The White Room Quiz - Golden Thinker Challenge

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome everyone to a very special edition of the

Rather than a contestant, chosen at random by @EmilieT , the two contestants - @Cleoriff and @pgn - who have both won the SILVER THINKER AWARD will face the GOLDEN THINKER CHALLENGE.

Each of them will attempt to answer the same TEN questions.

                                                                          The TEN QUESTIONS

Q1 [history]: Which of his six wives was Henry VIII married to the longest?

Q2 [people]: Who invented the pneumatic tyre?

Q3 [geography}: In which state or territory in Australia is Ayres Rock [more correctly called Uluru]?

Q4 [literature]: Which Shakespeare play features the line "All that glisters is not gold"?

Q5 [sport - Olympics]: Which event, introduced and only held at the 1908 Olympics, had only competitors from one country and the singles final was never contested?

Q6 [nature]: Where was the first menagerie in England introduced?

Q7 [science]: What does a venturi meter measure?

Q8 [music - not The Beatles]: Who were Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshinde?

Q9 [TV sitcoms]: What were the first names of the original two girl characters in the Carla Lane TV sit-com The Liver Birds first screened in 1969?

Q10 [space]: What was the name of the lunar module [LM] which acted as a lifecraft for the crew of Apollo13 and brought them back to Earth in 1969? 

                                                                                           Rules:

You must pm the ten answers to me [MI-Amigo] and not post them on the thread.

You can answer the questions in any order - please copy and paste the question and add your answer.

You can post all of the answers together in one posts; or post one, or more, answer in several post; at any time between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday] 24 Oct 2019.

You may only give one answer to any questions. Please note: a second answer to any question cannot be given in these subsequent posts. 

Any answer posted before 00.01 or after 23.59 will be declared void.

Please - no googling, Wiki, social media, Youtube in search of the answers.

The results, with the correct answers, will be posted either late on Thursday 24 October [after answers have been submitted] or on Friday morning 25 October 2019.

Each correct answer will be awarded a 

If you get all TEN questions correct, you will be awarded the GOLDEN THINKER

                                                                              

All members, including those who have already been a contestant or have put their names forward as contestants and those who are considering being a future contestant, are welcome to join in and play along - by making their own list of questions and seeing how many they can get right - but, please do not post your answers on the thread.

Thank you and good luck - @Cleoriff and @pgn 

You may, if you wish, post your reactions to the questions, but please do not post any answers.

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo  May as well know now. We can't resubmit. Not that I could/would anyway

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

I have received pms from @Cleoriff and @pgn with their ten answers:

I will give these, slightly out of order

Q1 [history]: Which of his six wives was Henry VIII married to the longest?

A1 Cleoriff: Catherine of Aragon - correct = awarded 

      pgn:       Catherine of Aragon - correct = awarded 

Q3 [geography}: In which state or territory in Australia is Ayres Rock [more correctly called Uluru]?

A3 Cleoriff: Northern Territory - correct = awarded 

      pgn:       Northern Territory - correct = awarded 

Q4 [literature]: Which Shakespeare play features the line "All that glisters is not gold"?

A4 Cleoriff: The Merchant Of Venice - correct = awarded 

      pgn:      The Merchant Of Venice - correct = awarded 

Q7 [science]: What does a venturi meter measure?

A7 Cleoriff: flow of liquid thru a pipe - correct = awarded 

      pgn:       flow - correct = awarded 

Q8 [music - not The Beatles]: Who were Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde?

A8 Cleoriff: Rhinemaidens in Wagner opera [spotted typo in question] - correct = awarded 

      pgn: daughters of the Rhine, characters in Wagners Ring Cycle - correct = awarded 

Q9 [TV sitcoms]: What were the first names of the original two girl characters in the Carla Lane TV sit-com The Liver Birds first screened in 1969?

A9 Cleoriff: Dawn and Beryl (Sandra [Nerys Hughes] in 2nd series - correct = awarded 

      pgn:       Beryl and Dawn - correct = awarded  

This was one of the QI-style questions - most people think it`s Beryl and Sandra

Q10 [space]: What was the name of the lunar module [LM] which acted as a lifecraft for the crew of Apollo13 and brought them back to Earth in 1969?

A10 Cleoriff: Aquarius - correct = awarded  

        pgn:       Aquarius - correct = awarded 

now the three remaining questions:

Q6 [nature]: Where was the first menagerie in England introduced?

A6 Cleoriff: Woodstock, Oxfordshire by Henry I - correct = awarded 

      pgn:       Tower of London - incorrect

correct answer: the first menagerie in England was founded by Henry I in 1115, with lions, leopards, lynxes, camels and porcupines from foreign kings.

