Durhamites v Poptimists

Series 14, Episode 22

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Books by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, (The) Tipping Point

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Reginald McKenna (1911)

Philip Snowden (1924)

Clue 2

Neville Chamberlain (1940)

Clue 3

Elizabeth Fry (2016)

Clue 4

Replaced by Winston Churchill

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

From “angry”

From “charcoal kiln”

Clue 2

From “in the style of a prostitute”

Clue 3

From Bologna

Clue 4

Derivation of Italian sauce names

Arrabiata, Carbonara, Puttanesca, Bolognaise

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Banknote

(___)

Check

Waistcoat

(___)

Undershirt

Clue 2

Condom

(___)

Eraser

Clue 3

Crisps

(___)

French fries

Clue 4

British to US translation

Bill, Vest, Rubber, Eraser

Answer

𓈗 Water

Sung directly to God

Vissi d'arte from Tosca by Puccini, God! Show Me Magic by Super Furry Animals, Bring Him Home from Les Mis, Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Andy and Peter

Dave and Ken

Clue 2

Rosemary & Laura

Clue 3

Chris & Mary Beth

Clue 4

TV crime duos

Dalziel and Pascoe, Starsky and Hutch, Rosemary & Thyme, Cagney & Lacey

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

61, 52

63, 94

Clue 2

46, 18

Clue 3

001, 121

Square numbers, backwards

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) a bread roll

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Richard III

(1485)

Elizabeth I

(1603)

Clue 2

Anne

(1714)

Clue 3

Victoria (1901)

Last monarchs of consecutive Houses. York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

The Enigma of Arrival

The Caretaker

Clue 2

The Golden Notebook

Clue 3

(e.g.) The Remains of the Day

British winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature. V.S. Naipaul, Harold Pinter, Doris Lessing, Kazuo Ichiguro.

Answer

𓈗 Water

Roquefort

Woody Guthrie

Clue 2

Mange Tout

Clue 3

(e.g.) How The West Was Won

Four, three, two, one homophone endings

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

1 x £20

1 x £50

Clue 2

4 x £100

Clue 3

2 x £500

Starting money in Monopoly

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Rosa

Azul

Amarillo

Verde

Spanish colours

Answer

Auror

Els

Tian

Moan

Disney princesses minus final "a"

Answer

Schwartzel

Player

Frost

Goosen

South African golfers

Answer

Blanco

Pop

Del Boy

Granville

David Jason roles

Answer

𓈗 Water

Bhaji

Pakora

Roti

Poppadom

Indian food

Answer

Pouille

Cilic

Sock

Thiem

Male tennis players

Answer

Tsonga

Osman

Scuba

Samosa

Countries with an extra "s"

Answer

Shadow

String

Rod

Finger

Types of puppet

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

An EU capital and a university

PRSN DTHS R BNN

PARIS AND THE SORBONNE

DBL NN DTR NT YC LLG

DUBLIN AND TRINITY COLLEGE

RMN DSP NZ

ROME AND SAPIENZA

BRL NNDH MBL DT

BERLIN AND HUMBOLDT

Fishy famous people

KNL CH

KEN LOACH

NC LST RGN

NICOLA STURGEON

RS MN DPK

ROSAMUND PIKE

JLNB RM

JULIAN BREAM

Things that are the deepest

DT HV LLY

DEATH VALLEY

T HFR STC T

THE FIRST CUT

LKB KL

LAKE BAIKAL

HMPS TDT BS TT N

HAMPSTEAD TUBE STATION

Paul McKenna books

CNM KYT HN

I CAN MAKE YOU THIN

CHN GYRL FNS VND YS

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