The Unfair Quiz
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Host
Co-hosts
Team captains: Phil Nice and Arthur Smith
Broadcast
BBC Radio 2, 10 October to 14 November 1988 (6 episodes)
Synopsis
A panel game concerning cryptic and daft trivia questions, something of a proto-QI.
Example questions posed to the teams included:
- Who invented the haircut?
- What was Cleopatra's cure for indigestion?
- What is the chemical symbol of spaghetti bolognese?
- Why was Brahms named after a slang term for intoxication?
- Who wasn't in Quo Vadis?
- Which Shakespeare play contains the song I Can't Get No Satisaction?
Inventor
John Junkin