Tower of London menagerie was founded by King John in 1204 with lions and bears brought from Woodstock. Expanded by Henry II with leopards from Frederick II in 1235; polar bear from King of Norway in 1251, elephant from King of France in 1264. Other additions over years. Closed in 1835.

This was the other QI-style question as most people think it was the Tower Of London.

Q2 [people]: Who invented the pneumatic tyre?

A2 Cleoriff: John Boyd Dunlop - incorrect

      pgn:       John Boyd Dunlop - incorrect

correct answer: Robert W Thompson of London in 1845, patented on 10 Dec 1845, fitted to his own horse-drawn broughton, publicly demonstrated in August 1846, licensed to Whitehurst & Co, fitted to carriages in Spring 1847.

John Boyd Dunlop fitted water filled tyres to his son`s tricycle in 1888; local doctor suggested inflating tyres with air; Dunlop demonstrated airfilled tyres fitted to son`s tricycle on 28 Feb 1888; purchased fullsize bicycle from Edlin & Co of Belfast and fitted airfilled pneumatic tyres in Jun 1888. Dunlop patented his tyre on 31 October 1888. but patent declared invalid when Thompson`s patent of 10 Dec 1845 was discovered in 1890.

Q5 [sport - Olympics]: Which event, introduced and only held at the 1908 Olympics, had only competitors from one country and the singles final was never contested?

A5 Cleoriff: ice-skating - incorrect

      pgn: "I vacillated between jeu de paume, hand tennis and motorboating after eliminating 400m race and women`s archery. I`m going for motorboating" - incorrect.

correct answer: racquets.

source: GB Olympic Champions 1896 - 2014 see here states:

RACKETS was only once held at the Olympics, at London in 1908. There were two events, men's singles and doubles. There were seven competitors and all seven were British, consequently Britain won all the medals. Evan Noel won the Rackets singles final in 1908. Noel was scheduled to meet his doubles partner Henry Leaf in the final but Leaf injured his hand on the way to winning the doubles bronze medal and withdrew from the singles. [all in answer to the points in the question]

The results show

@Cleoriff - awarded 8  [one each for Q1, Q3, Q4. Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10

@pgn       - awarded 7  [one each for Q1, Q3, Q4, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10.

Thank you both very much for playing. You came very close to getting the Golden Thinker award.

The questions were exceptionally difficult and there were two QI-style questions. Well done 

[pgn]

Well done, @Cleoriff, and thanks @Mi-Amigo! Tough but fair! 🤪

[Cleoriff]

I'm shocked at the tyre question.... Never heard of Robert Thompson

Not at all surprised I got the Olympic one wrong. The whole 1908 Olympics was a damn shambles. I just added to it

NB: Could I just point out it wasn't just 'ice skating' I went for...it was a section of that sport ie 'Special Figure Skating' which was only included in the 1908 Olympics and to my knowledge was never repeated again.

(I would hate people to think I was a dumb 'belle' by putting Ice Skating )

Thanks for the challenge @Mi-Amigo and @pgn . Enjoyed it...though pleased it was a one off Lol

[jonsie]

Not had a lot of time to join in but a quick browse through the Q&As and I only knew 4...

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

I hope my answer to the Olympics question goes some way to explaining my reply to points you raised in your post.

Thanks @Cleoriff 

As you said,

The whole 1908 Olympics was a damn shambles. I just added to it

NB: Could I just point out it wasn't just 'ice skating' I went for...it was a section of that sport ie 'Special Figure Skating' which was only included in the 1908 Olympics and to my knowledge was never repeated again.

(I would hate people to think I was a dumb 'belle' by putting Ice Skating )

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You are quite correct regarding Special Figure Skating only being included in the 1908 Olympics, and apologise if my post implied you had merely put ice skating as your answer...

As for Thompson and his tyres, he is another of those who, like Cayley and his airplane, we never hear about...

[Mi-Amigo]

Given the level of difficulty, four correct answers is pretty good @jonsie .

How did the others - possibly @jezza1234 ; @gmarkj ; @EmilieT ? - get on? 

Next week`s White Room Thursday Quiz will revert to the normal quiz with six questions.

I will choose the questions over the weekend from these categories:

         HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; WORDS; NUMBERS [distance]; CURRENCY; FOOD & DRINK

The White Room Thursday Quiz is open to all members. Any new member or any member who has not put their name forward is welcome to be contestant. Please pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with your name and I will add it to the draw made by @EmilieT on Tuesday. Everyone can, of couse, play along by making their own list of answers and then check this against the correct answers given late Thursday/Friday morning.

[Anonymous]

@Mi-Amigo I got nil correct ... but ... I do like this quiz

Well done @Cleoriff  and @pgn 

[jonsie]

It certainly has the old cogs grinding

[gmarkj]

2. Northern territory and venturi meter.