25/11/2013
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.
(11/12)
Can you re-arrange a tidal wave so it becomes a Richard Burton epic, a Dutch migrant, or a handicap in York?
Journalist and author Marcel Berlins and former Mastermind Fred Housego take on the literary historian Michael Alexander and the journalist Alan Taylor, in this week's battle of wits between the South of England and Scotland. Tom Sutcliffe is in the chair, asking the questions and giving out helpful clues wherever the teams need them. But the more helpful hints he has to give, the more points he deducts from their scores.
A win for either team could make a big difference to their final positions in this year's Round Britain Quiz rankings, as the end of the 2013 series approaches.
As usual there are several questions suggested by listeners hoping to outwit the panel, and the questions are available in full on the programme's webpages so you can play along.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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QUESTIONS IN THIS PROGRAMME
1. Whatβs the heraldic connection between Heraclesβs first labour, Bert Lahr, and Willie Smith?Μύ
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2. Which tidal wave could you re-arrange so it becomes a Richard Burton epic, a Dutch migrant, and a handicap in York?
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3. Music question: Which one makes a meal out of the other two?
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4. (From Ivan Whetton) Music question: Why might this group, a βsilly old mooβ, and a small breed of Scottish terrier have comic appeal in Scotlandβs fourth largest city?
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5. (From Steve Dasey) What bond might the following share: Mrs Slocombeβs cat, Hollyβs Breakfast venue, a modβs favoured transport, and a sugary foodstuff?
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6. (From John Heywood) If you followed an old sailorβs bird and a defunct childrenβs paper with a Hollywood idol five times over, what would you be doing and why would you be back where you started?
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7. (From Sue Gibson) Added to an apple, it yields a conceited fool.
Added to a spine, it creates a hairstyle. Added to a south Asian dish, it gives an equine accessory. Added to a sweetener, it supplies storage for that sweetener. What is it?
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8. (From Vanessa Sherlock) What might make you think that the author of an unending joke, a Secretary of State commemorated by an airport, and Wellesβs most lauded creation, had a middling skill at childcare?Μύ
LAST WEEK'S TEASER QUESTION
We asked why three things that might help centre your hearing, hunt for pollen, or achieve a score of 50, could all make Little Ted happy?
Little Ted was one of the toys in Play School on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ television in the 1960s and 70s - and the programme often took viewers through the 'round window'.
The round window is a membrane-covered opening in the middle ear, partΜύof the series of structuresΜύwhich allow sound vibrations to pass from ear to brain.
The compound eye of a bee or other pollen-hunting insect is called an oculus; and a 50 in darts is scored for a bullseye. Oculus and bullseye are also names for circular windows in architecture. So we have three 'round windows'.
THIS WEEK'S TEASER QUESTION
According to legend who, on their death-beds, appealed to Bankhead, to Hardy, and to Dora?
We're sorry, weΜύdon't offer a prize for getting the answer, so no need to contact us: but we'll reveal the answers at the beginning of the final programme of the series, next week.
Broadcasts
- Mon 25 Nov 2013 15:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sat 30 Nov 2013 23:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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