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'G' is for.... Trivia Quiz

Next part in the A to possibly Z series, unless I get sick of it. This time it is 'G' and you guess the answer from the scenario given, involving a word beginning with G. It's just so simple. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kristian88

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
143,899

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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927

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Question 1 of 10

1. I was watching a period drama the other day and, half-way through, I heard a woman cry out 'gardyloo'. Where was it set and what was she doing? Hint

London - Calling for police after being robbed

Edinburgh - Emptying out slops into the street

Paris - Welcoming home her husband from battle

Dublin - Summoning local meeting of housewives

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Question 2 of 10

2. Sitting down to dinner the other day, at a posh restaurant, my wife ordered two 'gwyniads'. A bit dubious, I waited to see what the waiter brought. What was it? Hint

Pasta

Beef

Fish

Salad

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following TV programmes would be the best to watch if you wanted to see 'gramarye'? Hint

Happy Days

Malcolm in the Middle

The Waltons

Bewitched

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Question 4 of 10

4. If I was amongst a group of people, of whom I was not one, and they called me a 'Gorgio', what do you think these people are most likely to be? Hint

Gypsies

Green Berets

Mormons

Mafia

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whilst in China I witnessed two grown men involved in 'Gobang'. I stood and watched for a while. What were they doing? Hint

Kissing each other

Sticking needles in each others feet

Having a mock sword fight

Playing a game

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Question 6 of 10

6. If you were to go to the doctors for a check-up and he told you you had a 'glossal' problem, what would you have a problem with? Hint

Throat

Tongue

Ears

Nostrils

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Question 7 of 10

7. At sea recently I heard the captain say he was having trouble with his 'gimbals'. What was the problem? Hint

Compass

His stomach

Anchor

Engines

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Question 8 of 10

8. Enjoying a nice night out with my girlfriend we went to a place where everyone seemed to be wearing a 'gibus'. Where did we go? Hint

Opera house

Speedway meeting

3-D Cinema

Welsh pub

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Question 9 of 10

9. I thought I would get some new 'galligaskins' the other day. Which shop would you have expected me to visit to get some? Hint

D.I.Y. shop

Bookshop

Tailors

Electrical retailer

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Question 10 of 10

10. Talking to a man recently in my local pub, I was getting exceedingly bored as he talked about his hobby. He told me he was a 'gricer'. What was his hobby? Hint

Stamp collecting

Train spotting

Building model aeroplanes

Flying kites

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I was watching a period drama the other day and, half-way through, I heard a woman cry out 'gardyloo'. Where was it set and what was she doing?

Answer: Edinburgh - Emptying out slops into the street

A gardyloo is a Scottish warning cry from a housewife before she is about to empty her slops into the street below, from her window. It comes from the French 'garde a l'eau' meaning beware the water.

2. Sitting down to dinner the other day, at a posh restaurant, my wife ordered two 'gwyniads'. A bit dubious, I waited to see what the waiter brought. What was it?

Answer: Fish

A gwyniad is a white-fleshed fish very similar to salmon. It originates from the Welsh 'gwyn' meaning white.

3. Which of the following TV programmes would be the best to watch if you wanted to see 'gramarye'?

Answer: Bewitched

Gramarye is magic or necromancy.

4. If I was amongst a group of people, of whom I was not one, and they called me a 'Gorgio', what do you think these people are most likely to be?

Answer: Gypsies

Gorgio is the gypsy term for a non-gypsy. It originates from the Romany language.

5. Whilst in China I witnessed two grown men involved in 'Gobang'. I stood and watched for a while. What were they doing?

Answer: Playing a game

Gobang is a Chinese game with counters on a 256 squared board. It is Chinese for chess-board.

6. If you were to go to the doctors for a check-up and he told you you had a 'glossal' problem, what would you have a problem with?

Answer: Tongue

Glossal means of the tongue. It comes from the Greek 'glossa', meaning tongue.

7. At sea recently I heard the captain say he was having trouble with his 'gimbals'. What was the problem?

Answer: Compass

The gimbals are the pivoted rings that help to stabilise a compass at sea.

8. Enjoying a nice night out with my girlfriend we went to a place where everyone seemed to be wearing a 'gibus'. Where did we go?

Answer: Opera house

A gibus is an opera hat - named after its manufacturer.

9. I thought I would get some new 'galligaskins' the other day. Which shop would you have expected me to visit to get some?

Answer: Tailors

Galligaskins are trousers. The word actually comes from the Italian word for Greekish.

10. Talking to a man recently in my local pub, I was getting exceedingly bored as he talked about his hobby. He told me he was a 'gricer'. What was his hobby?

Answer: Train spotting

A gricer is a train spotter. The origin of the word is unsure but it is possible that it comes from the 1930s when these train spotters would trample the grouse moors watching the new steam locomotives go by. Hence grousers became gricers.

Source: Author kristian88

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