White Room Quiz Mon 28 April 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     MUSIC     SPORT

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 @BobM @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 - Sir Robert Walpole, First Lord of Treasury 1721-1742, was leader of which political party ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - The quokka is what type of animal ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In the lyrics of The Kinks song "Waterloo Sunset",

                          who "meets Julie. Waterloo Station. Every Friday night" ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - In cycling, the Tour Down Under is held in which Australian state/territory ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the codename for the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the name of the lizard, often referred to as the Jesus Christ lizard because it can

                             run on water ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Who recorded "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo", which reached No 4 in UK Singles Chart

                          in 1971 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Australian F1 Grand Prix is held in which city ?

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 28 April 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 30 April 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 30 April 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 28 April

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 30 April 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 30 April 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 - Sir Robert Walpole, First Lord of Treasury 1721-1742, was leader of which political party ?

A1    Whigs

Q2 NATURE 1 - The quokka is what type of animal ?

A2   marsupial

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In the lyrics of The Kinks song "Waterloo Sunset",

                          who "meets Julie. Waterloo Station. Every Friday night" ?

A3   Terry

Q4 SPORT 1 - In cycling, the Tour Down Under is held in which Australian state/territory ?

A4   South Australia

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the codename for the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 ?

A5    Operation Dynamo

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the name of the lizard, often referred to as the Jesus Christ lizard because it can

                             run on water ?

A6   Basilisk lizard

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Who recorded "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo", which reached No 4 in UK Singles Chart

                          in 1971 ?

A7   Lobo

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Australian F1 Grand Prix is held in which city ?

A8   Melbourne

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 Conservative - incorrect  Q2 correct   Q3 correct                          Q4 New South Wales - incorrect .

Q5 correct                           Q6 correct   Q7 David Bowie - incorrect  Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@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

@BobM 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 pass           Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct   Q2 koala - incorrect  Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 pass                      Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @BobM 

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                        = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - 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 two questions on these categories

  GEOGRAPHY    LITERATURE     TV     FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Well done on the all-thinker result, all! Thanks @Mi-Amigo - nice quiz!

[BobM]

Good results, well done everyone.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo x

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards - another one with everyone a Thinker 😀

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, good well-balanced quiz. 👍

Well done all. 😀  

[jonsie]

Nice quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[gmarkj]

Not shocked but happy with the score.

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo