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The rankings in the current series, going into today's contest, are as follows:

1聽 Northern Ireland聽 聽Played 2聽 Won 2聽 Drawn 0聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 43
2聽 North of England聽 聽 P2聽 W2聽 D0聽 L0聽 Pts 39
3聽 South of England聽 聽 P2聽 W1聽 D1聽 L0聽 Pts 41
4聽 Scotland聽 聽 P2聽 W0聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 37
5聽 Midlands聽 聽 P2聽 W0聽 D0聽 L2聽 Pts 38
6聽 Wales聽 聽 聽P2聽 W0聽 D0聽 L2聽 Pts 34

Kirsty asked: In what way might Bismarck, the painter of a perfect circle and a nationwide raffle embrace the adult version of Tiswas?
The 'adult' spin-off version of the ITV children's show Tiswas ran on Saturday nights for just one season in the early 1980s, and was called O.T.T. (standing for 'over the top'). The letters OTT appear in all of the others:
Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor from 1871-90.
Giotto (di Bondone), Italian master painter who (according to the famous story in Vasari's Lives of the Great Artists) drew a perfect circle as a demonstration of his artistic prowess for the Pope's representative.
Lotto - the nationwide raffle.

Q1 (from Alan Mortiboys)聽 What might connect Bertie Wooster, the first Chairman of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, and Tuscany's greatest genius?
Q2聽 If one is for a Gorecki symphony, two is for the end of Beethoven's Ninth, three is for Fanny Brice and four is for John Lennon, then who's the thief?
Q3聽 What's so wonderful about these pieces of music?
Q4 (from Martin Stubbs)聽 What 4-word headline, using only seven different letters, would describe a news story about a colourer of wood who keeps the more unpleasant parts of eyeballs? And what kind of wine would he drink?
Q5 (from Chris Miller)聽 Why might Sarah Mullaly and Paul Butler be mates with: someone playing the fool in Paris, a flag-carrier in Rome, a mobile home owner in Tbilisi, and one who never forgets in Moscow?
Q6聽 Why did all of these musicians have reason to be grateful to the industry of others?
Q7聽 What common destiny awaited former space pilot Steven Taylor, Lizzie Dripping who lived in a world of her own, and Jimmy Carter whose family were restoring an old railway engine?
Q8聽 Explain why you might be transported by a Geordie who sang about hypersonic missiles, a publication from the trenches, a clump of bushes or brambles, and Pericles?

If Harry uses his design skills, Jeremy presses clean washing before putting it away, and Tom just sits patiently... who are they?

Don't write to us, there are no prizes, but you can see if your solution matches ours when Kirsty reveals it at the beginning of next week's quiz.