Words.......Words........Words Quiz

Answer: Drink it

Cachaça is a Brazilian rum made from cane sugar. It was first made by a Swiss immigrant, Erasmus Scheltz, in 1534 near the port of Santos Sao Paulo. In Brazil it is second to beer in popularity.

Answer: In clumps

This is a plant which grows in tufts or clumps, for example the little seaside plant 'thrift' or 'sea pink'.

Answer: Sport

This basket is used for that very fast sport jai alai. It is a scoop shaped, wicker basket worn over the hand when catching or throwing.

Answer: Animal

This is a large-eyed, nocturnal monkey from South America. He has an inflatable sac under his neck to amplify his call.

Answer: Porcelain

Imari takes its name from the port of Imari. It is white, brightly decorated with a floral design and then glazed. It was first made about 1600 in the province of Hizen.

Answer: Painter

To scumble is to cover with a thin wash of opaque colour, or rub with a semi-opaque colour to soften the effect.

Answer: In a forest

It's a road through a forest to a logging camp, used to bring out the logs.

Answer: No

It is actually a wasp, with a body covered in soft hair. The females generally are wingless but have a potent sting.

Answer: Glass blower

A punty is a long metal rod on which molten glass is turned during the blowing process. It is also called a pontil. Training to be a glass blower is a very long apprenticeship, up to seven years. At the end a masterpiece must be made just as in the medieval guilds.

Answer: Laugh loudly

Yes, it actually means to laugh.

Answer: A bell rope

A sally hole is for those long ropes which are used for pulling bells in cathedrals and churches to ring out Happy Christmas etc.

Answer: Tanning

The seed pods are used in tanning leather. The 'S' shaped pods contain up to 44% tannin which can be easily leached out. The divi divi is the national tree of Curacao.

Answer: True

It is got by crushing the dried roots of a SE Asian tree. It is used in cosmetics, as a stimulant and as a condiment.

Answer: Ornament

It is an old fashioned quaint object, usually an ornament, which has no visible function except to be there. It's often called a knick knack.

Answer: Mine

A mucker removes rocky waste from a mine. The term is also used to refer to a worker who clears animal dung from their enclosure.

Answer: The beauty salon

In Ireland, often sunfree, it is a status symbol to go abroad for holidays with the golden tan being the proof of travel. It is very common to get an artificial tan on a sunbed in the beauty salon before travelling so as not to appear anaemic on the beach, or to fool people into thinking you have been abroad. Those of you living in warm sunny climes must think us mad.

Answer: Flotel

It's a new word made up of, you guessed it, floating and hotel.

Answer: Bird

A mot mot is a tropical American bluejay. It has blue/green plumage and eats insects, reptiles and fruit. It is found between Mexico and Brazil, and gets its name from the sound it makes.

Answer: On a map

Hachures are those little lines of shading on a map which indicate difference in slope. Close together for steep and wide apart for gradual.

Answer: Seaweed

This seaweed turns black when dried and it is sold to be used in cooking. It becomes reconstituted in water and is used for salads and soups.

Answer: Relics

This is a little shrine for the remains of a saint or holy person, or a small chapel where the shrine is put. I came across one once on Tyburn Hill in London. It had a collection of bone splinters and cloth from those who had been hung, drawn and quartered for their religious beliefs. I do not know if it's still there, but it was a very strange place where no one spoke.

Answer: Lalique

Lalique is a highly collectible, ornamental, frosted glassware made near the end of the nineteenth century. It takes its name from Renee Lalique (1860-1945). Lalang is a coarse grass from Malaya.

Answer: Cash

It's a slang word for money from the mid 20th century.

Answer: Any of these

What a busy word. It's a bush in NE America, a tree like the elm in SE America (USA). It's a fish like a mackerel which can weigh up to 120 lbs. It's also an old expression of excitement. Wahoo!

Answer: Friday

TGIF = Thank God It's Friday, coming up to 3.30, 3.35, 3.40... and then the weekend will be all mine; or so I delude myself as I pack enough work, for three days not to mind two, into my bag.