White Room Quiz Wed 11 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:

   HISTORY    WORDS    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 [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 HISTORY 1 - In which month and year did Apollo 11 lunar module land on the Moon ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Amaxophobia is the fear of what ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which female singer released "Not Such An Innocent Girl" which reached No 6 in UK Singles

                         Chart in Sept 2001 ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - In which country was FIFA Womens World Cup held in 2015 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In Roman mythology who was the Roman god of doors and gates ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "dunaker", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to a person who stole what ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the Russian composer who wrote "Prince Igor" in 1890 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Who won the World Snooker Championship title in 2017 ?

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 11 June 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 013 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 13 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 11 June

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 13 June 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 13 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 ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In which month and year did Apollo 11 lunar module land on the Moon ?

A1   July 1969

Q2 WORDS 1 - Amaxophobia is the fear of what ?

A2  driving or riding in a vehicle

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which female singer released "Not Such An Innocent Girl" which reached No 6 in UK Singles

                         Chart in Sept 2001 ?

A3  Victoria Beckham

Q4 SPORT 1 - In which country was FIFA Womens World Cup held in 2015 ?

A4   Canada

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In Roman mythology who was the Roman god of doors and gates ?

A5    Janus

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "dunaker", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to a person who stole what ?

A6    cows, calves, cattle

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the Russian composer who wrote "Prince Igor" in 1890 ?

A7    Borodin. Finished by Rimsky Korsikov, so I`ll also allow Korsikov as correct answer

Q8 SPORT 2 - Who won the World Snooker Championship title in 2017 ?

A8    Mark Selby

[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

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass            Q2 correct               Q3 correct                  Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 bread - incorrect   Q7 LukasB - incorrect   Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 pass   Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass            Q6 pass   Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct                                    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 Ikickabollockov - incorrect 😂   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct    Q2 water - incorrect     Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass            Q6 wallets - incorrect   Q7 pass             Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Oxonian @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2 - 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

   GEOGRAPHY    SCIENCE     MOVIES    TV .

[pgn]

All Thinkers again, brilliant work all! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Well done on your awards.

[jonsie]

Well done all

Thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

[Oxonian]

I suppose @Mi-Amigo that I must be satisfied with that ; three passes is never going to lead to a high score. 

Thank you for organising as usual and well done to everyone else. 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie for your kind comment.

Well done on your award.

Thank you @Oxonian 

At least you got a Thinker, so well done.