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1. What single article would make:

A record-breaking Olympian provide a salty greeting;

A seat of learning, once the focus of a protest, turn out to be in the wrong;

And an East Anglian estuary overflow?

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2. Why might an animated lion, a Northern concert hall, a satanic baby's mother and a hologram of Lord Olivier all converge on a Yorkshire sea-side town?

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3. Music question: These pieces might suggest a tragic priestess immortalised by Marlowe, whose name Shakespeare transferred to someone altogether quieter. Together they are worthy of our admiration. Why?

4. Music question: Why would Mr Spock be in good company here?

5. What material connection is there between Beowulf, the Salem witch trials and a cry of ‘Wakey-wakey’?

6. Joy’s gift to Elsa; the miracle of water into wine; and Harry Palmer’s second appearance. Why, together, might they be of interest to the General Registry Office?

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7. Rudge, Timms and Dakin can be found in the past; Crawhall, Lavery and Guthrie could be found north of the border, while Tootles, Nibs and Slightly could never be found at all. Who are they all?

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8. With Nails, Murder Must Advertise and Double Indemnity: extract the centre from each one, and plant a tree.

We asked: what slight difference there might be between the manager of Bayern Munich, the captain of Australia, and James Osterberg Jr?

The slight difference is down to a vowel change in their nicknames or, in one case, stage name.

Bayern Munich football club is managed by Josep Guardiola, universally knownÌýby the diminutiveÌý'Pep'. The Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke is known as 'Pup'. James Osterberg Jr is the real name of the rock singer (andÌýlatterly the time-ravaged face of motor insurance), Iggy Pop.

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What connection can you think of betweenÌý'Needles and Pins', 'Paranoid', and 'Martha's Harbour'?

Don't write or e-mail with the answerÌý- there are no prizes, it's just for fun. We'll reveal the answer inÌýnext week's programme.

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