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	Brain of Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brain of Britain is a BBC radio general knowledge quiz, broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
		Brain of Britain has been hosted by Robert Robinson for most of its life, although during his illness the 2004 series was hosted by Russell Davies.
		For much of its life the theme music of Brain of Britain was the opening of the fourth movement of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, but in a 'modernised' version by Waldo de Los Rios.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brain_of_Britain (332 words)

	Brain Tumour
		People with a brain tumour, their carers, and health professionals who deal mostly with these patients are invited to attend the rd. It has been described as the most significant advance against brain tumours in thirty years.
		We are dedicated to promoting a cure for brain tumors, improving the quality of life and giving hope to the brain tumor community by funding meaningful research and providing patient resources, timely information and education.
		Coordinators and facilitators of brain tumour support groups and relevant health professionals have been invited to participate in a special networking meeting to be held during the.
	www.siteradar.com /brain-tumour.htm (988 words)

	Brain of Britain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Brain of Britain is a BBC radio general knowledge quiz, broadcast on (Click link for more info and facts about BBC Radio 4) BBC Radio 4.
		Brain of Britain has been hosted by (English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)) Robert Robinson for most of its life, although during his illness the 2004 series was hosted by (Click link for more info and facts about Russell Davies) Russell Davies.
		After his death in April 2002, the new question setter was (Click link for more info and facts about Kevin Ashman) Kevin Ashman, who has the distinction of winning both Brain of Britain and (Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality) Mastermind.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brain_of_britain.htm (363 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Brain tumor - adults
		Brain tumors are classified depending on the exact site of the tumor, the type of tissue involved, benign or malignant tendencies of the tumor, and other factors.
		The cause of primary brain tumors is unknown.
		Most brain tumors increase pressure within the skull and compress brain tissue because of their size and weight.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/007222.htm (1172 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Comedy - Brain of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The slot was given its own show in the 1960s and renamed Brain of Britain under the chairmanship of Robert Robinson.
		The quiz consists of eight general knowledge rounds and a section in the middle where members of the public get the opportunity to set a question for the contestants.
		Ian was the doyen of radio quizzes, having been crowned 'Brain of Britain', 'Brain of Brains' and 'Top Brain'.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/comedy/brain.shtml (299 words)

	BourneEndOnLine - Bob Ginger on Brain of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new series of Brain of Britain is being broadcast from Sept 2rd 2002 on Radio 4 at 13:30 on Mondays and again the following Saturday at 23:30.
		In every round, each contestant in turn is asked questions until either he’s got five in a row correct (this rare occurrence earns him an extra point, giving him 6 altogether) or he gets one wrong, at which point the other three may press their buzzers and try to answer it for a bonus point.
		Bob and I have appeared in teams together in On Target and representing Bourne End in other competitions, whatever his result in B Of B, it is clear he enjoyed (and endured) the build-up and challenge of taking part.
	www.bourneend.org.uk /news/brainofbritain.shtml (4141 words)

	Encyclopedia: Brain of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kevin Ashman is generally considered to be Britains finest quiz player.
		Mastermind is one of the most highly regarded British quiz shows, well-known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting, and air of seriousness.
		David Copperfield or The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (which he never meant to be published on any account) is a Bildungsroman by Charles Dickens, first published in 1849.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Brain-of-Britain (739 words)

	Britain hit by graduate brain-drain
		Britain has lost more skilled workers to the global "brain drain" than any other industrialised country, according to a report by the World Bank.
		For countries such as the UK, a brain drain is clearly a loss.
		Brain drain from UK is 'worst in the world'
	www.management-issues.com /display_page.asp?section=blog&id=2701 (288 words)

	IQAGB.co.uk - View topic - QUIZZING Academy Vote
		"Brain of Britain" and "Mastermind", and successor to Ian Gillies on the former.
		In winning her Brain of Britain title (1997) she defeated a former Mastermind champion and later the same year won the "Masterbrain" competition.
		Ian was a winner of BBC Radio"s Brain of Britain in 1964 and replaced Franklin Englemann as adjudicator on that long-running quiz show in 1972.
	www.quizzing.co.uk /trivia/viewtopic.php?p=49 (2014 words)

	AsiaMedia :: BRITAIN: BBC slammed over anti-royal rap
		Great Britain, written and performed by Scor-Zay-Zee - a hip-hop performer who has recently converted to Islam - is a strongly worded diatribe against the British way of life.
		The rapper claims that Britain's young people are being "brain-washed and put in a daze" by an out-of-control consumer culture.
		Over the course of the four-minute song the lyrics also manage to take potshots at Britain's support for Israel and its special relationship with the United States, which is labelled The Devil.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=9806 (336 words)

