White Room Quiz Wed 10 Jan 2024 WRQ A - Z 7 part 3

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the third part of the three-part A to Z Quiz 7.

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

 Q - QUOTES; R - RHYMING SLANG; S - SYMBOLS; T - TATTOOS; U - UNDERGROUND STATIONS;

 V - VEHICLES; W - WINDS; Z - ZEROS.

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 @BobM @J9el @Oxonian @Spenny @Dave-O2 

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 Q - QUOTES - Who is credited with the quote "Golf is a good walk spoiled" ?

Q2 R - RHYMING SLANG - In Cockney rhyming slang, what is an "ocean wave" ?

Q3 S - SYMBOLS - What in the word for the symbol ~ ?

Q4 T - TATTOOS - What is the tattoo on both forearms of cartoon character Popeye ?

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND STATIONS - Which London underground tube station has the longest escalator

                                                             - measuring 60m/197ft ?

Q6 V - VEHICLES - Which car company produced the Solterra, Forester e-Boxer; and Outback estate ?

Q7 W - WINDS - What is the name of the cold, dry strong wind in Southern France which blows towards

                              the Mediterranean Sea ?

Q8 Z- ZEROS - How many zeros [0s] in a nonillion ?

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 10 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 12 Jan 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 12 Jan 2024

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 10 Jan

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 12 Jan 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 12 Jan 2024 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.

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo --->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

PM sent with answers @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

and for the gif. hope lady was OK...

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 😊 >>>>>>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received - well before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 Q - QUOTES - Who is credited with the quote "Golf is a good walk spoiled" ?

A1    This was a QI-sty;e question, in which the answer is not what most people think.

         The correct answer is Harry Leon Wilson, first mentioned in Pittsburgh Press on 3 Dec 1904, and in

           "The Boss of Little Arcady" published in 1905 - over 40 years before earliest mention by Mark Twain

          in Saturday Evening Standard 28 Aug 1948.

Q2 R - RHYMING SLANG - In Cockney rhyming slang, what is an "ocean wave" ?

A2    shave

Q3 S - SYMBOLS - What in the word for the symbol ~ ?

A3    tilde

Q4 T - TATTOOS - What is the tattoo on both forearms of cartoon character Popeye ?

A4     anchors

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND STATIONS - Which London underground tube station has the longest escalator

                                                             - measuring 60m/197ft ?

A5     Angel

Q6 V - VEHICLES - Which car company produced the Solterra, Forester e-Boxer; and Outback estate ?

A6    Subaru

Q7 W - WINDS - What is the name of the cold, dry strong wind in Southern France which blows towards

                              the Mediterranean Sea ?

A7   mistral

Q8 Z- ZEROS - How many zeros [0s] in a nonillion ?

A8    30 in US/Canada; 54 UK - I`ll accept either as correct answer