Semi-Final 1, 2016
The notoriously challenging general knowledge quiz reaches the semi-final stage, with Russell Davies asking the questions.
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The competition steps up a gear with the start of the 2016 semi-finals, chaired by Russell Davies. Three heat winners and one of the top-scoring runners-up across the series compete for a place in the 2016 Final.
On which of the Hawaiian islands is Pearl Harbor? How many players are there on a Gaelic football team? And which character in Disney's original cartoon of The Jungle Book was voiced by the actor George Sanders?
As always, there's also a chance for a Brain of Britain listener to 'Beat the Brains' by suggesting devious questions of his or her own with which to outwit the competitors.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Today's competitors
TONY ALPE, currently unemployed, from South East London;
MIKE CLARKE, a driver with a voluntary organisation from Montrose;
JOHN GRANT, a voluntary worker from West London;
ROY ISWORTH, a surgeon from Tenterden in Kent.
Broadcasts
- Mon 4 Apr 2016 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 9 Apr 2016 23:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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