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Teams from all over the UK will face Kirsty Lang's cryptic questions across the series, with Kirsty offering support and the odd hint where it might be needed.

The rivalry promises to be fierce as last year's champions Frankie Fanko and Stephen Maddock representing The Midlands, face Paddy Duffy and Freya McClements for Northern Ireland.

As always, they'll drop points every time they need a clue from the chair to steer them towards the right solution.
You can follow the questions in each edition on the Round Britain Quiz webpages.

Teams:
Frankie Fanko and Stephen Maddock - The Midlands
Paddy Duffy and Freya McClements - Northern Ireland

Host: Kirsty Lang
Recorded by: Phil Booth
Sound Design: Chris Maclean
Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow
Producer: Carl Cooper

Questions set by:
Lucy Porter, Alan Poulton, and public contributors.

Questions in today's edition:

Q1 (from Ed Porter) What kind of question might occupy you while visiting Ecuador, Mongolia, Pakistan and Croatia - and why would it be absolutely unique?

Q2 On your way here to our Darlington retreat, you’ll have passed the junction for the A66 and seen a road sign - only to find yourself craving a warming bowl of lamb and barley soup, a snack invented by Fortnum & Mason in 1738, or even a staple of Caribbean cuisine.
But why might you also be searching for something that doesn’t exist?

Q3 Music: why might this trio love Italian food?

Q4 (from Phil Ware) Which selfish author is responsible for this short story:
"A Distracted Boyfriend can’t resist Mocking SpongeBob. Pikachu watches in surprise as Roll Safe taps his head with a knowing smile. A little girl gives them all the side eye, clearly unimpressed, as a Dancing Baby, cha-cha’s its way into Calista’s dreams?"

Q5 Why would a Gabonese president, a leading Rezillo, a Diversity pioneer, 'the man who invented the 80s' and an EGOT-winning actress, all together aboard a mysteriously deserted ship, not be the most harmonious combination?

Q6 Music: while you’re listening to these three extracts, have a think about why they might make you angry.

Q7 (from Patrick Haigh) What order would you arrange the following to release the fumata bianca?
-Britain’s smelliest cheese
-An 18th-century poet who counselled self-examination
-A small baton for killing fish or game
-An 80s Glaswegian band that might be thought melancholy
-North, South, East, and West on the compass

Q8 (from David Piper) In this Crime Conundrum…
The deuteragonist behind a well mannered Windsor Gardens resident…went off to town on the 8:21…to meet an earthy diamond thief…only to find that a member of Anthony E. Pratt’s original cast had vanished after the first edition.

Can the encyclopedic boy detective narrow down the suspects and solve the mystery? Or can you tell us Whodunit?

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