Metrophiles v Showstoppers

Series 21, Episode 14

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Al Pacino (1995)

Sandra Bullock (2015)

Brie Larson (2015)

Tommy Wiseau (2003)

Clue 2

Paul McCartney (1965)

Viola Davis (2011)

Clue 3

Michael Keaton (1989)

Robert Pattinson (2022)

Clue 4

Film titles without and with "The"

Heat/The Heat, Room/The Room, Help/The Help, Batman/The Batman

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Artificial Intelligence

Toronto International Film Festival

Clue 2

Jean Paul Gaultier

Clue 3

Papua New Guinea

Clue 4

Image files

.ai, .tiff, .jpg, .png

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Evoking Victorian city life

Nightmarishly complex, frightening and confusing

Clue 2

Authoritarian, censorious and surveillance-oriented

Clue 3

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain

Clue 4

Eponymous adjectives

Dickensian, Kafkaesque, Orwellian, sadistic

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Eateries

GREASY SPOON by Sam Fender, Chinese CAFE by Joni Mitchell, Music for a Sushi RESTAURANT by Harry Styles, Tom's DINER by Suzanne Vega

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

The Legend of Zelda

Phantom HOURGLASS, FOUR SWORDS Adventures, Majora's MASK, OCARINA of Time

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Julius Caesar

Fiorentina

Clue 2

Poet Jenny Joseph, when old

Clue 3

Bishops

Clue 4

Wear purple

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

?

The Bird Theme from Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the woodwind. Bassoon (Grandfather), Clarinet (Cat), Oboe (Duck), Flute (Bird)

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Dionne Warwick

AZ, BY, CX, DW names. Andy Zaltzman, Boris Yeltsin, Charli XCX, Dionne Warwick

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

1/3 end in divorce

1/2 do not result in children

Clue 2

2/3 are to those born in England

Clue 3

?

5/6 (e.g.) end with Henry surviving

Henry VIII's marriages

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Westerlies

Horse latitudes

Clue 2

Trade winds

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Doldrums

Ocean weather zones

Answer

𓈗 Water

Big cat in snow

James Goldman

The emergence of daffodils

Penelope Fitzgerald

Clue 2

A reverie in the shortest period of darkness

William Shakespeare

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) The Beatles at Halloween - Barbara Pym

The Lion in Winter, The Beginning of Spring, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Quartet in Autumn

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Thi

Griet

Clue 2

Vuwil

Clue 3

?

Shoft

The Great Vowel Shift

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Bumblebee

Jazz

Jetfire

Optimus Prime

Transformers

Answer

Mirage

Bellagio

Excalibur

Horseshoe

Las Vegas venues

Answer

Mjölnir

Sting

Hrunting

Colada

Magical weapons

Answer

Victoria

Angel

Tugela

Jim Jim

Waterfalls

Answer

𓈗 Water

Holding

Ambrose

Bishop

Croft

West Indian fast bowlers

Answer

Lot

Plot

Pasture

Parcel

Small pieces of land

Answer

Solomon

Marshall

Caroline

Society

Pacific Island groups

Answer

Saul

David

Jeroboam

Asa

Biblical kings

Answer

Round 4

The nationality and surname of a famous author

NGL SHWRD SW RTH

ENGLISH WORDSWORTH

GRM NGR SS

GERMAN GRASS

SCTT SHW LSH

SCOTTISH WELSH

RS HMR DCH

IRISH MURDOCH

Checkboxes on a website

CC PTL LCKS

ACCEPT ALL COOKIES

GRTT HTR MSN DCN DTNS

(I) AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

NSB SCR BFR ML LMLS

UNSUBSCRIBE FROM ALL EMAILS

MN TRB T

I'M NOT A ROBOT

Bond films with life and death swapped

TMR RWN VRL VS

TOMORROW NEVER LIVES

YNL YDT WC

YOU ONLY DIE TWICE

DN DL TLV

DIE AND LET LIVE

Tie break

TC LSF RC MF RT

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