White Room Quiz Wed 18 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:

   PEOPLE    LITERATURE    FOOD & DRINK     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 is Meghan Markle`s real first name ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Hargreave`s Mr Men books, what is the name of the Mr Men who lives in a tea cup ?

Q3 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Hungarian food, what is dobos torta ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Pre-Euro, the currency of Slovakia was Slovak koruna, which was subdivided

                                                     into 100 ... what ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Margaret Hyra was the birthname of which actress ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - What was the title of Virginia Woolf`s first novel, first published in 1915 ?

Q7 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Bulgarian cuisine what is tarator ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - How many white stars are on the flag of Uzbekistan ?

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 18 June 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 20 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 20 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 18 June

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 20 June 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 20 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.

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees for your post.

I hope one of the forthcoming WRQ is more your "cup of tea" and you`ll be able to join in.

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Apologies for not managing to get an entry for Monday @Mi-Amigo .

Answers for this are on their way.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What is Meghan Markle`s real first name ?

A1   Rachel

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Hargreave`s Mr Men books, what is the name of the Mr Men who lives in a tea pot ?

A2   Mr Funny

Q3 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Hungarian food, what is dobos torta ?

A3   layered cake topped with caramel

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Pre-Euro, the currency of Slovakia was Slovak koruna, which was subdivided

                                                     into 100 ... what ?

A4  Haliers

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Margaret Hyra was the birthname of which actress ?

A5   Meg Ryan

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - What was the title of Virginia Woolf`s first novel, first published in 1915 ?

A6   The Voyage Out

Q7 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Bulgarian cuisine what is tarator ?

A7   cold soup

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - How many white stars are on the flag of Uzbekistan ?

A8    12

[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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct                                Q2 correct    Q3 sausage - incorrect   Q4 pence - incorrect .

Q5 Marilyn Monroe - incorrect  Q6 pass            Q7 potato - incorrect     Q8 correct  .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@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 Mr Small - incorrect   Q3 sweet - incorrect   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct                     Q7 cake - incorrect     Q8 9 - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct    Q2 Mr Small - incorrect   Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct                    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct    Q2 Mr Small - incorrect   Q3 soup - incorrect    Q4 cents - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct                     Q7 sauce - incorrect   Q8 6 - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct .

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @pgn 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @Oxonian 

3 stars                                            = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker 

@gmarkj    - 3 stars

@Dave-O2 - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

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

   PLACES   NATURE    MUSIC    SPORT

[pgn]

Well. Guess who missed the addendum to Q2 😵 🙄 Funny, that 😂

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Well done Everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

That's SO Funny @pgn 😂