Cluesmiths v Railwaymen

Series 11, Episode 23

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Four consecutive vowels

Sequoia, King Louie, Aqueous humour, Queue

Answer

𓃭 Lion

ADN

TVA

Clue 2

SIDA

Clue 3

OTAN

Clue 4

French abbreviation which are anagrams of English abbreviations

DNA, VAT, AIDS, NATO

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

1993 IAAF World Athletics Championships

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Clue 2

2002 Ryder Cup

Clue 3

1994 Winter Olympics

Clue 4

Sporting-cycle adjustments

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Sandra Bullock

Nigel Farage

Clue 2

Ernest Hemingway (twice in one day)

Clue 3

Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger III

Clue 4

Survived plane crashes

Answer

𓈗 Water

Bang Bang

Bang Bang by will.i.am, Bang Bang by B.A. Robertson, Bang Bang by Ariana Grande, Jessie J and Nicki Minaj, Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Cher

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Siemens (infrastructure)

Volkswagen (savings scheme)

Clue 2

Bertelsmann (propaganda)

Clue 3

Hugo Boss (uniforms)

Clue 4

Corporations' roles in Nazi Germany

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

MCMXCVI Germania

MM Gallia

Clue 2

MMIV Graecia

Clue 3

?

MMVIII Hispania

Euro winners

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

David Beckham's left foot

Great Britain in "Love Actually". "We may be a small country, but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that."

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Wireless interception

Propaganda and “press liaison”

Clue 2

Overseas intelligence

Clue 3

?

National security

MI8, MI7, MI6, MI5

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

UT

CO

Clue 2

NM

Clue 3

?

AZ

Four Corners states, going clockwise

Answer

𓈗 Water

W (winter seawater)

S (summer seawater)

Clue 2

T (tropical seawater)

Clue 3

?

F (fresh water)

Plimsoll line

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

4.40 p.m.

1.40 a.m.

Clue 2

12.10 a.m.

Clue 3

?

12.01 a.m.

1000, 100, 10, 1 minutes after midnight

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Wertmüller

Coppola

Campion

Bigelow

Female film directors

Answer

Sunset

Hollywood

Venture

Wilshire

Boulevards in LA

Answer

Umbrella

Geodesic

Gonbad

Onion

Domes

Answer

Allinson

Farriner

Poilane

The Little Red Hen

Bakers

Answer

𓈗 Water

Gala

Twelfth

Bonfire

Hen

___ night

Answer

Orlov

Churchill

Digby

Tony

Advert animals

Answer

Burns

Marx

Clarke

Bender

Cigar smokers

Answer

Canal Street

Castro

Chelsea

Darlinghurst

Gay villages

Answer

Round 4

Can follow the word "spare"

TM

TIME

RM

ROOM

RB

RIB

NS BRTH TCL NSP RRDG

ONE'S BREATH TO COOL ONE'S PORRIDGE

Nicknames of French kings

LST HS NKNG

LOUIS THE SUN KING

C HRL STHB LD

CHARLES THE BALD

PH LPT HMRS

PHILIP THE AMOROUS

RB RTT HPS

ROBERT THE PIOUS

They might use a needle

K NT TRS

KNITTERS

NS TH TS TS

ANAESTHETISTS

TTTS TS

TATTOOISTS

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