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In Other Words - UK Radio Trivia Quiz

Radio programmes, like quizzes, usually have short snappy titles. Can you identify the BBC radio programmes, past and present, trying to escape from the more long-winded versions below?

A multiple-choice quiz by Lottie1001. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Lottie1001

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,186

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which radio programme is this? "Halt the period of seven days".

Answer: (Three Words (4,3,4))

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Neither yesterday nor tomorrow" is a rather long-winded way of describing which radio programme?

Answer: (One Word (5))

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which radio programme chose a shorter name than "Interrogating occasion for those who tend the soil around a dwelling"?

Answer: (Three Words (9,8,4) Ignore the apostrophe)

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Cerebral organ of England, Scotland and Wales" wasn't used as the title of a radio programme. What was used instead?

Answer: (Three Words (5,2,7))

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Question 5 of 10

5. "The men who fight with bows and arrows" isn't nearly as snappy as the name actually used for which radio programme?

Answer: (Two Words (3,7))

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which radio programme is "Cash carton" in other words?

Answer: (Two Words (5,3))

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Sixty minutes belonging to one of the fair sex" is a very long-winded way of describing which radio programme?

Answer: (Two Words (6,4) Ignore the apostrophe)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which radio programme could be described as "The Earth between zero and two"?

Answer: (Four Words (3,5,2,3))

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Give sustenance to the rear portion" is a much longer way of giving the title of which radio programme?

Answer: (One Word (8))

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which radio programme could be described as "Verses and rhymes if you would be so kind"?

Answer: (Two Words (6,6))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which radio programme is this? "Halt the period of seven days".

Answer: Stop the Week

"Stop the Week" was broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC Radio 4 from 1974 until 1992.

2. "Neither yesterday nor tomorrow" is a rather long-winded way of describing which radio programme?

Answer: Today

"Today" is a current affairs programme, which was originally broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1957 and moved to Radio 4 when the station started broadcasting in 1967.

3. Which radio programme chose a shorter name than "Interrogating occasion for those who tend the soil around a dwelling"?

Answer: Gardeners Question Time

"Gardeners' Question Time" was first broadcast in 1947. A panel of experts either answer queries from members of gardening clubs around the country or take questions from the postbag in a weekly programme on BBC Radio 4.

4. "Cerebral organ of England, Scotland and Wales" wasn't used as the title of a radio programme. What was used instead?

Answer: Brain of Britain

"Brain of Britain" is a quiz which was first part of a show called "What Do You Know?" in 1953 on the BBC Light Programme. In 1967 the quiz became a whole programme broadcast on Radio 4.

5. "The men who fight with bows and arrows" isn't nearly as snappy as the name actually used for which radio programme?

Answer: The Archers

"The Archers" was first transmitted nationally in January 1951. It was hoped that farmers would pick up useful tips while their wives were listening to the story. In 1972 it changed focus to concentrate solely on the story of the Archer family and the other residents of Ambridge, and is broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

6. Which radio programme is "Cash carton" in other words?

Answer: Money Box

"Money Box" was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977, and is a weekly programme about personal finance.

7. "Sixty minutes belonging to one of the fair sex" is a very long-winded way of describing which radio programme?

Answer: Womans Hour

"Woman's Hour" was first heard on the BBC's Light Programme in 1946. The Radio 4 audience isn't solely confined to women - men have been know to listen, too.

8. Which radio programme could be described as "The Earth between zero and two"?

Answer: The World at One

"The World at One" started life on the BBC Home Service in 1965. The short news bulletin is followed by more in depth interviews and reports on radio 4.

9. "Give sustenance to the rear portion" is a much longer way of giving the title of which radio programme?

Answer: Feedback

In 1977 "Feedback" was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and it allows listeners to comment on and criticise radio programmes on any BBC station.

10. Which radio programme could be described as "Verses and rhymes if you would be so kind"?

Answer: Poetry Please

"Poetry Please" was first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1979. Listeners send in requests for poems to be read out on air.

Source: Author Lottie1001

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