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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: Heat 3, 2016

25/01/2016

Heat 3, 2016

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, Heat 3, 2016

Four more competitors join Russell Davies for the general knowledge quiz.

The 2016 season of the nationwide general knowledge quiz reaches the third heat, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair.

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Russell Davies welcomes four more competitors to the Radio Theatre in London for Heat Three of the 2016 series. This week two of them are from Scotland and two from the South East of England. At least one will be going through to the semi-finals in the spring, and perhaps all the way to taking the coveted title of Brain of Britain. Will they know which of Shakespeare's plays used Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain as a major source? Which US President was the first to officially give the White House its name? Or precisely what the word 'cuneiform' means?

The Brains will also have to face the challenge of two questions from a listener, which they have to combine their knowledge to tackle, with the setter winning a prize if they're not up to it.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

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