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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: Semi-Final 1, 2017

17/04/2017

Semi-Final 1, 2017

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, Semi-Final 1, 2017

The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies.

The 2017 season of the general knowledge quiz reaches the semi-final stages, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair.

(13/17)
The first semi-final of the 2017 season features three of the winners from the past three months of heats, plus a top-scoring runner-up. There's no such thing as an easy victory at this stage in the contest, with a place in the Final at stake.

Will the contenders know who staged an attempt to steal the Crown Jewels in 1671, or the temperature at which the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales coincide? Will their trigger fingers be quick enough to give them the chance to answer, even if they do?

As always, the contest features a chance for a Brain of Britain listener to win a prize by stumping the competitors with ingenious quiz questions of his or her own devising. 

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

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