The 16 October Sound Kitchen quiz winners

Are you one of this week’s lucky winners? Today you’ll hear who won the quiz about the French Socialist Party presidential candidate run-off. Click on that little “listen” arrow above, and join in!

Hello everyone!

You’ve surely noticed by now we’ve been experimenting with the Sound Kitchen recipes … on Saturdays, at 5:16 universal time, tune in to hear if you are among the week’s winners. The winners' names are here on our website, too. Look for Short Features/Sound Kitchen winners.

Tune in on Sundays, at 4:22, 5:52 and 7:22 universal time, for the quiz question ... and whatever else is cooking up in the Sound Kitchen. 

Today’s question was read on 16 October and was about French politics. Left-leaning voters were at the polls that day to vote in a run-off for the Socialist candidate they wanted to see representing them as president. None of the initial candidates had won 50 per cent of the votes in the first round, hence the run-off. My question to you was, who were the two Socialist party candidates in the run-off?

And the answer is: Martine Aubry and François Hollande. As you surely know by now, faithful RFI listeners that you are, the winner was François Hollande, with 57 per cent of the vote. Turnout was close to three million! François Hollande is the Socialist Party candidate for the French presidency; voters go to the polls on 22 April 2012.

The winners this week are: Fansu B Janneh from Banjul, The Gambia; Muhammad Nasyr from Katsina State, Nigeria; Ms Sowmya Ganesan from Goa, India; Jean Forget of Attleboro, Massachusetts, and, last but not least, Henry Umadhay from Antique in the Phiippines.

Congratulations winners!

This week’s quiz is about Italian politics – as you already know, Italy’s economy is in trouble. The yield on Italian bonds rose to over seven per cent the week before last – that’s the rate at which Greece, Ireland and Portugal were obliged to seek bailouts from the European Union. And this does not make the EU happy, as it threatens the entire Eurozone. This past weekend Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was forced to step down and Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano appointed a new premier. Italy’s new prime minister is a respected economist and most of the country’s political parties, including Silvio Berlusconi's, approved his nomination. 

My question to you is: what is the name of Italy’s new prime minister, who is tasked with implementing an austerity package, which foresees 59.8 billion euros in savings?

Send me your answer by 19 December; the answer and the winners will be announced on the 25 December programme. Be sure you send your postal address in with your answer … and be sure and tell me if you are a Mr or a Mrs or a Ms or a Miss – I don’t want to get it wrong!

Send your answers to:
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or

Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
BP 9516
75016 Paris
France

Remember, it’s not just the quiz which wins you a prize. If your essay goes on the air, you’ll find a package in the mail from the Sound Kitchen. Write in about your community heroes – the people in your community who are quietly working to make the world a better place, in whatever way they can. I am still looking for your “This I Believe” essays, too. Tell us about the principles that guide your life … what you have found to be true from your very own personal experience. Or write in with your most memorable moment, and/or your proudest achievement.

Send your mini book reviews, your musical requests, your proverbs, your tricks for remembering things, descriptions of the local festivals you participate in, or just your general all-around thoughts to:
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Include a phone number, if you can. I’d like to call you and put you on-the-air … and send you a thank-you gift for participating.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

All the best,

Susan