Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown Day 101 101 as a number seems to have a number of well known associations. Room 101 Originated in "1984" by George Orwell - it was a torture room and not a place you wanted to end up. There is now of course the BBC TV show by the same name where celebrities get to rid the world of something they find irritating. 101 An Americanism widely used to mean a basic understanding of something e.g. Knowing the names of the strings of a guitar is guitar playing 101. 101 Is a prime number 101 The number of Dalmatians in the book by Dodie Smith and several films by Disney Today it hit 31°c - what a scorcher!