Champion of Champions Special: Strigiformes v Thrifters

Series Specials, Episode 60

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Sampled by Robbie Williams

Dance of the Knights by Prokofiev in Party Like a Russian, I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor in Supreme, You Only Live Twice by Nancy Sinatra in Millennium, It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me by Barry White in Rock DJ

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Mother and Child (the colours of the room)

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (the vibrant life within the bar)

Clue 2

Las Meninas (the upper bodies of the King and Queen)

Clue 3

The Arnolfini Portrait (two figures in the doorway)

Clue 4

Paintings with mirrors

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Film festivals and their golden awards

Locarno and Golden Leopard, Berlin and Golden Bear, Venice and Golden Lion, Cannes and Palme D'Or

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Skin lutrinae

Adipose strigiformes

Clue 2

Diluted birds

Clue 3

Flatulent drying cloths

Clue 4

Fawlty Towers signs

Flay otters, fatty owls, watery fowls, farty towels

Answer

𓈗 Water

No king cobra in Temple

No crocodile in Bank

Clue 2

No badger in Pimlico

Clue 3

No mackerel in St John’s Wood

Clue 4

Animals not found Underground

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Todd Strasser

and

Virginia Woolf

Albert Camus

and

S.E. Hinton

Clue 2

Kate Chopin

and

Oliver Sacks

Clue 3

Franz Kafka

and

Ovid

Clue 4

Authors of single and plural titles

The Wave/The Waves, The Outsider/The Outsiders, The Awakening/Awakenings, Metamorphosis/Metamorphoses

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

Khamerernebty II possibly

Menkaure

Clue 2

Khafre

Clue 3

?

Khufu

Pyramids of Giza, by size

Answer

𓃭 Lion

U2 at Glastonbury

Launch of Apollo 16

Clue 2

2021 French Open

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Charles and Camilla's wedding

Postponed by 1 year, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

?

(e.g.) Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell rainbow. Turbulent INDIGO by Joni Mitchell, BLUE by Joni Mitchell, Little GREEN by Joni Mitchell, Big YELLOW Taxi by Joni Mitchell.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Artist and MEP (2019-2022)

Teacher/nurse and maths professor (2022-2022)

Clue 2

Pharmacist and GP (2022-2024)

Clue 3

?

Nurse and toolmaker (2024-)

Parent of PMs. Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer.

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

The Panamanian flag jumbled and (e.g.) Ma an Pa

Lactern Cinerama Neurotics. Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

AA

BE

Clue 2

HL

Clue 3

?

PT

ALPHABET in alphabetical order

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Joshua

Money

Oak

Family

___ tree

Answer

Jack

Valet

Bube

Fante

Multilingual Jack in cards

Answer

Will

Vecna

Sam

Jonathan

Stranger Things characters

Answer

Eleven

Herdwick

Drosselmayr

Hoban

End in Scottish towns

Answer

𓈗 Water

Joshua

Galveston

Garland

Austin

Cities in Texas

Answer

Will

CJ

Sam

Toby

The West Wing characters

Answer

Birdsong

Jonathan

Mustang

Fuming

End in Chinese dynasties

Answer

Jack

Pin

Bull

Stumps

Sporting targets

Answer

Round 4

They have a shipping forecast area in their name

TR FLG RSQR

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

J RM YFS HR

JEREMY FISHER

LDB LY

OLD BAILEY

MC HLSHN NN

MICHAEL SHANNON

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman

RGR MRPR CBRS NNN DSNC NNRY

ROGER MOORE, PIERCE BROSNAN AND SEAN CONNERY

GRGM CHLBBGL DFN DMDGR

GEORGE MICHAEL, BOB GELDOF AND MIDGE URE

RDL YSCT TMR KNGLS HNDR VNW LSH

RIDLEY SCOTT, MARK ENGLISH AND IRVINE WELSH

BRN CXBRN BRNDB RNCX

BRIAN COX, BRIAN BORU AND BRIAN COX

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