Polar Bear (Title Photo)
Dear Readers, what a splendid showing we had with the quiz this time! It tested everyone to the limit. In third place was Mike from Alittlebitoutoffocus with a very respectable 21 out of 31 (I gave an extra mark for anyone getting the blood-thinner question right on the Christmas food section). In second place was Rosalind and her husband with 23/31. But the overall winners were Fran and Bobby Freelove who got an extraordinary 29/31. Well done to all of you, and thank you for taking part, you are all stars as far as I am concerned.
Winter Wonderland 1 – Winter Trees
Question One
B) A Scots PIne
Question Two
C) A Yew
Question Three
C) Mistletoe
Winter Wonderland 2 – Christmas Plant Folklore
Question 4) C) A specific hawthorn in Glastonbury was believed to flower at Christmas because it grew from a staff planted by Joseph of Arimithea
Question Five) D) Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) was believed to flower on Old Christmas Eve (5th January), particularly in the Isle of Man.
Question Six )B) Ivy (Hedera helix) is considered to be unlucky if brought into the house except between Christmas Eve and Twelfth Night.
Question Seven) A) Holly is actually known as ‘Christmas’ in Cornwall.
Winter Wonderland 3 – Animal Tracks
Question 8) B) Badger
Question 9) D) Fox
Question 10) A) Otter
Question 11) C) Hare
Winter Wonderland 5 – Rainbow Birds
Question 12 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Question 13 Cock of the Rock (Rupicola rupicola)
Question 14 Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Question 15 Rose-ringed (Ring-necked) Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Question 16 Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
Question 17 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Question 18 Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)
Winter Wonderland 5 – Christmas Food Facts
Question 19 – Parsnips B) Parsnips formed part of the tribute paid to the Emperor Tiberius from Germany
Question 20 – Brussel sprout D) – Brussels sprouts should be avoided if you take blood-thinning medication due to their high levels of Vitamin K
Photo 21 – Cranberries E) – Cranberry came from ‘Crane-berry’ as the flowers are supposed to look like a long-beaked bird. Also D) – Cranberries too have lots of Vitamin K so should be avoided if you are on blood-thinning medication.
Question 22 – Clementine A) Clementines are named after Brother Clement Rodier who discovered the spontaneous cross between a sweet orange and a Mediterranean mandarin in the garden of his monastery in French Algeria.
Question 23 – Brazil Nuts C) Brazil nuts have the highest level of dietary selenium of any food.
Winter Wonderland 6 – Christmas ‘Carols’
Question 24 -D) Polar Bear
Question 25) B) – Rock Ptarmigan
Question 26) G) – Snow Bunting
Question 27) E) – Snowy Owl and chick
Question 28) A)- Reindeer (the sound you can hear is the tendons in their legs clicking)
Question 29) C) – Robin. The call is surprisingly easy to muddle up with the snow bunting I think!
Question 30) F) – Arctic Fox cub
Sound Credits
All animals sounds in Winter Wonderland 6 were from the BBC Sound Archive BBC Sound Effects (bbcrewind.co.uk)
Photo Credits
Title Photo by Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo One by © Copyright Peter Bond and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Photo Two by © Copyright Richard Law and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Photo Three by John from Notts – see photo for further details
Photo Four By Tom Ordelman – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2276835
Photo Five By Hectonichus – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35718694
Photo Six by Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Seven by Bugwoman
Photo Eight By DooferKiin – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57543187
Photo Nine by © Copyright Michael Graham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Photo Ten by © Copyright Mary and Angus Hogg and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Photo Eleven by Andy Perkins at https://www.flickr.com/photos/133222863@N03/32681499362/
Photo Twelve By FWS – USFWS website, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10586270
Photo Thirteen By Almir Cândido de Almeida – https://www.flickr.com/photos/almircandido/4744381560/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11044242
Photo Fourteen By Andreas Trepte – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38974913
Photo Fifteen by Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Sixteen by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Seventeen by Dawn Scranton from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Eighteen by _paVan_ from Singapore, Singapore, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Nineteen by Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty by Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty One by Muffet, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty Two by carol, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty Three by Jean Marconi from Brasil, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty-Four by Alan D. Wilson, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty Five by Jan Frode Haugseth, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty-Six by dfaulder, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty-Seven by Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty Eight by Alexandre Buisse (Nattfodd), CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twenty Nine by © Francis C. Franklin / CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo 30 by Anya Schlich-Davies at https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/12674/
Great quiz, very entertaining, although we must say we quite surprised ourselves with the animal noises!
I’m more than happy with the bronze medal! 😊