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We asked what this sequence of places refers to: Ulm in Germany; Philadelphia, New York, Chicago; Kuala Lumpur, Tapiei, Dubai.

Well done if you realised that these are the locations of the world's tallest buildings, progressively,聽since 1900.

Ulm Minster in Germany (161m, 530 feet) was the tallest building in the world at the turn of the twentieth century, until superseded by

Philadelphia City Hall in 1901, which at 167m (548 feet) retained the record until 1908.

Then New York skyscrapers the Singer Building (1908-09), the Metropolitan Life Tower (1909-13), the Woolworth Building (1913-30), the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building (briefly in 1930), the Chrysler Building (1930-31), the Empire State Building (1931-72) and the World Trade Center (1972-74) kept the record in New York City for the more than six decades.

In 1974 the Sears Tower in Chicago overtook them all, at 442m (1450 feet).

Since 1998 the title has moved eastward and away from the US, with the successive supremacy of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur (1998-2003), the Taipei 101 Tower (2003-10) and the current record holder the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, at a dizzying 828m (2717 feet).

Q1 (from James Eisner)聽 Why might the dark area between two rainbows, Israel Beilin's first hit, and what Roxana presumably wore on her finger, all sound forbidden?

Q2聽 Some unfortunate ancient women, a defunct City bank and a very shy pianist appear to have collaborated on 'Onward Christian Soldiers'. How so?

Q3 (from Virginia Lavender)聽 What came between a mountain range on the French-Swiss border and a city in the Urals? Between that city and an English county? And between the English county and some Welsh mountains?

Q4 (Music) Why might you expect these to sign off with affection?

Q5聽 How could you get from Only Connect to one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, by way of Vitruvius Britannicus and the large intestine?

Q6聽 Why could 3.14159, and zero, produce a Pastoral Symphony when added together?

Q7聽 (Music)聽 What might make Mitford shiver, Marquez call the doctor, or Woody Allen the undertaker - and聽what does this music have to do with it?

Q8聽 Why might a friend of Basil Brush, a British tennis player and Batman all be considered temporary replacements for Zayn聽Malik?

The 2015 Round Britain Quiz league table after five matches:

South of England聽 Played 2 Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Total points 38

Scotland聽 P2 W1 D0 L1 Pts 29

The Midlands聽 P1 W1 D0 L0 Pts 20

Wales聽 P1 W1 D0 L0 Pts 16

North of England聽 P2 W0 D0 L2 Pts 31

Northern Ireland 聽P2 W0 D0 L2 Pts 23

If you subtract an Agatha Christie sleuth, and a musical based on H.G. Wells, from a Lancashire folk group, how much are you left with?

No need to contact us with the answer, it's just for fun: Tom will reveal the solution at the beginning of the next edition.