White Room Quiz Mon 18 Aug 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    MOVIES    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 PEOPLE 1 - Who is 3rd in line in order of succession to throne of British monarch King Charles III ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of tree is a banyan ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In 1982 comedy movie "Tootsie" what was the first name and surname of the male character

                             [played by Dustin Hoffman] who disguises himself as a woman named Dorothy ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which fruit is used to make a traditional bellini cocktail ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the real first name of magician Paul Daniels ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Cria is the term for the young of which mammals ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1945 British movie "Brief Encounters" what was the first name and surname of the

                            character played by Celia Johnson ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Swedish cuisine what type of dessert is rabarberpaj ?

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 18 Aug 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 20 Aug 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 20 Aug 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 18 Aug

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 20 Aug 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 20 Aug 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.

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

I've sent across my answers 😎

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - Who is 3rd in line in order of succession to throne of British monarch King Charles III ?

A1   Princess Charlotte

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of tree is a banyan ?

A2   fig tree

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In 1982 comedy movie "Tootsie" what was the first name and surname of the male character

                             [played by Dustin Hoffman] who disguises himself as a woman named Dorothy ?

A3   Michael Dorsey

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which fruit is used to make a traditional bellini cocktail ?

A4    peach

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the real first name of magician Paul Daniels ?

A5   Newton

Q6 NATURE 2 - Cria is the term for the young of which mammals ?

A6   llamas; alcapas

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1945 British movie "Brief Encounters" what was the first name and surname of the

                            character played by Celia Johnson ?

A7   Laura Jesson

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Swedish cuisine what type of dessert is rabarberpaj ?

A8   rhubarb crumble

[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

@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

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 pass  Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass            Q6 correct    Q7 pass  Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red 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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct                   Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 Edward - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 tomato - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 soup - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 Prince Harry - incorrect   Q2 correct                    Q3 pass   Q4 lemons - incorrect .

Q5 Edward - incorrect           Q6 dolphins - incorrect   Q7 pass   Q8 correct  .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @Oxonian 

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                        = 5 correct - @TallTrees 

2 stars                                            = 2 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker + star 

@gmarkj   - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2 - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars .

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    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Another good one, thanks, @Mi-Amigo!, and well done all!

This little ditty helped with Q8, from the German "Rhabarba", with translation:

Enjoy the rap 😂