	Brain of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Brain of Britain began life in 1953 as a knock-out quiz slot within a programme called What Do You Know?.
		The slot was given its own show in the 1960s and renamed Brain of Britain under the chairmanship of Robert Robinson, (pictured left)
		I recorded Brain of Britain in June 2002 but I didn't hear it live when it was broadcast on 30th September.
	website.lineone.net /~sophiemac/bob.htm (320 words)

	Quiz Players - People - Daphne Fowler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Among Daphne's most famous achievements are the Brain of Britain title, and her long run of massive scores on Fifteen to One.
		Daphne's first appearance on Brain of Britain was in 1983 when she gave a correct answer which was judged to be wrong at the time.
		After winning Brain of Britain Daphne confessed to not knowing her left from her right, and having to write L and R on her hands for her driving test.
	www.quizplayers.com /quizplayers/people/daphne_fowler.html (1674 words)

	Report: Britain worst hit by brain drain
		The British drain far outweighs the 1.26 million immigrant graduates in the country, leaving a net "brain loss" of some 200,000, reports the Independent newspaper.
		The findings will fuel concerns that Britain's failure to defend its manufacturing, science and university base is pushing highly skilled workers overseas and risks damaging long-term productivity, the report said.
		It said the scale of the emigration as a share of the total skilled workforce is also high.
	www.sciencedaily.com /upi?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051025-11565200-bc-britain-braindrain.xml (341 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Cash to keep science 'brains'
		Universities are being invited to apply for a share of the UK Government's £4m fund to reverse the "brain drain" of scientists leaving Britain for better salaries abroad.
		Selected researchers could see their pay topped up by an extra £75,000 a year from April under the scheme, which was first announced last July.
		Poor pay is seen as one of the main reasons why some of Britain's best scientific brains choose to leave for the United States or Germany.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1096000/1096726.stm (460 words)

	Britain's hidden brain-drain
		The year-long investigation by the Equal Opportunities Commission found more than three and a half million part-time workers had higher qualifications or skills or had supervision/management roles in previous jobs, and a further two million believed they could "easily work at a higher level".
		Women part-time workers were earning 40 per cent less per hour than men working full time — about the same pay gap as 30 years ago — and employers were failing to make best use of their considerable skills and experience.
		A study this week by the Confederation of British Industry and recruiter Pertemps found a quarter of firms complained that family-friendly employment laws were having a negative effect, tying up managers in dealing with requests for flexible working.
	www.management-issues.com /display_page.asp?section=research&id=2562 (649 words)

	Brain Death
		In March 1998 the Department of Health issued this code of practice for the diagnosis of brain stem death.
		It contains definitions of death and procedures for the diagnosis of brain stem death.
		It also includes guidelines for the management of potential organ and tissue donors, and the roles of relatives and transplant co-ordinators.
	omni.ac.uk /browse/mesh/D001926.html (76 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Motorsport - Burns faces uncertainty
		RICHARD BURNS’ rally career could be in jeopardy after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
		Britain’s former world champion will undergo a course of radiotherapy but has been ordered to miss next season, meaning the team he was set to join - Subaru - need a new driver.
		One man already tipped for the job is Scotland’s Colin McRae, who became Britain’s first rally world champion driving for Subaru back in 1995.
	sport.scotsman.com /motorsport.cfm?id=1275302003 (236 words)

	Brain Injury Support Groups
		Headway Bedford - Provides a day unit and community based support for persons with a brain injury and their carers through cognitive, emotional, physical, recreational, and social rehabilitation activities.
		Headway Essex - Services for people with acquired brain injury and their families, friends, and carers.
		Headway Leicester - Provides support to people with acquired brain injuries and their caregivers through a day center in Leicester, and outreach support in Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland.
	www.severe-brain-injury.com /headwaybranches.htm (222 words)

	The Bird Book Supply Service May
		Bird Brain of Britain by Charles Gallimore and Tim Appleton.
		Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland by Ian Mitchell, Stephen Newton, Norman Ratcliffe and Timothy Dunn.
		In terms of Britain, this book overlaps slightly with Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (Vinicombe and Cottridge 1997), but very many species which are rare in Britain are common in parts of Europe and thus excluded from this European book.
	www.birdingworld.freeserve.co.uk /Stocklist.htm (13746 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Search for Britain's brainiest batman
		A quiz to discover Britain's most knowledgeable bat expert is being held as part of a conservation event at Reading University.
		Among the topics to be discussed are social segregation, ageing, sexing and handling bats.
		The event is being organised by the Bat Conservation Trust, Britain's only organisation solely dedicated to the mammal's welfare.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2242848.stm (202 words)

