Programme 1, 2015
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cultural quiz. Scots Val McDermid and Roddy Lumsden take on the Welsh team of Myfanwy Alexander and David Edwards.
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Kurt's widow, Keir's party and Kate's adventures with her fellow survivors could lead you to the Court of Navarre - at least, they could if you have the same kind of mind as the panellists on Round Britain Quiz, which returns for a brand new series with Tom Sutcliffe in the chair.
As always, six teams from around the UK will play one another to decide the eventual series title, with some familiar voices as well as newcomers among the panel this season. The first programme features the Scots, Val McDermid and Roddy Lumsden, against the Welsh team of Myfanwy Alexander and David Edwards. The Scots are defending their title, but Wales are always strong contenders and will be going all-out to wrest it from them this year.
As always they'll need to draw on all of their general knowledge and ingenuity to unravel RBQ's trademark cryptic questions. The series will feature a generous smattering of questions devised by listeners and sent in since the programme was last on air.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Questions in this programme
Q1 Why might air-dried cod, the Sprint Cup and Matthiola longipetala all be exchangeable in Paternoster Square?
Q2 A box of grit, a door to nowhere, coconut shells, a large metal sheet and the back of your hand - all in a day's work for Jack Donovan Foley. Why?
Q3 Listen to these three songs and tell me what connects them.
Q4 Kurt's widow, Keir's party and Kate's adventures with her fellow survivors: add two possessives to lead you to the court of Navarre.
Q5 (from David Williams) A pedestrian crossing, a Dorset beach and a tree in Hyde Park: what do all of these have to do with false suppositions of death?
Q6 From top to bottom, give these pieces of music the order of the Boot.
Q7 Why might the 27th of November be an appropriate day for Stevenson's projectile, Dylan Moran's bookshop and Burke's regiment?
Q8 What dangerously fruity connection could you make between the Grimms' Schneewittchen, the father of the atomic bomb, and someone to whom Gordon Brown said he was 'deeply sorry' in 2009?
Tom's teaser question
If a former Secretary of State for International Development and the founder of the English Folk Dance Society joined forces with Howard Stern, why might the Mikado approve?
Don't write or email with the answer: there are no prizes, but you can see if you're on the right track when Tom provides the answer at the beginning of the next edition.
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Broadcasts
- Mon 19 Oct 2015 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sat 24 Oct 2015 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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