
Programme 5, 2021
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by the teams from Scotland and Wales in the latest instalment of the long-running cryptic quiz.
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The Welsh and the Scots do battle in the fifth contest of the 2021 season, with Val McDermid and Alan McCredie representing Scotland and Myfanwy Alexander and David Edwards playing for Wales. Tom Sutcliffe is on hand to ask the programme's trademark cryptic questions, and to give the teams helpful hints and nudges wherever required - on the understanding that the more help they need, the fewer points they'll get.
Today's edition has again been recorded under lockdown conditions so the panellists are beaming in from home rather than gathering in a studio.
There's the usual helping of questions based on listeners' ideas, and Tom will also be providing the answer to the question he left unanswered at the end of the previous episode.
Producer: Paul Bajoria
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Rankings
1 North of England  Played 2 Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Total points 41
2 Northern Ireland  P2 W1 D0 L1 Pts 34
3 The Midlands  P1 W1 D0 L0  Pts 22
4 South of England  P1 W0 D1 L0 Pts 21
5 Scotland  P1 W0 D0 L1 Pts 19
6 Wales  P1 W0 D0 L1 Pts 17
Last week's teaser question
This is a question about Lions. Dev Patel played a child on a quest for his estranged family in India, in the 2016 film Lion. Riz Ahmed was among the actors conspiring to commit terrorist explosions in the Chris Morris satire Four Lions. A sculpture by Lauritz Jensen with the title Two Lions, also known as The Disgruntled Ones, was moved to its current location in Copenhagen's Faelledparken in 2012. Frank Skinner (along with David Baddiel and Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds) was behind the football anthem Three Lions.
Questions in this programme
Q2Â Why might Christopher Smart consider the co-star of 161 shorts, Percy on Ossie's knee, and the attorney Rod Ponton?
Q3Â Music: Can you explain the connection?
Q4 (from Stafford Mortimer)Â Shed as little light as possible on: a stonemason of sturdy origin who aspired to scholarly success; a military man secretly chosen for a position of honour at Westminster; and an international gang intent on breaking and entering.
Q5 (from Bob Salmon)Â Can you get the measure of: the source of laudanum, a church screen, a birdwatcher's shelter and an evangelist?
Q6 Music: What might make you nervous about Fraser's womanising hero, a love-rival who's a karate expert, and Norman Stebson - and what connection could they have with this music?Â
Q7 (from Jonathan Broad)Â Where, respectively, might you find: a Russian-born popular composer who you might think was playing golf in a swanky hotel; a comedienne who might have something to say about how to prepare potatoes; and an American author who Bucked his ideas up?
Q8 (from Sam Caraway) Which of the following is the odd one out: the second witch's painful sensation; Pope's condemnation of the fickleness of women; a reward for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½r's vulture; and Henry I's legendary last meal?
This week's teaser question
There are no prizes - but you can see if your answer matches ours when we unveil it next time.
Broadcasts
- Mon 5 Apr 2021 15:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sat 10 Apr 2021 23:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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