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

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Patricia1066]

@Mi-Amigo I’m not able to send you a message just now. I’ll try later 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

@Patricia1066 

sorry you can`t send pm at the moment.

Hope you`ll be able to take part and send pm later

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Comben]

Hard one to say the least but PM sent @Mi-Amigo
I look forward to learning a thing or eight come Friday 😀

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Comben 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Pretty sure I won't get the same score as Monday for this...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

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@gmarkj wrote:

Pretty sure I won't get the same score as Monday for this...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

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@gmarkj 

Yes, I thought this one was blumming hard this week! 😂