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Programme 7, 2024

Kirsty Lang chairs the cryptic contest, this week featuring the South of England against Wales.

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Paul Sinha and Marcus Berkmann of the South of England return to see if they can take revenge on Cariad Lloyd and Myfanwy Alexander of Wales, who narrowly beat them last time they met. Kirsty Lang has the trademark cryptic questions, and will be awarding and deducting points depending on how many blind alleys she has to steer the teams away from, in arriving at their answers.

Questions in today's edition:

Q1 What connects a rapper with a side hustle in interior design, another rapper who might be introvert, and the British 'wild man of rock 'n roll' from the late 50s?

Q2 (from Simon Meara) Whenever I walk in a London street, why should I be wary of one wearing glasses, one of the Deadly Sins, an Italian car and a Phoenix sportsman?

Q3 Music: Which is the odd one out?

Q4 (from Patrick Haigh) Through which entrance might all of these have passed, though not all at the same time? One blasted as setting the scene for a 'prophetic greeting'; one who might carry a twister and a legget; one named three times as a joke and a fourth by promotion; one before whose appearance one shouldn't discard warm clothing; and one giving surgical support?

Q5 Why can you now find weapons on Gillespie Road, a pan-Hellenic sanctuary on Addison road, a cathedral in the Post Office and monks in that same cathedral?

Q6 Music: Which Beatles song might we have played as part of this sequence?

Q7 Why might David Lloyd, Ursula Andress and Phillip Vandamm all feel at home in the GTech Community Stadium?

Q8 A Welsh fly-half is to John James Preston as Weather Report's saxophonist is to the former member for Ladywood. How so?

Producer: Paul Bajoria

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Sat 27 Apr 2024 23:30

The Round Britain Quiz league table 2024

Going into today's edition, the ranking of the six teams at the half way point in the series is:

1Β  The MidlandsΒ  Β  Β  Played 2Β  Won 2Β  Drawn 0Β  Lost 1Β  Total points 44
2Β  Northern IrelandΒ  Β  Β  P2Β  W2Β  D0Β  L0Β  Pts 41
3Β  ScotlandΒ  Β  P2Β  W1Β  D0Β  L1Β  Pts 38
4Β  WalesΒ  Β  Β P2Β  W1Β  D0Β  L1Β  Pts 35
5Β  North of EnglandΒ  Β  Β P2Β  W0Β  D0Β  L2Β  Pts 37
6Β  South of EnglandΒ  Β  P2Β  W0Β  D0Β  L2Β  Pts 34

Last week's teaser question

Last week Kirsty asked where you might find the Gentlemen's one inside the Emperor's one inside the Prince's one, and what are they all?
The answer is to be found in the famous Canal Ring in Amsterdam, where the canals are arranged concentrically. Moving outward, in order, you will find the Herrengracht, the Keizersgracht and the Prinzengracht.Β 

Well done if you spotted that answer, and Kirsty will have another teaser at the end of this week's quiz.

This week's teaser question

If a military library contained the books The Golden Bough, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, In Parenthesis and You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down, who might be in charge of it?

No need to write to us with the answer, but you can compare your solution with ours when Kirsty reveals it at the beginning of the next edition.

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  • Sun 21 Apr 2024 16:30
  • Sat 27 Apr 2024 23:30

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