	Britain sets up brain tissue bank to aid research
		Funded by Britain's Medical Research Council, the team hopes to take samples from up to 1,000 postmortems conducted every year in Edinburgh.
		The primary aim is to collect brain samples but other organs could also be stored.
		James Underwood, president of the Royal College of Pathologists, told the press conference that the dwindling number of autopsies conducted in Britain could hamper research efforts.
	www.meritcare.com /news/world/viewarticle.asp?id=18552 (328 words)

	Quiz Players - People - Mike Billson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He has won Brain of Britain, Top Brain, and has finished second to Kevin Ashman in the Masterbrain competition involving the last nine years Brains of Britain.
		He has certainly won Brain of Britain before, and I believe also won a Brain of Britain "Champion of Champions" competition.
		He was also the Brain of Britain champion in 1992 (beating Kevin Ashman by one point in the semi-final), having been a finalist in 1989.
	www.quizplayers.com /quizplayers/people/mike_billson.html (465 words)

	Brain Power MSO 4 - Quiz Results
		Daphne is a former Brain of Britain and emulated Bill McKaig's effort in successfully answering all 40 of the questions in the final section of 15-to-1.
		Mark is the captain of the Cardiff team on 'The Syndicate' but is famous for his appearances on University Challenge where he had one or two dream-spells when he seemed to be the only one on either side answering questions.
		Discussions of mental skills and the greatest brains are now available in our Mental Skills forum.
	www.msoworld.com /brain/mental/mso4quiz.html (953 words)

	Crazy Calvinist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Such as, I was thinking last night, (The ticking of my brain is almost ever constant!) how strange things happen in the state of half asleep half-awake time.
		And I finally felt vindicated, with the advent of the hearing this whispering, that I have never EVER been mentally ill. But had these things going wrong and misfiring much the same as they do now, without the outwards physical symptoms.
		The vet said when I took her to be put to sleep, that for her to make the noise she was, her brain must be like scrambled eggs.
	crazycalvinist.blogspot.com /2004_04_01_crazycalvinist_archive.html (8615 words)

	Britain's Best Brain, STI, 16 April 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		LONDON - A physics teacher of Britain has won 1 million pounds (S$2.6 million) in a television quiz show, in an incredible hat-trick of wins in the country's most competitive and prestigious intelligence contests.
		In 1985, Mr Edwards beat 15,000 other super-intelligent competitors to win the Brain of Britain contest organised by Mensa, the high-IQ society.
		In 1990, he became BBC Television's Mastermind, Britain's highest-rated intelligence contest.
	pages.zdnet.com /david14237/RandR/id24.html (472 words)

	Quiz Questions
		It is clear Walter spent years collecting high scores from countless sources across the globe.
		Bird Brain of Britain: The Ultimate Quiz Book for Birders.
		Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours Details: LeapFrogs iQuest Quantum Leap handheld is the smart way for kids to study and record and keep track of addresses, important dates, and notes.
	www.growinglifestyle.co.uk /uk/j155367 (307 words)

	Crazy Calvinist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		My brain is not working at all in a normal fashion, holding a verbal conversation seems impossible.
		His family members were deeply troubled at this declaration, not because they believed what he told them but because they thought some form of insanity had gotten into his head.
		But the night was as troublesome to him as the day; and, for that reason, instead of sleeping he spent it sighing and weeping.
	crazycalvinist.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_crazycalvinist_archive.html (6306 words)

	Browse the BirdGuides eStore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Of these, none is more eagerly attended (by all but its participants) than the terrifying Mastermind-style quiz 'Bird Brain of Britain'.
		A superb compendium of photos of rarities seen in Britain with notes on each species.
		Lists all the threatened bird species found in Britain and describes the threats to their survival and the efforts being made to protect them.
	www.birdguides.com /estore/browse.asp?cat=13 (1303 words)

	Scatter brain: Is Britain in the throes of a quiet coup?
		Scatter brain: Is Britain in the throes of a quiet coup?
		Is Britain in the throes of a quiet coup?
		Took Britain to war, against Iraq (Gulf War II), a sovereign, albeit a dictatorship, country that has never attacked Britain or our allies, and whose infrastructure was not capable of such an attack
	owtelse.blogspot.com /2005/03/is-britain-in-throes-of-quiet-coup.html (273 words)

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