Wales and Scotland - Third place play-off

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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 seventh match is the third place play off between Wales and Scotland. 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 for this episode, which will appear below on the day of the match. Teams: Wales: Myfanwy Alexander and Cariad Lloyd Scotland: Val McDermid and Alan McCredie Host: Kirsty Lang Recorded by: Phil Booth Sound design: Chris Maclean Production coordinator: Caroline Barlow Producer: Carl Cooper A BBC Studios Production Questions set by Lucy Porter, Martin Mor and by you, the listeners! Questions in today's edition: Q1: (From Joe Wainwright) Why might: A moaning Muppet A Venetian violinist’s favourite A polite pilferer A Brassica Oleracea A Viennese chocolate original all point to the same consonant? Q2: (From Emma Brown) Why might all of these be your favourite A bloody pirate’s drink? A siphonophore, missing its Iberian connection A salty American scone And an Italian astronomer Q3 Music: (From Phil Ware) Why would the first have a familial bond to a macho man, the second to a Beatles influencer, and the third to someone on the lookout for a jive partner? And the fourth to someone with a Buffalo Stance. Q4: (From David Piper) How might each of the following cryptically suggest a possible way of emptying "a quart into a pint pot"? Offenbach’s “Galop Infernal” A Gungan from the planet Naboo A traditional Caribbean festive dish A young investigative journalist. Q5: A Galilean fisherman’s triple-shaking of the head A look back at Jimmy Porter. A defendant’s plea to a lesser charge to avoid a trial. Churchill’s shadowy companion. And the speech every actor claims they haven’t prepared. What am I going through? Q6 Music: (From Simon Meara) I wonder, what narcissistic host might be suggested by the following pieces of music? Q7: (From Stephen Murphy) I’m going to describe three uniquely brilliant film or TV performances. Firstly, tell me the names of the films or TV shows, and then tell me why the characters portrayed by these actors were also one of a kind? Michael Grandage in an ITV show from the 1990s which starred Derek Jacobi. Oscar Isaac in a 2010 Ridley Scott movie which starred Russell Crowe Olivia Colman in a 2018 movie by Yorgos Lathimos which co-starred Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz Q8: (From David Piper) What kind of social or political body might initially turn A university postgraduate into an Asian fruit? A military reserve force into an Argentinian dance? A police officer into an Antipodean animal? A head of a military unit into one of two African countries?