History Boys v Linguists

Series 10, Episode 21

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Sol y Luna y Cielo proclaman

Nxa u fika e khaya uzojabula

Clue 2

Nie o Gott o guter verliehst

Clue 3

How I wish I could enumerate

Clue 4

Piphilological mnemonics

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Against the __

Odds, Ropes, Clock, Grain

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Bands named after literary works

Wrapped Up In Books by Belle and Sebastian, Hit the North by The Fall, Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf, National Express by The Divine Comedy

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Susan

Surajprasad

Clue 2

Staples

Clue 3

Stearns

Clue 4

S's in authors' names

AS Byatt, VS Naipaul, CS Lewis, TS Eliot

Answer

𓈗 Water

Chilean ski resort

Guatemalan president (2000-2004)

Clue 2

Opening, in Spanish

Clue 3

Enfield Southgate MP (1984-1997)

Clue 4

Portillo

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

W: Andy Williams

O: Alice Cooper, in honour of Groucho Marx

Clue 2

O: Warner Brothers Records

Clue 3

D: Dennis Lidtke

Clue 4

Owners of the HOLLYWOOD sign

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Hogshead

Barrel

Clue 2

Kilderkin

Clue 3

Firkin

Beer barrel sizes

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Jordan

Midland

Clue 2

Spyker

Clue 3

Force India

Force India's name changes

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

2012/13: £8,105

2013/14: £9,440

Clue 2

2014/15: £10,000

Clue 3

2015/16: £10,500

Income tax allowances in the UK

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Flag of Angola

Countries' names overlap by two letters. PanaMA, MAlTA, TAiwAN, ANgola

Answer

𓈗 Water

Makemake

Haumea

Clue 2

Pluto

Clue 3

Ceres

Dwarf planets in proximity to Earth (Eris accepted for a sequence of largest dwarf planets, which was not agreed at time of recording)

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

One Vine

A polo chukka

Clue 2

Standard office hours

Clue 3

(e.g.) Reign of Lady Jane Grey

6 seconds, 7 minutes, 8 hours, 9 days

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Iorek Byrnison

Paddington

Biffo

Baloo

Fictional bears

Answer

Grimes

McWhirter

Kray

Winklevoss

Identical twins

Answer

Sooty

Ivory

Red-billed

Glaucous

Gulls

Answer

Bunyan

Herring

Wingrave

Budd

Eponymous Britten characters

Answer

𓈗 Water

Orache

Escarole

Kale

Bok Choy

Leafy green vegetables

Answer

Chard

Minehead

Wells

Yeovil

Places in Somerset

Answer

Huhne

Aitken

Stonehouse

Fields

MPs sent to prison

Answer

Bart

Olenska

Archer

Frome

Edith Wharton characters

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

(Reasons it's fun to stay at the) YMCA

YC NGT YR SLFC LN

YOU CAN GET YOURSELF CLEAN

YCND WH TVR YFL

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL

YC NH VGDM L

YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD MEAL

YCNH NGT W TH LLT HB YS

YOU CAN HANG OUT WITH ALL THE BOYS

TV quiz show blended with a non-quiz show

MSTRM NDY RLNGG

MASTERMIND YOUR LANGUAGE

NVR ST YCH LLN GNNK

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE ANNEKA

QST NFS PRT SPRS NLT YFT HYR

A QUESTION OF SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

FFT NT NFT NTH GRV

FIFTEEN TO ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

A long time

MN TH FSN DYS

(A) MONTH OF SUNDAYS

TRNTY

ETERNITY

N

(A)EON

Y NKS

YONKS

UK professional sports teams

LDSR HNS

LEEDS RHINOS

Code and Design © 2023 Pacdude Games • Made with ♥ in Baltimore • Privacy Policy & Terms of Service
The OCDB is a fan-site dedicated to archiving every question set asked on Only Connect. The Only Connect quiz show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of RDF Television and Parasol and the Banijay Group, and are protected under all applicable laws. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by or operated by the BBC, BBC Two, RDF Television, Parasol, or the Banijay Group.