White Room Quiz Wed 05 April 2023 - WRQ A to Z Qui... - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎05-04-2023

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the first part of the three-part A to Z Quiz 4.

Instead of 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of the usual categories - there are 8 questions,

with one question on each of 8 subjects - each based on a letter of the alphabet

A - Antiques; B - Bingo; C - Clothes; D - Dance; E - Extinct; F - Flags; G - Gardening; H - Hobbies

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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Comben @J9el @Breanna @Patricia1066 @Spenny

@BobM

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 A - ANTIQUES - Brewster, spoonback, fauteuil are all types of what antique ?

Q2 B - BINGO - In the game of bingo, "dirty Gertie" is the bingo call for which number ?

Q3 C - CLOTHES - An aba is a garment made from what ?

Q4 D - DANCE - Which type of dancing has six styles inc Cotswold and Border ?

Q5 E - EXTINCT - The quagga, which became extinct in the 19th century with the last known surviving one

dying in London Zoo in 1872, was closely related to which species of mammal ?

Q6 F - FLAGS - What colour is the star on the flag of Vietnam ?

Q7 G - GARDENING - In gardening, what is a spit ?

Q8 H - HOBBIES - Tatting is a technique for handcrafting what material ?

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

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 05 Apr 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 07 April 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 07 April 2023

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 05 Apr

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 07 April 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 07 April 2023 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

TallTrees · ‎06-04-2023

Thank you for confirming @Mi-Amigo

That's good

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

gmarkj · ‎06-04-2023

If I get a red on this I'll be happy!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎06-04-2023

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Patricia1066 · ‎06-04-2023

PM with answers sent

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-04-2023

Thank you @Patricia1066

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Comben · ‎07-04-2023

Answers submitted @Mi-Amigo

Loving the start of the alphabet WRQ, as per normal I won’t do any better but I love the theme regardless. 👍🏻

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious"
Albert Einstein

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-04-2023

Thank you @Comben

like the gif

pm with your answers received - before deadline

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-04-2023

THE ANSWERS

Q1 A - ANTIQUES - Brewster, spoonback, fauteuil are all types of what antique ?

A1 chairs

Q2 B - BINGO - In the game of bingo, "dirty Gertie" is the bingo call for which number ?

A2 30

Q3 C - CLOTHES - An aba is a garment made from what ?

A3 wool

Q4 D - DANCE - Which type of dancing has six styles inc Cotswold and Border ?

A4 Morris Dancing

Q5 E - EXTINCT - The quagga, which became extinct in the 19th century with the last known surviving one

dying in London Zoo in 1872, was closely related to which species of mammal ?

A5 zebra

Q6 F - FLAGS - What colour is the star on the flag of Vietnam ?

A6 yellow

Q7 G - GARDENING - In gardening, what is a spit ?

A7 depth of spade. one quizzer gave description of cuckoo spit which I`ll also accept as correct

Q8 H - HOBBIES - Tatting is a technique for handcrafting what material ?

A8 lace

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-04-2023

THE RESULTS

@MI5

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 scarf - can`t accept, need material Q4 square - incorrect .

Q5 correct - Q6 red - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 silk - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 white - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 wool - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Patricia1066

Q1 correct - Q2 69 - incorrect Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 kangaroo - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 supporting plants - incorrect Q8 cotton - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Comben

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 linen - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 giraffe - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 felt - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-04-2023

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @TallTrees @gmarkj @Comben

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @Patricia1066

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

@Comben - Red Thinker + star

@Patricia1066 - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in today`s WRQ which is part 2 of WRQ A-Z Quiz with one question on each subject I - P

I - INITIALS; J - JEWELS; K - KIDS; L - LATIN; M - MOTORWAYS; N - NURSERY RHYMES;

O - OCTOBER; P - POSTCODES

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

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White Room Quiz Wed 05 April 2023 - WRQ A to Z Quiz 4 part 1