The White Room Thursday Quiz - 20 February 2020

[Mi-Amigo]

WELCOME to

Each week, there are EIGHT questions, from a range of categories.

                                                           THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [history]: Which King won the Battle of Spurs in 1513?

Q2 [geography]: Which is the longest motorway in the UK?

Q3 [science]: Which disease is varicella the medical name for?

Q4 [space]: What was the name of the spacecraft in which John Glenn made three orbits of the Earth in February 1962?

Q5 [words]: What is the frigophobia the fear of?

Q6 [games]: What number is between 6 and 15 on a standard dartboard?

Q7 [music]: Which instrument has dampers, hammers and strings?

Q8 [events]: In which country is the annual World Wife-Carrying Championship held ? 

The White Room Thursday Quiz will be open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part will need to pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 20 February 2020.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

Each member will be awarded  for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

                                                           

                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow - on Thursday 20 February 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received before 00.01 on Thursday and/or after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

With, what I have tried to make to be a fair balance of easier and trickier questions, I hope those who have taken part in a previous White Room Thursday Quiz will take part, and that new members, and those who have not previously played, will join in.

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

, and, if you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

Thank you everyone for your interest.

I hope everyone enjoys this edition of the White Room Thursday Quiz.

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

Each week, there are EIGHT questions, from a range of categories.

                                                           THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [history]: Which King won the Battle of Spurs in 1513?

Q2 [geography]: Which is the longest motorway in the UK?

Q3 [science]: Which disease is varicella the medical name for?

Q4 [space]: What was the name of the spacecraft in which John Glenn made three orbits of the Earth in February 1962?

Q5 [words]: What is the frigophobia the fear of?

Q6 [games]: What number is between 6 and 15 on a standard dartboard?

Q7 [music]: Which instrument has dampers, hammers and strings?

Q8 [events]: In which country is the annual World Wife-Carrying Championship held ? 

The White Room Thursday Quiz will be open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part will need to pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 20 February 2020.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

Each member will be awarded  for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

              EIGHT correct answers               SIX correct answers                     FOUR correct answers

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded                          will be awarded

                                                           

                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                                THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow - on Thursday 20 February 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received before 00.01 on Thursday and/or after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

With, what I have tried to make to be a fair balance of easier and trickier questions, I hope those who have taken part in a previous White Room Thursday Quiz will take part, and that new members, and those who have not previously played, will join in.

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

, and, if you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

Thank you everyone for your interest.

I hope everyone enjoys this edition of the White Room Thursday Quiz.

@Mi-Amigo  

[MI5]

PM incoming.
One question seems too obvious, so probably got that wrong.
Another was a 50/50.
The other 6 come with a (hopefully) high level of confidence

[gmarkj]

PM sent.
Got most (I think), a couple of guesses as well...

[Cleoriff]

My appointment was cancelled via a call this am.

Re forum. No change there then!!

[Mi-Amigo]

@MI5 

pm with your answers received OK...

@gmarkj 

I`m not giving anything away as to how anyone got on... but like your and @MI5 confidence on thread...

@Cleoriff 

Sorry to hear your appointment has been cancelled

I hope that the quiz can continue without too many problems while waiting for the "fix".  

[Anonymous]

PM sent. I think @MI5 is right.. 1 is a trick but thanks to his post I might have avoided getting that one wrong..
So 5 I’m pretty confident of & 2 I’ve guessed at.

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Anonymous wrote:
PM sent. I think @MI5 is right.. 1 is a trick but thanks to his post I might have avoided getting that one wrong..
So 5 I’m pretty confident of & 2 I’ve guessed at.

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Thanks @Anonymous 

PM with your answers received...

Looks like everyone is enjoying this week`s quiz and is fairly confident, even if there are a few guesses.

The answers and results tomorrow should be interesting 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo - - - >

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @pgn and @jonsie for joining in with the quiz

PM from each of you received OK.

[Mi-Amigo]

                                                                THE CORRECT ANSWERS:

Q1 [history]: Which King won the Battle of Spurs in 1513?

A1: Henry VIII

Q2 [geography]: Which is the longest motorway in the UK?

A2: QI-style question - some people think it`s the M1, but not you guys

       the correct answer is M6 - from junction 19 M1 near Rugby to A74 (M) Gretna

Q3 [science]: Which disease is varicella the medical name for?

A3: Chickenpox [by varicella zoster]

Q4 [space]: What was the name of the spacecraft in which John Glenn made three orbits of the Earth in February 1962?

A4: Gemini spacecraft, named Friendship 7 by John Glenn - either answer acceptable

Q5 [words]: What is the frigophobia the fear of?

A5: the cold or getting cold

Q6 [games]: What number is between 6 and 15 on a standard dartboard?

A6: 10

Q7 [music]: Which instrument has dampers, hammers and strings?

A7: piano

Q8 [events]: In which country is the annual World Wife-Carrying Championship held ?

A8: Finland 

[pgn]

Are you sure it was a Gemini spacecraft for q4? Not that I got the answer right, but this landed in my Twitter feed after I had submitted my answers to @Mi-Amigo :