The White Room Thursday Quiz - 12 Sept 2019

[Mi-Amigo]

   

                       This week`s contestant, chosen at random by @EmilieT, is

                                                         @Cleoriff  

The six questions are:

Q1 [people]: Which of the four original members of the pop/rock band The Who was born first?

Q2 [history]: Who was the first European to land in Australia?

Q3 [geography]: What, in geography, is a cataract?

Q4 [chemistry]: Which element in the periodic table has the atomic number 3?

Q5 [event]: Where was the first British Motor Show held in 1895?

Q6 [literature]: Who did Cathy [Earnshaw] marry in Emilie Bronte`s Wuthering Heights? 

Rules:

You can only give one answer to each question.

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

You can post one, or more, answer at any time between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 12 September 2019.

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 on Friday 13 September 2019.

Each correct answer will be awarded a 

If you get all six questions correct, you will be awarded the Silver 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 for your interest and good luck @Cleoriff 

[Cleoriff]

@EmilieT 

I just had to edit. I left the E out of Daltrey!! Heresy.

[Mi-Amigo]

The results:

Answers given by @Cleoriff 

Q1 The oldest member of The Who

I double checked about the original members as I wanted to make sure we weren't talking about The Detours or The High Numbers.

A: Oldest member - Roger Daltrey who was born in March 1944 (the same year as me) John Entwhistle was the second oldest born in Oct 1944

- correct = awarded 

   Roger Daltrey born 1 March 1944; John Entwistle born 9 October 1944

Q2 The first European to land in Australia

A: Willem Janszoon (a Dutch explorer) He landed on the western side in the 1600's. (James Cook landed on the East coast in the 1700's)

- correct = awarded 

    William Janszoon landed on western side in 1606; Cook explored east coast in 1770 [this was the QI-type question this week]

Q3: What in geography is a Cataract?

Good job you said Geography as I know more about eye cataracts!

A: A waterfall or any fast moving water over a steep drop.

- correct = awarded 

Q4) Element in the periodic table with atomic number 3?

I really, really struggled with this. I know the first 3 numbers are said to be involved in the big bang. In no particular order they are Lithium, Hydrogen and Helium. (why you couldn't give me 6, 7, or 8,

I'll never know!!)

My answer is a guess....

A: Lithium (I went for this as Lithium is a type of medication, a battery and the forum is powered by Lithium) Apologies to those who did chemistry, I was only involved in biochemistry..

- correct = awarded 

  hydrogen has atomic number 1; helium atomic number 2; lithium atomic number 3

Q5) Where was the first British Show held in 1895?

It was held at Tunbridge Wells Agricultural Show (also known as the Horseless Carriage Show)

(My dad told me his grandfather went to it)

- correct = awarded 

Q6) Who was Catherine Earnshaw married to in Wuthering Heights?

A: Edgar Linton. I never liked this book, it was a nightmare of relationships!!

- correct = awarded 

    tricky question, as most people think it must be Heathcliffe [given Kate Bush song, although she does not sing Cathy married Heathcliffe]

Congratulations @Cleoriff - not only are you awarded       , but also as you correctly answered all six questions, you are the first player to be awarded the

                                                                           

                                                                       Silver Thinker

[Cleoriff]

What a fluke that was.....Lithium was an honest guess and thought it was the one I would get wrong.

 I actually knew the first explorer as it was a quiz question I got wrong when I was in Spain (at a quiz night)

Well I can go to bed happy now...

[Mi-Amigo]

Congratulations and sleep well @Cleoriff 

I can reveal that when I was sorting out the chemistry question last weekend, I came across lithium by chance, and given it is the name of this forum provider, thought it would be a suitable question.  

[jonsie]

Fix!

Seriously, well done @Cleoriff , the first to get all 6 correct

[EmilieT]

Oh wow, that's impressive @Cleoriff congratulations! 

[Cleoriff]

@EmilieT @jonsie 

Thanks but it was a fluke really. The chemistry question was a pure guess. Still I'll take it, Silver Thinker sounds much better than 'silver surfer'

PS. I vote I have NO more chemistry questions @Mi-Amigo. Give those to the 'young guns' and I'm not keen on physics either...

[Mi-Amigo]

@Cleoriff has shown that the Silver Thinker award can be won.

How did those playing along do? Did you find the chemistry question the most difficult or another one? Your feedback is welcome.

The White Room Thursday Quiz is open to everyone. Why not put your name forward as a contestant?

All you have to do is send me [ @Mi-Amigo ] a private message [pm] and your name will be entered into the draw made by @EmilieT . The questions cover a range of subjects and different levels of difficulty.

Next week`s questions will be chosen by me this weekend from the following categories

PEOPLE; HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; NUMBERS; LITERATURE; OLYMPICS

[no chemistry question - in case you get chosen again @Cleoriff  ] 

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

Yes I see no Chemistry....however you have Numbers....

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Mi-Amigo 

Yes I see no Chemistry....however you have Numbers....

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Everybody loves numbers