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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 eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories
PLACES SPACE WORDS EVENTS
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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].
Please do not post your answers on the thread.
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @TheresaV @Martin-O2 @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 PLACES 1 Kinder Scout is in which UK National Park ?
Q2 SPACE 1 The Pleiades are in which constellation ?
Q3 WORDS 1 What is the literal meaning of the word "antediluvian" ?
Q4 EVENTS 1 In which English county is the World British Lawnmower Championship, dating from 1973,
held each July ?
Q5 PLACES 2 What is the name of the square in front of the Palace of Westminster in London ?
Q6 SPACE 2 What is the more common name for Via Lactea, in the night sky ?
Q7 WORDS 2 The word "kiosk" originates from which language ?
Q8 EVENTS 2 The World Nurdling Championship is held annually at Jackson Stops Inn, Stretton, Cumbria.
What do competitors have to do in "nurdling" ?
The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.
Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 11 Aug 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 Aug 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 13 Aug 2021
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 11 Aug 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 Aug 2021].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 12 Aug 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 and a great quiz @Mi-Amigo 
Just a bit of useless info here.
In South Africa nurdling has different meaning.
Nurdles are tiny beads of virgin plastic that are melted down and injection moulded to make a variety of products. After a cargo spill on a South African coast people were employed to collect these nurdles which are detrimental to birds and marine life.
Like other plastics, nurdles can be mistaken for food by marine wildlife like seabirds, fish, and crustaceans. Once they pollute our environment they can pose a threat to these creatures and habitats for years to come. ... More than 220 marine species have been shown to ingest plastic debris.
So nurdling also means collecting plastic debris from our beaches. (Thanks Sir David Attenborough) 
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Good work all, we're not doing too badly despite the Forum changes - but the Reply box to type in is a bit wee, especially on mobile 🤨
Thanks for persevering, @Mi-Amigo, and if anyone here ever played the original Pleiades Video Arcade Game, then my gif may make sense. 😎
Tonight, we may see the Perseid meteor shower, night sky cover permitting, just a heads-up 🤣
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Thank you @pgn
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your award.
Yes, I agree, the reply box is too small and does cause problems with cut and paste and jumps when trying to scroll up or down. One for the issues list - when some of the other problems have been fixed.
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The reply box is wee @pgn
Dreadful if contributing a page to a "Summer on o2" for instance. Can only see couple of lines at a time 😩
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Thank you @TallTrees
Well done on getting a Red Thinker +
I`ve noted your comment about how small the Reply box is, and as @pgn has also mentioned it, I`ll raise this on the Welcome to New Look Community thread.
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@TallTrees and @pgn
I raised the issue of Reply Box with @Martin-O2 on Welcome to New Look and have had this reply with way to solve the problem...
@Mi-Amigo if you look at the bottom right of the text box you'll see a small dotted triangle. Click and drag that down to expand the text box.
I`ve tried it - and it worked 
