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All six teams have now played two matches in the 2021 season, and this is how the league table stands going into today's contest:
1聽 The Midlands聽 聽Played 2聽 Won 2聽 Drawn 0聽 Lost 0聽 Total points 41
2聽 North of England聽 聽P2聽 W1聽 D1聽 L0聽 Pts 41
3聽 Scotland聽 聽P2聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 35
4聽 Northern Ireland聽 聽P2聽 W1聽 D0聽 L1聽 Pts 34
5聽 South of England聽 P2聽 W0聽 D1聽 L1聽 Pts 39
6聽 Wales聽 聽P2聽 W0聽 D0聽 L2聽 Pts 31聽

The question was: Where, apart from a zoo, might you expect to find a gorilla with a newspaper, a crab having a tea party, a camel and a cobra changing gear, and a dragon eating a meal?
The answer is in a wrestling ring - because these are all clues to holds or moves in wrestling. They are a 'gorilla press' (sometimes known as a 'gorilla slam'); a 'Boston crab' (the clue referring to the Boston Tea Party); a 'camel clutch' and a 'cobra clutch'; and a 'dragon bite'.

Q1聽 Why might you find it a little tedious to watch Elvis's second movie in Hawaii, Murakami's sixth novel and the Damned's second single?
Q2聽 (from Jim Norris)聽 If I asked you for the connection between an umbrella, a wine glass, two arrows and a snowflake, why would it be a loaded question?聽
Q3聽 Music: How would you put these in the correct order?
Q4聽 One way or another, how could you move from: (1) piquing someone's interest, to craving a physical sensation; (2) what happens after the engagement, to securing part of the wedding outfit; (3) contacting your GP, to tampering with your mobile?
Q5聽 How might you be thought to repeat your actions if you used puff pastry to repair itself, removed part of a canine anatomy, or made a connection in space?
Q6聽 Music: How might these all have inspired James Osterberg?
Q7聽 If Mitchell's were skeletal, McCullers' was lacking in crucial moving parts, and Nolan's stared down at him, how many did Thurber have?
Q8聽 Why, and where, might you encounter the Iron Chancellor, Constantine's mother, Saul of Tarsus, and Manet's reclining nude, near the border, feeling capital? And which of them might be best placed to go over and meet the Queen?

In what way did a Blue Peter pet, a bodyguard called Bullion, and Kate Hudson's mum, all get their chance to shine?
Sorry, there are no prizes - but you can see if your solution matches ours when we reveal it next time.