Tech Tent quiz of the year 2021
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
What better way to review the big tech stories of 2021 than with a battle of wits? Chris Fox tests the finest minds in tech journalism on the biggest events in tech over the last 12 months. Featuring Rhiannon Williams, technology correspondent from the i Newspaper, Shona Ghosh, technology editor at Business Insider, and BBC tech reporters David Molloy and James Clayton.
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| 0:00.0 | On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:05.6 | And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:08.3 | In this series, we're going to have a planet off. |
| 0:10.8 | I feel like Jupiter wins. |
| 0:12.8 | And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit. |
| 0:15.9 | We're talking about your bog standard. |
| 0:17.8 | Ice, not the fancy one. |
| 0:20.1 | Science with funny bits. |
| 0:21.9 | The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello, this is TechTent from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Chris Fox, and as it's the festive season, it's time for our annual tradition, |
| 0:38.4 | the Tech Tent End of Year quiz. I'll be testing some of our regular guests from the world of |
| 0:43.0 | tech journalism on the big stories of 2021. There are two teams with us. The first is the BBC's own |
| 0:49.0 | Silicon Valley reporter James Clayton and technology correspondent at the Eye newspaper here in the UK, Riannon Williams. |
| 0:55.9 | What is your team name? |
| 0:57.7 | Go on, you go for it, Riannon. |
| 0:59.4 | Hi, Chris, we are the N-Elf Tees. |
| 1:02.8 | The N-Elf Tees. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm going to stumble over that many times, I'm sure. |
| 1:06.8 | You're up against the BBC's tech reporter David Malloy and technology editor at Business Insider |
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