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White Room Quiz Wed 08 March 2023

Mi-Amigo
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There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

 

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of categories -

    PLACES; SPACE; LITERATURE; WORDS

 

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  @jonsie  @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Comben @J9el @Spenny @Breanna 

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 - The Nazca Lines are in which country ?

 

Q2 SPACE 1 - Which planet in our solar system has the largest dust storms ?

 

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Complete the title of this Shakespeare play - Timon of ?

 

Q4 WORDS 1 - What did the 19th century word naskin mean ?

 

Q5 PLACES 2 - Charles Bridge spans the Vtlava River in which country ?

 

Q6 SPACE 2 - Galileo, allegedly, described what in our solar system as "ears of a teacup" ?

                                       

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote the 1950 novel "A Town Like Alice" ?

 

Q8 WORDS 2 - According to a 19th century dictionary, what did a whiddler do ?

                                                                                 

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 08 Mar 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 10 Mar 2023.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 10 March 2023

Each member will be awarded :star: for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 08 Mar,

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 10 Mar 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 10 March 2023 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

 

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pgn
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Amazing how some things just stick in your brain... like the answer to Q7, for example 🤷 😂

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Hi @Mi-Amigo 

I may know one or two of these.  

Not going to be star quality though ☹️



HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

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For what it's worth, here it is @Mi-Amigo 😂

 

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Veritas Numquam Perit

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @pgn and @TallTrees for your comments

Some tougher questions this time

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

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PM with answers in @Mi-Amigo 



HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

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Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

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Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received 

 

Thank you @Patricia1066 - our newest quizzer

pm with your answers received

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