Gladiators v Darksiders

Series 15, Episode 9

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clawed by a possessed eagle

Trying to kill Count Rugen in revenge

Clue 2

Fending off a lion on a circus train

Clue 3

A failed Killing Curse spell

Clue 4

How heroes got their scars

Jon Snow, Inigo Montoya, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

_ustard

(Paul) Gustard, Bustard, Custard, Mustard

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

1994: University Challenge

2011: Big Brother

Clue 2

2014: Only Connect

Clue 3

2014 and 2017: The Great British Bake Off

Clue 4

Changed channel

ITV to BBC2, Channel 4 to Channel 5, BBC4 to BBC2, BBC2 to BBC1 to Channel 4

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Carbon Dioxide

Water

Clue 2

Foam

Clue 3

Dry Powder

Clue 4

Fire extinguishers and their labels

Answer

𓈗 Water

Middlesbrough

Margaret Thatcher

Clue 2

External negative pressure ventilator

Clue 3

Boundary of the Eastern Bloc

Clue 4

Iron nicknames

Ironopolis, Iron Lady, iron lung, Iron Curtain

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Access to heaven

Just a Step from Heaven by Eternal, Three Steps to Heaven by Eddie Cochrane, Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Berlin

1916 → 1936

Tokyo

1940 → 1964

Clue 2

Helsinki

1940 → 1952

Clue 3

London 1944 → 1948

Olympics hosts cancelled because of war

Answer

𓃭 Lion

8: Argentina

7: India

Clue 2

6: Australia

Clue 3

5: Brazil

8th to 5th largest countries

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Dwayne Johnson

One, two, Three o'clock, Four o'clock, Rock (Rock Around The Clock)

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Not any

Indicating negation

Clue 2

Negative

Clue 3

(e.g.) Nitrogen

None, non, no, N

Answer

𓈗 Water

Bromine

eaking

Clue 2

Barium

Clue 3

d

Breaking Bad logo

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Das…cer

Pra…xen

Clue 2

Com…pid

Clue 3

Don...zen

Santa's reindeer smushed

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Shaggy

UB40

Burning Spear

Aswad

Reggae acts

Answer

Antoinette

Fred

Suzi

Greyson

Perrys

Answer

Velma

Amos

Mama Morton

Harrison

Chicago characters

Answer

Beth

Daphne

Lisa

CJ

Eggheads

Answer

𓈗 Water

Hollywood

Zombie

Cop

La La

___ Land films

Answer

Po

Arno

Tiber

Passer

Italian rivers

Answer

Amethyst

Tinky Winky

Barney

Lavender

Purple things

Answer

Goofy

Dopey

Daffy

Dipsy

"Not quite with it"

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Food phrases

SCL SCC MBR

AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER

NSND WCHS HRTFP CNC

ONE SANDWICH SHORT OF A PICNIC

TH MBLP

EAT HUMBLE PIE

G GN

EGG ON

Their abbreviations contain only vowels

LCHLC SNN YMS

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

NT DRB MRTS

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

F RC NNN

AFRICAN UNION

NVR STY FSTN GL

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

Born on Friday 13th

FD LCS TR

FIDEL CASTRO

S MLBC KT T

SAMUEL BECKETT

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