
Programme 8, 2023
Kirsty Lang chairs a contest between Scotland and the North of England in the latest heat of the cryptic quiz.
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Kirsty Lang is in the chair as Val McDermid and Alan McCredie of Scotland take on Stuart Maconie and Adele Geras of the North of England. Scotland will be going all-out to reverse the defeat they suffered at the hands of the North earlier in the series.
Their general knowledge might stand them in good stead when it comes to the origins of band names, the titles of Spaghetti westerns or rugby internationals - but Wimbledon stars of the 1950s, opera singers and 80s dance hits might prove more of a sticking point.
As always, there's a generous helping of questions taken from the many hundreds of suggestions received from Round Britain Quiz listeners.
Producer: Paul Bajoria
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2023 League Table
1 Northern Ireland  Played 2 Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Total points 43
2 North of England  P2 W2 D0 L0 Pts 39
3 South of England  P3 W1 D1 L1 Pts 54
4 Midlands  P3 W1 D0 L2 Pts 59
5 Scotland  P2 W0 D1 L1 Pts 37
6 Wales  P2 W0 D0 L2 Pts 34
Last week's teaser question
Well done if you realised these are famous names which are also two-word sentences: Harry Styles, Jeremy Irons, Tom Waits.
Questions in this programme
Q2Â Why might you be likely to find an original Sex Pistol, Althea's Wimbledon partner, a journalist and peer who got to the heart of the matter, and a Yorkshire baritone, in or around a National Park - and which one?
Q3 (from Dr Oliver Thomas)Â Music: Why might the following come to the Rescue in your hour of need?
Q4 (from Mark Nellthorp)Â What communicative deity successfully bands together: the fourth Greek capital, melodious Marlow's loveliest word, and the final tale from a Bloody Chamber?
Q5Â Why does no-one write to a Bond villain created by Kingsley Amis, Elvis's manager, a Trapped musician or an entrepreneur with a secret recipe?
Q6Â Music: Can you place these in order from east to west?
Q7Â Why might a rugby-playing and fund-raising hero, Stevenson's unfinished novel, and the Master of the King's Music, obstruct your progress?
Q8 (from Robbie Lumsden)Â If one person can connect a cowardly lion and a defacer of library books, and another a peer interested in prison reform and an inmate at Fotheringay Castle, who would you need to connect a Bloomsbury painter and her novelist sister?
This week's teaser question
Don't write to us because sadly there are no prizes: but you can see if your answer matches ours when Kirsty reveals the solution next time.Â
Broadcasts
- Mon 29 May 2023 15:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sat 3 Jun 2023 23:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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