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Programme 12, 2015

Tom Sutcliffe referees a keenly fought contest between The Midlands and Wales, to round off the current series.

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All of the questions in this closing contest of the current series have been devised by listeners, with Tom Sutcliffe on hand to guide the teams through them. The Midlands and Wales clash for the last time this series, in a contest they both need to win to clamber up the final Round Britain Quiz league table.

'Can you convert old-style currency from Latin into Greek, and then into bone, gut and muscle?' is just one of the arcane teasers they'll have to unravel. With the teams confined to the library of a country house and all electronic devices confiscated, they have only their knowledge and powers of deduction to rely on, along with the odd helpful hint from the chairman, as the clock ticks down towards the end of the series. The more clues and nudges they need, the more points Tom will be deducting.

Tom will also provide the answer to the question teasingly left unanswered at the end of the previous edition, and will be able to reveal who has taken the title of Round Britain Quiz champions for the 2015 season.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

28 minutes

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Sat 9 Jan 2016 23:00
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Last week's teaser question

Listener Mark Lester suggested the question: Why might a forensic-sounding thespian, a leader of riparian culture and a shady-sounding West Countryman all embrace hopeless causes?

Well done if you spotted that the common link here was the name Jude, St Jude being (among other things) the patron saint of hopeless causes.

The 'forensic-sounding' actor is Jude Law. The leader of riparian culture is Jude Kelly CBE, Artistic Director of the South Bank Centre in London, the word 'riparian' relating to the bank of a river. Finally the West Countryman who is 'shady-sounding' is the fictional Jude Fawley, otherwise known as Jude the Obscure, in the novel by Thomas Hardy.

Rankings before today's contest

The Round Britain Quiz 2015 league table after eleven matches:

South of England  Played 4  Won 3  Drawn 1  Lost 0  Total points 66

Scotland  P4  W3  D0  L1  Pts 65

The Midlands  P3  W2  D0  L1  Pts 57

Wales  P3  W2  D0  L1  Pts 55

North of England  P4  W0  D1  L3  Pts 63

Northern Ireland  P4  W0  D0  L4  Pts 45

Questions in this programme

Q1 (from Patricia Cleveland-Peck)  Where might you find all of the following: a device you now need wherever you go, a hard worker more recently put to a nefarious use, a rounded loaf, an auxiliary steam engine, and twenty-five pounds?

Q2 (from Roland Howell)  Why would your fruit bowl be likely to attract a controlling group of Americans, a Greek comedy, a motor scooter and a rugby team?

Q3 (from Fred Robinson)  I-D in Madrid; G-D in the Gironde; L-R for a Londoner or a Limburger; and S-D for a Sardinian. All might be helpful as military instructions. Why?

Q4 (Music - from William Spencer)  Which Jersey boys might recognise these pieces, if not actually be able to perform them?

Q5 (from James Beattie)  Can you explain why a man in the best possible health, a coward and a debtor might all be ahead, and in which countries?

Q6 (from Dr Richard Brown)  Can you convert old-style currency from Latin into Greek, and then into bone, gut and muscle?

Q7 (Music/voices - from Ivan Whetton)  Can you put these in order of seniority?

Q8 (from Keith York)  Why would the creator of a street in Los Angeles, a flat in New York, a clause in an insurance policy and a set of keys be like Oscar, only more so?

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  • Mon 4 Jan 2016 15:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 FM
  • Sat 9 Jan 2016 23:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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