1294 - The Answer!

[Tuvok]

Have taken this from the answers that the setter sent out today:

"the question which caused so much misery or as one person put it “
brain exercise” ! Our trusty Radio Companion, a wonderful reference book by Paul Donovan, lists the castaways from Desert Island Discs and in 1974 castaway number 1294 was The Marquess of Bath……. I suspect many of you presumed 1294 was referring to the year. Three people did in fact get the answer correct, sadly one of those got another question wrong. I’m sure you will all agree they did well! Apologies to the two people who put
Countess of Bath – so near but we really couldn’t make it fit the question."

How on earth were we suposed to get that!

[Mamyalynne]

Not often I'm rendered speechless, but...

[sunny-dave]

Gordon Bennett !!

[Tilly2]

What was the question?

[Mamyalynne]

I don't feel so bad about the blank I left on the answer sheet now at least.

[sunny-dave]

1294

[Mamyalynne]

Q 1294

[Tuvok]

I agree. That question is the hardest I've ever seen. Perhaps if they'd expanded the question a bit others might have got it.

[Tilly2]

Blimey!

[Mamyalynne]

Well yes, that wasn't much to go on and I searched much more than the year.

[Tilly2]

What quiz was this?

[Tuvok]

RSPB

[cashier]

It was the most ridiculous I've ever seen, they could have given a bit more than that.

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Tuvok. Didn't do that one, thankfully!

[sunny-dave]

Even googling

1294 desert island discs list of castaways

doesn't obviously come up with the answer!

[Mamyalynne]

Not a fan of conspiracy theories , however I do wonder if the three who got it right knew each other?

:-)

[fiction-factory]

Maybe one of them knew the setter's interests or the way his/her mind works

[Garaman]

That's radio.

[Mamyalynne]

I've done their quizzes before and yes some are tough but this does take the biscuit a bit.

[furrypusscat]

I spent hours on this question can't remember what I put but certainly not the required answer. I had completed the quiz all but this one last question weeks earlier but kept going back to see if I could shed light on a better answer.

[Mamyalynne]

Such is quizzing eh?

Well done to the winner.