mitchell: David Mitchell’s Soapbox: Competition Winner

In this week’s episode, David is joined by a special guest star from the world of dance.
David also announces the winner of his Wikipedia-friendly rhyming quiz.
Many thanks to all of you who entered the competition. The quality of responses was universally outstanding with almost 81.3% of you getting all the answers right.
For those of you who didn’t, these are the right answers so you know for next time:

1 On which Island is the city of Jakarta? Java
2 On which island did they sign the Magna Carta? Magna Carta Island, Runnymede
3 In which war did Joan of Arc become a martyr? The Hundred Year’s War
4 In which war did Lysander fight for Sparta? Peloponnesian War
5 What’s the twin prime of 107? 109
6 Which river separates Cornwall & Devon? Tamar
7 Who became King in 1911? George V
8 What service was founded by Aneurin Bevan? National Health Service
9 Which theme park is in Anaheim? Disneyland
10 Who often wrote with Hammerstein? Richard Rodgers
11 Which oxides make up calamine? Zinc oxide & Iron oxide
12 In which song is it Hammer Time? Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer
13 What’s the old name for Sri Lanka? Ceylon
14 Who played Sam in Casablanca? Dooley Wilson
15 For which team’s George Smith a flanker? Brumbies, Australia
16 What’s meant by Lingua Franca? A language used by two people to communicate which is native to neither party.
17 Who ran from Wile E. Coyote? Roadrunner
18 Who won an Oscar for Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman
19 What type of plant is a peyote? Cactus
20 Who was the squire of Don Quixote? Sancho Panza
21 Beatles drummer before Ringo? Pete Best
22 Known as Kelly’s Eye in bingo? One
23 Film with baby-eating Dingo? A Cry In The Dark
24 Chief food of a flamingo? Brine shrimp
25 What goes in a bellini? Sparkling wine (prosecco) & Peach puree
26 Who invented the bikini? Louis Reard
27 What’s also called zucchini? Courgette
28 Who played Regan in The Sweeney? John Thaw
29 Who founded IKEA? Ingvar Kamprad
30 Who married Medea? Jason
31 Who fathered Hosea? Beeri
32 Who leads North Korea? Kim Jong-Il
33 Location of the Hassan Tower? Rabat, Morocco
34 Test debut of David Gower? June 1st 1978 vs Pakistan at Edgbaston
35 Running mate of Eisenhower? Richard Nixon
36 Latin name for Cauliflower? Brassica oleracea botrytis

Many congratulations to Andrew Langmead for being drawn out of the electric hat first.

And finally, thank you to Harper Collins who have sponsored 4 bonus episodes of Soapbox. Please do support them by buying hundreds of their new book, This Mitchell and Webb Book. Just click here to get it.