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The Radio 4 Quiz: Whose voice does Stephen Hawking speak with?

Tuesday 30 July 2013, 16:03

Nickie L

What animal did Michael Jackson bring into his studio when he was recording with Freddie Mercury? Whose voice does Stephen Hawking communicate with? How could it be said that Winston Churchill was like a child? And how did Mel Smith once almost have the entire Edinburgh Festival shut down?

Find the answers to these questions and more in this week's Radio 4 Quiz. Last week's answers can be found here. We'll post the answers to these questions in the comments section next week, unless you get there first.

Stephen Hawking, Winston Churchill and Mel Smith

Q: What animal did Michael Jackson bring into his studio when he was recording with Freddie Mercury?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01djlw6

Q: How could it be said that Churchill was like a child?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03775gg (13’33”)

Q: Whose voice does Stephen Hawking speak with?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01d8w9b

Q: How old is the sun?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037dxym (17’23”)

Q: How did Mel Smith once nearly have the whole Edinburgh Festival shut down?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03775gg (13’49”)

Q: What film do scientists at the British Antarctic Survey Halley VI base watch every year?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dbhl2

Q: Which bird, also known as the windhover has the Latin name Falco tinnunculus?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02tyfr0

Q: The Reverend Richard Coles now presents Saturday Live, but what 80s pop band was he a member of?

A: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0375qt8 (9’22”)

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