White Room Quiz Wed 11 Jan 2023 - WRQ A to Z Quiz 3 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 3.

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

 R - RHYMING SLANG;  S - SHAPES;  T - TUBE STATIONS;   U - UNDERWATER;  V - VEHICLES;

 W - WINDS;   Y - YESTERDAY;   Z - ZIP CODES

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  @Comben   @J9el  @Spenny   @RafaC 

@Breanna  @adec 

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 R - RHYMING SLANG - Dickie dirt is Cockney rhyming slang for what ?

Q2 S - SHAPES - Cordate is a term for what shape ?

Q3 T - TUBE STATIONS - Turnham Green and Parsons Green are tube stations on which London underground

                                         tube line ?

Q4 U - UNDERWATER - "Ring of Fire" is a path of underwater volcanoes on the floor of which ocean ?

Q5 V - VEHICLES - The world`s first commercially mass-produced hybrid automobile was produced by

                               Toyota in 1997. What was the name of the vehicle`s model ?

Q6 W - WINDS - The Santa Ana winds affect which US State ?

Q7 Y - YESTERDAY - "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has yet to come. We have only today. Let us begin"

                                   is a famous saying by which famous humanitarian ?

Q8 Z - ZIP CODES - 20500 is the US postal zip code for which US building ?

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 11 Jan 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 13 Jan 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 13 Jan 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 11 Jan,

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 13 Jan 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 13 Jan 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

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Guesses included

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben 

like the gif

pm with your answers received before the deadline

Thank you @jonsie 

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pm with your answers received before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 R - RHYMING SLANG - Dickie dirt is Cockney rhyming slang for what ?

A1      shirt

Q2 S - SHAPES - Cordate is a term for what shape ?

A2       heart shaped

Q3 T - TUBE STATIONS - Turnham Green and Parsons Green are tube stations on which London underground

                                         tube line ?

A3       District Line

Q4 U - UNDERWATER - "Ring of Fire" is a path of underwater volcanoes on the floor of which ocean ?

A4       Pacific Ocean

Q5 V - VEHICLES - The world`s first commercially mass-produced hybrid automobile was produced by

                               Toyota in 1997. What was the name of the vehicle`s model ?

A5       Prius

Q6 W - WINDS - The Santa Ana winds affect which US State ?

A6        California

Q7 Y - YESTERDAY - "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has yet to come. We have only today. Let us begin"

                                   is a famous saying by which famous humanitarian ?

A7       Mother Teresa

Q8 Z - ZIP CODES - 20500 is the US postal zip code for which US building ?

A8       The White House   

[Mi-Amigo]

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

@RafaC 

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

Q5 pass    Q6 correct -   Q7 Ghandi - incorrect   Q8 Empire State Building incorrect .

 plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

@gmarkj 

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 one which doesn`t close - incorrect           Q3 Jubilee - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -     Q7 Oscar Wilde - incorrect   Q8 correct -  .

 plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                        = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @Comben 

Red Thinker                             = 4 correct - @RafaC 

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

Well done

@gmarkj      - Bronze Thinker

@Comben    - Red Thinker + star

@RafaC        - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker

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 subjects

          - HISTORY;   MOVIES;   GAMES;  EVENTS   

but, with an interesting twist....

All will be revealed on Monday

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

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round this time, well done all and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍

Oh, and a twist next week... a twist of:

(Shaken, not stirred!)

[Cleoriff]

Thinkers abound. Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Oh and an 'interesting twist' on Monday. As long as it's not a 'cunning plan' (said Baldrick) 😂

[gmarkj]

Pleased with that - a couple of guesses come good. Had no clue about Mother Theresa though!

Well done everyone and we shall see what Monday brings...

Wibble!

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[RafaC]

Good to see everyone with a thinker! Mine's first of 2023 🙃
Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo, looking forward to Monday's WRQ.