White Room Quiz Wed 21 June 2023 A to Z Quiz pt 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 5.

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; U - UNDERGROUND; V - VEHICLES;

   W - WEATHER;  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 @Comben @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @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 - Who is credited with quote "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved"  ?

Q2 R- RHYMING SLANG - In Cockney rhyming slang what does "Peckham Rye" mean ?

Q3 S - SYMBOL - What is the symbol for "do not bleach" on clothes washing instruction labels ?

Q4 T - TIME - How many years does a sesquicentennial anniversary celebrate ?

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND - Which tube station on Victoria Line on London underground is said to be named

                                            after a 16th century publican ?

Q6 V - VEHICLES - Which car company produced the Euoque from 2011 ?

Q7 W - WEATHER - A hurricane is defined as tropical storm which exceeds what speed [in mph] ?

Q8 Z - ZIP CODE - US zip code 5 plus four 60684-0002 is the zip code for which famous 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 21 June 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 23 June 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 23 June 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 21 June

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 23 June 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 23 June 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

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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Thank you @J9el 

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[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 Q - QUOTES - Who is credited with quote "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved"  ?

A1        Tennyson

Q2 R- RHYMING SLANG - In Cockney rhyming slang what does "Peckham Rye" mean ?

A2       necktie

Q3 S - SYMBOL - What is the symbol for "do not bleach" on clothes washing instruction labels ?

A3        triangle with X through it

Q4 T - TIME - How many years does a sesquicentennial anniversary celebrate ?

A4         150

Q5 U - UNDERGROUND - Which tube station on Victoria Line on London underground is said to be named

                                            after a 16th century publican ?

A5         Pimlico

Q6 V - VEHICLES - Which car company produced the Evoque from 2011 ?

A6         Range Rover

Q7 W - WEATHER - A hurricane is defined as tropical storm which exceeds what speed [in mph] ?

A7         74/75 mph

Q8 Z - ZIP CODE - US zip code 5 plus four 60684-0002 is the zip code for which famous US building ?

A8        Sears/Willis Tower

[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

@Comben 

Q1 Shakespeare - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 125 - incorrect .

Q5 Seven Sisters - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 50 - incorrect Q8 Statue of Liberty - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 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

@gmarkj 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 Senate building - incorrect .

plus for 7 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

@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

@J9el 

Q1 Oscar Wilde - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 30 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 80 - incorrect  Q8 White House - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                              = 4 correct - @J9el 

3 stars                                       = 3 correct - @Comben 

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

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker + star

@J9el       - Red Thinker

@Comben - 3 stars

Pleased to see everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars - especially as Q8 is probably the hardest

"A to Z" we have had.

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

- PEOPLE; NATURE; MOVIES; ART

and I will search out a mix of easier [?] and not-so-easy questions over the weekend

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

[pgn]

Good quiz - My Victoria Line answer was a complete guess, based on Pimlico being close to Westminster and it being the only station on the Victoria line without an interchange! 🤣

Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Q6 was a trip down memory lane for me. I was launch manager for trim on the Evoque which launched on July 4th 2011. Actually, Range Rover is a brand name, the company name is Land Rover.

Here's a picture of the first car off the production line taken during the launch at Halewood.

[Cleoriff]

Q8 certainly was the hardest question ever @Mi-Amigo!

Luckily for me, Ray did a club quiz a year or so ago and used that question. I told him it was too hard. Not one person got it correct and the teams heavily criticised him for it. Not a good night in his quiz master career!! 😂

[gmarkj]

I had no clue about Q8, and Q1 & Q5 were a guess.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Comben]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that looked at Q8 with a bewildering stare... I just went with Statue of Liberty for the sake of something but knew it wasn't right!

Cheers @Mi-Amigo for the alphabet WRQ's, always a big fan them despite getting some low scores! I'm annoyed to score 3 in the last two WRQ's though, 1 more on either and I could have snagged a thinker.

Thanks also to @MI5 for sharing with us the Land Rover Evoque launch picture, so cool that you were there. 😊