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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 9, 2016

07/03/2016

Heat 9, 2016

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, Heat 9, 2016

Four contestants from the Home Counties and the West Midlands compete.

Four contestants from the Home Counties and the West Midlands compete for a possible semi-final place. Russell Davies asks the questions.

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The quest for the 63rd BBC Brain of Britain reaches heat nine, with Russell Davies in the question master's chair and four contestants from the Home Counties and the West Midlands.

What name for a type of seafarer or pirate is thought to derive from a Caribbean word meaning 'to dry meat on a barbecue'? Which was the first western to win an Oscar for Best Picture?

The contestants face these and many other tough teasers on their way to a possible semi-final place. A Brain of Britain listener also stands a chance of being a winner by providing fiendish questions with which to try and 'Beat the Brains'.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

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