Quiz Mon 15 Sept 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:

   PEOPLE    NATURE     LITERATURE    MUSIC

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 PEOPLE 1 - What is Reese Witherspoon`s real first name ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the name of the world`s largest single flower, native to Indonesia, and measuring

                            3ft across ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of Arthur Conan Doyle`s first novel to feature Sherlock Holmes,

                                   first published in 1887 ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - Chalumeau was the fore-runner of which musical instrument ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the first name of Kate Winslett`s third child, born in 2013 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of creature is a pink prowler ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In Beatrix Potter`s "The Tale Of Mr Jeremy Fisher" what is the name of the newt ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - "Don`t know much about history. Don`t know much biology" are lyrics in which song by

                           Sam Cooke, which reached No 27 in UK Singles Chart in July 1960 ?

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 Sept 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 17 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept

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

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 17 Sept 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.

[jonsie]

Crawling to you @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

Don't know any 😭

@Mi-Amigo 

That big flower 🌼 🌸 is interesting 

3ft across that would fill the dining table in a vase 🤣  no room to eat.

Never heard of the musical instrument..not by that name anyway. 

The pink prowler ..  I could guess that one.

I'll have to wait till the Wednesday quiz 😩 

[Oxonian]

My entry should be in your inbox @Mi-Amigo ; thank you. 👍

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees for your post

Sorry you won`t be taking part this time but hope you`ll like Wed WRQ questions

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What is Reese Witherspoon`s real first name ?

A1   Laura

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the name of the world`s largest single flower, native to Indonesia, and measuring

                            3ft across ?

A2   Rafflesia

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of Arthur Conan Doyle`s first novel to feature Sherlock Holmes,

                                   first published in 1887 ?

A3   A Study In Scarlet

Q4 MUSIC 1 - Chalumeau was the fore-runner of which musical instrument ?

A4   clarinet

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the first name of Kate Winslett`s third child, born in 2013 ?

A5   Bear

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of creature is a pink prowler ?

A6    spider

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In Beatrix Potter`s "The Tale Of Mr Jeremy Fisher" what is the name of the newt ?

A7   Sir Isaac Newton

Q8 MUSIC 2 - "Don`t know much about history. Don`t know much biology" are lyrics in which song by

                           Sam Cooke, which reached No 27 in UK Singles Chart in July 1960 ?

A8   What A Wonderful World

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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 pass            Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 pass            Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct                 Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 Tertius - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker