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We asked: If the middle Kardashian sister met one of the Cambridge Five and a youthful spy in British India, what game might they play?
The middle sister (not counting half-siblings) of the Kardashian family is Kim.
The youthful spy is also Kim, in Rudyard Kipling's novel of that name, set in British India. The game they would play is therefore Kim's game, the game of memorising objects which takes its name from a version of the game played in the novel.聽
Finally, the Cambridge spy is Kim Philby, whose real name was Harold but who was actually nicknamed Kim after the Kipling character.聽

Q1 聽One walks upright and belongs to a Rhode Island father. Another follows a Belgian reporter everywhere he goes, and always runs on four legs. A third is usually either four-legged or flat on his back, but fantasises about being a pilot, and can type.Who are they?
Q2 聽Why might 'Nighthawks' and 'Automat' appear to move in the same way as plays by John Godber and Tom Stoppard?
Q3 from Gareth Derry (Music) 聽How, with the first three pieces and the help of Mick Hucknall, could you reach the fourth?
Q4 聽Can you arrange in order of importance: the husband to whom Tess is finally reconciled, a U-2 pilot, a Russian White Sea port and medieval Wales?
Q5 聽Which lauded couple spotted the sun, are celebrated on Mars, and lend their name to a phenomenon on earth said to contribute to London's Frost Fairs of the 17th and 18th centuries?
Q6 (Music) 聽How could adding the first piece to the second give you the third?
Q7 聽On what grounds could you expect a Rossini opera to be set in Newcastle, a US news network to be based in Leicester, a World War adventure story to be set in South London, Lewis Carroll's Alice to meet an eccentric character from Luton, and a Chekhov play to be staged in Brighton?
Q8 聽What kind of delivery might provide you with Rothko's restaurant, Mussolini's mistress, Botticelli's allegory, and Barack Obama?

After one match each, prior to this week's programme, the teams stand as follows:
1 South of England 聽W1 聽L0 聽(Points 21)2 Wales 聽W1 聽L0 聽(Points 19)3 Northern Ireland 聽W1 聽L0 聽(Points 14)4 North of England 聽W0 聽L1 聽(Points 17)5 Scotland 聽W0 聽L1 聽(Points 14)6聽Midlands 聽W0 聽L1 聽(Points 12)
In the final rankings, the total points will come into play if teams are tied for the number of victories.

If certain citizens of Irbil in Iraq enjoyed coagulated milk, and those of Stockholm ate rutabaga, what kind of oriental soup would they favour in Helsinki?
Don't write to us, there are no prizes - but Tom will reveal the answer next time.