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The 2021 league table as it stands before this contest:
1聽 North of England聽 聽Played 2聽 Won 1聽 Drawn 1聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 41
2聽 Northern Ireland聽 聽P2聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 34
3聽 The Midlands聽 聽 P1聽 W1聽 D0聽 L0聽 聽Pts 22
4聽 South of England聽 聽P1聽 W0聽 D1聽 L0聽 Pts 21
5聽 Scotland聽 聽P1聽 W0聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 19
6聽 Wales聽 聽P1聽 W0聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 17

The question was:Dev Patel getting lost, Riz Ahmed trying to blow things up, Copenhagen getting a scultpure, and Frank Skinner singing: can you put these in the correct order?
This is a question about Lions. Dev Patel played a child on a quest for his estranged family in India, in the 2016 film Lion. Riz Ahmed was among the actors conspiring to commit terrorist explosions in the Chris Morris satire Four Lions. A sculpture by Lauritz Jensen with the title Two Lions, also known as The Disgruntled Ones, was moved to its current location in Copenhagen's Faelledparken in 2012. Frank Skinner (along with David Baddiel and Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds) was behind the football anthem Three Lions.

Q1 (from Stephen Durnford)聽 Why might Steele's partner, although in no way responsible, be held to blame for the afflictions of Jane and Jack?
Q2聽 Why might Christopher Smart consider the co-star of 161 shorts, Percy on Ossie's knee, and the attorney Rod Ponton?
Q3聽 Music: Can you explain the connection?
Q4 (from Stafford Mortimer)聽 Shed as little light as possible on: a stonemason of sturdy origin who aspired to scholarly success; a military man secretly chosen for a position of honour at Westminster; and an international gang intent on breaking and entering.
Q5 (from Bob Salmon)聽 Can you get the measure of: the source of laudanum, a church screen, a birdwatcher's shelter and an evangelist?
Q6 Music: What might make you nervous about Fraser's womanising hero, a love-rival who's a karate expert, and Norman Stebson - and what connection could they have with this music?聽
Q7 (from Jonathan Broad)聽 Where, respectively, might you find: a Russian-born popular composer who you might think was playing golf in a swanky hotel; a comedienne who might have something to say about how to prepare potatoes; and an American author who Bucked his ideas up?
Q8 (from Sam Caraway)聽 Which of the following is the odd one out: the second witch's painful sensation; Pope's condemnation of the fickleness of women; a reward for Homer's vulture; and Henry I's legendary last meal?

Which point of the compass might be indicated by: the film-maker Paul Martin (inspired by Graham Greene), a team in Essex with a single-letter chant, and a province that was the birthplace of the Castros?
There are no prizes - but you can see if your answer matches ours when we unveil it next time.