This week on Sound Kitchen we'll be answering questions about the European Parliament elections, we'll have “Listener's Corner” and “Music with Erwan” with Erwan Rhome, and we'll have all of that plus a new quiz and a bonus quiz, so click the “play” button above to enjoy!
Hello everyone! Welcome Sound Kitchen Our weekly podcast is published every Saturday, on our website or wherever you listen to podcasts. Be sure to tune in every week to hear the winner's name announced and the quiz question of the week, as well as all the stuff you know and love: your letters and essays, “things of the day”, quirky facts and news, interviews and great music.
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The contest ends on September 12th, but as we all know, time flies, so get to work now! We're expecting a flood of submissions from English-speaking countries.
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We welcome new members to the RFI Listeners Club: Tamidul Alam Olin is from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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This week's quiz: On June 15, I asked about the European Parliament elections, in which the far-right Rally National party swept through President Macron's centrist coalition. Afterwards, President Macron dissolved the French National Assembly and called general elections, which came as a surprise to us all, even to Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
With the help of Jessica Phelan's article “Why is President Macron calling for early elections and what does it mean for France?”, please send us your answers to the following questions: What percentage of the vote did Marine Le Pen's National Rally get in the European Parliament elections, and what percentage of the vote did Macron's centrist coalition get?
The answer is, To quote Jessica's article, “With 31.4% of the vote to Macron's 14.6%, National Rally leader Jordan Bardella called the result a 'stinging rejection' of the president.”
In addition to the quiz questions there were also bonus questions. Father Stephen Wala from Bamenda, Cameroon, suggests: “What will you do to help other people live safe and happy lives?”
Have an idea for a bonus question? Send it in!
The winners are as follows: Jayanta Chakrabarty, an RFI Listeners Club member from New Delhi, India. Jayanta is also the winner of this week's Bonus Quiz. Congratulations, Jayanta!
Also on this week's list of lucky winners are two RFI Listeners Club members from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monzurul Alam Ripon and Atiqul Islam, who is also the president of Narshunda Radio Listeners Family Club, and Hans Werner Lorike from Hedehusene, Denmark.
Last but not least, we have Nizon Yesmin Kona, an RFI English listener from Naogaon, Bangladesh.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Here's the music you heard on the show this week: “James Bond Theme” by David Arnold, “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Kids Corner Composed by Claude Debussy and performed by the composer. From the film “I Love to Laugh” Mary Poppins, The album is written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman with George Stiles, and features vocals by Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, as well as a rendition of John Coltrane's “Naima” by Eric Dolphy.
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Question of the Week … To participate, you need to listen to this program. After listening to the program, re-read our article “Now that France is in a hanging parliament, what's the next step?” It will help you find the answer.
Entries for this week's quiz are open until August 26th. The winner will be announced on the podcast on August 31st. To enter, be sure to submit your postcode along with your answer, and your RFI Listeners Club membership number, if you have one.
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english.service@rfi.fr
or
Susan Owensby
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or
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