Programme 8, 2017-18
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by the panellists from the Midlands and the North of England for the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.
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Robert Muldoon's successor, Blue Sky's Oscar winner and Mozart's portraitist: why are they only different on the radio?
This is just one of the eight apparently impenetrable questions facing the Round Britain Quiz panellists this week, as Stephen Maddock and Rosalind Miles of the Midlands take on Stuart Maconie and Adele Geras of the North of England. Tom Sutcliffe is on hand to provide helpful steers where needed - but the more help the teams need, the more points they'll be docked.
As always, the programme includes some of the best recent question ideas sent in by listeners - and Tom will have the solution to the teaser he left unanswered at the end of last week's show.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Last week's teaser
Last week Tom asked a question suggested by Tom McGrenery:
Historically, where might one have been subject to an intergalactic smuggler, the Emperor of Mongo, a Sapiential book and a component of a sword?
Well done if you spotted that the听clues lead to imperial China. An intergalactic smuggler might be Han (as in Han Solo in Star Wars). The Emperor of Mongo is another sci-fi reference, to Ming the Merciless from the Flash Gordon stories.
The Sapiential books are the books of wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible - one of which is the Song of Songs or the Song of Solomon. And the part of a sword that's hidden inside the hilt is called the tang.
Han, Ming, Song and Tang are Chinese dynasties.
Rankings so far in this series
After seven games, going into today's contest the RBQ听league table (ranked according to number of wins)听stands as follows.
1听 WALES听 Played 2听 Won 2听 Drawn 0听 Lost 0听 Total points 40
2= SCOTLAND听 P3听 W1听 D1听 L1听 Pts 54
2= SOUTH OF ENGLAND听 P3听 W1听 D1听 L1听 Pts 54
4 THE MIDLANDS听 P2听 W1听 D0听 L1听 Pts 38
5 NORTH OF ENGLAND听 P2听 W1听 D0听 L1听 Pts 36
6听NORTHERN IRELAND听 P2听 W0听 D0听 L2听 Pts 31
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Questions in this programme
Q1听(from Barbara Jennings)听 What connects a nominally truthful television producer, a nominally loyal English composer, and a famous impostor - and why might the last make you think of Easter?
Q2听 Why might a sci-fi comedy starring Colin Farrell, a surrealist telephone receiver and an evening gown put you in mind of G茅rard de Nerval and a 1960s hairstyle?
Q3听 Music - In what sense are these 'thine'?
Q4听(from Ivan Whetton)听 What weight might you attach to the voice of Yoda, a magazine that required Rumpole's creator to make an appearance at the Bailey, the land where sepia-tinted monochrome is replaced by glorious Technicolor, and the land of opposite feet? And why might Jimmy Nail be interested?
Q5听 Robert Muldoon's successor, Blue Sky's Oscar winner and Mozart's portraitist: why are they only different on the radio?
Q6听 Music - What peripheral connection can you find between these pieces?
Q7听 Why might the pioneer of the New Criticism, the Olds engineer who pre-dated Henry Ford, and the creator of Miss Peregrine and her denizens, all make you WannaCry?
Q8 (from Marcus Milburn)听 Why might Magwitch try to put distance between himself and Givanildo Vieira de Souza, Terry Bollea and Eric Bana?
This week's teaser
In what way do a hummingbird, Bruce Springsteen's disguise, a comic novel by Clive James and a diamond with 58 facets all excel?
Tom will reveal the solution at the beginning of the next edition.
Broadcasts
- Mon 8 Jan 2018 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 13 Jan 2018 23:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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