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The rankings in the 2023 series so far, as we go into the twelfth and last episode, 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
3聽 North of England聽 聽P3聽 W2聽 D0 L1聽 Pts 51
4=聽 Scotland聽 聽 P4聽 W1聽 D2聽 L1聽 Pts 76
4=聽 South of England聽 聽 P4聽 W1聽 D2聽 L1聽 Pts 76
6聽 Wales聽 聽 聽P3聽 W0聽 D0聽 L3聽 Pts 53

Last week Kirsty asked a question suggested by listener 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?
The answer is Downton Abbey, in the hit ITV series of that title, because the clues all suggest names of actors who play characters in those three strata of society.
The motorcycle is the Triumph Bonneville, suggesting the actor Hugh Bonneville who plays Lord Grantham.
The carpet town is Wilton, and Penelope Wilton plays the middle-class Mrs Crawley.
The Peak District escarpment we were thinking of is Froggatt Edge, giving us Joanne Froggatt who plays below-stairs Anna Bates.

All of the questions in today's edition have been sent to us by Round Britain Quiz listeners.
Q1 (from Sian Cheverton)聽 How could Sus scrofa help you find an unpleasant-smelling umbellifer, an exclusive boarding school, a hill in Surrey, a Scottish ending, and 52 and a half Imperial gallons?
Q2 (from Daniel Kitto)聽 Where might Fleur Mont, the ill-fated Richard of Shrewsbury, a milk cow and the navel of the Moon be rejuvenated?
Q3 (from Adam Meara)聽 Music: Why are the first three of these found in the fourth?
Q4 (from Peter Watson)聽 How could Fripp's rock band, members of the CPK and Mrs Butler be left high and dry, and all of them help to document the life of John Reed?
Q5 (from Graham Mole)聽 In Georgian England, where and why might you have taken the musician McKinley Morganfield, the sisters of Dixon of Dock Green, and Antonio Carlos Jobim's early spring rainfall?
Q6 (from Ed Porter)聽 Music: Which annual award ceremony might most appropriately honour these acts?
Q7 (from Max Stannard)聽 Why would a victory by Wanderers, an Oxfordshire landmark, the lower half of a statue in Banbury, and an eight-legged creature of Norse mythology, all come in waves?聽
Q8 (from Mike Shail)聽 The 29th element, an English Romantic painter, a traditional kitchen tool, an infamous hairdresser and an antique invoice could be -- well, met. Can you explain?