White Room Quiz Wed 28 May 2025

Mi-Amigo · ‎28-05-2025

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 NATURE ART 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 @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 HISTORY 1 - Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911 ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What colour is the breast of a male bullfinch ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which Irish artist painted "The Liffey Swim" which won Silver Medal for Arts & Culture at the

1924 Olympics ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American football ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In the American Civil War, which city was the Confederates` city capital ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of fish is a freshwater burbot ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which British artist painted "Hambletonian, Rubbing Down" in 1800 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In platform and spring board diving there are four diving positions - free, straight, pike

and whch other position ?

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 28 May 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 30 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 30 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 28 May

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 30 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 30 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.