Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

[tsbservice]

Just watched this TV quiz game and the question is:

What is Petrichor?

I won't give you 4 possible answers as right one is pretty obvious. But I never heard that word...who else is simple like me 😊

P.S. Please don't use internet to cheat.

[BillyCarpenter]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

Just watched this TV quiz game and the question is:

What is Petrichor?

I won't give you 4 possible answers as right one is pretty obvious. But I never heard that word...who else is simple like me 😊

P.S. Please don't use internet to cheat.

Looks like I'm going home a broke man because I have no idea.

[blackcat4866]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

Something to do with chlorophyll, maybe?

Very close! =^..^=

[Tricky]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

That surely wasn't the first question? I'd be out there and then.

[mikadonovan]

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Hmm. Could be a portmanteau meaning "afraid to work". Petrichor, petrified of chores.

[J_Arnold]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

I think it has something to do with smell. I don't remember what though....

[slimslob]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

From the Pe, I am thinking some type of plastic. Pe-tri-chor.

Or did you make a typo and it is supposed to be Petrichlor, possibly related to a solvent that used to be used to clean mechanical typewriters, adding machines and mechanical calculators.

[tsbservice]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

That surely wasn't the first question? I'd be out there and then.

If you don't have 4 options and one was clearly obvious answer yes it could be one of the last.
Now it was like question 9 of 15.

[tsbservice]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

Petrichor is the smell of rain. The word comes from the Greek words 'petra', meaning stone, and 'ichor', which in Greek mythology refers to the golden fluid that flows in the veins of the immortals.

The phrase was coined by two researchers at the Australian CSIRO science agency in a 1964 article for the journal Nature. In their research, rocks that had been exposed to warm, dry conditions were steam distilled to reveal a yellow coloured oil that had become trapped in the rocks and soil, a substance they discovered was responsible for the smell.
The source of this oil is a combination of oils secreted by plants during dry weather (which signals to halt root growth and seed germination) and chemicals released by soil-dwelling bacteria.

[Drivee]

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Ok, we say no cheat!

I was think is a old bird, from dinosaurs time..

[Tricky]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

Petrichor is the smell of rain.

It can smell bad after a hot period, but that's something to do with the bacteria in the soil, I think.

[slimslob]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

Petrichor is the smell of rain.

More precisely, a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

[slimslob]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

It can smell bad after a hot period, but that's something to do with the bacteria in the soil, I think.

It can also smell bad when you are downwind of forest fires such as here in Bakersfield for the last 6 months. Very few green days, AQI 50 or below. Mostly purple, AQI 201 to 300, and red air, AQI 151 to 200.

[allan]

Re: Who wants to be a millionaire question for fun

If I, for example, can't find the answer to a question, then can I turn to the Internet for help? I just got used to solving different quizzes, if I don't know something, then I go to the site solvers and he helps me find the answer. This way, I learn something new, and also I do not spend a lot of time on one question and I can continue to solve the quiz.

Spammer thread revival...
What was the other 3 options?