Isotopes v Also Rans

Series 19, Episode 15

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Guardian of the portal

Diminutive policeman

Clue 2

Made-up female

Clue 3

Scarlet Sea Lord

Clue 4

UK butterflies

Gatekeeper, Small Copper, Painted Lady, Red Admiral

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Effect experienced near a black hole

Unstructured source code

Clue 2

Deity of Pastafarianism

Clue 3

The Gravelly Hill Interchange

Clue 4

Spaghetti

Spaghettification, spaghetti code, The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Spaghetti Junction

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

The Mad Hatter’s hat: 0%

Amount stolen by Marion Crane: 900%

Clue 2

Admission to the tree museum: 1566.67%

Clue 3

Rebuilding Colonel Steve Austin: 99,900%

Clue 4

Inflation in popular culture

Alice in Wonderland (10/6 in 1865 book vs. 10/6 in 1951 film), Psycho ($40,000 in 1960 film vs. $400,000 in 1998 film), Big Yellow Taxi ($1.50 in 1970 Joni Mitchell song vs. $25 in 1994 Amy Grant song), The Six Million Dollar Man (70's TV show) vs The Six Billion Dollar Man (unreleased movie)

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Quiz shows

Poker Face by Lady Gaga, Impossible by James Arthur, Pointless by Lewis Capaldi, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? from High Society

Answer

𓈗 Water

1875: Whiskey in Dublin

1814: Beer in London

Clue 2

1919: Molasses in Boston

Clue 3

1919: Molten chocolate in Brooklyn

Clue 4

Strange floods

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Harold Pinter plays

Tea Party, The Caretaker (Mr Griffiths from Grange Hill), The Dumb Waiter, The Birthday Party

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

Church

Gin

Clue 2

School

Clue 3

?

Out

Houses in Nutbush City Limits by Ike and Tina Turner

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

A triangle made up from pink rectangles

BBC website logos. News, Sports, Weather, iPlayer

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

4th: Labyrinth

3rd: Curse

Clue 2

2nd: Monsters

Clue 3

?

1st: Thief

Final words in the titles of Percy Jackson novels. Battle of the Labyrinth, Titan's Curse, Sea of Monsters, Lightning Thief.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Neil Gorsuch

Brett Kavanaugh

Clue 2

Amy Coney Barrett

Clue 3

?

Ketanji Brown Jackson

US Supreme Court appointees

Answer

𓈗 Water

You and I

Retweet

Clue 2

Yugoslavia country code

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Moon of Jupiter

Consecutive keyboard keys. We, RT, yu, Io

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

4: Everybody Hurts

3: Reach Out I’ll Be There

Clue 2

2: Walk On By

Clue 3

?

1: (e.g.) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Number of songwriters

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Beat

Sput

Peace

Refuse

___nik

Answer

Plath

Eliot

Lorde

Frost

20th century American poets

Answer

Madonna

Tiger

Water

Easter

Lilies

Answer

Club

Cuff

Buffet

Pound

Hit

Answer

𓈗 Water

Over

Wicket

Bye

Maiden

Cricket terms

Answer

Page

Jobs

Musk

Dorsey

Tech entrepreneurs

Answer

Stump

Confuse

Puzzle

Throw

Perplex

Answer

Leather

Mine

Peter

Gates

Headless towns

Answer

Round 4

A thing and what it has eight of

SPD RNDL GS

SPIDER AND LEGS

CT VNDN TS

OCTAVE AND NOTES

RG BYN NT MNDF RWRDS

RUGBY UNION TEAM AND FORWARDS

N DFT GB LTYN DSYL LBLS

INDEFATIGABILITY AND SYLLABLES

They were taxi drivers

PH LPG LSS

PHILIP GLASS

DN NYG LVR

DANNY GLOVER

FR DHS G

FRED HOUSEGO

LR RYD VD

LARRY DAVID

Titles held by the Pope

VC RFJS SCHR ST

VICAR OF JESUS CHRIST

SPR MPN TFF

SUPREME PONTIFF

PR MTFT LY

PRIMATE OF ITALY

SRV NTFT HSR VNT SFGD

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