White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 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   NATURE    MUSIC    MOVIES

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 @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the highest mountain in Germany ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the common name of the only poisonous primate - with Indonesian name meaning

                            "shy one" ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - The "Anvil Chorus" features in which 1853 Verdi opera ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1955 movie "East Of Eden" what is the first name of character played by James Dean ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the second largest lake in New Zealand ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the name of the only species of seal which stays in Antarctica for the whole year ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of the song by Captain Sensible which was a cover of a song from South

                         Pacific which reached No 1 in UK Singles chart in 1982 ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2010 movie "How To Train Your Dragon" what was the name of the dragon befriended

                            by Hiccup ?

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 14 May 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 16 May 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 16 May 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 14 May

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 16 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 16 May 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.

[Oxonian]

My entry awaits your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; those were hard ! 👍

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the highest mountain in Germany ?

A1    Zugspitz

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the common name of the only poisonous primate - with Indonesian name meaning

                            "shy one" ?

A2   slow loris

Q3 MUSIC 1 - The "Anvil Chorus" features in which 1853 Verdi opera ?

A3   Il Trovatore

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1955 movie "East Of Eden" what is the first name of character played by James Dean ?

A4   Cal [or Caleb]

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the second largest lake in New Zealand ?

A5   Te Anau

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the name of the only species of seal which stays in Antarctica for the whole year ?

A6   On receiving pms with answers, I checked reputable sources and there are two not one species of seal

         that stays in Antarctica for the whole year - crabeater seal and Wendell seal, so I`ll accept either as

         correct answer

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of the song by Captain Sensible which was a cover of a song from South

                         Pacific which reached No 1 in UK Singles chart in 1982 ?

A7   Happy Talk

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2010 movie "How To Train Your Dragon" what was the name of the dragon befriended

                            by Hiccup ?

A8   Toothless

[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

@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 pass                                 Q3 pass           Q4 pass .

Q5 pass   Q6 leopard seal - incorrect  Q7 correct   Q8 pass .

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

@gmarkj 

Q1 Bob - incorrect   Q2 correct   Q3 pass   Q4 LukasB - incorrect .

Q5 pass                     Q6 correct   Q7 pass   Q8 correct  .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct   Q2 pass  Q3 correct   Q4 Colin - incorrect .

Q5 correct   Q6 pass  Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red 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 @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 

Red Thinker + star                        = 5 correct - @Oxonian 

3 stars                                            = 3 correct - @gmarkj 

1 star                                              = 1 correct - @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - 3 stars

@TallTrees  - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 1 star .

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 two questions on these categories

  PEOPLE    PLACES    SPORT    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

[pgn]

Quite a spread of scores today - nice to see q8 was mostly answered correctly 🐉, and Happy Talk got a showing too 😄 - good show all for trying, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[TallTrees]

Good morning @Mi-Amigo 

Glad to have one 🌟 for those questions 😂

Thanks for the quiz and well done all 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Well done  everyone. As always, thanks to @Mi-Amigo xx