White Room Quiz Mon 22 Sept 2025

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-09-2025

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 PLACES SCIENCE 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 HISTORY 1 - Which Danish explorer led the first expedition to land in Alaska in 1741 ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Hurst Castle, built by Henry VIII, is in which English county ?

Q3 SCIENCE 1 - Where in the human body are the ceruminous glands ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the main ingredient of Swedish svampsoppa soup ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of USAAF B29 superfortress which dropped the atomic bomb on

Nagasaki on 9 Aug 1945 ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Beggar`s Bridge, dating from 1619, in Glaisdale, N Yorks, crosses which river ?

Q7 SCIENCE 2 - What does a crescograph measure ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which meat is used in Portuguese presunto ?

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 22 Sept 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 24 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 24 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 22 Sept

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 24 Sept 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 24 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.