What is the Finest Room in the World? That is a question that I will address, and readers will address, today and tomorrow. Today’s installment is here.

This started when Daniel Hannan issued a tweet: saying that Room 34 in Britain’s National Gallery was “arguably the finest room in the world.” (This room showcases British paintings from 1750 to 1850.)

I thought it was an interesting question, an interesting parlor game: What is the finest room in the world? (You can use capital letters if you want.) I had a few ideas. And I asked readers to play along. Many of them did.

And the results of this parlor-gaming appear in my column today and tomorrow. So, this is a nice “break away from the everyday,” as an old fast-food slogan had it.

Unless you think about this kind of thing every day, in which case — business as usual! Anyway, Happy Monday.