White Room Quiz Wed 11 Oct 2023

[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 two questions on each of these four categories - 

    HISTORY    PLACES     SCIENCE    ART

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 @Spenny @J9el @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 - Which King of Scotland defended Matilda`s claim to the throne of England in 1136 ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - In which town were the first four pillar boxes for mail erected in UK in 1852 for public use ?

Q3 SCIENCE 1 - What was the first metal to be isolated by electrolysis by English scientist Humphrey Davy 

                             in 1807 ?

Q4 ART 1 - How many clocks are there in Dali`s painting "The Persistence of Memory" ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which 12th century English Queen was imprisoned at Old Sarum Castle ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Which London landmark opened on 7 Oct 1965 ?

Q7 SCIENCE 2 - Which subatomic particle`s name was taken from James Joyce`s book "Finegan`s Wake" ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which Italian artist created his version of the "Last Supper", a fresco showing the disciples

                     sitting on benches around a small table, in 1518, which was one of a set of frescos on the

                     walls of the loggia in the Vatican ?

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 11 Oct 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 13 Oct 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 13 Oct 2023

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 Oct

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 13 Oct 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 13 Oct 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

[Dave-O2]

Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Defiantly a tricky one this time, looking forward to improving my score next week ✏️

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @MI5 @BobM @pgn @gmarkj @Dave-O2 for your comments

Here`s an image of Raphael`s "Last Supper"

As to the pillar box question, I got the idea for that from reading my Shell Book of Firsts.

Some very tricky questions this time, so well done all on your scores.

Monday`s should [hopefully] be a little easier.

[TallTrees]

Hi @Mi-Amigo 

Sorry missed this week. 😢 

Hope more time next week.  In the meantime will WD40 Brain😂