Round Britain Quiz - 2008 - Episode 1

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cryptic general knowledge quiz. The Midlands team meets Wales. Questions from Programme 2 Question 1 Midlands An author caused a fuss by taking some home; the Aborigines recognised the remarkable size of theirs; and the ancients counted on theirs. Why might Fred and Wilma's daughter be interested? Question 2 Wales What would a Godly and Gay daily thinker, an elderly ruler of Northern Britain, and Rose Buck be doing in your garden? Question 3 Midlands In which Royal catalogue might you find these, along with the father of modern physics and the first verse of the Koran? Question 4 Wales Why might the first voice be in greater control than the other two? Question 5 - Listener question from Andrew Walker in St Peter Port in Guernsey Midlands How can a Mrs Gaskell novel, a Christmas comestible, a spring sporting event, and an old London market help you to recognise someone? Question 6 - Listener question from Bob Foreman in Aylesbury Wales Why could the shadow-sewer, the Forfarshire rescuer, and Doris Day and James Garner prompt a please by George Osborne? Question 7 Midlands Poincare's birthplace came first; she was followed by Lady B.'s maid, Latona's daughter and James Brown's hip-hop classic. Lorenzo's torchbearer and a Hebrew bee were the youngest. Which of them loved Hitler? Question 8 Wales What literally connects John Luther Jones with, in this order, a red hot South American city, an article of French headgear and an often domesticated rodent?