Barons v Colleagues

Series 16, Episode 19

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Mountain ranges

Halfway Up The Hindu Kush by Katie Melua, Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copeland, Mountains of Mourne by Don McLean, Rocky Mountain High by John Denver

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Italy:

Alcide de Gasperi (1946-47)

Israel:

Ariel Sharon (2001-03)

Clue 2

South Africa:

Nelson Mandela (1994-97)

Clue 3

UK:

Winston Churchill (1940-45)

Clue 4

National unity governments

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Harassing surnames

Debbie HARRY (Blondie), Ruth BADGER, Rufus HOUND, Chevy CHASE

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Floor function

Ceiling function

Intersection

Union

Clue 2

Therefore

Because

Clue 3

Capital “a”

For all

Clue 4

Mirror image

⌊x⌋/⌈x⌉, ∩/∪, ∴/∵, A/∀

Answer

𓈗 Water

Chrestomanci

Betelgeuse

Clue 2

Bloody Mary

Clue 3

Candyman

Clue 4

Can be summoned with their name

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Fulham

(from Craven Cottage)

Rotherham United

(from Millmoor)

Clue 2

Halifax Town

(from The Shay)

Clue 3

Sheffield Wednesday

(from Owlerton)

Clue 4

Football clubs with nicknames derived from stadium names

Cottagers, Millers, Shaymen, Owls

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

1st London Olympics

→

2nd London Olympics

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

→

Mad Max: Fury Road

Clue 2

Rip Van Winkle goes to sleep

→

Rip Van Winkle wakes up

Clue 3

(e.g.) Duffy becomes Poet Laureate → Armitage becomes Poet Laureate

40, 30, 20, 10 year gaps. 1908 → 1948, 1985 → 2015, twenty years, 2009 → 2019.

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Ulysses

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Clue 2

Cider With Rosie

Clue 3

(e.g.) Gone With The Wind

JJ to MM. James Joyce, Ken Kesey, Laurie Lee, Margaret Mitchell

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Sir Christopher Wren

Sir John Houblon

Clue 2

Matthew Boulton and James Watt

Clue 3

Alan Turing

People on £50 note

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) shout

Compass point anagrams. Stew, Thorn, SEAT, Shout

Answer

𓈗 Water

E.T.

→

Jurassic Park

→

Titanic

Clue 2

Titanic

→

Avatar

Clue 3

Avatar → Avengers: Endgame

Sequence of highest grossing films worldwide

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Regurgitation

Re-chewing

Clue 2

Re-salivation

Clue 3

Re-swallowing

Stages of rumination

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Monday

Flame

Egyptian

Winter

The Bangles song titles

Answer

Kiss

Times

Ten

Treasure

Represented by X

Answer

English

Maigret

Zazu

Bean

Rowan Atkinson roles

Answer

Polish

Bulldog

Mustard

Dip

French ___

Answer

𓈗 Water

Major

Europa

Human

Justice

Leagues

Answer

Kale

Ganymede

Callisto

Moons of Jupiter

Answer

Red

Chinese

Napa

Kohlrabi

Types of cabbage

Answer

Yeo

Loire

Nappy

Lee

___ Valley

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Seaside districts and their cities

BN DN DSY DNY

BONDI AND SYDNEY

PRT BLLN DDNB RGH

PORTOBELLO AND EDINBURGH

CN YS LN DNDN WY RK

CONEY ISLAND AND NEW YORK

CP CB NN DRDJ NR

COPACABANA AND RIO DE JANEIRO

Back at the front / front at the back

BC KGM MN

BACKGAMMON

BC KP

BACKUP

PF NT

UPFRONT

BT TLF RNT

BATTLEFRONT

Authors whose names begin and end with the same letter

RY MNDCH ND LR

RAYMOND CHANDLER

NRP HRN

NORA EPHRON

VL DM RN BKV

VLADIMIR NABOKOV

TSLT

TS ELIOT

British monarch nicknames

FR MRG RG

FARMER GEORGE

CRK BCK

CROOKBACK