White Room Quiz Wed 20 Sept 2023 A - Z Quiz 6 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 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

 Q - Quotes; R - Rhyming slang; S - Symbols; T - Time zones; U - Underground stations; V - Vehicles;

  W - Weather;  Z - Zip codes, USA

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 Q - QUOTES - Which US President said "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,

                               but it can never forget what we did here " ?

Q2 R - RHYMING SLANG - Lady Godiva is cockney ryhming slang for what ?

Q3 S - SYMBOLS - What does the symbol of a circle inside a square on washing instructions mean ?

Q4 T - TIME ZONES - How many time zones are there in Australia [you don`t have to name them] ?

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND STATIONS - On the London tube, which is the one station where you can

                                                             change directly from the Piccadilly line to the Bakerloo line ?

Q6 V - VEHICLES - What was the name of the 1971 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow two-door model ?

Q7 W - WEATHER - In shipping weather forecasts, what is the name of the are named after an island in the

                                  Bristol channel ?

Q8 Z - ZIP CODES, USA - Ca 94129-1000 is the US zip code for which famous US structure ?

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 20 Sept 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 22 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 22 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 20 Sept

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 22 Sept 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 22 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

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo --->  👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[jonsie]

Incoming in style @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 Q - QUOTES - Which US President said "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,

                               but it can never forget what we did here " ?

A1   Abraham Lincoln [Gettysburg address]

Q2 R - RHYMING SLANG - Lady Godiva is cockney ryhming slang for what ?

A2   £5 - "fiver"

Q3 S - SYMBOLS - What does the symbol of a circle inside a square on washing instructions mean ?

A3   can tumble dry

Q4 T - TIME ZONES - How many time zones are there in Australia ?

A4    5 time zones - Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) [South Australia; Northern Territory];

                                 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) [Western Australia];

                                 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) [Queensland; NSW; Victoria; Tasmania

                                 Australian Western Central Standard Time (AWCST) - part of s.e. Western Australia

                                 Lod Howe Standard Time (LHST) - part of New South Wales [NSW].

           As reputable Australian sources and websites only cite the first 3 [ACST; AWST; AEST], I`ll also accept

           3 as a correct answer.

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND STATIONS - On the London tube, which is the one station where you can

                                                             change directly from the Piccadilly line to the Bakerloo line ?

A5   Piccadilly Circus.

Q6 V - VEHICLES - What was the name of the 1971 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow two-door model ?

A6   Corniche.

Q7 W - WEATHER - In shipping weather forecasts, what is the name of the are named after an island in the

                                  Bristol channel ?

A7  Lundy.

Q8 Z - ZIP CODES, USA - Ca 94129-1000 is the US zip code for which famous US structure ?

A8   Golden Gate Bridge.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -       Q4 6 - incorrect .

Q5 Kings Cross - incorrect   Q6 LukasB - incorrect  Q7 TheresaV - incorrect  Q8 Hollywood sign - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Dave-O2 

Q1 George Bush - incorrect   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Kings Cross - incorrect  Q6 Phantom - incorrect  Q7 Shetland - incorrect  Q8 Statue of Liberty - incorrect.

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 6 - incorrect .

Q5 Leicester Square - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 Alcatraz - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers 

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 6 - incorrect .

Q5 pass             Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 pass.

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 - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn @jonsie 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @BobM @TallTrees 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @gmarkj @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@BobM     - Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees  - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj    - 3 stars

@Dave-O2 - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed these WRQ A - Z quizzes; and will join in Monday`s WRQ, which will be a normal

White Room Quiz of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

   HISTORY;  LITERATURE;   MUSIC;   FOOD & DRINK

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

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.