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Tom asked: What blow was recently dealt, in the Irish Sea, to a capital display, northern twins and the largest scaffold?

The clues suggest the names of three of the UK's biggest offshore wind farms. A capital display is London Array (in the outer Thames estuary); northern twins are Gemini (a twin wind-farm built on two adjacent sites in the North Sea) and the scaffold is Greater Gabbard (off the Suffolk coast). The 'blow' they were dealt is that the world's largest wind farm by capacity, Walney Extension, capable of generating 659 megawatts, recently went on stream off the coast of Cumbria in the Irish Sea and trounced them all.

Very well done if you worked out听the theme here. Tom will have another teaser at the end of today's quiz.

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After all six teams have played just once this season, the rankings going into today's programme are as follows.

1 听The Midlands听听 Played 1听 Won 1听 Drawn 0 听Lost 0听 Total points 21

2= Northern Ireland听 P1听 W1听 D0听 L0听 Pts 19

2= North of England听 P1听 W1听 D0听 L0听 Pts 19

4听 South of England听 P1听 W0听 D0听 L1听 Pts 19

5听 Wales听 P1听 W0听 D0听 L1听 Pts 18

6听 Scotland听 P1听 W0听 D0听 L1听 Pts 16听

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Q1听 If the components were the square root of -1, the works of Mozart, MDMA and retinol, why might you need instructions to help you assemble them?

Q2听 A former Prime Minister sits in the middle of his village listening to a song by Coldplay. Nearby is a female pop star, who fears she may be in debt, but instead learns that she's in credit. She celebrates by buying tickets to see a boy band - which one?

Q3听 (Music)听 Can you explain what connects this to a broken corner of Armorica and the fortunes of Wheal Leisure and Grambler?

Q4听 from Humphrey Welfare: What is the inexact link between: the lands of Knoydart and Moidart; the consequences of Henry's ambition for a new alliance; and a stronghold on th Antonine Wall?

Q5听 from Mike McCullough:听 What ecclesiastical connection can you find between a Tsar still resident in the Kremlin, a top scorer for the Toffees, an angler's dispatch device, and a very long-term resident of Coronation Street?

Q6听 from Kieran Sidley: (Music)听 What have these songs got to do with a famous April Fool's Day hoax of 1957?

Q7听 from William Burrows:听 Why might a small falcon from the northern hemisphere, a shooting star, a river in north-east Scotland and a battle fought in France in 1346 take you soaring above the clouds or rumbling across the land?

Q8听 Why would 2301 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles be a suitable address to find the author of Kitchen, a British student of Byzantium, a former member of Take That, and not only Johnny Depp but also his brother Leonardo di Caprio?

A female traveller and mystic of 14th century England shares something with a comic actor in Shakespeare's company, a 20th century conductor and a fictional ghost. What?

There are no prizes - but you can see if you're right when Tom unveils the solution next week.