White Room Quiz Wed 12 April 2023 - WRQ A to Z 4 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 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

 Q - QUOTES; R - RHYMING SLANG; S - SHAPES; T - THURSDAY; U - UNDERGROUND;

 V - VEHICLES; W - WEATHER; Z - ZONES

[note - no X or Y question]

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 Q - QUOTES - Which US President is credited with the quote

            "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"

Q2 R - RHYMING SLANG - "Brahms" is Cockney rhyming slang for what ?

Q3 S - SHAPES - Balbis is a geomatric shape as which letter of the alphabet ?

Q4 T - THURSDAY - "Quinta feira" is "Thursday" in which language ? 

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND - Which London Underground tube station has 23 escalators - more than any

              other tube station ?

Q6 V - VEHICLES - Which car company produced the Miniko Lettuce in 1989 ?

Q7 W - WEATHER - In which direction does a katabatic wind blow ?

Q8 Z - ZONES - How many standard time zones are the 50 US States [not inc US territories] divided into ? 

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 12 Apr 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 14 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 14 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 12 Apr

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 14 April 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 14 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

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[jonsie]

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie for the gif

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>>>>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received - before deadline 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 Q - QUOTES - Which US President is credited with the quote

            "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"

A1   John F Kennedy

Q2 R - RHYMING SLANG - "Brahms" is Cockney rhyming slang for what ?

A2        drunk [Brahms and Liszt = p***ed]

Q3 S - SHAPES - Balbis is a geomatric shape as which letter of the alphabet ?

A3        H

Q4 T - THURSDAY - "Quinta feira" is "Thursday" in which language ? 

A4         Portugese

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND - Which London Underground tube station has 23 escalators - more than any

              other tube station ?

A5         Waterloo

Q6 V - VEHICLES - Which car company produced the Miniko Lettuce in 1989 ?

A6        Mitsibushi

Q7 W - WEATHER - In which direction does a katabatic wind blow ?

A7          downhill

Q8 Z - ZONES - How many standard time zones are the 50 US States [not inc US territories] divided into ? 

A8         six - Pacific; Central; Mountain; Eastern; Alaska; Hawaii

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Patricia1066 

Q1 correct -   Q2 psalms - incorrect   Q3 C - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Angel - incorrect   Q6 Nissan - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 4 - incorrect 

Total = 3 for 3 correct

@Cleoriff 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 9 - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@MI5 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 4 - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@Comben 

Q1 Nixon - incorrect -  Q2 farm - incorrect   Q3 S - incorrect  Q4 Spanish - incorrect .

Q5 Victoria - incorrect  Q6 Fiat - incorrect    Q7 south-east - incorrect   Q8 4 - incorrect  .

Total = 0 stars for 0 correct

@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

@TallTrees 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 4 - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@J9el 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 Lada - incorrect  Q7 north - incorrect  Q8 3 - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @jonsie @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @Cleoriff @MI5 @TallTrees 

Red Thinker                              = 4 correct - @J9el  

3 stars                                        = 3 correct - @Patricia1066 

0 stars                                        = 0 correct - @Comben 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @jonsie @pgn 

Well done

@Cleoriff        - Bronze Thinker + star

@MI5              - Bronze Thinker + star

@TallTrees      - Bronze Thinker + star

@J9el              - Red Thinker

@Patricia1066 - 3 stars

sorry @Comben - 0 stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be a normal

WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- HISTORY; NATURE; MUSIC; SPORT

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

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo. Great game. 😊