Boxing: Wrestlers v Arrowheads

Specials, Episode 37

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Boxing nicknames

The Bomb by New Young Pony Club, Money (That’s What I Want) by Barrett Strong, Marvellous by The Lightning Seeds, The Greatest by Sia

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Rocky's opponents

Clubber/Clubber Lang, Tommy Walker/Tommy Gunn, Ivan the Terrible/Ivan Drago, Apollo/Apollo Creed

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Forgotten Robin Williams film

Pass in opposite directions

Clue 2

Vaccination

Clue 3

Higherincision

Clue 4

Punches

Left Hook, Cross, Jab, Uppercut

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Boxers

Mayors of High Wycombe

Clue 2

Witches on trial

Clue 3

Jockeys before and after a race

Clue 4

Publicly weighed

Answer

𓈗 Water

Barry McGuigan (Ireland, 1968)

Eliza Doolittle (UK, 1994)

Clue 2

Greta Thunberg (Sweden, 2009)

Clue 3

Linda Ulvaeus (Sweden, 1974)

Clue 4

Parents who did Eurovision

Pat McGuigan, Frances Ruffelle, Malena Ernman, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Wrestler Mike Stark

Calypso musician Aldwyn Roberts

Clue 2

Wartime propagandist William Joyce

Clue 3

Political leaders David Sutch

Clue 4

"Lords"

Lord Humongous, Lord Kitchener, Lord Haw-Haw, Screaming Lord Sutch

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Mighty Mike: 177

Bully Boy: 180

Clue 2

Mighty Mike: 120

Clue 3

Bully Boy: 141

The greatest leg (2023 PDC World Darts Championship)

Answer

𓃭 Lion

SummerSlam

Royal Rumble

Clue 2

Survivor Series

Clue 3

WrestleMania

Big Four WWE pay-per-view events

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

4th (2016):

Estelle Mossely

3rd (2012):

Claressa Shields

Clue 2

2nd (2012):

Katie Taylor

Clue 3

1st (2012): Nicola Adams

Women's Olympics boxing gold medallists

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Fleetwood Town

1 – 1

Oldham Athletic

1 -1

Tottenham Hotspur

Clue 2

Bayern Munich

1 – 1

Aston Villa

Clue 3

(e.g.) Blackpool 2 - 7 Arsenal

FO OT BA LL

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Jon Snow, King

Nikolai Valuev (The Beast from the EAST), Dumfries (Queen of the SOUTH), Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the WEST), Jon Snow (The King in the NORTH)

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

31st was Portuguese

32nd was Japanese

Clue 2

33rd will be French

Clue 3

34th will be English

Summer Olympics host languages. Rio, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles.

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Salmon

City

Arable

Stud

___ farm

Answer

Plait

Knit

Weave

Wind

To twist

Answer

Lives

Hearn

Braid

Kidner

Body parts with last letter changed

Answer

Duva

Sauerland

Warren

King

Boxing promoters

Answer

𓈗 Water

Wood

Clay

Racing

King

___ pigeon

Answer

Mark Antony

Cinna

Flavius

Calpurnia

Characters from Julius Caesar

Answer

Ali

Man

Had

Ran

Countries missing their first letter

Answer

Muhammad

Cassius

Marcellus

Jr.

Names by which The Greatest was known

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Boxes

PN DRSB X

PANDORA'S BOX

BL CKBX

BLACK BOX

THB XFDLG HTS

THE BOX OF DELIGHTS

XB X

XBOX

A small country and a sport it is traditionally very good at

FJN DR GBYSV NS

FIJI AND RUGBY SEVENS

BR BDSN DCRC KT

BARBADOS AND CRICKET

SCT LN DN DCR LNG

SCOTLAND AND CURLING

S TRN DSK NG

AUSTRIA AND SKIING

Boxing films

RG NGB LL

RAGING BULL

CN DR LLM N

CINDERELLA MAN

ML LND LL RB BY

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

THW RN GBX

THE WRONG BOX

Traditional Boxing Day sport

PR MRL GFTB LL

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL

MLB RNT STM TCH

MELBOURNE TEST MATCH

HR SRC NG

HORSE RACING