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Programme 6, 2023

Wales and the North of England take part in the cryptic contest, with Kirsty Lang asking the questions.

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Wales and the North of England square up in their first encounter of the season, with Kirsty Lang asking the questions. Myfanwy Alexander and David Edwards play for Wales, opposite Adele Geras and Stuart Maconie of the North of England. As always they'll be trying to disentangle the programme's trademark cryptic questions with as little help as possible from the chair. Kirsty will be docking points according to how often she has to step in with a heavy hint or steer them away from a red herring. Both teams may have cause to fear the music round, in which they not only have to identify extracts but work out what they have to do with one another.

The programme includes a generous helping of questions supplied by Round Britain Quiz listeners.

Producer: Paul Bajoria

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 20 May 2023 23:00

2023 league table

The rankings in the current series so far, going into today's contest, are:

1  Northern Ireland     Played 2  Won 2  Drawn 0  Lost 0  Total points 43
2  South of England    P2  W1  D1  L0  Pts 41
3  North of England     P1  W1  D0  L0  Pts 23
4  Scotland       P2  W0  D1  L1  Pts 37
5  Midlands      P2  W0  D0  L2  Pts 38
6  Wales     P1  W0  D0  L1  Pts 19

Last week's teaser question

At the end of last week's edition Kirsty asked: Why might Bathsheba feel well disposed towards one of the racing Classics, a district of Birmingham and Tony Orlando's million-seller?
Bathsheba Everdene is the heroine of Thomas Hardy's novel Far From The Madding Crowd, and of her various suitors the one to whom she leans is the reliable Gabriel Oak. The clues all gives us Oaks in one form or another: the horse race the Oaks, for three-year-old fillies, run at Epsom since 1779; the Selly Oak district of Birmingham; and the song 'Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ol' Oak Tree' which was a worldwide hit for Tony Orlando and his band Dawn in 1973.

Questions in today's programme

Q1  An Ambassador with a sweet tooth; a scorer for the Toffees in 1966; and a sleuth with a wife called Steve: where might they all worship?
Q2 (from Fiona Jenkins)  Where might you find a statistician with a lamp, a very naughty boy, a singer-songwriter with a Nobel prize and the father of the Sons of Thunder - and in what direction would they be travelling?
Q3  Extracts: Why could these leave you all at sea?
Q4 (from Don Fitzpatrick)  What connects the following to a 1964 Elvis Presley musical: a dictator literally and symbolically toppled in 2003; the inventor of detective fiction; and the 'father of science fiction'?
Q5  How does Laurey's cowboy beau combine with the Velvet Underground's drummer and Dennis the Dachshund's Toytown pal to create an American vaudeville act?
Q6  Music: Why might you fear taking a ride with these four?
Q7  You might express surprise at finding one on the north coast of Devon and two in the province of Quebec; and for a time you'd have found one in the state of Ohio, but it's no longer there. What am I talking about?
Q8 (from Joe Wainwright)  What have Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas got to do with Falstaff's mustard, a cockney's hair, Orlando's former lady friend, and Vic Reeves's comedy partner in a state of rage? 

This week's teaser question

In what way might Bismarck, the painter of a perfect circle and a nationwide raffle embrace the adult version of Tiswas?

Don't write to us: sadly there are no prizes, but you can see if your answer matches ours at the beginning of next week's programme.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 15 May 2023 15:00
  • Sat 20 May 2023 23:00

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