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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 eighth and final match in the series is between Northern Ireland and England. 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: Northern Ireland - Paddy Duffy and Freya McClements England - Jenny Ryan and Stuart Mconie 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 Patrick Haigh) Once you have found the right area of land, use An expert to extend it A vessel to take something away from it. A cheat to make it smaller An old flame to get a bit of it Muscles to turn it from something real to something theoretical Q2: (From Andrew Green) How might one move from Cape Town’s most famous elevation, through a yarn, on to a tipple, then to Paul Simon’s preferred proper noun. And along the way what will you, I’d wager, lose? Q3 Music: Why were the co-writers of these songs never able to hear them? Q4: (From Stephen Murphy) How might: Nick’s right hand, Michael’s crush, Dolly’s roses, John’s river, Roy’s bayou, Duke’s mood, and Wolfgang’s trampled bloom… …suggest someone who fought and lost? Q5: How could a STAMP in your passport make… A diver from a revolutionary Caribbean nation? A Birmingham favourite in Denpasar? The power to make something, from the home of the Minotaur? A peach from Napoleon’s first place of exile? A small flame from a feudal Channel fiefdom? Q6 Music: (From Ivan Whetton) Why is the slow movement of the last due in part to the others? Q7: Can you pick out the 5 creatures hidden in this riddle, and rearrange their first letters to work out where they might be heading? First, a giant bird, casting shadows so vast. Next, from the ashes, a new life is cast. Then horse and man in union blends, And up slinks a serpent with a head at both ends. A face of a woman that’s the head of a pride… Well, that’s me… the riddle’s own guide. If you can solve the clues, the creatures will be granted passage to a place where they’ll be safe. Where is it? Q8: (From Nick Miller) How might these all help soothe a sore throat? Fate knocks on a symphony’s door Properly dressed for cricket… Gives a winning gesture But a Derby winner turned it rudely around to add a shocking charge Forged for Strength - to soothe your pipes
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