White Room Quiz Mon 24 Nov 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   SCIENCE    SPORT    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 - What is designer Stella McCartney`s middle name ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Which acid is produced in muscles during vigorous exercise ?

Q3 SPORT 1 - In boxing, who knocked out Jimmy Ellis at Madison Square Gardens on 16 Feb 1970 to

                         become World Heavyweight Champion ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Which memorial is featured on reverse of US $5 dollar bill /bank note ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the first name of Rolling Stone Keith Richards wife, who married in 1983 ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Which element in the Periodic Table has atomic number 10 ?

Q7 SPORT 2 - In golf, what is a buzzard ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - How many sides does a icosagon have ?

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 24 Nov 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 26 Nov 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 26 Nov 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 24 Nov

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 26 Nov 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 26 Nov 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.

[Cleoriff]

God I hate golf @Mi-Amigo 😂

[TallTrees]

Good morning @Mi-Amigo 

Names .. no one at teatime will know those names 😂 first names would be a struggle!

Looks like some guesses and hardly any known, this time.  My neighbour is a golfer quite good,  apparently 🤔

What is it with all these Birdie names for golf? 🐦 🐦‍🦜 🦚 🪶 🦢 😅

Teatime will be very thoughtful 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees and @Cleoriff for your comments.

With @Cleoriff hating golf and @TallTrees neighbour being a golfer but the tea-time team not knowing the celebs first names, the results might be quite interesting - especially if guesses [rather than passes] pay off

Good luck

With regards to why golf terms are based on birds, the US Golf Association website offers this explanation

The term 'birdie' originated in the United States in 1899. H.B. Martin's "Fifty Years of American Golf" contains an account of a foursomes match played at the Atlantic City (N.J.) CC. One of the players, Ab Smith relates: "my ball... came to rest within six inches of the cup. I said 'That was a bird of a shot... I suggest that when one of us plays a hole in one under par he receives double compensation.' The other two agreed and we began right away, just as soon as the next one came, to call it a 'birdie.' In 19th-century American slang, 'bird' refereed to anyone or anything excellent or wonderful.

By analogy with 'birdie,' the term 'eagle' soon thereafter became common to refer to a score one better than a 'bird.' Also by analogy, the term 'albatross' became common to refer to a double eagle.

[TallTrees]

That is very kind of you @Mi-Amigo to give me the understanding of the birdie in golf very much appreciated.  I wonder will my neighbour know that? Bet he doesn't 😂

I'll ask him he plays golf every Saturday morning.

Absolutely brilliant!  

Of course I'll need to memorise the information 🙄  could be a bit difficult but I can fluff through 🤣

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo ⛳

Now that's a BUZZARD !! 🤣🤣

[pgn]

@Mi-Amigo  Fore! 😁

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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Thank you @pgn 

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

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[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

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