Â鶹Éç

Q1Ìý South of England

Marlene’s one was blue.Ìý Cagney’s, of which there were several, sounded as though they needed a wash.Ìý A famous lifesaver declared that she wasn’t one; and a Hardy hero, despite his name, proved to be anything but.Ìý Can you explain?

Ìý

Q2Ìý Scotland

Where might you find collected: a late trade union leader, a carol popularised by Steeleye Span, and a sheaf of annual correspondence?

Ìý

Q3Ìý South of England

Music Question

Which is the odd one out?

Ìý

Ìý

Q4Ìý Scotland (from Andrew Found)

Music Question

Why might all of the following be considered lucky in China – and why might one of them not really be so lucky?

Ìý

Ìý

Q5Ìý South of England

Why do a serenade to Rita, the largest private university in India, and a Cockney catch-phrase, collectively suggest ladybirds?

Ìý

Q6Ìý Scotland (from Simon Squires)

Can you trace a route from a novel in Scotland to a Welsh cathedral in the West country, via a fortress, and the location of the Ritz and the Royal Academy?

And if you took a short detour, where might you come into contact with a contagious disease?

Ìý

Q7Ìý South of England (from Michael Trevett)

Why might you expect to find the following in Twickenham?Ìý A hotel with operatic beginnings, the jester to the Duke of Mantua, and a dog which no mean person may keep (according to a law passed during the reign of King Canute)?

Ìý

Q8Ìý Scotland

Where would it get us, if we adopted an early interpretation of quantum mechanics, made promises about sovereignty and human rights, and started sympathising with those holding us captive?

We asked: Why might you want to tweet the connection between a 16th century poem by John Skelton, Dirk Bogarde and Carey Mulligan?

Ìý

These are all sparrows.

Ìý

In around 1505 the poet John Skelton wrote ‘Phyllyp Sparrowe’, a lament for a pet sparrow killed by a cat.

Ìý

Dirk Bogarde played Dr Simon Sparrow, in four films in the ‘Doctor in the House’ series in the 1960s.

Ìý

And one of Carey Mulligan’s early TV appearances was in ‘Blink’, a very highly regarded episode of Doctor Who, in which she played a character called Sally Sparrow.

Where would you be likely to keep a sports broadcaster, a bony protrusion from the head, a song by Joy Division, and an unsightly roll of fat?

Ìý

Don't write to us - there are no prizes - but we'llÌýexplain the answer at the beginning of next week's programme.