Fire-Eaters vs Eurovisionaries

Series 12, Episode 9

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Black Hole (Star Trek 2009)

Wormhole (Donnie Darko)

Clue 2

Flying around the Earth (Superman)

Clue 3

Flux Capacitor (Back to the Future)

Clue 4

Means for achieving time travel in films

Answer

𓃭 Lion

He has 39 social-security numbers

He is a practising Muslim

Clue 2

He faked his birth certificate

Clue 3

He was born in Kenya

Clue 4

Claims about Barack Obama

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Nonsense

(Peter) Tosh (from the Wailers), (John) Bull, Cobblers, Double Dutch

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

“From the roots” (Greek)

“We can” (Spanish)

Clue 2

“We ourselves” (Gaelic)

Clue 3

“Party of Wales” (Welsh)

Clue 4

Names of political parties

Syriza, Podemos, Sinn Fein, Plaid Cymru

Answer

𓈗 Water

4-2-8 Shiba-kōen, Minato-ku, Tokyo

3655 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Clue 2

The Promenade, Blackpool

Clue 3

5, Avenue Anatole France, Champs De Mars

Clue 4

Eiffel-ish towers

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Angels

The Angel's Farewell by Elgar, Angel Eyes by Frank Sinatra, Angels from the Realms of Glory by King's College Choir, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel by Tavares

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Bubbles

Chinese Zodiac. Kaa (a snake), War Horse (a horse), Billy Goats Gruff (a goat), Bubbles (a monkey)

Answer

𓃭 Lion

100: Johnny Briggs

200: Alec Bedser

Clue 2

300: Fred Trueman

Clue 3

400: James Anderson

English Test bowling milestones

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

3: EAT

2: CAT

Clue 2

1: CET

Clue 3

0: UTC

Time zones. Eastern African Time, Central African Time, Central European Time, UTC.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

The Informer

The Grapes of Wrath

Clue 2

How Green Was My Valley

Clue 3

The Quiet Man

John Ford's Oscars

Answer

𓈗 Water

Nessun Dorma

BBC World Cup theme tunes. God is Beckham by Faithless, Pavane by Fauré, America from West Side Story, Nessun Dorma.

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

May-Britt & Edvard Moser (Medicine)

Carl & Gerty Cori (Medicine)

Clue 2

Frederic Joliot & Irene Joliot-Curie (Chemistry)

Clue 3

Marie & Pierre Curie (Physics)

Married Nobel winners

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Belly roll

Eastern cut-off

Scissors

Western roll

High jump styles

Answer

Flop

Kicker

Under the Gun

Gutshot

Terms in poker

Answer

Milkcap

Horn of Plenty

Giant Puffball

Oyster

Fungi

Answer

Apple-pie

Camp

Bunk

River

___bed

Answer

𓈗 Water

Cheney

Advocaat

Francis

Turpin

Famous Dicks

Answer

Anniversary

Emperor

Skaters'

Minute

Waltzes

Answer

Macaroni

Humboldt

Adelie

Chinstrap

Penguins

Answer

French fork

Balbo

Goatee

Van Dyke

Styles of beard

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Adjectives involving food

H MF STD

HAM-FISTED

B FD P

BEEFED-UP

PYD

PIE-EYED

BR DN DBT TR

BREAD AND BUTTER

As black as...

T HC FSP DS

THE ACE OF SPADES

VLC NNT HSM KFWR

VULCAN IN THE SMOKE OF WAR

NW GTSKN CKR

NEWGATE'S KNOCKER

DR K STNG HT

DARKEST NIGHT

Cities on the Mississippi

N WRL NS

NEW ORLEANS

MN N PLS

MINNEAPOLIS

BT NRG

BATON ROUGE

S NTP L

SAINT PAUL

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