Oenophiles v Board Gamers

Series 8, Episode 11

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

European fascist parties

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Anglican clergy

The DEAN and I by 10CC, CANON in D Major by Pachelbel, VICAR in a Tutu by The Smiths, Zadok the PRIEST by Handel

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

H1N1

Leeloo, the Fifth Element

Clue 2

LSD

Clue 3

Frankenstein’s monster

Clue 4

Escaped from a laboratory

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Japanese tradition of hanami

Lester Burnham dreams

Clue 2

Beauty and the Beast

Clue 3

British Legion Festival of Remembrance

Clue 4

Falling petals

Answer

𓈗 Water

De Bono’s thinking manager

England Test cricketer

Clue 2

UN peacekeeper

Clue 3

Noddy

Clue 4

Wear blue hats

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

The Laytons in India, 1942

Hollywood in the Depression

Clue 2

Plot to assassinate De Gaulle

Clue 3

Carnivorous walking plants

Clue 4

The Day of the ___

Scorpion, Locusts, Jackal, Triffids

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) The One Show

Cube numbers (4³, 3³, 2³, 1³). Commodore 64, 27 Dresses, 8-track cassette, The ONE Show.

Answer

𓃭 Lion

90210 -> 25

25 -> 10

Clue 2

10 -> 8

Clue 3

8 -> 7

Segments in the previous numbers (e.g. in a digital clock)

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Passed on

No more

Clue 2

Ceased to be

Clue 3

Expired and gone to meet his maker

Monty Python's dead parrot

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

5 cards: City

4 cards: Settlement

Clue 2

3 cards: Development Card

Clue 3

2 cards: Road

Card trading in Settlers of Catan

Answer

𓈗 Water

Triwizard tournament selector

Anti-Voldemort organisation

Clue 2

Severus Snape

Clue 3

Wand, stone and cloak

"Harry Potter and the..." in the titles of the last four books

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

B: Farming profits

C: Public annuities

Clue 2

D: Profits from trade or profession

Clue 3

E: Salaries

Tax schedules in The Addington Act

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Turnip

Golden Raspberry

Pigasus

Ig Nobel

Anti-prizes

Answer

Salvador

Douglas

Goose Green

Darwin

Settlements in the Falkland Islands

Answer

Grinling

Stanley

Orlando

Stella

Famous people called Gibbons

Answer

Libertador

Cordobes

Greco

Cid

Famous El ___ names

Answer

𓈗 Water

Franks

Wolfenden

Hutton

Taylor

Major UK government reports

Answer

Butler

Wilkes

O'Hara

Hamilton

Characters in Gone With The Wind

Answer

Valet

Footman

Char

Nanny

Domestic servants

Answer

Brew

Stroupach

Rosie

Cuppa

Nicknames for a cup of tea

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Scandinavian TV series

WL LN DR

WALLANDER

THB RDG

THE BRIDGE

MTDR

MATADOR

BRGN

BORGEN

Merged singer-songwriters

JM STY LRS WFT

JAMES TAYLOR SWIFT

G RGM CHLB BL

GEORGE MICHAEL BUBLÉ

CR GDV DGRY

CRAIG DAVID GRAY

LT NJH NDN VR

ELTON JOHN DENVER

Concepts in mathematics

BL NLG BR

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA

NW T NR PHSNM TH D

NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD

CL DN GMT RY

EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY

M ND LBR TST

MANDLEBROT SET

Works of Édouard Manet

LNCH NNT HGR SS

LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS

THBS NT HDR NKR

THE ABSINTHE DRINKER

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