Quizzing

Muscling in, do you remember who sang the theme tune to The Protectors?

Chris, please put me down for both parts of the day too.

(original email to Jane & direct bank transfer)

Howard Royse

Third person - Tony Anholt, who was later in Howard's Way.

Correct - the first episode (Dead of Jericho) involved Morse's car being crashed into, twice, and there seemed to be no semi-expendable Lancias available, so they used 248 RPA, an old stunt car. Which they spent the next 30-odd episodes trying to get it to start, or pushing it if necessary. The car ...

No, he drove a Hirondelle in the books. Which does not exist.

No takers? OK, it was Ace of Wands, from the early 70's. Was I the only one doing my homework in front of the telly? Try this one. A detective started driving a Lancia, but the car was different when the stories were first televised and this car was adopted in the later books. The name of the detect...

Correct - Charles Bannerman scored 165 out of 245, which has yet to be beaten.

Not that either - I don't remember many sixes in Tests before the Botham era.

Sorry Pete, no win this time.

Thanks Benny,

staying with cricket; what record was set in the first ever Test Match?

The answer is not "the first to...", this record could have been beaten in any Test since.