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Kirsty asked: If 'the Father of the Poor' provides a home for Lionel Messi, and often competes with the patron of headaches, why might you languish on a beach with the patron of Pisa, or head for somewhere more bracing to meet the patron of pig-keepers?
This was about place names in France named for patron saints. 'The Father of the Poor' is a phrase sometimes applied to St Germain, after whom the Paris suburb and famous football team are named. Lionel Messi now plays there, and their regular opponents in the French football league include St Etienne, named for St Stephen who is (among other things) the patron saint of headaches.聽
The patron saint of Pisa is St Torpes, somewhat obscure except that he is remembered in the name of the beach resort St Tropez. And the patron saint of pig-keepers is also little known, but gives his name to a more northerly French coastal town, St Malo.
We'll try to make the next one easier.

The RBQ league table for 2022, going into today's contest, currently stands as follows.
1 South of England聽 聽Played 2聽 Won 2聽 聽Drawn 0聽 聽Lost 0聽 聽Total points 43
2 Midlands聽 聽 P1 W1 D0 L0 Pts 22聽
3= Northern Ireland聽 聽 P1 W0 D0 L1聽 Pts 18
3= Wales聽 聽 P1 W0 D0 L1聽 Pts 18
5 North of England聽 聽 P1 W0 D0 L1聽 Pts 17
6聽 Scotland聽 聽 P0 W0 D0 L0聽 Pts 0聽

Q1 (from Andre Murray)聽 Why might a Scottish Tractor Boy, a film in which a fly causes a wrongful arrest, and Bertholletia excelsa, find themselves surprisingly close to France?
Q2 (from Ann Sims)聽 With initial changes, you might once have given employment to Flower Children in the transport and hospitality industries - and supplied them with an essential cosmetic. Can you explain?
Q3 Music/voices: Why might these three come across as rather superior?
Q4聽 Why do Maddy Magellan's sidekick, the director of an Empty Space and Private Walker all seem to seek the sea?
Q5聽 On which list might you find a West Indian captain, a Quite Interesting producer, a genius of the silent screen, the director of the film Mamma Mia! and the alter ego of Matilda Wood?聽
Q6 Music/voices: Which is the odd one out?
Q7聽 Where in Birmingham might you find together: an alleged assassin's assassin, a 1980 Jazz Singer, a promising young woman, a Tony-winning Dolly and a New York gang member with a Dracula connection?
Q8聽 Which of these is the odd one out: a competition in spelling or sewing, a restrictive class of Americans, a teacher's mark of approval, Gregor Samsa's rude awakening, or First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor?

Which of our Round Britain Quiz teams might initiate a meeting with the director of Walkabout, then with the singer of 'All Tomorrow's Parties', and then with a Scottish actor who played Merlin?
You can see if your answer matches ours when Kirsty reveals the solution next time.聽