White Room Quiz Wed 19 Jan 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

- PLACES   LITERATURE   TV   SPORT

The answer to each question is a number.

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @adelphiaUK @lewys-gp @RafaC @Martin-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 - Petrified Forest National Park is in which US State ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote the "Just William" books, the first of which was published in 1922 ?

Q3 TV 1 - In the British TV sit-com "Are You Being Served?", what was the first name of the character played

                by Wendy Richards ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Which sport do Surrey Storm and Manchester Thunder play ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - The Vasco de Gama bridge, the longest bridge in Europe, is in which European city ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Horatio Hornblower was a character created by which author and appeared in eleven

                                books about the British Navy during the Napolean times ?

Q7 TV 2 - Which British TV medical drama, which ran from 1957 to 1967, was set in the fictional Oxbridge

                General Hospital ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Oxford Cambridge University Boat Race begins at which bridge on River Thames ?

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

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 19 Jan 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 20 Jan 2022]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Wed 19 Jan 2022

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 [Wed 19 Jan 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 20 Jan 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 20 Jan 2022 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

@Mi-Amigo  

[TallTrees]

TV and TV   🙄

Nil points usually for me @Mi-Amigo  

[pgn]

Ah, yes. Not straightforward, so...

[lewys-gp]

Was sorry to miss Monday's questions! May be even more sorry to catch these 🤣.

Cheers, @Mi-Amigo ‌👏‌.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees @pgn @lewys-gp 

Quite a mix in questions and level of difficulty [but none rated "difficult"] this time.

Look forward to pm with your answers

Good luck

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp 

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @RafaC 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you to the quizzers who have sent me pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @pgn @Cleoriff @gmarkj @jonsie @TallTrees @BobM @adelphiaUK @Martin-O2 and anyone else who would like to have a go at the quiz.

There is plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [thurs] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers

Look forward to hearing from you

Good luck 

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your 8 answers received