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The Round Britain Quiz听league table for the current series, going into today's contest, is as follows.

1听 North of England听听听 Played 1听 Won 1听 Drawn 0听 Lost 0听 Total points 20

2 听Wales听听听听 P1听 W1听 D0听 L0听 Total points 19

3= Northern Ireland听听 P1听 W0听 D1听 L0听 Total points 19

3= South of England听听听 P1听 W0听 D1听 L0听 Total points 19

5听 Midlands听听 P1听 W0听 D0听 L1听 Total points 19

6听 Scotland听听 P1听 W0听 D0听 L1听 Total points 16

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Tom asked:

For what听indefinite reason听might you听assign a large quantity, gather a team for a sea voyage, confront what you are charged, and bear witness to something challenging?

'Indefinite' was a clue to the fact that these are phrases involving indefinite articles. In each case the verb is a homophone of the noun with its indefinite article.

So to assign a large quantity is to 'allot a lot'

To gather a team for a sea voyage would be to 'accrue a crew'

If you confront what you are charged you would 'accost a cost'

To bear witness to something challenging might听be to 'attest a test'.

Well done if you worked that out!

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Q1听 Which careless herder would be needed to make a mother dance, make you chew on a stew, conserve a love of Scottish Hearts, and collide violently with a Sly man?

Q2听(from Huw Jones)听 Explain how a pianist, helped by two partners, might become a South American author and join his Parliament, but, on getting rid of an opponent, could be found in court?

Q3 (Music)听 Which of these is the odd one out?

Q4听 Explain why the mass slaughter of cattle, the awarding of Kitemarks, and the annual changing of the clocks, have their origins in arrant nonsense?

Q5听 How did Shakespeare's favourite clown make his way from London to Norwich; how might the innkeeper at the other end have measured out his refreshment; and what dishonest dealing might have been involved?

Q6 (Music)听 If the skimpiest one bent vagrants over with shame, while a fabled one proved uncomfortable despite its padding, could you find rest in Tracey's 拢2.5 million example?

Q7 (from Bob Salmon)听 Why might Kojak, fermented pears, and a听member of the genus corvus that belongs to me, all give me scope for superhuman vision?

Q8 (from Daniel Tunkel)听 If Brazil's is no illusion, Mozambique's amounts to climate change, Armenia's might be taken for whisky and Costa Rica's is punctuated, what kind of craving is particular to Japan?

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If a musical comedian meets a Star Wars actress wearing a knitted sweater, and they go to a restaurant where their meal costs more than 39 pounds but less than 50, what kind of fish do they order?

Don't write to us: there are no prizes, but we'll give you the solution at the beginning of the next edition.

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