White Room Quiz Mon 16 June 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    MOVIES    TV

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 lake entirely in US State of Maine ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Nh is the chemical symbol for which element in the Periodic Table ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In 1966 movie "Born Free" what is the name of the character played by Virginia McKenna ?

Q4 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Last of the Summer Wine" what is "Foggy" Dewhurst`s first name 

                  [first name of character not actor`s first name] ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Galdhopiggen is the highest peak in which European country ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Zygomatic bone in the human body is more commonly known as what ? 

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1954 movie "On The Waterfront" who played the character Johnny Friendly ?

Q8 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "Porridge" what is the first name of Fletcher`s wife [character`s first name

                   not first name of actress] ?

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 16 June 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 18 June 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 18 June 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 16 June

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 18 June 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 18 June 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 @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @Cleoriff @MI5 

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @jonsie @pgn 

Well done

@Cleoriff   - Bronze Thinker + star

@MI5         - 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

   PEOPLE    LITERATURE    FOOD & DRINK    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

I have no idea why I put Irene as Fletchers wife. Must have had a brain hiccup!!

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 🤗

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[jonsie]

Great quiz again @Mi-Amigo and well done to all

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie 

Well done on your awards.

btw Fletcher`s wife question was very difficult as she was only in one episode.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo ; well done all. 👍

[pgn]

Late back to this - well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo! And re Porridge, at 2:11 in this clip:

[jonsie]

Good find @pgn