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The Round Britain Quiz league table for the 2020 series, going into today's contest, looks like this.
1聽 South of England聽 聽 聽Played 2聽 Won 1聽 Drawn 1聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 37
2聽 Scotland聽 聽 P2聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 聽 Pts 35
3聽 North of England聽 聽 聽P1聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 20
4聽 Wales聽 聽 P1聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 19
5聽 Northern Ireland聽 聽 聽P2聽 W0聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 36
6聽 The Midlands聽 聽P2聽 W0聽 D0聽 L2聽 Pts 36

Tom asked: Why might Arthur Balfour have been especially grateful to Blackadder's love interest, Ford's running mate and the most famous son of Eltham?
Arthur Balfour may never have become Prime Minister in 1902 if he hadn't had a leg-up earlier in his career from his uncle, Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who immediately preceded him as PM. This is said to be the origin of the phrase 'Bob's yer uncle'.
Well done if you spotted that the others are all Bobs. Blackadder's love interest was 'Bob', played by Gabrielle Glaister in Blackadder series 2 and Blackadder Goes Forth.听
Gerald Ford's running mate in the 1976 US Presidential election was Bob Dole.
The most famous son of Eltham is (almost unarguably) Bob Hope.听
There'll be another teaser at the end of today's broadcast.

Q1聽 How might the owner of Flush, and someone in an official position with plenty of perks, enhance your dinner? What alternative enhancement did Harold prefer; and why is this all good?
Q2聽 What does a dog that went viral in Richmond Park share with a character in The Merry Wives of Windsor, the composer of the Newsnight theme, and Alvin Stardust?
Q3聽 (Voices/music)聽 Who's the only grown-up in the room?
Q4聽 If you have a football team from Cambridgeshire, a spoof horror film, the feline star of a Howard Hawks classic and a woman who mirrored Fred - which one is missing from the rack?
Q5聽 An early Renaissance Venetian artist needs a sharp knife. A long-standing Russian family need some sour cream. A 19th century British Prime Minister needs some pastry. An 18th century British statesman needs some bread. Why are these all a recipe for immortality?
Q6聽 (Music)聽 Where might you find all of these performers?
Q7聽 What type of instrumentalist might provide you with a perennial form of body decoration, a 1950 tabloid, the Faraday constant and part of your bathroom?
Q8聽 If a basically instinctive actress, a skin-prickling author and a bossy rock star gather together for a physics lesson, who might they learn about?

Who might grant admission to the singer of 'Lily The Pink', the Everly Brothers and a reforming priest - and why?
Don't write to us because there are no prizes: but you can see if your solution matches ours when we reveal it next time.