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Tom asked: What do an English traveller and mystic share with a comic actor in Shakespeare's company, a 20th century conductor and a fictional ghost?

Well done if you spotted that it's the name Kemp, in varied spellings and pronunciations.

The Boke of Margery Kemp was a notable written record of the travels of听the 14th century traveller and mystic of that name. Will Kemp was the comic star of the Chamberlain's Men in Shakespeare's London. The German conductor Rudolf Kempe was a famous and durable conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. And the fictional ghost is Thomas Kempe, in Penelope Lively's classic 1973听children's novel The Ghost of Thomas Kempe.

The rankings going into today's contest are as follows.

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1听 Wales听听 Played 2听 Won 1听 Drawn 0听 Lost 1听 Total points 38

2听 The Midlands听听 P1听 W1听 D0听 L0听 Pts 21

3= North of England听听 P1听 W1听 D0听 L0听 Pts 19

3= Northern Ireland听听 P1听 W1听 D0听 L0听 Pts 19

5听 Scotland听听 P2听 W0听 D0听 L2听 Pts 32

6听 South of England听听 P1听 W0听 D0听 L1听 Pts 19

Q1 (from Dave Taylor)听 Either half of William Joyce, a central sporting objective, and any one of eighteen in another sport, should all suggest which posthumous winner of a prestigious award?

Q2听 What's the titular connection between: the first three in the Black Chair, who were technically the wrong gender; Beryl's Crimean hero who was not all he should have been; and Halvard Solness who was all man - in fact, perhaps too much so?

Q3听(Voices)听 If this was a music question, which work by Vivaldi would we be listening to?

Q4 (from Chris Neale)听 Who might have made carvings of the man who covered Tulane, Gillian and her blasphemous teddy bear, and a philatelist?

Q5听 If you added a postcode of particular interest to Russian visitors, to a digital pledge, a colourful Bollywood film, and a step on a ladder - why might they make you jump?

Q6听(Music)听 What does this piece of music have to do with Pocahontas, Huddersfield Town and Doctor Who?

Q7听听 An American billionaire, a winner of Celebrity Big Brother, a fictional amateur female detective and a creature beloved of cryptozoologists all club together to buy a boat. Where do they moor it?

Q8听 On paper at least, Edinburgh is 841, Dover is 594, Portsmouth is 420, Avonmouth is 297, Holyhead is 210. Where is 148?

One was celebrated for finding a trophy, another went into orbit, and a third met his fate on the way back from Porlock. Who were they, and which one survived?

The solution will be revealed next time!