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The Round Britain Quiz league table going into today's contest stands as follows:
1聽 South of England聽 Played 2聽 Won 2聽 Drawn 0聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 43
2聽 Midlands聽 聽P2聽 W1聽 D1聽 L0聽 Pts 42
3聽 Wales聽 聽P2聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 39
4聽 North of England聽 聽P2聽 W0聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 37
5聽 Scotland聽 聽P1聽 W0聽 D0聽 L1 Pts 19
6聽 Northern Ireland聽 聽P1聽 W0聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 18

Last week Kirsty's closing question was: Why might it be dangerous to encounter any of the following, if accompanied by a riotous Dickensian hero? An archaic measurement of precious metals; a hot priest; a Corporal who tried not to panic; and part of a Vivaldi violin concerto.聽
The four clues give us, respectively, a Troy weight; the actor Andrew Scott; Mr Jones from Dad's Army; and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, from which the salient section is Winter.聽
If you're a fan of the TV drama Midsomer Murders you may have worked out that Troy, Scott, Jones and Winter are the names of Detective Sergeants, past and present, in that long-running show. They have worked with successive DCIs Tom Barnaby and John Barnaby - so the 'riotous Dickensian hero' is Barnaby Rudge, in the novel of that name set amid the Gordon Riots of the 1780s.
Phew. You deserve your six points if you worked all of that out.聽

Q1聽 Can you explain why a bridge in Prague, an indigestion remedy and a protection against the rain might combine to remind you of Miss Cranston, a burning building and a terrace in Northampton?
Q2聽 Why could one be unsettled by the producers of Bond, the creator of Another Green World, and an Argentinian for whom love preceded a climax?聽
Q3聽 Music: In what way does the last one describe all of the other three?
Q4 (from Ridley Burnett)聽 What kind of search might involve a crooner attempting to find big game, but instead encountering a boorish humanoid, an overheated vulpine and a couple of departing waterfowl, and finally stumbling upon an unpleasant canine memento?聽
Q5聽 Which might be worth the most: a man whose animals made it out of Kabul, a passionate and resilient stalwart of the Street, Louise Brooks' hair or Morgan's royal saga?
Q6 (from Ivan Whetton)聽 Music: Why might these prove an impediment to foreign travel?
Q7聽 Why would you expect to make progress with the aid of Helios's wayward son, the county where you'd find Guildford and Camberley, a French chair and an assiduous attention to duty?
Q8 (from Terry O'Brien)聽 How might an affectionate act of marine rescue, an Irish pirate, an American pioneer of computing, and the servant hired to keep a woman in the attic, possibly help Hemingway with a definition of courage?

Explain how an extra-terrestrial voyage, a Satanic dwelling and an awful dream helped Melies become a pioneer.
You can see if your solution matches ours at the beginning of the next edition of Round Britain Quiz.