Belgophiles v Beaks

Series 13, Episode 28

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Red shoes

Pope Benedict XVI, Ronald McDonald, Vicky Page (in The Red Shoes), Dorothy Gayle

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Trains

Murder on the Orient Express by Richard Rodney Bennett, J'entends Siffler le Train by Richard Antony, Long Train Runnin' by The Doobie Brothers, Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Death of Kublai Khan

Battles of El Alamein

Clue 2

Second Paris Olympics

Clue 3

Columbus reaches the Americas

Clue 4

1294, 1942, 1924, 1492

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Rudyard Kipling

(1888)

Daniel Dravot

T.H. White

(1958)

Arthur

Clue 2

Michael Dobbs

(1992)

un-named but probably Charles III

Clue 3

J.R.R. Tolkien

(1955)

Aragorn

Clue 4

"King" novels

The Man Who Would Be King, The Once And Future King, To Play The King, The Return Of The King

Answer

𓈗 Water

Argument

tent

Fan gathering

vent

Clue 2

Heating system

vect

Clue 3

What we’re seeking

nect

Clue 4

con_ _ _ _ion

Contention, convention, convection, connection

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Tsar Alexander II

King George VI

Clue 2

The Arc de Triomphe

Clue 3

12th Earl of Derby

Clue 4

Horse races

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

4: H

3: F

Clue 2

2: R

Clue 3

1: P

Number of tails (or degree-one vertices)

Answer

𓃭 Lion

3 stripes

Uruguay

3 stripes

Lesotho

Clue 2

3 stripes

Swaziland

Clue 3

3 stripes, New Zealand

4 countries south of the Tropic of Capricorn

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) a reflex angle

DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex)

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Humperdinck

Quackmore

Clue 2

Donald

Clue 3

(e.g.) Huey

Duck family generations

Answer

𓈗 Water

Connecticut

Clue 2

Heraldic gold

Clue 3

(e.g.) Iowa

VI, CT, OR, IA

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Wife of Henry VII

Queen Elizabeth I

Clue 2

Wife of George VI

Clue 3

Queen Elizabeth II

Queens Elizabeth

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Chaplaincy

Maternity

ENT

Outpatients

Parts of a hospital

Answer

Lee

Kotto

Bean

Waltz

Actors who played Bond villains

Answer

History

TNT

A & E

Nickelodeon

US cable channels

Answer

Hermione

Potemkin

Discovery

Kiel

Naval mutinies

Answer

𓈗 Water

Cole

Speed

Milburn

Albert

Newcastle United players

Answer

Station

Dip

Dog

Shearer

Sheep ___

Answer

St Katherine

Prince's

Tobacco

Alexandra

UK docks

Answer

Oats

Dice

Lawn

Eyes

Things that can be rolled

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Things found in a motorway service station

MTL

MOTEL

PC NCR

PICNIC AREA

LCT RCVHC LCHR GNGPNT

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINT

MSS GC HR

MASSAGE CHAIR

Friends in children's literature

P HND P GLT

POOH AND PIGLET

T HFM SFV

THE FAMOUS FIVE

RTM LTD NDB DGR

RAT, MOLE, TOAD AND BADGER

LY RBL CQN DR KBYR NSN

LYRA BELACQUA AND IOREK BYRNISON

Anagrams of GANISTER

NGRST

ANGRIEST

TSRNG

TASERING

GNTRS

GANTRIES