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At the end of last week's show Kirsty asked: Why might the sound of clapping be out of place in response to cricketer Richie, actress Yvonne and singer Gilbert?聽
These three famous people all have surnames which end in 'aud', pronounced the French way with a silent 'd' - Richie Benaud, Yvonne Arnaud, Gilbert Becaud.
And clapping would be inappropriate because the word 'applaud' in English doesn't sound the same, even though it looks as though it should.聽

Q1聽 In connecting Kasparov's nemesis, a gruff Watergate informer, the solver of the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything, and technology that means you can no longer believe your eyes... how low can you go?
Q2聽 Why do an ice cream treat, a 'Military' symphony, an ill-fated airship and a spotty dog sequel form a sequence?
Q3 from Mike Foster: (Voices) What's the connection between these three recordings?
Q4聽 Can you, in haste, connect a colour, a year in the 1980s, a Led Zeppelin battle, a genre of storytelling and more than one point of transition from one day to the next?
Q5聽 In a sequence containing a titled pop diva, a Native American squaw, a Brazilian footballer of the 2000s and a Damien Chazelle movie - where might you add a brace of Teutonic affirmatives?
Q6聽 (Music) Why might all of these pose a risk of a soggy bottom?
Q7 from David Piper:聽 What am I describing? One Paul described one being used as a murder weapon; another Paul sought to make money under one; another Paul said he would rather be one if he could; and another Paul actually started being one, before achieving international success elsewhere.聽
Q8 from Alex Humphrey:聽 Which of the following is not entirely in Prime position: a cyborg on a Voyage to the stars, a doctor with a brilliant but curmudgeonly boss, or a girl with Stranger supernatural powers?

If an award-winning photojournalist and a British comedian known for Big Train and Blue Jam met a man who sat on the Woolsack in the Napoleonic era, what game might they play?
Don't write to us because sadly there's no prize, but you can see if your answer matches ours when we reveal it next week!