White Room Quiz Wed 30 April 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   LITERATURE    TV    FOOD & DRINK

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 largest lake in State of Connecticut, USA ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Enid Blyton`s Noddy books, what is the name of Noddy`s pet dog ?

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV drama "Heartbeat" what was the surname of the character played by Bill Maynard

                    from 1992 to 2000 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - In Hungarian cuisine, meggyleves is what type of foodstuff ? 

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the highest peak in Poland ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Ian Fleming`s James Bond novel "For Your Eyes Only", what was the surname of the

                                  couple [friends of M] who were murdered by orders of Herr von Hammerstein ?

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV drama series "Beyond Paradise", what is the first name of the character played by

                    Barbara Flynn ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Bulgarian cuisine what is sarmi ?

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 30 April 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 02 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 02 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 30 Apr

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 02 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 02 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.

[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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 goulash - incorrect .

Q5 pass            Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 sandwich - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct   Q2 Dave - incorrect  Q3 correct                Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass            Q6 pass                     Q7 Denise - incorrect  Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 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 @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker +                                = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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   SCIENCE    MOVIES    ART

[pgn]

Another great result, thinkers all! Well done everyone and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks again @Mi-Amigo xxx

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[jonsie]

Well done peeps and thank you @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo and well done all. 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

Well done on your award