White Room Quiz Wed 01 Oct 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:

   SCIENCE    LITERATURE    MUSIC     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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday 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 SCIENCE 1 - Pt is the chemical symbol for which element in the Periodic Table ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote "The Handmaid`s Tale", first published in 1985 ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which group recorded "Billy Don`t Be A Hero" which reached No 1 in UK Singles Chart in 1974?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is type of food is Brazilian feijoada ? 

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Horripilation is the medical term for which condition ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s Stone", what is the name of Hagrid`s

                                   three-headed dog ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What type of musical instrument is a Chinese banhu ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which type of food is Japanese yakitori ?

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 [Wed 01 Oct 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 03 Oct 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 03 Oct 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 [Wed 01 Oct

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 03 Oct 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 03 Oct 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]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@Oxonian - Bronze 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 Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

   HISTORY     MOVIES     ART     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

[Cleoriff]

Thinkers all round. Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

[pgn]

A small yet select group of quiz buffs this time, but good thinker ratio - well done all, thanks @Mi-Amigo as well for a less awkward quiz this end of the week!

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @pgn @MI5 

Well done on your awards.

As @pgn said, a smaller number of quizzers and a "less awkward" quiz this time.

I hope everyone likes at least some of the categories of questions in Monday`s WRQ. 

[jonsie]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo for some easier questions than Monday😊

Or it may just have been the usual Monday morning feeling!🤔

Well done peeps

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

Pleased you found some of the questions easier than Monday` WRQ.

Well done on your award

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, good quiz and happy with the outcome. 😀

Well done everyone else. 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

Well done on your award.