White Room Quiz Wed 22 Oct 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:

   PLACES    MOVIES    TV    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 PLACES 1 - Nunney Castle is in which English county ?

Q2 MOVIES 1 - What was the title of the 1980 movie for which Robert Redford received his only

                             competitve Oscar ?

Q3 TV 1 - In the English version of children`s TV "The Magic Roundabout" what was the name of the

                   roundabout`s operator ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many consecutive Wimbledon Men`s Singles titles did Bjorn Borg win ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the 268 mile pathway which runs from Edale, Derbyshire to

                            Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish borders ?

Q6 MOVIES 2 - What was the name of the character played by Gregory Peck in the 1962 movie

                            "To Kill A Mocking Bird" [need first and surname of character for star] ?

Q7 TV 2 - In the British children`s TV series "Camberwick Green" what was the name of the doctor ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In which year did David Beckham make his debut playing for England national football team ? 

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 22 Oct 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 24 Oct 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 24 Oct 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 22 Oct

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 24 Oct 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 24 Oct 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 -->

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif 😂

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

No gif as not working. 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

sorry to hear you couldn`t add a gif

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

It's annoying. Tried on usual Firefox and then Chrome. Nothing working on either!

[Cleoriff]

Well that's weird, just copied @jonsie's and that's worked!! 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Nunney Castle is in which English county ?

A1   Somerset

Q2 MOVIES 1 - What was the title of the 1980 movie for which Robert Redford received his only

                             competitve Oscar ?

A2   Ordinary People

Q3 TV 1 - In the English version of children`s TV "The Magic Roundabout" what was the name of the

                   roundabout`s operator ?

A3   Mr Rusty

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many consecutive Wimbledon Men`s Singles titles did Bjorn Borg win ?

A4   5 - five

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the name of the 268 mile pathway which runs from Edale, Derbyshire to

                            Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish borders ?

A5   Pennine Way

Q6 MOVIES 2 - What was the name of the character played by Gregory Peck in the 1962 movie

                            "To Kill A Mocking Bird" [need first and surname of character for star] ?

A6   Atticus Finch

Q7 TV 2 - In the British children`s TV series "Camberwick Green" what was the name of the doctor ?

A7   Dr Mopp

Q8 SPORT 2 - In which year did David Beckham make his debut playing for England national football team ? 

A8    1996

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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

@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