White Room Quiz Wed 04 June 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:

   GEOGRAPHY    LITERATURE     MOVIES     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 [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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the highest peak in Finland ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Ferdinand, King of Navarre, is the main character in which Shakespeare play ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In the 1987 movie "Dirty Dancing" what is the surname of the character played by Patrick

                             Swayze ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What is the name of Russian coin which is equivalent to 100th of a rouble ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the largest lake in US State of Illinois ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Jane Fairfax and vicar named Elton feature in which Jane Austen novel ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In the 2007 movie "The Brave One" what is the surname of the character played by

                             Jodie Foster ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - EAK is the international vehicle registration for which country ?

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 04 June 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 06 June 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 06 June 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 04 June

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 06 June 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 06 June 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 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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass            Q2 The Tempest - incorrect   Q3 correct    Q4 pass .

Q5 correct    Q6 Elton - incorrect               Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 pass            Q7 correct    Q8 Zimbabwe - incorrect .

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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                  = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

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

on each of these categories

   PEOPLE    NATURE    ART     FOOD & DRINK

[pgn]

Thinkers abound - despite that one having some trickier questions in! Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone and thanks again @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Well done on your awards, as there were a couple of tricky questions this time.

[jonsie]

good quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone!

[Oxonian]

Very happy with that outcome @Mi-Amigo ; thank you ! 

Well done all. 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie @Oxonian 

Well done on your awards.