Orienteers v Chessmen

Series 10, Episode 27

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Heisei 26

Yang Wood Horse

Clue 2

1435 AH

Clue 3

2014

Clue 4

2014 in different calendars

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Born in India

Spike Milligan, Joanna Lumley, Cliff Richard, Ravi Shankar

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

~~Greek bible~~ Writings of St Ephrem

~~St Luke’s Gospel~~ A lectionary

Clue 2

~~Archimedes’ Stomachion~~ A prayer book

Clue 3

~~Institutes of Gaius~~ Writings of St Jerome

Clue 4

Palimpsests

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

William Henry Harrison

Zachary Taylor

Clue 2

John Tyler

Clue 3

Millard Fillmore

Clue 4

Whig presidents of the USA

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Public transport smart cards

Octopus (Hong Kong), Clipper (San Francisco), Leap (Dublin), Oyster (London)

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

White Death

Clue 2

Robin Hood

Clue 3

King Charles II

Clue 4

Hid in trees

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

I am Archaeopteryx

I am a prillarhorn

Clue 2

I am a your

Clue 3

(e.g. ) I am Cajun English

March, April, May, June hidden

Answer

𓃭 Lion

34.1

13.6

Clue 2

2.1

Clue 3

0.1

Standard deviations of a normal distribution

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

5th: a rebellious teenager

Breakers of the Ten Commandments. The Artful Dodger (a thief), Tiger Woods (an adulterer), Sweeney Todd (a murderer), a rebellious teenager (someone who does not honour their father or mother)

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

4th: Watt (W)

3rd: Celsius (C)

Clue 2

2nd: Newton (N)

Clue 3

1st: Pascal (Pa)

Eponymous SI units in order of birth of scientist

Answer

𓈗 Water

Somewhere Only We Know by Keane

John Lewis Christmas advert. Your Song by Elton John, Please Please Please by The Smiths, The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Somewhere Only We Know by Keane.

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

5th: AltaVista

4th: AskJeeves

Clue 2

3rd: McDonald’s

Clue 3

(e.g.) 2nd: iPlayer

CamelCase

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Road

Bow Street

Blade

Long distance

___ runner

Answer

Strand

Mayfair

Camel

Pall Mall

Cigarette brands

Answer

London

Black

Daniel

Whitehall

Famous Jacks

Answer

Piccadilly

Buster Brown

Ruff

Mandarin

Types of collar

Answer

𓈗 Water

History

4seven

Alibi

Discovery

TV channels

Answer

Orange

Velvet

French

October

Revolutions

Answer

Economics

Physics

Chemistry

Peace

Nobel Prize categories

Answer

Jump

The Show

Sexy! No No No...

Biology

Girls Aloud songs

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

There are three of them

STR NG SNBL LK

STRINGS ON A BALALAIKA

CL RSN THN NF LG

COLOURS ON THE UNION FLAG

HR TS NNC TPS

HEARTS IN AN OCTOPUS

TNR SNTH TH RTN RS

TENORS IN THE THREE TENORS

Impressionist paintings and their painters

WTR LL SND MNT

WATERLILIES AND MONET

LY MPN DMNT

OLYMPIA AND MANET

LND NHSS FPR LMN TNDMNT

LONDON HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND MONET

WLD PPPS NRRG NTL NDM NT

WILD POPPIES NEAR ARGENTUIL AND MONET

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