White Room Quiz - Wed 13 Sept 2023 - WRQ A-Z Quiz 6 pt 1

[Mi-Amigo]

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 6.

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 @BobM @Spenny @J9el @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 A - ANTIQUES - In antiques, what is a favreil ?

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

Q3 C - CLOTHES - the clasp locker, made by Whitcomb Judson and revealed at World`s Fair 1893, was used

                               to fasten what ?

Q4 D - DANCE - Scoda, a form of dance by swinging the hips, originated from which Caribbean country ?

Q5 E - EXTINCT - What is the name of the New Zealand bird, size of an ostrich, which became extinct in

                              16th century ?

Q6 F - FLAGS - Which English county`s flag has two verticle halves [one red, one white], with chained swan

                           in the centre ?

Q7 G - GARDENING - In gardening terms, what is the term for plants such as orchids which live on rocks

                                      rather than in soil ?

Q8 H - HOBBIES - What is the term for the hobby of Japanese flower arranging ?

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 13 Sept 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 15 Sept 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 15 Sept 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 13 Sept

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 15 Sept 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 15 Sept 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

[TallTrees]

I may be able to join in today 😬 @Mi-Amigo 

Could be better than 0 😱 

Bye for now TallTrees 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

Look forward to pm with your answers later.

[Mi-Amigo]

Please note - additional info

Q5 E - EXTINCT - What is the name of the New Zealand bird, size of an ostrich, which became extinct in

                              16th century ?

There is some disagreement as to when this animal became extinct, with some claims it became extinct in 1445, whilst others claim it became extinct 500 years ago [i.e. around 1550].

[Dave-O2]

Thanks for the quiz! 

Answers sent in nice and early this morning @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

I've got to say this @Mi-Amigo. One of the hardest WRQ's in my opinion!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

Bit early with pm with answers [should be after 12 noon] but I`ll let you off this time.

pm with answers received.

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

I've got to say this @Mi-Amigo. One of the hardest WRQ's in my opinion!

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tbh three of the questions are rated "difficult" or "hard" this time.

to help everyone, here are clues to a couple of questions...

one was inspired by one of my old schools; one was based on a previous WRQ A-Z question...

but I`m not saying which questions were rated "difficult"/"hard"; nor which questions clues apply to.

Good luck everyone 😉  

[Dave-O2]

Whoops 😋 @Mi-Amigo 

Won't happen again 😬

[Mi-Amigo]

IMPORTANT

Please note

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @J9el @Dave-O2 

There is a major typo in one question

Q4 D - DANCE - should read SOCA, a form of dance by swinging the hips, originated from which Caribbean country ?

Not scoda as in original post.

My sincere apologies and hope it doesn`t spoil the quiz for any of you.