April's "Better Late Than Never!" Quiz - Question 25 *ANSWER ADDED*

[steve_rob]

From roller-coasters to arboriculture - don't say this quiz isn't varied!

What sort of tree or plant were the hedges in Alice's Curious Labyrinth formed from?

 

[jillrobinson]

pm sent

 

[Cyrano]

PM sent

 

[Dianetigger]

PM Sent

 

[catgirl03]

Pm Sent

 

[TotallyAngelic]

haven't got a clue.....guess pm sent

 

[SandraVB79]

PM sent

 

[Bexx]

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[Disney owl]

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[Quack]

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[steve_rob]

I will accept any of the following as correct answers: Thuja (or Thuya), Arbor-vitae or Italian Cypress. They are all essentially the same tree, although the first answer is the correct name for it.

A number of people gave me the answer Clipped Yea, and indeed there is a website that says the hedges are made of this, but unfortunately there is no such thing as a Yea tree. Possibly the writer was going for Yew but misspelled it?

However, even if you had put Yew as the answer, I cannot find any other sites or books to back up that this is the case, whereas I can find quite a few that say Thuja or Arborvitae.

So, sorry if you came across this site and thought it was right, but I'm afraid I can't give you any marks for that answer.

On a more positive note, JillRobinson has picked up yet another bonus point for going all Alan Titchmarsh on me and giving every possible thing I could hope to know about Thuja Occidentalis, even if most of it was culled from Wikipedia!

So remember (especially with just five days left in the quiz and it being quite a close race for the top prizes), I'm still willing to reward knowledge with bonus points - all you've got to do is impress!

 

[Cyrano]

On a more positive note, JillRobinson has picked up yet another bonus point for going all Alan Titchmarsh on me and giving every possible thing I could hope to know about Thuja Occidentalis, even if most of it was culled from Wikipedia!

So remember (especially with just five days left in the quiz and it being quite a close race for the top prizes), I'm still willing to reward knowledge with bonus points - all you've got to do is impress!

Looks like teacher has found a new pet

 

[Quack]

Looks like teacher has found a new pet

hehe The old teachers pet has been sent to the dunces corner

 

[steve_rob]

Now, now Reid - don't get all jealous on me now!! Although I should point out that I don't just give bonus points to people with the same surname as me!

And to prove that, I did actually give Bexx an extra point a few questions ago, but completely forgot to post about it. So belated congratulations to her on that!

 

[Ware Bears]

Woo hoo Jill!!! and Becky!

 

[Bexx]

I did actually give Bexx an extra point a few questions ago, but completely forgot to post about it. So belated congratulations to her on that!

Ooooh really?!!! What was that for?!!! One thing I can be sure of - it wasn't for the coaster questions!!!!!!

 

[jillrobinson]

Looks like teacher has found a new pet

Just wait til he sees my dissertation on Question 26

I'll have you know Steve apart from Wikipedia - I visited just about every online Horticultural shop on the web.

 

[Ware Bears]

 

[steve_rob]

Ooooh really?!!! What was that for?!!! One thing I can be sure of - it wasn't for the coaster questions!!!!!!

I'm not 100% sure (I had to delete all my old PM's as I was getting too many), but I think it might have been because you told me that Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith presented the US version of the opening ceremony.

That's the key to getting extra marks - tell me something I don't actually know (like that). Of course, it helps if it is relevant to the question as well!

 

[Quack]

I'm not 100% sure (I had to delete all my old PM's as I was getting too many), but I think it might have been because you told me that Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith presented the US version of the opening ceremony.

That's the key to getting extra marks - tell me something I don't actually know (like that). Of course, it helps if it is relevant to the question as well!

I think that was me (or was that for the info on Peter Maffay?) See now you are confusing me too LOL