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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 4聽 Won 3聽 Drawn 0聽 Lost 1聽 Total points 84
2聽 The Midlands聽 聽 P4聽 W2聽 D0聽 L2聽 Pts 79聽
3聽 North of England聽 聽 P3聽 W2聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 51
4=聽 Scotland聽 聽P3聽 W1聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 54
4=聽 South of England聽 聽P3聽 W1聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 54
6聽 Wales聽 聽 聽P3聽 W0聽 D0聽 L3聽 聽Pts 53

Last week Kirsty asked why you could feel the energy from a British magician, a Lou Reed album and the southern end of Manhattan island?
The clues give us Dynamo, Transformer and Battery Park (or The Battery), so the energy is electrical. Award yourself six points if you made the connection.
Kirsty will have one more teaser in this series, at the end of today's edition.聽

Q1聽 Which holiday destination in the south west of England might connect Wellington's victory, a warning cry from an upstairs window, a protest that sparked a massacre, and a Britpop football anthem?
Q2聽 Can you initially identify the north-westernmost contiguous state, then an iconic American entertainment network, followed by Mr Dukenfield, a global de-greaser brand, a film by Madonna, the original for Waugh's William Boot, The Doctor, and the dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets?
Q3聽 Music: Which is the odd one out?
Q4聽 How might the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain round off an odd-toed ungulate, an epic poem by Derek Walcott and some wide-brimmed hats?
Q5聽 Why might you find poetry in a follower of John Wycliffe, a piece of street furniture, a vegetable patch in which Scout found Dill, and a tree with its head cut off?
Q6聽 Music: In what way does the last piece describe all of the others?
Q7聽 How might you recognise a war reporter and independent MP, a novelist and New Journalist, and Alec Guinness as an inventor?
Q8 (from Nigel Choyce)聽 Which of these is the leader and how many are missing: A cosmetic company that might come calling; a Victorian actress who travelled in the Tardis; a school of Buddhism emphasising the value of meditation; the Baker Street detective aided by a Tinker?

This week's teaser has been supplied by Stephen Cox.
If a classic British motorbike of the 1950s is 'high', a Wiltshire carpet town is 'middle' and a Peak District escarpment popular with walkers is 'low', which household might we all be in?
Don't write in because there are no prizes, sadly: but you can see if you're right when Kirsty unveils the solution at the beginning of the last edition of the series.