White Room Quiz Wed 26 April 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 categories 

    PLACES; SPACE; WORDS; 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 @Comben @J9el @Patricia1066 @Spenny @Breanna 

@BobM 

@RyanK92 who expressed an interest

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 - Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is in which country ? 

Q2 SPACE 1 - Galileo, in 1610, observed four moons orbiting which planet ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - The word "palingman" was a term for a seller of what ?

Q4 ART 1 - Which French post-impressionist painted "Head Of An Old Man" in 1866 ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the common name for the area of 40,000 basalt columns, created by volcanic

                         eruption, in County Antrim ?

Q6 SPACE 2 - Who commanded the ill-fated Challenger shuttle mission which exploded shortly after

                        blast-off in 1986, killing all seven on board ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - The word "falciform" is a term for something shaped like what ?

Q8 ART 2 - Who painted "Moonrise Over The Sea" in 1822, now on display at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin ?

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 26 Apr 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 28 April 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 28 April 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 26 Apr

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 28 April 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 28 April 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

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is in which country ? 

A1   Iran

Q2 SPACE 1 - Galileo, in 1610, observed four moons orbiting which planet ?

A2   Jupiter

Q3 WORDS 1 - The word "palingman" was a term for a seller of what ?

A3   fish or eels

Q4 ART 1 - Which French post-impressionist painted "Head Of An Old Man" in 1866 ?

A4   Cezanne

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the common name for the area of 40,000 basalt columns, created by volcanic

                         eruption, in County Antrim ?

A5  Giants Causeway

Q6 SPACE 2 - Who commanded the ill-fated Challenger shuttle mission which exploded shortly after

                        blast-off in 1986, killing all seven on board ?

A6  Richard Scobee

Q7 WORDS 2 - The word "falciform" is a term for something shaped like what ?

A7  sythe; sickle

Q8 ART 2 - Who painted "Moonrise Over The Sea" in 1822, now on display at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin ?

A8   Casper Freidrich     

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -  Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -  Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -  Q3 cheese - incorrect  Q4 Arthur Wilde - incorrect 

Q5 correct -   Q6 Barry Humphreys - incorrect Q7 cylinder - incorrect  Q8 Tyra Banus - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -  Q7 pass             Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 Israel - incorrect   Q2 correct -  Q3 pottery - incorrect Q4 LukasB - incorrect 

Q5 correct -   Q6 Homer Simpson - incorrect Q7 correct -   Q8 TheresaV - incorrect .

Total = 3 stars for 3 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @MI5 @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @Cleoriff 

3 stars                                       = 3 correct - @Comben  @gmarkj 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @pgn 

Well done

@Cleoriff         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Comben       - 3 stars

@gmarkj         - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be a WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- HISTORY; LITERATURE; TV; FOOD + DRINK

I will seach out the questions over the weekend and try and find a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[pgn]

A harder set of questions this time, and lower uptake - well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo! Thank heavens for the eels in Lough Neagh here:

😎

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Re the Challenger Question , I could only remember the first name of the commander, yet I knew there was a school teacher on board, which is why it was watched by thousands of children. Also the failure was caused by the O bolts. Nasa Engineers had expressed their concern about these previously. However all that couldn't raise the name Scobee in my damn brain cells 😂 Well done to those who got it!! 👍

[pgn]

Safe to say you hadn't a Scooby about the Challenger question, @Cleoriff? 😂 

I had the surname but took a stab at ***** (the short version of Richard) for the first name - turned out ok 😎

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

Safe to say you hadn't a Scooby about the Challenger question, @Cleoriff? 😂 

I had the surname but took a stab at ***** (the short version of Richard) for the first name - turned out ok 😎

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That's what's so annoying @pgn ..if you read my answer, I actually knew a hell of a lot about Challenger....but as you say, not a Scooby about the commanders surname.😂

I knew the teacher was called Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger blew up just over 73 seconds into flight. Pfffttt. 😂

[Cleoriff]

Pleased to see the categories for Monday though @Mi-Amigo 😂

[gmarkj]

Not shocked by those results - the questions were tough!

Well done everyone, and let's see what Monday brings...