Bloomsbury Group v Crunchers

Series 20, Episode 23

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Name themselves

Ready or Not by The Fugees, Ruby Falls by Waxahatchee, Geno by Dexys Midnight Runners, Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Cairo spiny mouse (8 or 9 days)

A few species of bat (between 21 and 27 days)

Clue 2

Elephant shrew (at end of breeding season)

Clue 3

Many primates, including humans (between 21 and 37 days depending on species)

Clue 4

Animals (and their menstrual cycles)

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Excels

Robust

Clue 2

Liberic

Clue 3

Arabic

Clue 4

Need "a" coffee

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Ian Woosnam: Volvo PGA champion

Madeleine Albright: US Secretary of State

Clue 2

Peter Davison: Doctor Who actor

Clue 3

Anne Robinson: Countdown host

Clue 4

Succeeded by Colins

Montgomery, Powell, Baker, Murray

Answer

𓈗 Water

Prince Hamlet

Diogenes the Cynic

Clue 2

Wendy Darling

Clue 3

Capt. Richard Phillips

Clue 4

Captured by pirates

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Thomas Hardy characters

MICHAEL Palin (The Mayor of Casterbridge), TESS Daly (Tess of the D'Urbervilles), GABRIEL Byrne (Far From The Madding Crowd), JUDE Bellingham (Jude the Obscure)

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

1. Nikon

2. Post-it

Clue 2

3. CBeebies

Clue 3

?

4. (e.g.) Greggs

Yellow squares in logos

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Moscow to Sarajevo

PyeongChang to Tokyo

Clue 2

Lillehammer to Atlanta

Clue 3

?

Tokyo to Beijing

Years between Olympic Games. 1980 to 1984, 2018 to 2021, 1994 to 1996, 2021 to 2022.

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

A blue cone

Photoreceptor cells. Rod (Stewart), red cone, green cone, blue cone.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

4th: Desmond

3rd: Clodagh

Clue 2

2nd: Barney

Clue 3

?

1st: Abigail

The UK's first named storms

Answer

𓈗 Water

Isolated by Davy in 1807

Has a name meaning “new”

Clue 2

US five-cent coin named after it

Clue 3

?

Named after "dynamite" inventor

Facts about chemical elements Na, Ne, Ni, No

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Byrne

Kenny

Clue 2

Tubridy

Clue 3

?

Kielty

Hosts of RTÉ's The Late Late Show

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Hooch

Grog

Rotgut

Juice

Potentially dubious alcohol

Answer

Mac

Turnover

Bobbing

Records

Apple ___

Answer

Wham

Delaware

Thisbe

Oasis

End with part of "to be"

Answer

Pyramus

Wall

Moonshine

Lion

Characters in the play in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer

𓈗 Water

Potter

Wander

Saunter

Meander

Walk casually

Answer

Wall

Alnwick

Amble

Beadnell

Places in Northumberland

Answer

Path

Centre

Party

Gnome

Garden ___

Answer

Mosey

Abed

Shed

Saran

Biblical character with the last letter changed

Answer

Round 4

Books by someone called Collins

TH HNG RG MS

THE HUNGER GAMES

THM NS TN

THE MOONSTONE

T HST D

THE STUD

BH NDT HSH LD RPDS

BEHIND THE SHOULDER PADS

Things people do before running a marathon

WRM P

WARM UP

DR NKW TR

DRINK WATER

L DPNC RBS

LOAD UP ON CARBS

DC DNTT RNMR THN

DECIDE NOT TO RUN A MARATHON

1990s Nobel Peace Prize winners

NLS NMN DL

NELSON MANDELA

MKH LGR BC HV

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

MD CN SSN SF RNT RS

MÉDECINES SANS FRONTIÈRES

DVD TRM BL

DAVID TRIMBLE

Preceded by not

NMYW TCH

ON MY WATCH

WVN GBTD RWNNG

WAVING BUT DROWNING

FRP RFTR GNS TN

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