Wintonians v Quitters

Series 6, Episode 6

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Exposure to cosmic rays

Super-Soldier Serum and Vita-Rays

Clue 2

Adamantium fused onto bones

Clue 3

Bitten by a radioactive spider

Clue 4

How superheroes got their powers

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Estee Lauder

Frida Kahlo

Clue 2

Dorothy Parker

Clue 3

Elizabeth Taylor

Clue 4

Re-married an ex-husband

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Repeated initials

But It's Alright - JJ Jackson, Anyone Who Lived In A Pretty How Town - e.e. cummings, The Thrill is Gone - BB King, Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Cymraeg: 9 10 8

Dansk: 8 &(1/2 less than 5) x 20

Clue 2

Francais: 4 20 10 8

Clue 3

Deutsch: 8 & 90

Clue 4

"98" literally translated

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Same name as living creatures

Frog, Hawk, Mules, Spider

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Yiddish for “a nagging pest”

Denied Soviet emigre

Clue 2

1950s non-conformist

Clue 3

First artificial satellite

Clue 4

____nik

Nubnik, refusenik, beatnik, Sputnik

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

8: Women of Jerusalem weep

9: Falls a third time

Clue 2

10: Stripped of His garments

Clue 3

?

11: Nailed to the cross

Stations of the Cross

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Douglas Coupland’s Generation

Female chromosomes

Clue 2

London 2012 Olympiad

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Queensland's best-selling beer

Increasing number of Xs

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Kenneth III

Malcolm II

Clue 2

Duncan I

Clue 3

?

Macbeth

Monarchs of the Scots

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Ingestion

Digestion

Clue 2

Absorption

Clue 3

?

Egestion

Stages of the digestive system

Answer

𓈗 Water

Iunius

Quintilis

Clue 2

Sextilis

Clue 3

?

September

Roman calendar months

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

I'm Yours

Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) by Stevie Wonder

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Cross

Haymaker

Hook

Jab

Boxing punches

Answer

Sea

Oil

Climate

Regime

___ change

Answer

Boogie

Rain

Weatherman

Bossa Nova

"Blame it on the ___" songs

Answer

Freak

Darn

Shoot

Dickens

Minced oaths

Answer

𓈗 Water

The Count

Silverback

Prince of Wales

Wolfie

Nicknames for dart players

Answer

César

BAFTA

Golden Bear

Golden Rooster

Major film awards

Answer

Oscar

Grover

Guy Smiley

Elmo

Sesame Street characters

Answer

Lamb & Flag

Cross Keys

Green Man

Turk's Head

Traditional pub names

Answer

Round 4

Reference works used by our question setters

XF R DNGLS HD CTN RY

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY

W HSW H

WHO'S WHO

WH TK RSL MNC K

WHITAKER'S ALMANACK

F TBL LFRDM MS

FOOTBALL FOR DUMMIES

Good sources of iron

ML SSS

MOLASSES

GGY LKS

EGG YOLKS

GR N LFYV GT BLS

GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES

DR DFR T

DRIED FRUIT

Stringed instruments

DB LB SS

DOUBLE BASS

BZK

BOUZOUKI

D

OUD

CST CGT R

ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Monsters from literature

GRN DL

GRENDEL

JBJ BBR D

JUB-JUB BIRD

Q STNGB ST

QUESTING BEAST

THGR FF L

THE GRUFFALO

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