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Queen’s Squire’s Quest

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 Queen’s Squire’s Quest

A simple 260 words, with the winner being the one who can make a story with as many words as possible containing the letter Q. Q words will only be counted once and each will get one point. You will lose points for every ten words the story is over or under 260 and it must make sense; points will be deducted for the random use of inappropriate words etc. Closing date will be Tuesday 22nd March.

Quill time and quality please!

Saxon
set Mar 10, 2011 by Saxon (596 points)
edited Apr 29, 2011 by ThinkWrite
I have a story half written.  As soon as I have time to finish, I'll submit it.  Q is a really tough challenge.
commented Mar 15, 2011 by doug (882 points)
Remember, it is words with a "q" in them not just starting with a "q" !
commented Mar 15, 2011 by Saxon (596 points)
Guess I've played too many scrabble games.  I was trying to incorporate words "beginning" with q.  Thanks!
commented Mar 16, 2011 by doug (882 points)

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260 words including title...have no clue how many Q's may be found.  This was fun!

 

Queen Squires Quest

The Queen was the quintuplet born last, but her beau the King found her irresistible. She quietly snuck out of her house without her four other sisters noticing. Her and the King would meet in the quarry and quickly cuddle in a quiet crevice. Once word got out that she was the chosen one quipsters quaintly quacked over her being chosen over her more beautiful sisters. It was truly a quiz to most as to how this drab, dreary drudge had become the Squires Queen.

Eventually, she was accepted as the queen although not quickly and she ruled the land with her husband for years. As she aged, her children were told many stories by their father, the king, about how he and the queen had met. One such story-telling session occurred while they were on holiday in Spain. They dined at a famous restaurant snacking on quesadillas and quince. The youngsters befriended a squirrel. Quincy the squirrel sat quietly caressing a chestnut he plucked from a tree. The children giggled and then quarreled over who would catch the pesky animal. Quinock, being the eldest, raced towards Quincy and managed to nab a tuft of fur, though the quality of his snag did not catch the rascally squirrel. Quinook, the youngest, crept gingerly towards Quincy, but once again the squirrel dodged the advance. Charlie looked…pondered his quest and plucked a peanut out of his pocket which he offered Quincy. Quincy leapt into his arms and quaffed his prize. Queen Squires quest was one of youth and joy. 
answered Mar 20, 2011 by doug (882 points)
I make this 21 Q words after allowing for the use of the same words more than once and the word count is spot on. Not an easy challenge but I like this little story and it is ahead currently.
commented Mar 21, 2011 by Saxon (596 points)
Doug,
You are the winner this time, so back to you for the next one! Hope it is something challenging again, LOL
Saxon
commented Mar 23, 2011 by Saxon (596 points)
Wow Saxon, I am honored.  Now I have to think of a toughie to keep this wonderful challenge idea going.  Hmmmm....
commented Mar 24, 2011 by doug (882 points)
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 Queen’s Squire’s Quest

The Queen’s Squire’s quest requires quality and like Don Quixote, a story of interest. Quintessential, over flowing with quotes and quotations, it could even drift into Latin for effect, quid pro quo, as long as there is an equal exchange of sense. Historically the linguistic use of questioning words often started with a letter “q”; qui, quod, quaecumque. In English, the acquired question sound is often “wh”; who, what where.

Quentin Aquila, Esquire, was quaint and equitable, yet required from his acquaintances some acquiescence. His family emblem was a squirrel on an equilateral triangle and their exquisite home was in the Quantocks.  For centuries they had quietly looked after their estates, collected the quarterly rents and were know for their quality, if not always equality! They had served the Exchequer and (more recently) on many quangos and would never have been considered a Quisling.  So when, inspired by St Thomas Aquinas and the Inquisition, he quietly set sail to the Equator in search of Quetzacoatl, questions were asked.

His equipment was pitiful, quivers of arrows, quince jam and quick silver dominated, but he hoped to exchange them quickly; quite why was questionable. He quipped that it was all he required. Using a quadrant and equations he wrongly calculated the location, ending in an aquatic accident. Quaintly acquiescent in adversity, he unequivocally tried again and again. Finally, conquered by adversity, he accepted defeat and was declared mad by local Doctors, but they were quacks anyway! Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius!
answered Mar 11, 2011 by Saxon (596 points)
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I was born and raised in New York. Of course the immediate response from most people is, “Oh, New York City?” As if that's all that New York is made of. Not quite such a quirky response should it elicit. I was born and raised in the Bronx, not Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island or Manhattan. The good old Bronx was my home for 25 years. I had relatives who lived with their kids in Quascaik in Suffolk county and when we visited we were required to drive through Poquonk and Yapank to get to their homes. To them it was a quintessential honor to be residing in such fancy named hometowns. To me, it was just a bunch of Indian names, where the Bronx was solid and didn't carry a lot of fanfair with it. It never made me inquisitive to learn more about its origins. The quality of the Bronx was in its ease of travel. It was rarely congested with traffic and you didn't even need a car to get you from point A to point B. This ease of travel elicited a state of equanimity among the residents which was hardly found in any of the other boroughs.

The quantity of homes made to look exactly the same for miles on end was not a great selling point when it comes to moving out of the Bronx. People will tell you that the equivacancy made it more attractive than anything available anywhere in the Bronx. So it is with great pride that I say I was born in the Bronx.
answered Mar 17, 2011 by EmyO (274 points)
Good word count and 12 q words! I like New York state better than the city, but that is just me! LOL.
commented Mar 17, 2011 by Saxon (596 points)
And I've been out of the Bronx for 38 very happy years living  in the Mid-Hudson Valley since 1972. This is much more to my liking. As far as writing with words with a "q" in it is crazy. Things sound like they should be "q" just aren't. Ugh!!! Of this challenge, I am not a fan. I did try to stay at the word count required which was also tough. So so very discouraging. But that's what a challenge is for. Thanks Saxon. It was a work out!!!
commented Mar 17, 2011 by EmyO (274 points)
I'm from Qualorado and have diffiqult time getting in synque with the 'q' voquabulary.  My sique attempts sound like quockamaimy quoloquialism and I don't even speaque French.  But I qurave quomique relief.
commented Mar 18, 2011 by giraffe (704 points)
Quick and quality if not quantity? Quite short of the required words!

PS Are you a Giraffa camelopardalis  antiquorum from Mozambique ?
commented Mar 19, 2011 by Saxon (596 points)
Yes.  I am all of those things and more.  Actually I was amused by spelling Colorado 'Qualorado'.  It sounds like a Bronx accent - no offense, EmyO.
commented Mar 19, 2011 by giraffe (704 points)
I wanted to mention I married a hoquey player from Quebec and we lived in Queretaro and then moved in to Quintana Roo for my daughter's quintuplets birth. We lived in a Quonset Hut for a quarter of a year, but that would have brought our word quont over by too many letters. Sorry about that, giraffe. Oh qwell! EmyO
commented Mar 19, 2011 by EmyO (274 points)
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