Cambridge Quiz Society v Rugby Boys

Series 2, Episode 8

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𝝰 Alpha

1st Baron Tweedsmuir

Baron Snow of Leicester

Clue 2

3rd Baron Ravensdale

Clue 3

Baron Bragg of Wigton

Clue 4

Novelist barons

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Spock

Lisa Simpson

Clue 2

Brachiosaurus

Clue 3

Adolf Hitler

Clue 4

Vegetarians

Answer

𝝲 Gamma

Bahrain

Tiverton

Clue 2

Biarritz

Clue 3

Zweibrücken

Clue 4

Named after two geographic features

Answer

𝝳 Delta

Nepal = 5 3/4

Iran = 3 1/2

Clue 2

Line Islands, Kiribati = 14

Clue 3

Morocco = 0

Clue 4

Hours ahead of GMT

Answer

𝝴 Epsilon

Settings of passages of the Bible

Belshazzar's Feast by Walton, Rivers of Babylon by Boney M, Why Do The Nations from Messiah Part II by Handel, Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds

Answer

𝝵 Zeta

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

London theatres

The Ambassadors, Noël Coward, Palladium, Coliseum

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𝝰 Alpha

1924: President Doumergue

1928: Prince Hendrick

Clue 2

1932: Vice-President Curtis

Clue 3

1936: Chancellor Adolf Hitler

People who opened the Summer Olympics

Answer

𝝱 Beta

4 = prodigal & avaricious

3 = gluttons

Clue 2

2 = carnal sinners

Clue 3

1 = (e.g.) the unbaptised

Dante's Circles of Hell

Answer

𝝲 Gamma

EMW

AFHKNYZ

Clue 2

LTVX

Clue 3

I

Letters requiring 4, 3, 2, 1 straight lines

Answer

𝝳 Delta

Clue 2

Clue 3

Rear admiral

Ranks in the Royal Navy. COMMANDER Bond, CAPTAIN Jean-Luc Picard, COMMODORE 64, REAR ADMIRAL

Answer

𝝴 Epsilon

Luzon

Great Britain

Clue 2

Honshu

Clue 3

Java

Most populated islands

Answer

𝝵 Zeta

Gules

Tenné

Clue 2

Or

Clue 3

Vert

Spectrum colours in heraldic terms. Red, Yellow, Orange, Green.

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𝝰 Alpha

Chichester

Crick

Poulenc

Fukuyama

Famous Francises

Answer

Frederica

Rabbit

Raj

Twilight

Literary quartets

Answer

Cherry

Duck

Bunny

Nelson

Cricket terms

Answer

Salmon

Cigar

Glass

Bacon

Things that can be smoked

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Loonie

Kiwi

Cable

Buck

Currency nicknames

Answer

Ariel

Peach

Wonder Woman

Sara Crewe

Fictional princesses

Answer

Light

Rocket

Lark

Clad

Sky___

Answer

Tornado

Iron Duke

City of Truro

Mallard

Steam engines

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Military decorations

RNCR SS

IRON CROSS

RD RFT HGL DNK T

ORDER OF THE GOLDEN KITE

C RXD GRR

CROIX DE GUERRE

PR PLH RT

PURPLE HEART

Children of Zeus

THN

ATHENA

PR SP HN

PERSEPHONE

RT

ERATO

TN TLS

TANTALUS

Local names of European countries

P LSK

POLSKA

ST RRCH

OSTERREICH

SM

SUOMI

TL

ITALIA

Wordsworth poems

SHD WL TMN GT HN TRD DNWYS

SHE DWELT AMONG THE UNTRODDEN WAYS

THP RLD

THE PRELUDE

S LMB RDDM YS PRTSL

A SLUMBER DID MY SPIRIT SEAL

NTM TNSFM MR TLTY

INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY

Concepts in evolution

NT RLS L CTN

NATURAL SELECTION

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