Francophiles v Celts

Series 7, Episode 13

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Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Go: Honinbo Shusaku

Chess: Paul Morphy

Clue 2

Mathematics: Paul Erdös

Clue 3

Acting: Kevin Bacon

Clue 4

Central figure in collaboration networks

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Liu Xiaobo

Samantha the scorer

Clue 2

Marius’s solo in Les Miserables

Clue 3

Eastwood’s speech to Obama

Clue 4

Empty chairs

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Tin Cup

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Clue 2

Cool Runnings

Clue 3

Rocky

Clue 4

The heroes lose the main competition

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Films with "Seven" in the title

The Girl Upstairs from The Seven Year Itch, Bless Your Beautiful Hide from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Some Day My Prince Will Come from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, The Magnificent Seven theme

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Flag mentions the country shown

soMALIa, DOMINICAn republic, NIGERia, rOMANia

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Nikola Tesla’s nationality

The size of the Death Star

Clue 2

“Eagles” or “The Eagles”

Clue 3

Spelling of Sulfur/Sulphur

Clue 4

Wikipedia edit wars

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

6 by 6 = 111

5 by 5 = 65

Clue 2

4 by 4 = 34

Clue 3

?

3 by 3 = 15

Constant sum of a Magic Square

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Dardanelles

Sea of Marmara

Clue 2

Bosporus

Clue 3

?

Black Sea

Aegean Sea to Black Sea

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

D

Lose a letter from both ends. CHEDDAR, HEDDA Gabler, EDD the Duck, D

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

4th: manus, manus

3rd: uxor, uxores

Clue 2

2nd: amicus, amici

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) 1st: aqua, aquae

Singular/plural Latin nouns by declension

Answer

𓈗 Water

Diptera

Hymenoptera

Clue 2

Lepidoptera

Clue 3

?

Coleoptera

Insect genera with the most species

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

South-East

Question

Clue 2

Enrolled Nurse

Clue 3

?

(e.g) Common Era

SE-Qu-EN-CE

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Higher

SAT

Tripos

Viva

Examinations

Answer

Finland

Henry Kissinger

Oliver Cromwell

Decomposing Composers

Monty Python songs

Answer

Adolf Hitler

The Protester

You

Elizabeth II

Time magazine "Person of the Year" winners

Answer

The Knowledge

Es

Luxx

Fabulous

Magazine supplements

Answer

𓈗 Water

Suzuki

Montessori

Socratic

Pimsleur

Educational methods

Answer

Tapestry

Bodkin

Sharp

Darning

Types of needle

Answer

Canon

Nintendo

Nomura

Bridgestone

Leading Japanese companies

Answer

Twemlow

Wellbeloved

Beach

Voules

Domestic staff at Blandings (P.G. Wodehouse)

Answer

Round 4

Supposed hangover cures

HR FTHD G

HAIR OF THE DOG

PRRY STR

PRAIRIE OYSTER

R WWLS GGS

RAW OWL'S EGGS

BCNSNDW CH

BACON SANDWICH

X and Y make Z

R DN DBLM KPRP L

RED AND BLUE MAKE PURPLE

SD MN DCHL RN MKSLT

SODIUM AND CHLORINE MAKES SALT

RSR SND TRD SMK STRS

RISERS AND TREADS MAKE STAIRS

JH NN DD WRD MKJ DWR D

JOHN AND EDWARD MAKE JEDWARD

Works by Scandinavian authors

THGR LW THTH DRG NTTT

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

DL LSHS

A DOLL'S HOUSE

THRD BR ST

THE REDBREAST

THG LYDC KLN G

THE UGLY DUCKLING

U terms and their non-U equivalents

DRWN GRM NDL NG

DRAWING ROOM AND LOUNGE

LK NGG LSS NDM RRR

LOOKING GLASS AND MIRROR

LV TR YN DT LT

LAVATORY AND TOILET

NPK NNDS RVTT

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