White Room Quiz Mon 11 Mar 2024

[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 - 

    HISTORY    LITERATURE    MUSIC   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 @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @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 HISTORY 1 - In Norse mythology who was the wife of Odin and mother of Balder ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of the second book in Douglas Adam`s "The Hitchikers Guide to the

                                  Galaxy" series of novels, first published in 1980 ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - "There is nothing like a dame" is a song in which musical ?

Q4 TV 1 - In British TV comedy "Some Mothers Do Have Em" what was the name [character not actress]

                  of Frank and Betty Spencer`s daughter ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Charles II, King of England, married Catherine of Braganza in 1664. Which country did

                              Catherine come from ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Enid Blyton`s children`s "Secret Seven" books, what breed of dog was Scamper ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of the first Adam & The Ants single to reach No 1 in UK singles chart -

                         reaching No 1 in May 1981 ?

Q8 TV 2 - In BBC TV children`s programme "Captain Pugwash" - screened 1957 to 1966, and revived in colour

                   1974 to 1975, what was the name of Captain Pugwash`s ship ?

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 11 Mar 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 13 Mar 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 013 Mar 2024.

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 11 Mar

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 13 Mar 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 13 Mar 2024 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.

[TallTrees]

Ooo 😰

Um ah maybe one or two @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

I bet @pgn can answer Q2 without scratching his head! 😂

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees for your comments.

Look forward to pm with your answers

Good luck

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Mi-Amigo 

I bet @pgn can answer Q2 without scratching his head! 😂

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First time, in over 4 years of WRQ, we`ve had a question on Hitchhikers Guide books....

So, no pressure on @pgn 😉😂 ??

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo 😎

(above in light of @Cleoriff's earlier comment 😂)