Dicers v Ancient Alumni

Series 14, Episode 26

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Johnny Muridae

Tom Felidae

Clue 2

Peter Leporidae

Clue 3

Jemima Anatidae

Clue 4

Beatrix Potter characters with taxonomic names

Johnny Townmouse, Tom Kitten, Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck

Answer

𓃭 Lion

sluggish, cold, and gloomy

lively, quick-witted, or volatile

Clue 2

characterised by hearty mirth

Clue 3

war-like

Clue 4

Planetarily-influenced temperaments

Saturnine, mercurial, jovial, martial

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Zevk = Delight

Moed = Courage

Clue 2

Bagvaerk = Pastry

Clue 3

Baiser = Kiss

Clue 4

"National" expressions, translated

Turkish delight, Dutch courage, Danish pastry, French kiss

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Birth of Hannibal

Acres in a hectare (2dp)

Clue 2

4/94

Clue 3

Every hour of every day

Clue 4

2, 4 and 7 in various guises

247, 2.47, 2/47, 24/7

Answer

𓈗 Water

Sung by Princes

Aria from Prince Igor by Borodin, One Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Happy Birthday sung by Prince Andrew, Purple Rain by Prince

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the ___

Cardboard Box, Solitary Cyclist, Devil's Foot, Six Napoleons

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

NI, to the left

Home nations as seen from the Isle of Man

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

Path from W to X to Y to Z on a keyboard

Typing "flightpaths". A to G, H to P, Q to V, W to Z

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

(e.g.) Five Years by David Bowie

Numbers add up to 20, 15, 10, 5. 2-4-6-8 Motorway by the Tom Robinson Band, 5-4-3-2-1 by Manfred Mann, 1234 by Feist, Five Years by David Bowie.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Prop

But

Clue 2

Pent

Clue 3

Hex

Hydrocarbon prefixes in increasing number of carbon atoms

Answer

𓈗 Water

1815 Alliance to counter Napoleon

Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano

Clue 2

Jeans and a matching jacket or shirt

Clue 3

(e.g.) an unblended malt whisky

QUADRUPLE Alliance, TRIPLE Concerto, DOUBLE denim, SINGLE malt

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

4th largest: Rushmore

3rd largest: The Blues Brothers

Clue 2

2nd largest: Blade Runner

Clue 3

(e.g.) Largest: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Films set in the largest US cities. Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York.

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Rave

Beano

Bash

Symposium

Words for party

Answer

Chinnery

Lipp

Briss

McQueen

Characters from The League of Gentlemen

Answer

Handsome

Hipster

Shindig

Chesterfield

Begin with body parts

Answer

Gorgias

Republic

Apology

Crito

Works of Plato

Answer

𓈗 Water

Haffner

Prague

Jupiter

Linz

Nicknames for Mozart symphonies

Answer

Priam

Aeneas

Paris

Cassandra

Famous Trojans

Answer

Browbeat

Hector

Badger

Hound

To hassle

Answer

Sea Rat

Portly

Ratty

Mole

Wind in the Willows characters

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Countries and their national animal

CH NN DGN TPND

CHINA AND GIANT PANDA

S THF RCN DS PR NGBK

SOUTH AFRICA AND SPRINGBOK

NDN SNDK MDD RGN

INDONESIA AND KOMODO DRAGON

N PLN DCW

NEPAL AND COW

From Denmark

CR LSB RG

CARLSBERG

Q

AQUA

SN DTKS VG

SANDI TOKSVIG

L G

LEGO

Musicians who share or shared a birthday

LVSP RSL YN DDV DBW

ELVIS PRESLEY AND DAVID BOWIE

NNL NNXN NDSH NMC GWN

ANNIE LENNOX AND SHANE MACGOWAN

BRY NDM SN DRYN DMS

BRYAN ADAMS AND RYAN ADAMS

CR GNDC HRLR D

CRAIG AND CHARLIE REID

Tie-break

YW NSM YLS SM

YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME

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