26/05/2014
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by teams from the Midlands and the North of England for the latest contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.
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Tom Sutcliffe is in the chair, as the Midlands take on the North of England for the first time in the 2014 series. Writer Rosalind Miles and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Chief Executive, Stephen Maddock, play against author Adele Geras and Durham University academic Diana Collecott. As always, they'll be called upon to dredge the most arcane information from their memory banks in order to tackle the programme's trademark cryptic questions. The more help Tom has to give them in working out the answers, the fewer points they'll score.
The programme includes a selection of questions suggested by listeners, and ideas are always gratefully received via the Round Britain Quiz website.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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QUESTIONS IN THIS PROGRAMME
Q1听 Midlands<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
How could Bill and Kevin鈥檚 characters combine to find a satisfactory solution to a wet or murky afternoon鈥檚 sport?
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Q2听 North of England
In which conflict might the creator of a substantial female be on the opposing side to an early Radio One DJ, one half of Bartholomew and Wiseman, and a perpetually youthful schoolboy?
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Q3听 Midlands
Music Question
To the composer of this, you could add an 鈥榚鈥� to get a Bonfire; an 鈥榦鈥� for a Lighthouse; or an 鈥榝鈥� for a Boy鈥檚 Life. And you could translate it into Latin for a disease. Can you explain?
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Q4听 North of England
Music Question
What links these to Mr Jones鈥� breakfast?
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Q5听 Midlands
What was famously lacking in Tycho, Major Kovalyov and the music hall dog, but was a source of inspiration to Dmitri and is personified by Monsieur Polge?
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Q6听 North of England
Would Hitchcock's debatable thief, Stevenson's tale of contained chicanery, and the machinations of Feathers McGraw, lead you in the right direction or its opposite?
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Q7听 Midlands
Why might you expect to find the following together in Swindon?
A Lady with a Lamp,
The father of the Sons of Thunder,
The alter ego of Robert Allen Zimmerman,
Father Ted鈥檚 sidekick, and
A Very Naughty Boy?
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Q8听 North of England
A Camel, an Otter, A Mole, an Ant, and a Lark all have mouths but cannot speak, they run but never walk, and never sleep in their own beds. Where are they?
LAST WEEK'S TEASER QUESTION AND ANSWER
With only minor changes, can you turn a measure of physical health into a pastime that might lead to injury, and then into a publication where you might read about both?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
One measure of your physical health might be your BMI, or Body Mass Index. The pastime that might lead to injury is BMX (bicycle motorcross) 鈥� and the publication which might well feature articles about both of the above is the BMJ, or British Medical Journal. You鈥檇 be changing just one letter each time.
THIS WEEK'S TEASER QUESTION
Why would Paul Weller come before Eric Clapton in St Ives, but the other way round in Torquay? And why are you Destined to pronounce the link incorrectly?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Broadcasts
- Mon 26 May 2014 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 31 May 2014 23:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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