Green Quiz - answers

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Okay, here they are.....

1. a dollar bill (slang) - GREENback

2. a tenderfoot (Old West) - GREENhorn

3. a lifesaver flavour - winterGREEN

4. an anti-nuclear organization - GREENpeace

5. an old folk song - GREEN grow the rushes O

6. a place where mean time is kept zero degrees longitude - GREENwich

7. a European plum-like fruit - GREENgage

8. an old tv show - GREEN acres

9. clothes for St. Patricks Day - wearin' o' the GREEN

10. a tree or shrub that doesn't lose its leaves - everGREEN

11. a glass house in which delicate plants are grown - GREENhouse

12. a large island to the northeast of Canada - GREENland

13. an old, sad love ballad - GREENsleeves

14. foliage or vegetation - GREENery

15. where the putting hole is on a golf course - GREEN

16. a public piece of grassy land in the middle of a small settlement - village GREEN

17. a retail dealer in vegetables (in UK) - GREENgrocer

18. where plays are often read, in a theatre - GREENroom

19. from a tree that is still growing - GREEN wood

20. the colour of the boat that the Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in - Pea GREEN

ALL of the answers to the quiz contain the word GREEN.

Used by permission from Guidestuff and Green Machine, Nov.1986 no.81, Green Week Issue