Programme 12, 2015
Tom Sutcliffe referees a keenly fought contest between The Midlands and Wales, to round off the current series.
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All of the questions in this closing contest of the current series have been devised by listeners, with Tom Sutcliffe on hand to guide the teams through them. The Midlands and Wales clash for the last time this series, in a contest they both need to win to clamber up the final Round Britain Quiz league table.
'Can you convert old-style currency from Latin into Greek, and then into bone, gut and muscle?' is just one of the arcane teasers they'll have to unravel. With the teams confined to the library of a country house and all electronic devices confiscated, they have only their knowledge and powers of deduction to rely on, along with the odd helpful hint from the chairman, as the clock ticks down towards the end of the series. The more clues and nudges they need, the more points Tom will be deducting.
Tom will also provide the answer to the question teasingly left unanswered at the end of the previous edition, and will be able to reveal who has taken the title of Round Britain Quiz champions for the 2015 season.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Last week's teaser question
Listener Mark Lester suggested the question: Why might a forensic-sounding thespian, a leader of riparian culture and a shady-sounding West Countryman all embrace hopeless causes?
Well done if you spotted that the common link here was the name Jude, St Jude being (among other things) the patron saint of hopeless causes.
The 'forensic-sounding' actor is Jude Law. The leader of riparian culture is Jude Kelly CBE, Artistic Director of the South Bank Centre in London, the word 'riparian' relating to the bank of a river. Finally the West Countryman who is 'shady-sounding' is the fictional Jude Fawley, otherwise known as Jude聽the Obscure, in the聽novel聽by Thomas Hardy.
Rankings before today's contest
The Round Britain Quiz 2015 league table after eleven matches:
South of England聽 Played 4聽 Won 3聽 Drawn 1聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 66
Scotland聽 P4聽 W3聽 D0聽聽L1聽 Pts 65
The Midlands聽 P3聽 W2聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 57
Wales聽 P3聽 W2聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 55
North of England聽 P4聽 W0聽 D1聽 L3聽 Pts 63
Northern Ireland聽 P4聽 W0聽 D0聽 L4聽 Pts 45
Questions in this programme
Q1 (from Patricia Cleveland-Peck)聽 Where might you find all of the following: a device you now need wherever you go, a hard worker more recently put to a nefarious use, a rounded loaf, an auxiliary steam engine, and twenty-five pounds?
Q2 (from Roland Howell)聽 Why would your fruit bowl be likely to attract a controlling group of Americans, a Greek comedy, a motor scooter and a rugby team?
Q3聽(from Fred Robinson)聽 I-D in Madrid; G-D in the Gironde; L-R for a Londoner or a Limburger; and S-D for a Sardinian. All might be helpful as military instructions. Why?
Q4 (Music - from William Spencer)聽 Which Jersey boys might recognise these pieces, if not actually be able to perform them?
Q5 (from James Beattie)聽 Can you explain why a man in the best possible health, a coward and a debtor might all be ahead, and in which countries?
Q6 (from Dr Richard Brown)聽 Can you convert old-style currency from Latin into Greek, and then into bone, gut and muscle?
Q7 (Music/voices - from Ivan Whetton)聽 Can you put these in order of seniority?
Q8 (from Keith York)聽 Why would the creator of a street in Los Angeles, a flat in New York, a clause in an insurance policy and a set of keys be like Oscar, only more so?
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- Mon 4 Jan 2016 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 9 Jan 2016 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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