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The White Room Thursday Quiz - 12 Sept 2019

Mi-Amigo
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                       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 star

If you get all six questions correct, you will be awarded the Silver Thinker

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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 

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Cleoriff
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I expect the chemistry one was easy for you @pgn ?

Just shows the different school topics through the ages. Lol

We did not do chemistry or physics at my school. We 'touched on it' during our cadet scheme from age15-18 and biochemistry during nurse training...

Also at secondary school in the 50's there was a real gender divide. BOYS did subjects such as Chemistry and Physics. GIRLS were encouraged to study the arts and literature and domestic science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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3 and 4 were my dead certs (yes, @Cleoriff, I enjoyed chemistry at school. Out of inorganic, organic, physical and, later, biochemistry, the organic bit was my least favourite. I did like the IUPAC naming system for organic compounds though 😁

 

1 and 2 would have been maybes. 

 

5 and 6 - no chance! 

 

Hmm. Giving away my weaknesses here. 

 

Who couldn't like this:

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Fantastic

 

 

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I got nil again

I had thought the 1st Model T Ford car would have been black

 

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@Anonymous wrote:

I got nil again

I had thought the 1st Model T Ford car would have been black

 


Fiendishly difficult, @Anonymous - and QI questions, well, I could almost hear the klaxon... LOL

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