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At the beginning of today's contest the 2021 Round Britain Quiz league table stands as follows:

1聽 North of England聽 聽Played 4聽 Won 3聽 Drawn 1聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 82
2聽 Midlands聽 P3聽 W3聽 D0聽 L0聽 Pts 63
3聽 Scotland聽 聽P4聽 W1聽 D1聽 L2聽 Pts 71
4聽 Wales聽 聽P4聽 W1聽 D1聽 L2聽 Pts 69
5聽 Northern Ireland聽 聽P4聽 W1聽 D0聽 L3聽 Pts 69
6聽 South of England聽 聽P3聽 W0聽 D1聽 L2聽 Pts 58

The teaser question was the work of listener Malcolm Ruthven, and it was: What might connect a air of dear old ducks with a Devonian denomination and a panorama by Frith?
The answer is the word Derby or Darby.
The 'dear old ducks' are Darby and Joan, a proverbial phrase for an elderly married couple.
The Devonian denomination is the Darbyites, a name given to followers of the 19th century preacher John Nelson Darby, a leading figure among the Plymouth Brethren.
The panorama is William Powell Frith's canvas The Derby Day, painted between 1856 and 1858, depicting the crowds at Epsom racecourse on the day of the famous annual race.

All of the questions in this final edition of the series are from Round Britain Quiz listeners.
Q1 (from Joe Houlihan)聽 If you navigate from a pirate's hoard to some hugs and kisses, via fine cognac and a beefy landmark on the Embankment, what game are you playing?
Q2 (from Paul Maki)聽 Teenagers, mythically, do it to cows at night; Ben Shepherd does it in the daytime, to a point; and Sarah Waters does it with a soft fabric. Why wouldn't you do it in Japan?聽
Q3 (from Stephen Cox)聽 Music: How should these pieces be combined to produce a law that every body obeys?
Q4 (from Derek Long and Alan Clarke)聽 How might a cat burglar from Albany, a surgeon stranded in Korea, and an award-winning White House press secretary, lead you initially to Christopher Stone in 1927?
Q5 (from Huw Jones)聽 Two types of duck, one of which isn't actually a duck, are served to a recipient of a star-shaped medal in a cup on a cotton cloth while watching a famous annual rugby match. What do these items have in common?聽
Q6 (from Jonathan Smith)聽 Music: In which London club might you expect to hear this?
Q7 (from John Oakley)聽 How could a Dickensian beadle, a reigning monarch, a worker in wood and an unmanned aircraft lead you to a taste of something from the 1950s?聽
Q8 (from Michael Gedrim)聽 If a Sagittarian, a church north of the Border, a native of a region of north-east France, an American R&B artist with a penchant for skimpy underwear, and a 17th century Puritan author of children's stories, all travelled together, what would they hold in common, and for whom would they work?聽

Sorry if you sent us an idea we couldn't find room for in the programme this year! We hold onto all of your suggestions so they may yet appear in next year's series, and you can send fresh ideas at any time by emailing rbq@bbc.co.uk聽