Which W? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Whicker

A whicker is the sound made by a horse or pony. Wicca is the name given to modern witchcraft, wicker is basketwork and wicks belong to candles.

Answer: Walter

Walter was Anne (Shirley) Blythe's second son. His elder brother was James (Jem) and he had a younger brother (Shirley), twin sisters (Anne "Nan" and Diana "Di"), a younger sister Marilla ("Rilla") and a deceased elder sister named Joyce.

Answer: Wally

Wally Meadows was Jim Linton's best friend through the series (though he shared billing with Harry in the first book). He went on to marry Jim's sister, Norah.

Answer: Winnie

Winnie the Pooh, aka Edward Bear, aka The Bear of Very Little Brain, aka Pooh, aka Pooh Bear is well-known as the ever kindly and child-like companion of Christopher Robin. "Pooh Bear" is probably a pun, while "Winne" is said to be the name that once belonged to a swan. Confused now?

Answer: woggle

A woggle secures the tie and keeps it neat. Woggles can be made of cloth, leather, metal or any number of other materials.

Answer: Wimsey

Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey was created by Dorothy Sayers. He appears in many of her books, and his stories have been filmed.

Answer: waffle

A waffle is a kind of crisp, lattice-shaped pancake sometimes served with icecream or syrup. To waffle on means to talk about nothing much.

Answer: want

"Waste not, want not" is a saying from frugal Victorian times. It means that if you don't waste things, you won't run out. On the other hand, it might mean that even if you don't want something, you shouldn't waste it. However, I doubt it.

Answer: Whosit

Mrs Who, Mrs Which and Mrs Whatsit all appear in Madeline L'Engle's book "A Wrinkle in Time".

Answer: White

E.B. White created the books "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's Web", while T.H. White wrote "The Once and Future King".

Answer: The Wash

The Wash is a stretch of mud and water in East Anglia, and it was there that King John lost his treasury, including his crown.

Answer: walnut

Walnuts are tasty nuts that look a bit like fat pecans. They contain lots of oil, and the green husk stains skin brown. Few people have tasted a proper walnut; the ones in packets are usually bitter because they oxidise once shelled.

Answer: wallflower

If a girl had to sit out too many dances at a ball, she was known as a wallflower. Capable hostesses used to lay in a stock of obliging young men to make sure the wallflowers got to dance. An older girl who lacked partners or suitors was known as an ape leader.

Answer: All of them

Despite the name, a wallaroo is not a cross between a wallaby and a kangaroo, but just a species that happens to come between them in size. Wombats and wallabies are also marsupials which carry their young in a pouch. Others not starting with W include the Tasmanian devil, the koala and the quoll.

Answer: wattles

Roosters, and some other birds, have reddish fleshy flaps that hang near the beak or chin. Some hens and roosters have a similar flap called a "comb" that sits on top of their heads.

Answer: English

John Wyndham was born in Warwickshire, England, in 1903. His real name was John Beynon Harris. His famous books inflcue "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Midwich Cuckoos".

Answer: H.G. Wells

Herbert George Wells, author of "The Time Machine", was someone Nesbit greatly admired. When the children in her story visit the future, they meet a boy named "Wells" in H.G.'s honour. H.G. was born in Kent in 1866.

William Wilberforce was an anti-slavery campaigner, Winifred Atwell a pianist and Wendy Darling the heroine of J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan and Wendy".

Answer: Winifred

Winifred "Fred" Burkle was the love of Wesley's life, but in the third and last series of "Angel", she was taken over by an ancient goddess.

Answer: Whittier

Eleanor H. Porter wrote "Pollyanna" and "Pollyanna Grows Up". Other books in the series were written by others. Pollyanna Whittier was the original "Glad Girl".

Answer: "Star Trek"

Worf (played by Michael Dorn) was the security officer in some series of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". "Warp speed" was something Captains Kirk and Picard often mentioned. "The Wrath of Kahn" was one of the "Star Trek" franchise titles.

The words are not all Old German, and nor are they breeds of fish. They don't share a vowel sound, either. "Warp" and "Worf" do, but "wrath" sounds quite different.