White Room Quiz Wed 17 Dec 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:

   PEOPLE    WORDS   ART     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 PEOPLE 1 - What relation was Kublai Khan to Genghis Khan ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word deltiologist refers to a person who collects .... what ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which American artist created a porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson and Bubbles in 1988 ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What is the currency of Kyrgyzstan ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What is the real first name of British actress Olivia Colman ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word humbox, mentioned in 1736 dictionary, was slang for what in a church ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which French artist painted "The Swing"; aka "Les Hasards Heureux de l`Escarpolette"; in 1767 ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - St Paul`s underground station is on which London Tube line ?

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 17 Dec 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 19 Dec 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 19 Dec 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 17 Dec

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 19 Dec 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 19 Dec 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.

[Cleoriff]

Of course I replied on this..... and then forgot to press blumming post @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all, and great to see @pgn getting a silver AND bronze 😂

Thanks for the info on the Christmas Quizzes. xx

[jonsie]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Ooops....

AWARDS should read

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @jonsie 

3 stars                                            = 3 correct - @TallTrees 

Sorry @jonsie 

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A little harder for me @Mi-Amigo I'm not well up on artists!

But thank you for another year of excellent brain teasers

It's not been a good year for me health-wise but Hoping to get involved over Christmas

Well done to the hardy quizzers!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Well done on your awards - as said, the Art questions were not easy.

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Well done all, and great to see @pgn getting a silver AND bronze 😂

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Well, I missed that slip-up -  @jonsie missed out for a while 😑