The Round Britain Quiz
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f4f3Well you all know that I like a quiz...
These are the questions from this week's "Round Britain Quiz" on Radio 4, probably the most obscure quiz currently being broadcast. Frankly, I think the questions have become a lot easier now, but I'm still quite chuffed if I get half of them half right. I managed to hear about half of this week's show when I was out at lunchtime.
Naturally, R4 publishes the questions, but not the answers - let's see how we get along with this lot...
The questions asked in this week's programme are as follows:
Question 1
North of England
Relatively speaking, can you connect Max Ernst to a New York museum developed by The Ladies, and Kuryakin's gang?
I have MOMA established by the Ladies, and UNCLE, Ilya Kuryakin's agency - can anyone help me with Max Ernst? Was he a Dada-ist?
Question 2
Scotland
What might be the vehicle of choice of Pip’s lawyer acquaintance, a printer of the First Folio, and the Dartford Warbler?
Question 3
North of England
How is this linked to America’s favourite under-achiever, a Devon river, and a letter of the alphabet? (The music clue was a synthesiser version of "The Ode to Joy".
The river is The Dart, Bart Simpson is the under-achiever, The El is the letter of the alphabet, and the movie was A Clockwork Orange - all rapid transit systems (the last being the nickname for Glasgow's Underground)
Question 4
Scotland
Where in the world are we? (Audio question: they played "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega, "Christopher Columbus" by William Walton, and a version of "On Broadway", so it wasn't too dificult.
On Broadway..
Question 5 – listener question from Vin Sherlock in Nottingham
North of England
Take us with small additions from: a silver symbol; to a racehorse owner and Imam with no shortage of the first; to a type of tale sometimes associated with part of the second; to a French writer whose works might be seen as intellectual versions of the third.
Question 6 – listener question from Roland Howell in Darlington
Scotland
One who had to make a great personal sacrifice, in order to gain wisdom, by an ash tree;
an opponent whom a Tuscan army admired for his courage; and an exploitative pedagogue of the 19 th century, had just one thing in common. What was it? And who are they?
Question 7
North of England
On which road might you have encountered the Dark Lady of DNA, a still superhero, London’s Mercurial editor, and Lassie’s father?
The road to Canterbury: A Reeve, and a Knight - don't know the editor, or the third discoverer of DNA though.
Question 8
Scotland
Fred was ginger, Don was psychotic, and Ed was known for his inside leg measurement; but John, unfortunately, was dead. Who were they and where did they come from?
Um, Kings - Barbarossa, Donald the Mad (Scotland), Edward Longshanks (England), and John the Late of France
These are the questions from this week's "Round Britain Quiz" on Radio 4, probably the most obscure quiz currently being broadcast. Frankly, I think the questions have become a lot easier now, but I'm still quite chuffed if I get half of them half right. I managed to hear about half of this week's show when I was out at lunchtime.
Naturally, R4 publishes the questions, but not the answers - let's see how we get along with this lot...
The questions asked in this week's programme are as follows:
Question 1
North of England
Relatively speaking, can you connect Max Ernst to a New York museum developed by The Ladies, and Kuryakin's gang?
I have MOMA established by the Ladies, and UNCLE, Ilya Kuryakin's agency - can anyone help me with Max Ernst? Was he a Dada-ist?
Question 2
Scotland
What might be the vehicle of choice of Pip’s lawyer acquaintance, a printer of the First Folio, and the Dartford Warbler?
Question 3
North of England
How is this linked to America’s favourite under-achiever, a Devon river, and a letter of the alphabet? (The music clue was a synthesiser version of "The Ode to Joy".
The river is The Dart, Bart Simpson is the under-achiever, The El is the letter of the alphabet, and the movie was A Clockwork Orange - all rapid transit systems (the last being the nickname for Glasgow's Underground)
Question 4
Scotland
Where in the world are we? (Audio question: they played "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega, "Christopher Columbus" by William Walton, and a version of "On Broadway", so it wasn't too dificult.
On Broadway..
Question 5 – listener question from Vin Sherlock in Nottingham
North of England
Take us with small additions from: a silver symbol; to a racehorse owner and Imam with no shortage of the first; to a type of tale sometimes associated with part of the second; to a French writer whose works might be seen as intellectual versions of the third.
Question 6 – listener question from Roland Howell in Darlington
Scotland
One who had to make a great personal sacrifice, in order to gain wisdom, by an ash tree;
an opponent whom a Tuscan army admired for his courage; and an exploitative pedagogue of the 19 th century, had just one thing in common. What was it? And who are they?
Question 7
North of England
On which road might you have encountered the Dark Lady of DNA, a still superhero, London’s Mercurial editor, and Lassie’s father?
The road to Canterbury: A Reeve, and a Knight - don't know the editor, or the third discoverer of DNA though.
Question 8
Scotland
Fred was ginger, Don was psychotic, and Ed was known for his inside leg measurement; but John, unfortunately, was dead. Who were they and where did they come from?
Um, Kings - Barbarossa, Donald the Mad (Scotland), Edward Longshanks (England), and John the Late of France
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Question 6
Date: 2008-08-04 02:05 pm (UTC)Re: Question 6
Date: 2008-08-04 02:18 pm (UTC)Re: Question 6
Date: 2008-08-04 02:49 pm (UTC)Re: Question 6
Date: 2008-08-04 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-04 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-04 04:12 pm (UTC)Question 5
Date: 2008-08-04 04:00 pm (UTC)Re: Question 5
Date: 2008-08-04 04:12 pm (UTC)Re: Question 5
Date: 2008-08-04 07:08 pm (UTC)I'm confused by the geographical notations. Since #4 is obviously New York City (and in fact, the Upper West Side, where I live), what does it have to do with Scotland? We do drink a good bit of whisky here, but the Cosmos are still gaining ground even though the Mojitos are pretty much old news these days.
Re: Question 5
Date: 2008-08-04 09:39 pm (UTC)Question 2
Date: 2008-08-05 01:40 pm (UTC)Re: Question 2
Date: 2008-08-05 01:43 pm (UTC)