Words containing WHY? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Whey

Another term for whey is milk serum. It is the remaining byproduct found after milk has been curdled and strained. This substance has many uses including being a nutritional supplement, and a flour conditioner in the baking process.

Answer: Wealthy

Wealth is a difficult concept to quantify objectively. To be wealthy means to have acquired a significant abundance of material, economic, and financial resources. A staggering statistic from economists in the United States suggested that the net worth of the top 1 percent of people in America was equal or more than that of the bottom 90 percent of Americans.

Answer: Whinny

The term whinny refers to the vocalization of a horse and is often used synonymously with the term neigh. Most people accept that a whinny is more of a low and gentle sound.

Answer: Whiskey

Whiskey or whisky translates from Gaelic to mean life-water. Whiskey has a long history and it has been suggested that even the Babylonians in 200 BC were in the whiskey-making business. Certainly, the Greeks in 3rd century AD Alexandria were distilling their own fermented beverages. Whiskey can be made from corn, rye, wheat, barley, or buckwheat and is usually aged in large wooden casks made of white oak.

Answer: Wherry

A wherry is a common term for a sailing barge that was popular on the Thames River in England and also on the rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk to the northeast of London. The wherry had a long angled bow and was built to allow easier unloading of passengers and cargo. The term is thought to derive from the Norfolk Wherry of the late 1700s that had a long bow and large sails.

Answer: Whirlybird

The whirlybird is a slang name for the helicopter and likely is connected to a popular 1950's television program called "The Whirlybirds" or "Copter Patrol". The term whirlybird is also a slang term for the Douglas DC-3, a power trowel, a fortune teller, and the samara fruit of the maple tree.

Answer: Whiney

To whine is to complain or protest in a child-like fashion. A sustained sound of a certain high pitch might also be considered whiney, as in the example of a dog wanting to go outside or a piece of machinery.

Answer: Praiseworthy

In the LDS (Mormon) Church there are thirteen articles of faith. Article number one states, "We believe in God, the eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost." The full thirteenth article of faith is: "We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe in all things, we hope for all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things."

Answer: Washday

"Washday Blues" is found on Side 2 of Dolly Parton's album, "My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972)." The lyrics of the song are as follows:
"Last Saturday night I looked like a princess dressed in calico
Now blue Monday washday I look like a lady hobo
Just rubbin' and a scrubbin' and a raisin' em out
I gotta hang 'em out early I hope the sun comes out
Wash 'em out ring 'em out hang 'em on the line
Get a little tired just think about the good times washday blues
Now I ain't never been very lucky I ain't never won a prize
But I'd like to get a job on TV for some of that soap they advertise
Rubbin' and scrubbing...
Well that good lookin' good lovin' no good man of mine
Could buy me a washin' machine
But he spends all his money on payday to make me look like a queen
Now rubbin' and scrubbin'..."

Answer: Whammy

Whammy is also defined as a magic curse, jinx, or hex. The word is thought to be derived from the word wham and has a first recorded usage in the 1940s.