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The standings so far this series, going into today's contest, are as follows:

1聽 South of England聽 聽Played 2聽 Won 2聽 Drawn 0聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 43
2聽 Midlands聽 P3聽 W1聽 D2聽 L0聽 Pts 61
3聽 Wales聽 聽P3聽 W1聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 58
4聽 Scotland聽 聽P2聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 40
5聽 North of England聽 聽P2聽 W0聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 37聽
6聽 Northern Ireland聽 聽P2聽 W0聽 D0聽 L2聽 Pts 37

At the end of last week's quiz we asked how an official war artist for posters, the composer of The Haunted Ballroom, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's fictional screenwriter might all have helped you to pass the time?聽
The answer was to do with their surnames. The official war artist we were thinking of was the graphic designer Abram Games, whose work was recently celebrated in an exhibition at the National Army Museum. The composer of The Haunted Ballroom, a 20th century ballet with a waltz that became a popular stand-alone piece, was Geoffrey Toye. The screenwriter created by Fitzgerald who appears in a number of his short stories, based loosely on his own experiences as a writer in Hollywood, was Pat Hobby.
Games, a Toye and a Hobby would help you pass the time.

Q1聽 Why might a forensic scientist who dabbles in comedy, Michelle Ogundehin's Chatty former co-presenter, and a herder of calculating cats, line up alongside Lightning McQueen?
Q2聽 How were the Thames, some drizzle, the hottest temperate season, a department store on Great Marlborough Street and the captain of Real Betis all reborn by fire?
Q3 (from Bob del Quiaro)聽 Music: Why, by arranging these pieces, might you create something that was only pretending to be Chinese?聽
Q4 (from Sarah Binless)聽 If George was ostentatious, Clint was mucky, Orson came third and Billy had a date in a deli, why was Michael anonymous on paper - and if you remember they're not just anyone, why might they provide an escape?聽
Q5聽 If Venice is an explorer, New Orleans a trumpeter, Pisa an astronomer, Warsaw a composer, Louisville a boxer and Granada a playwright, what's Belfast?聽
Q6聽 Music: Why are the first three of these likely to be found in the fourth?
Q7 (from David Murphy)聽 Why might Ian of North Antrim, Gordon of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, Miles sometimes of Balamory, and Roger sometimes of Fitton, have been able to reach Dusty Springfield when no one else could?
Q8 (from James Nicoll)聽 Where might a very large South American bird, Adrian Mole's girlfriend, an American ICBM or launch vehicle, and an ancient sea (with Black remains) run rings around a Roman god?

Think about this before listening to the next edition and we'll reveal the answer at the beginning of the programme.聽
What kind of person might look after the Hindu creator of the universe, a high quality coffee, a yellow flower from Palermo and a water fairy that takes human form on land?