White Room Quiz Wed 22 Mar 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 four of categories -

    PLACES;   WORDS;    ART;   NATURE 

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 

@Patricia1066 

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 Half Dome and El Capitan are landmarks in which US National Park ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word "alnager" was a term for an inspector of what ?

Q3 ART 1 - What was the name of the artist who wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany in fabric as an

                   expression of his art in 1995 ? 

Q4 NATURE 1 - What type of creature is an argali ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - The Ho Chi Minh mausoleum is in which city ? 

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word "aerophilately" is a term for the collecting of what ?

Q7 ART 2 - What was the name of the artist who created the sculpture "Moument to Balzac" in 1891-97 ?

Q8 NATURE 2 - Araucaria araucana, an evergreen tree native to South America, is better known by what

                          name ?  

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 22 Mar 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 24 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 24 March 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 22 Mar,

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 24 Mar 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 24 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

[pgn]

Well well - I have been to Q1, and Q8 sounds puzzlingly familiar.... Have to have a think about some of the others! 😉

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

PM on way with some answers @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

Look forward to pm with your answers 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received 

[Patricia1066]

PM sent with my best guesses @Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

Well, that was a bit odd - heaven help us when you get beyond "a" in your book of words, @Mi-Amigo 🤣

Incoming -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Patricia1066

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

pure coincidence there were "A-related" questions

like the gif

pm with your answers received 

[gmarkj]

Not so confident about these...

PM On the way @Mi-Amigo