Programme 11, 2016-17
Tom Sutcliffe oversees another cryptic contest, with Wales and Northern Ireland appearing in their final clash of the season.
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Tom Sutcliffe is in the chair for the penultimate clash of the 2016-17 season, with David Edwards and Myfanwy Alexander of Wales taking on Polly Devlin and Brian Feeney of Northern Ireland. If Wales take the victory today they will have won all four of their games in this series, and will be looking unstoppable in their bid to become RBQ champions. Northern Ireland will be going all out to prevent them - but it all depends how the questions fall.
The panel will need all their powers of recall and logic, as they struggle to connect apparently random elements from history, cinema, classic children's television, politics and natural history into some sort of pattern. The winners will be the pair who find the answers with the minimum need for clues and guidance from Tom.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Last week's teaser question
We asked: In what sense do a beautiful cup-bearer, the mother of King Minos of Crete, a priestess transformed into a cow, and a nymph transformed into a bear, all now encircle their lover?
The answer is that these are mythological figures whoseÌýnames have been given to the four largest moons of Jupiter. Respectively they are Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto - and all were beloved of (or seduced by) Zeus or his Roman equivalent Jupiter/Jove. They therefore 'encircle' their lover by orbiting him.
There'll be another teaser at the end of today's programme.
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Questions in this programme
Q1 (from Huw Jones)Ìý What, in the UK, links a Southern belle, part of a fantasy game, a fish-hawk and a melancholy musical genre?
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Q2Ìý Which Roman Emperor connects Tamora's vengeful enemy, the son of Sepulchrave and the Popish plot?
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Q3Ìý Music - Explain the connection?
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Q4Ìý What cause should the author of Trouble At Willow Gables and Michaelmas Term At St Bride's have to dislike Danger Mouse's arch-enemy, one whose life was changed by a 'Poop-poop!' and Mr Jackson?
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Q5 (from Peter Effer)Ìý In what way do Margo Leadbetter, the final resting place of the Royal Yacht Britannia, the site of Newgrange, and Peter Hain's old constituency, sound like a progression?
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Q6Ìý Music - How could this music, a Danny Kaye ventriloquist comedy, a hill in County Mayo, and Jules Romains' rural doctor, lead you to the US Bullion Depository?
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Q7 (from Sam Bright)Ìý What do Yossarian's Major, the cricketing father of footballers Phil and Gary, and the man serving a life sentence for the murder of Bobby Kennedy, have in common with a buzzard, a fox and a badger?
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Q8Ìý Explain how retrospective fury, a song and dance man, the Diet of Worms and a lustful 18th century adventurer could lead you to a better class of person?
This week's teaser question
This week's puzzle has been suggested by James Smith.
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Where would you find the following in control: an error indicator in Microsoft Excel; a Sherlock Holmes story; diphenolchloroarsine; and a double word score?
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Don't write or e-mail with the answer, it's just for fun - Tom will reveal the solution next time.
Rankings in the series so far
Can anyone stop Wales from making it a clean sweep? This is how the league table stands going into today's contest.
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1Ìý WalesÌý Played 3Ìý Won 3Ìý Lost 0Ìý Total points 63
2Ìý South of EnglandÌý P4Ìý W2Ìý L2Ìý Pts 77
3Ìý North of EnglandÌý P3Ìý W2Ìý L1Ìý Pts 56
4Ìý Northern IrelandÌý P3Ìý W2Ìý L1Ìý Pts 51
5Ìý ScotlandÌý P4Ìý W1Ìý L3Ìý Pts 70
6Ìý MidlandsÌý P3Ìý W0Ìý L3Ìý Pts 45
Broadcasts
- Mon 9 Jan 2017 15:00Â鶹Éç Radio 4
- Sat 14 Jan 2017 23:00Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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