Suncatchers v Mercians

Series 19, Episode 27

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

STQQSSD

LMMJVSD

Clue 2

MDMDFSS

Clue 3

MTWTFSS

Clue 4

Initials of days of the week

Portuguese, French/Spanish/Romanian, German, English

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Ingrids in grids

Newkirk, Pitt, Oliver, Bergman

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Jessica was to be rescued from Nazi Germany

Meryl Streep was to play Spartan’s daughter

Clue 2

Frank was to guard Princess Diana

Clue 3

In Nick Cave’s script, Maximus was to be reincarnated

Clue 4

Unmade sequels

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Demolition Man, The Bodyguard, Gladiator

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes

Causes severe burns in its common gaseous state

Clue 2

Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals

Clue 3

A major component of acid rain

Clue 4

The dangers of "dihydrogen monoxide"

Answer

𓈗 Water

Hallelujah singers

Oh What A World by Rufus Wainwright, Bad Boys by Alexandra Burke, Grace by Jeff Buckley, You Got Me Singing by Leonard Cohen

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Succession (series)

Scum (film)

Clue 2

All By Myself (single)

Clue 3

The Joker (comic)

Clue 4

Titles (whose format is their own synonym)

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

Three in “Top Gun”

Two in “Star Wars IV: A New Hope”

Clue 2

One in “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”

Clue 3

?

None in (e.g.) "Twelve Angry Men"

Number of credited female characters

Answer

𓃭 Lion

?

You Got Me Singing by Leonard Cohen

Same as Round 1. Oh What A World by Rufus Wainwright, Bad Boys by Alexandra Burke, Grace by Jeff Buckley, You Got Me Singing by Leonard Cohen.

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

And … height

Curse, bless … I pray

Clue 2

Do not go … that good night

Clue 3

?

Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) David by Michaelangelo

Turtle art. The Mona Lisa by LEONARDO Da Vinci, Penitent Magdalene by DONATELLO, The School of Athens by RAPHAEL, David by MICHAELANGELO.

Answer

𓈗 Water

Jane Albatross

Anne Eagle

Clue 2

Catherine Birdie

Clue 3

?

Catherine Par

Henry VIII wives before Parr / Golf strokes under par

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

What comes fourth in this sequence?

Say what you see

Clue 2

It is what it is

Clue 3

?

I don't know what the answer is

What comes fourth (literally, in each sentence)

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Gut

Da

Boa

Bon

"Good" in other languages

Answer

Neck

Slug

Chug

Down

Drink quickly

Answer

Brown

Buono

Wolfhart

Sink

"Stranger Things" cast

Answer

Blade

Duster

Bonnet

Edge

Feather ____

Answer

𓈗 Water

Marsh

Morass

Quag

Mire

Bog

Answer

Rose

Dio

Osbourne

Halford

Metal frontmen

Answer

Secret

Japanese

Back

Water

____ garden

Answer

Gott

Duw

Bog

Dieu

"God" in other languages

Answer

Round 4

Duck, Duck and Goose

DFF YDN LDN DMT HR

DAFFY, DONALD AND MOTHER

MLLR DD RN DGR YLG

MALLARD, EIDER AND GREYLAG

CN TDC KLDS YN DN CKBR DSHW

COUNT DUCKULA, DAISY AND NICK BRADSHAW

PK NGB MBYN DCND

PEKING, BOMBAY AND CANADA

Opposites of countries

NRTHS DN

NORTH SUDAN

DMNC NMN RCHY

DOMINICAN MONARCHY

PL RG N

POLAR GUINEA

PRPHRLFR CNR PBLC

PERIPHERAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Three authors merged

JH NWY NDHML WSCR RLL

JOHN WYNDHAM LEWIS CARROLL

HNR YJ MSJY CC RLTS

HENRY JAMES JOYCE CAROL OATES

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