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We asked: In what sense do a beautiful cup-bearer, the mother of King Minos of Crete, a priestess transformed into a cow, and a nymph transformed into a bear, all now encircle their lover?

The answer is that these are mythological figures whose听names have been given to the four largest moons of Jupiter. Respectively they are Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto - and all were beloved of (or seduced by) Zeus or his Roman equivalent Jupiter/Jove. They therefore 'encircle' their lover by orbiting him.

There'll be another teaser at the end of today's programme.

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Q1 (from Huw Jones)听 What, in the UK, links a Southern belle, part of a fantasy game, a fish-hawk and a melancholy musical genre?

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Q2听 Which Roman Emperor connects Tamora's vengeful enemy, the son of Sepulchrave and the Popish plot?

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Q3听 Music - Explain the connection?

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Q4听 What cause should the author of Trouble At Willow Gables and Michaelmas Term At St Bride's have to dislike Danger Mouse's arch-enemy, one whose life was changed by a 'Poop-poop!' and Mr Jackson?

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Q5 (from Peter Effer)听 In what way do Margo Leadbetter, the final resting place of the Royal Yacht Britannia, the site of Newgrange, and Peter Hain's old constituency, sound like a progression?

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Q6听 Music - How could this music, a Danny Kaye ventriloquist comedy, a hill in County Mayo, and Jules Romains' rural doctor, lead you to the US Bullion Depository?

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Q7 (from Sam Bright)听 What do Yossarian's Major, the cricketing father of footballers Phil and Gary, and the man serving a life sentence for the murder of Bobby Kennedy, have in common with a buzzard, a fox and a badger?

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Q8听 Explain how retrospective fury, a song and dance man, the Diet of Worms and a lustful 18th century adventurer could lead you to a better class of person?

This week's puzzle has been suggested by James Smith.

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Where would you find the following in control: an error indicator in Microsoft Excel; a Sherlock Holmes story; diphenolchloroarsine; and a double word score?

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Don't write or e-mail with the answer, it's just for fun - Tom will reveal the solution next time.

Can anyone stop Wales from making it a clean sweep? This is how the league table stands going into today's contest.

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1听 Wales听 Played 3听 Won 3听 Lost 0听 Total points 63

2听 South of England听 P4听 W2听 L2听 Pts 77

3听 North of England听 P3听 W2听 L1听 Pts 56

4听 Northern Ireland听 P3听 W2听 L1听 Pts 51

5听 Scotland听 P4听 W1听 L3听 Pts 70

6听 Midlands听 P3听 W0听 L3听 Pts 45