Quizzes

A brand-new, number-crunching comedy quiz for Radio 4 hosted by comedian and YouTuber Max Fosh. In the Every Answer Counts round, players must solve general knowledge equations such as multiplying the pH of pure water by the number of PHs in Philadelphia. In Bestimate Guesstimate, quizzers must calculate the value of a solid gold Max Fosh and how long it would take for Dolly Parton to sing Islands in the Stream on every island of the Philippines. And in the fast-paced Facts & Figures round - where extraordinary facts provide frankly useless clues to a series of tricky equations – they must work out the world record for the number of bees in a human mouth… or 763 divided by 7.
Presenter: Max Fosh
Writers: Benjamin Sutton, James Trickey and James Rawson
Line Producer: Natascha McQueen
Assistant Producer: James Rawson
Producer: Benjamin Sutton
Executive Producers: Simon Urwin and Kitty Walshe
A QITV production for BBC Radio 4

A brand-new, number-crunching comedy quiz for Radio 4 hosted by presenter, comedian and YouTuber Max Fosh. In the Every Answer Counts round, players must solve general knowledge equations such as adding the number of US Supreme Court justices to the number of Strictly Come Dancing judges. In Bestimate Guesstimate, players must calculate how many eggs Nigella Lawson would need to make a Yorkshire pudding for everyone in Yorkshire, and how much it would cost Lou Bega to send a Valentine’s card to all of the women named in Mambo No. 5. In Twenty-One – the quizzing equivalent of blackjack – players must try and build a winning hand using countries and the number of times they have won the Eurovision Song Contest.
Presenter: Max Fosh
Writers: Benjamin Sutton, James Trickey and James Rawson
Line Producer: Natascha McQueen
Assistant Producer: James Rawson
Producer: Benjamin Sutton
Executive Producers: Simon Urwin and Kitty Walshe
A QITV production for BBC Radio 4

Lucy Porter hosts a brand new quiz as contestants are questioned on a century of news archive which tests their knowledge of the sound of stories from the last 100 years. Presenter: Lucy Porter Team One – Ian Musgrave and James Musgrave Team Two – Jason Hill and Harriet Anderson Writers: Ali Panting and Laura Grimshaw Researcher: Hannah Ratcliffe Production Co-Ordinator: Molly Punshon Consultants: Paul Bajoria and Lizzie Foster Producers: Jon Holmes and Laura Grimshaw An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Lucy Porter hosts a brand new quiz as contestants are questioned on a century of news archive which tests their knowledge of the sound of stories from the last 100 years. Presenter: Lucy Porter Team One - Phil Donaldson and Adrian Field Team Two - Ann Higgs and Ian Guest Writers: Ali Panting and Laura Grimshaw Researcher: Hannah Ratcliffe Production Co-Ordinator: Molly Punshon Consultants: Paul Bajoria and Lizzie Foster Producers: Jon Holmes and Laura Grimshaw An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

A brand-new quiz about books hosted by Clare Balding. In this episode, teams are tested in a game of nerves in the Long List round to name as many Charles Dickens novels as possible. In Plot Points – where the answers to five literary questions are all clues to a different well-known book – players must work out which 19th-century classic links a Margaret Atwood post-apocalyptic novel with the Lemony Snicket series, and which 21st century crime bestseller connects a racy British novelist with an Egyptian poet. Finally, in the show’s climax, it’s fingers on buzzers for the fast-paced Anagrams round, which features books with colours in the title and celebrity memoirs.
Presenter: Clare Balding
Question Writers: Naomi Lock & the QI Elves
Line Producer: Natascha McQueen
Assistant Producer: James Rawson
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
Executive Producers: Simon Urwin and Kitty Walshe
A QITV production for BBC Radio 4