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Very impressive! To fill in the gaps, - In no. 5 the line 'it's a sight that I fear most' was in the question; the next line is 'I'd rather have a piece of toast'. - no. 9 is from "I'm Living in Shame' (Diana Ross and The Supremes). The line is 'Mamma passed away making homemade jam'. -...

Indeed! Perhaps it’s time to move on from population and try something lighter. Some songs had quite inventive rhymes. Other had dreadfully contrived words. Here are some of my favourites, a mixture of good and bad. Can you supply the next lines to make the rhyme, and give the title of the...

I think it is more than half. I would guess 33.

Yes, Dar Es Salaam is correct. It's a fine call but I think Metrolink receives the Thomas Malthus award for two out of three. He takes the floor for the next question.

Kinshasa and Lagos are correct - though the other way round. Lagos is expected to be the largest city in the world. Delhi is not forecast to be number 3. That title goes to another African city.

Without more information it is difficult to be specific but if the person killed was returning to Gosport from somewhere north of London, the most likely accident would seem to be that at Bourne End, near Berkhamsted, Herts, on 30 September 1945. An express train with 398 passengers on board was...

Of the nine cities mentioned so far, only one is forecast to be among the three largest in 2100.

Thank you. Staying on the theme of population: It is forecast that at the end of the century the largest city in the world will have a population of 88 million; the second largest a population of 83 million; and the third, 73 million. Can you name these cities, in the correct order?

Is this is one of those milestone dates? 1800.

With respect, your definition of ‘efficiency’ is different from mine. Because the TVM is not properly programmed to sell a valid ticket, passengers have to queue at the ticket office – to which your response is that by allowing the queues in the ticket office to get longer, passengers are more...

My experience of New Street is different. Pre-Covid, I was a regular user of the 09.31 to Manchester Piccadilly, the first off-peak service. The TVMs would not issue an off-peak ticket until 09.30, leaving no time to get to the platform. The ticket office would sell an off-peak ticket before...

The name ‘Birmingham Pullman’ is usually associated with the blue diesel which ran between Paddington and Snow Hill in the 1960’s but for a time in the late 1980’s the title was carried by an early morning train from New Street and Birmingham International to Euston. Leaving International at...

Bert Samuels was in 'Cagney and Lacey'.

'The Cookies' is correct. I declare Perryman the overall winner, narrowly ahead of Martinsh. The keys to the Brill Building are in the post and I invite you to take the floor.

You are correct and are awarded a bonus point! Perhaps a clue for 'Chains' would help: if the Group in question had been based in the UK, I suppose they would have been called 'The Biscuits'.

Is correct. One ('Chains') plus the bonus question to get!

Correct! The remaining songs are 'Dancing in the Street' and 'Chains'. Since no-one has attempted the bonus question, perhaps a clue is necessary: Mrs Johnson received a note from her daughter's school.

Correct!

All correct!