White Room Quiz Mon 23 Oct 2023

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions - with two questions on each of these four categories - 

    PLACES   NATURE    LITERATURE    TV

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12 noon today [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @J9el @Dave-O2 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Which English city, at the western end of South Downs National Park, was known to the

                           Roman as Venta Belgarum ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the UK`s fastest land mammal ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s Sherlock Holmes books what was the first name of Sherlock`s

                                   elder brother ?

Q4 TV 1 - "Z-Cars" was a British TV police drama series screened from 1962 to 1978. What was the name of

                   the spin-off TV series, featuring Barlow and Watt, which was screened from 1965 to 1969 ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Crowland Abbey is in which English county ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of creature is the venomous Brown Recluse ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In E B White`s "Charlotte`s Web" what is the name of the rat ?

Q8 TV 2 - What was the title of the British TV comedy series, screened from 1977 to 1980, which starred

                    Robert Lindsey as the character "Wolfie" ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 23 Oct 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 25 Oct 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 23 Oct 2023

Each member will be awarded  for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Mon 23 Oct

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 25 Oct 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 25 Oct 2023 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz. 

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

[Cleoriff]

How silly of me!! Never thought it was a snake anyway. Pfffttt. 🙄

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - good quiz.

Well done all 👍

[TallTrees]

Hey 3 Stars!  lovely thank you for the Quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Hope you will join my emoji game later.

Will need to be PM because I am out all day into the evening, so can't 

update.   Bye for now. TT