White Room Quiz Mon 22 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:

   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.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - Which Danish explorer led the first expedition to land in Alaska in 1741 ?

A1   Bering

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

A2   Hampshire

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

A3   ear

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

A4   mushrooms

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

                             Nagasaki on 9 Aug 1945 ?

A5   Bockscar

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

A6   River Esk

Q7 SCIENCE 2 - What does a crescograph measure ?

A7   plant growth

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

A8    pork

[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

@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 tomatoes - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 trees - incorrect   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 pass   Q2 correct                  Q3 correct                    Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass   Q6 Hudson - incorrect   Q7 sunshine - incorrect   Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                  = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red 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    WORDS     MOVIES     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

Thinkers all round. Great stuff. Thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[jonsie]

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Oxonian]

I am happy with that @Mi-Amigo. Thank you for organsing and well done to everyone else. 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie @Oxonian 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards