Round Britain Quiz - 2008 - Episode 6

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the latest heat of the cryptic general knowledge quiz. The North of England take on Scotland. Questions from Programme 7 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? 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? Question 4 Scotland Where in the world are we? 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 19th 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? 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?