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

[jonsie]

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THE ANSWERS

Q1 A - ANTIQUES - In antiques, what is a favreil ?

A1   glass, invented by Tiffany, used for making lamps - question rated "difficult"

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

A2   62

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

                               to fasten what ?

A3    shoes or boots - question rated "difficult". two gave answer "zip", sorry can`t accept, need use. 

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

A4    Trinidad

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

                              16th century ?

A5   moa

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

                           in the centre ?

A6   Buckinghamshire - quesion inspired by one of my schools

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

                                      rather than in soil ?

A7    lithophytes - question rated "difficult"

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

A8    ikebana - question based on previous A-Z question

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Dave-O2 

Q1 clock - incorrect        Q2 2 - incorrect          Q3 tie - incorrect         Q4 Jamaica - incorrect .

Q5 albatross - incorrect  Q6 Devon - incorrect Q7 weeds - incorrect   Q8 origami - incorrect .

Total - 0 stars for 0 correct

@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

@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

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -           Q2 correct -   Q3 zip - sorry can`t accept correct Q4 correct -  .

Q5 dodo - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 airplants - incorrect                  Q8 pass.

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 statue - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 necklace - incorrect  Q4 Jamaica - incorrect .

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

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 zip - sorry can`t accept  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 alpine plant - incorrect  Q8 pass .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red 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

@jonsie 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @gmarkj @TallTrees 

0 stars                                             = 0 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM     - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj   - Red Thinker 

@TallTrees - Red Thinker

sorry, @Dave-O2 0 stars

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

WRQ A-Z Quiz 6 part 2 - 8 questions, 1 on each of these subjects

                            I - Initials; J - June;   K - Killers;    L - Latin;  M - Motorways;

                            N- Nursery rhymes;  O - Orange;  P - Postcodes

and will find the questions a little easier.

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

[TallTrees]

That's better "me" not brilliant though 😆

Forgot about Moa. Just couldn't remember name of number 7 or 8 question. All sorts of words "origami" popped up in head  air plants knew wasn't  right 😱 interesting quiz and learned more again.

Thank you for marking my answers @Mi-Amigo 

[gmarkj]

Happy with that result - lots of guesses!

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

Hey @Dave-O2 

You have joined the exclusive club of nil. I awarded myself the grand order of the wooden spoon😂 

This is a glorious honour 🎖 

🤣😂😅🤣😂😍😅

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[pgn]

I thought that Japanese flower arranging looked familiar, @Mi-Amigo 😂

Well done all, and keep on trying, @Dave-O2 - as you can see above, even our venerated quiz-master repeats questions now and then, so by law of averages...😉  Nice of @TallTrees to offer up her wooden spoon, it beats a stint on TNS, just... 😎