Crossworders v Edinburgh Scrabblers

Series 1, Episode 10

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𝝰 Alpha

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Inspired scientific discoveries

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Quagmire

Bathtub

Clue 2

Taxicab

Clue 3

Pussycat

Clue 4

Each half means the whole

Answer

𝝲 Gamma

Lord’s

St Mary’s

Clue 2

British Museum

Clue 3

Strand

Clue 4

Former London Underground stations

Answer

𝝳 Delta

Golf Scores

ALBATROSS by Fleetwood Mac, Fly Like An EAGLE by The Steve Miller Band, Colonel BOGEY March and The BIRDIE Song

Answer

𝝴 Epsilon

Sunset Boulevard

American Beauty

Clue 2

The Lovely Bones

Clue 3

Desperate Housewives

Clue 4

Narrated by dead people

Answer

𝝵 Zeta

Giles Coren

Tom Wolfe

Clue 2

Melvyn Bragg

Clue 3

Sebastian Faulks

Clue 4

"Bad Sex in Fiction" winners

Answer

Round 2

𝝰 Alpha

2

1.73205…

Clue 2

1.41421…

Clue 3

?

1

Square roots of 4, 3, 2, 1

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Pulmonary embolism

Jack Ruby

Clue 2

Lee Harvey Oswald

Clue 3

?

John F. Kennedy

Caused the death of the next

Answer

𝝲 Gamma

Thorn

Seat

Clue 2

Shout

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Stew

Anagrams of compass points

Answer

𝝳 Delta

Anaheim, California

Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Clue 2

Urayasu, Japan

Clue 3

?

Paris

Locations of Disney resorts

Answer

𝝴 Epsilon

Mikhail Botvinnik

Tigran Petrosian

Clue 2

Boris Spassky

Clue 3

?

Bobby Fischer

World Chess Champions

Answer

𝝵 Zeta

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

November

NATO alphabet. Kilo, Lima, Mike (Mic)

Answer

Round 3

𝝰 Alpha

Rogation

Trinity

Bloody

Palm

Sundays

Answer

Bounty

Beagle

Pinta

Victory

Ships

Answer

Coffee

Terrier

Yew

Rover

Irish ___

Answer

Boxer

Whiskey

Mau Mau

Easter

Rebellions

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Hancock

Monk

Tatum

Waller

Jazz pianists

Answer

Rust

Cardinal

Burgundy

Venetian

Shades of red

Answer

Mandarin

Eton

Butterfly

Windsor

Types of collar

Answer

Old Tom

London

Plymouth

Holland

Types of gin

Answer

Round 4

Musicals by Stephen Sondheim

SSS SNS

ASSASSINS

N YNCNW HS TL

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

NTT HWD S

INTO THE WOODS

LT TLNG HTM SC

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Fencing terms

RT RT

RETREAT

CL

COULÉ

CN TRR PS T

COUNTER-RIPOSTE

RMS

REMISE

Geometric figures

S CLNT RN GL

SCALENE TRIANGLE

C THD RN

OCTOHEDRON

SMCR CL

SEMICIRCLE

PRL LLP PD

PARALLELEPIPED

Philanthropists

LF RDNBL

ALFRED NOBEL

GR GSRS

GEORGE SOROS

WL LMWL BRF RC

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE

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