Beekeepers v Korfballers

Series 12, Episode 33

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

İskenderun, Turkey

Kandahar, Afghanistan

Clue 2

Iskandariya, Iraq

Clue 3

Alexandria, Egypt

Clue 4

Named after Alexander the Great

Answer

𓃭 Lion

S: Onopordum acanthium

NI: Trifolium dubium

Clue 2

W: Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Clue 3

E: Rosa

Clue 4

Home country national flowers in Latin

Thistle, Shamrock, Daffodil, Rose

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Palm Jumeirah

Boscombe Reef

Clue 2

Silbury Hill

Clue 3

Kielder Water

Clue 4

Artificial features

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

They all have eyes

Cheese, potatoes, hurricanes, needles

Answer

𓈗 Water

Christmas number twos

Downtown by Petula Clark, Babe by Take That, Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Last Christmas by Wham!

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Andy Riley

Alison Uttley

Clue 2

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin

Clue 3

Richard Adams

Clue 4

Creators of fictional literary rabbits

Bunny Suicides, Little Grey Rabbit, The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep, Watership Down

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

Y

Tb

Clue 2

Er

Clue 3

?

Yb

Elements named after Ytterby, ascending in atomic number

Answer

𓃭 Lion

201220

132014

Clue 2

201520

Clue 3

?

162017

2012 to 2017

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

4th: Maidenhead (Conservative)

3rd: North East Hampshire (Conservative)

Clue 2

2nd: East Ham (Labour)

Clue 3

?

1st: Knowsley (Labour)

Largest Parliamentary majorities

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

A: 1 in 13

AA: 1 in 17

Clue 2

AAA: 1 in 25

Clue 3

?

AAAA: 1 in 49

Chances of successive cards being aces

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

A champagne cocktail and a picture of Michael Portillo in his underpants (Victoria's rider)

For want of a NAIL, the SHOE was lost. For want of a shoe, the HORSE was lost. For want of a horse, the RIDER was lost.

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Musical composition

Phone-readable black squares

Clue 2

Canonised person

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Wavelength between c400 and 10 nanometres

Op, QR, St, UV

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Fletching

Nock

Shaft

Head

Parts of an arrow

Answer

Nob

Nave

Night

Not

Lost their initial K

Answer

Deal

Livers

Nit

Snug tent

Anagrams of metals

Answer

Walmer

Cooling

Hever

Leeds

Castles in Kent

Answer

𓈗 Water

Mandrake

Rue

Aconite

Belladonna

Poisons

Answer

Canada

Spruce

Grey

Mother

___ goose

Answer

Sarkozy

Barracuda

Mullet

Achilles

Start with islands

Answer

Pine

Hemlock

Cypress

Fir

Conifers

Answer

Round 4

One of the Seven Dwarfs and one of the Seven Deadly Sins

SN ZYN DGLT TNY

SNEEZY AND GLUTTONY

BS HFL NDN GR

BASHFUL AND ANGER

D CNDC VTSN SS

DOC AND COVETOUSNESS

SL PYNDS LTH

SLEEPY AND SLOTH

Hot...

ND RT HCL LR

UNDER THE COLLAR

TT RT

TO TROT

NT HH LSF

ON THE HEELS OF

C RS SBN

CROSS BUN

A social media abbreviation and its meaning

MGN DHM YGD

OMG AND OH MY GOD

TMN DTM CHNF RMTN

TMI AND TOO MUCH INFORMATION

TLDRN DTLNGD DNTRD

TL;DR AND TOO LONG; DIDN'T READ

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