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.

[TallTrees]

The 🍵 teatime team answers are in your PM 📦 @Mi-Amigo 

Hope I could remember the ⛳️ 🏌️‍⛳️ 🏌️‍

Ok.  

 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What is designer Stella McCartney`s middle name ?

A1    Nina

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

A2    lactose

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

                         become World Heavyweight Champion ?

A3    Joe Frazier

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

A4    Lincoln Memorial

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

A5    Patti

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

A6     neon

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

A7     double bogey - 2 strokes over par

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

A8      20  

[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

@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

@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 pass  Q2 correct    Q3 pass            Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass  Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

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

   GEOGRAPHY    WORDS     TV     ART

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

A good set of results from a small group today - well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

PS. The acid is "lactic acid", not lactose (which is a sugar commonly found in milk) in Q2 - they sound similar but are quite different.

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone and thanks as always to @Mi-Amigo x

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[TallTrees]

Thank you very much for the quiz and results @Mi-Amigo 

Better than expected.. well done golfer and teatime team 😋

Good results all round 

[jonsie]

Thanks for organising the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done peeps!