White Room Quiz Mon 20 Oct 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:

   HISTORY   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 HISTORY 1 - The Boston Tea Party, when American colonists dumped chests of tea into Boston harbour,

                              took place in which year ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Hamamelis is more commonly known as which plant ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - The expression "salad days" is mentioned in which Shakespeare play ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - Complete the title of the single by The Foundations which reached No 2 in UK Singles Chart

                          in Nov 1968 - "Build Me Up ----------" ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 led to King James II being replaced by which monarchs ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Which bird is known as the "butcher bird" due to impaling its prey on thorns ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - What was the title of the last play written solely by William Shakespeare in 1610-11 ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of the only Meatloaf single to reach No 1 in UK Singles Chart - in 1993?

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 20 Oct 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 22 Oct 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 22 Oct 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 20 Oct

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 22 Oct 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 22 Oct 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]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo >—

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

love the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - The Boston Tea Party, when American colonists dumped chests of tea into Boston harbour,

                              took place in which year ?

A1   1733

Q2 NATURE 1 - Hamamelis is more commonly known as which plant ?

A2   witch hazel

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - The expression "salad days" is mentioned in which Shakespeare play ?

A3   Antony and Cleopatra

Q4 MUSIC 1 - Complete the title of the single by The Foundations which reached No 2 in UK Singles Chart

                          in Nov 1968 - "Build Me Up ----------" ?

A4   Buttercup

Q5 HISTORY 2 - The "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 led to King James II being replaced by which monarchs ?

A5   William III and Mary II

Q6 NATURE 2 - Which bird is known as the "butcher bird" due to impaling its prey on thorns ?

A6   shrike

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - What was the title of the last play written solely by William Shakespeare in 1610-11 ?

A7   The Tempest

Q8 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of the only Meatloaf single to reach No 1 in UK Singles Chart - in 1993?

A8   I`d Do Anything For Love

[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

@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

@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

@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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

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

Everyone taking part was awarded a Silver 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

   PLACES    MOVIES    TV    SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Good show! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