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General knowledge in which listeners compete for the title of Brain of Britain.

The nationwide general knowledge contest in which 48 listeners from all parts of the UK fight their way to the final. The prize is a silver salver and the title Brain of Britain.

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Brain of Britain: 07/02/2011

07/02/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, 07/02/2011

The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.

Russell Davies hosts the last of this year's semi-finals, with the sole remaining place in the 2011 Brain of Britain final at stake.

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Russell Davies asks the questions of four more competitors, who have come successfully through the heats to fight for the last remaining place in the 2011 Final. 

This week's quartet are from Merstham in Surrey, Malvern in Worcestershire, Warrington in Cheshire, and Winchester. Just one of them will get to join the winners of the three previous semi-finals, in competing to be named the 58th Brain of Britain.

Among the questions they face this week:

Which celebrated jazz pianist, who worked closely with Louis Armstrong in the 1920s, was nicknamed 'Fatha'?

'Young Scarface' was the alternative title for which famous British film thriller of 1947, directed by the Boulting Brothers?

In physics, what's the anti-particle to the electron called?

Producer Paul Bajoria.

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