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
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2023 league table
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
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
Q2 (from Fiona Jenkins)Â 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?
Q3Â Extracts: Why could these leave you all at sea?
Q4 (from Don Fitzpatrick)Â 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'?
Q5Â 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?
Q6Â Music: Why might you fear taking a ride with these four?
Q7Â 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)Â 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?Â
This week's teaser question
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±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Sat 20 May 2023 23:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
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