White Room Quiz Wed 25 May 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

- HISTORY   SPACE   WORDS   FOOD & DRINK

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

- @Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie   @MI5   @gmarkj  @TallTrees  @BobM  @Spenny  @J9el  @RafaC @lewys-gp 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In Greek mythology, who dipped Achilles in the Styx ?

Q2 SPACE 1 - What was the name of the NASA spacecraft, launched in 1989, which was the first explorer to

                       fully photograph the surface of Venus ? 

Q3 WORDS 1 - The word erinaceous means resembling which creature ? 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is ghee in Indian cuisine ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which Treaty was signed at the end of World War I ?

Q6 SPACE 2 - Caloris Basin is an impact crater on which planet in our solar system ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - Deipnophobia is the fear of what ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which fish is smoked and cured in the dish finnan ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 25 May 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 26 May 2022] - allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Fri 27 May 2022

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 25 May 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 26 May 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 26 May 2022 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz. 

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

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

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In Greek mythology, who dipped Achilles in the Styx ?

A1   Thetis, his mother

Q2 SPACE 1 - What was the name of the NASA spacecraft, launched in 1989, which was the first explorer to

                       fully photograph the surface of Venus ? 

A2   Magellan. This was the question rated difficult - well done everyone who got it right. 

Q3 WORDS 1 - The word erinaceous means resembling which creature ? 

A3    hedgehog

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is ghee in Indian cuisine ?

A4    butter

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which Treaty was signed at the end of World War I ?

A5   Treaty of Versailles

Q6 SPACE 2 - Caloris Basin is an impact crater on which planet in our solar system ?

A6    Mercury

Q7 WORDS 2 - Deipnophobia is the fear of what ?

A7   dining in public/ eating

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which fish is smoked and cured in the dish finnan ?

A8   haddock

[Cleoriff]

Ah well, my guess was wrong for Q6. 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@RafaC 

Q1 Ares - incorrect    Q2 Galilieo - incorrect   Q3 rhino - incorrect   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 diving underwater - incorrect  Q8 cod - incorrect

Total = 3 stars for 3 correct

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 Mars - incorrect   Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 pass    Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - awarded  Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 correct - award  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 Voyager - incorrect   Q3 correct - award  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - awarded  Q7 pass   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@lewys-gp 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 pass    Q3 shark - incorrect   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 Moon - incorrect   Q7 dinosaurs - incorrect  Q8 cod - incorrect

Total = 3 stars for 3 correct

@J9el 

Q1 Zeus - incorrect   Q2 Voyager - incorrect   Q3 cat - incorrect   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 Mars - incorrect   Q7 sea - incorrect   Q8 mackerel - incorrect

Total = 2 stars for 2 correct

[J9el]

Oooof bottom of the class 🤣🤣

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                   = 8 correct - @MI5   @pgn 

Bronze Thinker +     = 7 correct - @Cleoriff  @jonsie   

Bronze Thinker                = 6 correct -  @BobM 

                 = 3 correct - @RafaC  @lewys-gp 

                         = 2 correct - @J9el  

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS -  @MI5  @pgn 

Well done -

@jonsie       = Bronze Thinker + 

@Cleoriff    = Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM       = Bronze Thinker

@RafaC       = 

@lewys-gp  =  

@J9el           = 

Everyone taking part was awarded at least two stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be

8 questions with two questions on each of these categories 

PLACES   SCIENCE   MUSIC   SPORT

I will search out the questions over the weekend and try and find a nice mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thank you everyone for making the WRQ fun.

[pgn]

Like quicksilver, the results were revealed, all a-quiver like a blob of mercury in a dish in front of a bass woofer... No Caloris Basin heat required, the link now revealed 🤐😖

Good questions there, if the anxiety at dinner was a fluke from an article that caught my eye earlier in the week: https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/anxiety/deipnophobia-social-anxiety-masquerading-eating-issues

Good quiz, @Mi-Amigo - and many an Achilles heel exposed today 😆 Well done all!

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

Another great quiz and well done all.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

At least you got the difficult Space question correct.

Thank you @J9el 

I wouldn`t consider you were bottom of the class as there were some harder questions this time.

Thank you @pgn  

and thank you for the additional info on the fear of eating in public

Thank you @BobM 

Pleased you thought it was a great quiz.

Well done each of you on your awards.

Hope you like the categories for Monday`s WRQ. 

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great quiz @Mi-Amigo 😁

Q7 was interesting as research has proven it's more a fear of having to socially interact with others whilst eating. One of my nursing colleagues suffered with it, to such an extent she wouldn't sit with others whilst eating, making a joke of an excuse that she needed quiet time during meals. I don't think she was ever cured.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.