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.

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@pgn        - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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 2 questions

on each of these categories

   GEOGRAPHY   TV    ART     SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Tricky! Names, y'see... Glad with my score for all that, and well done all. Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 😎

[Cleoriff]

The flower question was interesting @Mi-Amigo. (as I'm sure you know). It was on a nature programme some time ago and has a different name. As it smells absolutely foul, it's otherwise known as the Corpse Flower. Lovely aroma of rotting flesh!!😂🤢

Well done all. xx

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[jonsie]

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie 

Well done on your scores and thanks @Cleoriff for additional info on plant.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone. 👍