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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Today`s White Room Quiz is 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories
PEOPLE WORDS SPACE ART
The White Room Quiz is open to all members.
Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @O2EmmaLouise @TheresaV @LukasB
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 the first name of the Countess of Wessex, a member of the present British Royal Family ?
Q2 WORDS 1 Philology is the study of what ?
Q3 SPACE 1 Which is the only planet in our solar system which rotates clockwise on its axis ?
Q4 ART 1 Which British artist produced "Christ In Glory", tapestry hanging in Coventry Cathedral ?
Q5 PEOPLE 2 What machine did Edwin Budding and John Ferrabee of Stroud develop and patent in 1830 ?
Q6 WORDS 2 The 19th century word "gutturniform" meant something was shaped like what ?
Q7 SPACE 2 Who co-piloted the US Gemini 12 spacecraft, launched Nov 1966, with Edwin Aldrin ?
Q8 ART 2 Who was the American painter who painted the Pop Art painting "Wham" ?
The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.
Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 09 June 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 10 June 2021]
- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.
Please do not post your answers on the thread.
The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Fri 11 June 2021
Each member will be awarded 
for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives
EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers
will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded
SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 09 June 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 10 June 2021].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 10 June 2021 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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Well done everyone! This was such an interesting one, thank you @Mi-Amigo 
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A well-bronzed pgn, along with others, yes - thank you, @Mi-Amigo!
Well done all, a few tangential questions in this one - unsurprising, given the spin on some questions 
Been dying to put this gif up again, here we go:
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Thank you @LukasB @TallTrees @TheresaV @pgn
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and are happy with your awards.
Love the gif @pgn
@TallTrees wrote:
A note for @Mi-Amigo
Scientifically the correct way to describe the spin of a planet is "forwards" or "backwards"
according to the wise ones...🌐 [IAU - International Union] who decide 🤔
I am well aware of the IAU.
In compiling the questions for the WRQ quizzes I use a variety of sources, including recognised and respected quiz and text books, and where there may be a questionable answer consult many informed and respected sources.
In the case of the Space question, I took the wording from a reputable quiz book and the terms "clockwise" and "anti-clockwise" [or "counter-clockwise"] are well recognised terms in astronomy and do not consider this a problem in describing the rotation of a planet on its axis.
Everyone gave the correct answer to the question, so I do not think that the term I used in the question, or whether the planet is observed from the North Pole, South Pole or from space, has made any difference.
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Hi there @Mi-Amigo
Thank you very much for your reply.
We will have to agree to differ.
However neither of our views will have any moment on the forces causing Venus to rotate similar to Pluto which unfortunately is no longer regarded as a planet and Uranus to rotate on it's side 😉
Carry on happy quizzing.
Thank you very much for your reply.
We will have to agree to differ.
However neither of our views will have any moment on the forces causing Venus to rotate similar to Pluto which unfortunately is no longer regarded as a planet and Uranus to rotate on it's side 😉
Carry on happy quizzing.
Great quiz and thanks again @Mi-Amigo 
Well done to those of you who got 'gutturniform' correct. I can't say I know anyone who's ever heard of that before 
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Thank you @O2EmmaLouise
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your award.
