Polymaths v Strategists

Series 3, Episode 2

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𝝰 Alpha

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Road crossings

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Moscow Sea

Foaming Sea

Clue 2

Lake of Death

Clue 3

Sea of Serenity

Clue 4

Seas on the Moon

Answer

𝝲 Gamma

Baker Eddy: Chestnut Hill

Buddha: Kusinara

Clue 2

Muhammed: Medina

Clue 3

Jesus: Golgotha

Clue 4

Places where religious founders died

Answer

𝝳 Delta

Rivers

Das Rheingold by Wagner, Flow Gently Sweet Afton by Jonathan E Spilman. Blue Danube Waltz by Strauss, Ol' Man River (from Showboat) by Paul Robeson

Answer

𝝴 Epsilon

Cakes and Ale

The Dogs of War

Clue 2

Brave New World

Clue 3

The Darling Buds of May

Clue 4

Titles taken from Shakespeare quotations

Answer

𝝵 Zeta

22nd September 1955

20th April 1964

Clue 2

2nd November 1982

Clue 3

30th March 1997

Clue 4

Launch dates of terrestrial TV channels

ITA (now ITV), BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𝝰 Alpha

Clue 2

Clue 3

Breaking Dawn

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Buenos Aires

Montevideo

Clue 2

Canberra

Clue 3

Wellington

Most southerly capital cities

Answer

𝝲 Gamma

Salote Tupou III, Tonga

Wilhemina, Netherlands

Clue 2

Elizabeth II, UK

Clue 3

Victoria, UK

Longest reigning queens

Answer

𝝳 Delta

Income Tax

VAT

Clue 2

Money back

Clue 3

Guarantee

Only Fools and Horses theme

Answer

𝝴 Epsilon

1 F = 10 C

1 C = 22 Y

Clue 2

1 Y = 3 F

Clue 3

1 F = 12 I

Imperial measurements of length

Answer

𝝵 Zeta

Kurt Cobain’s widow

Restaurant in Jamie’s Kitchen

Clue 2

Pieces of silver Judas received

Clue 3

(e.g.) Age at which life begins

Scoring in a tennis game

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𝝰 Alpha

Beck

Pertwee

Ridley

Lowe

Actors in Dad's Army

Answer

Robinson

Seaman

Banks

James

England goalkeepers

Answer

Tailor

Prince

Bank

Navy

Merchant ___

Answer

Lavender

Midnight

Oxford

Royal

Shades of blue

Answer

𝝱 Beta

Racing

Olive

Bottle

Lime

Shades of green

Answer

Milk

Garfield

King

Lincoln

US assassinated figures

Answer

House

Nurse

Bar

Hand

Types of maid

Answer

Kennedy

Bell

Stern

Little

Famous violinists

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Manusrcipts

D DSS CRL LS

DEAD SEA SCROLLS

L ND SF RNG SPLS

LINDISFARNE GOSPELS

WNC HS TRB BL

WINCHESTER BIBLE

B KFKL LS

BOOK OF KELLS

Things represented by MD

MR YLN D

MARYLAND

M NDS C

MINIDISC

D CT RFMD CN

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

MNG NGD RC TR

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Famous mistresses

MD MDP MP DR

MADAM DE POMPADOUR

VB RN

EVA BRAUN

D LLH

DELILAH

L DYH ML TN

LADY HAMILTON

World-famous companies founded in Germany

DDS

ADIDAS

NV

NIVEA

GF

AGFA

HRB

HARIBO

Supergroups

THTR VLN GWL BR YS

THE TRAVELING WILBURYS

LC TRN C

ELECTRONIC

DR KN DTHD MN S

DEREK AND THE DOMINOES

S

ASIA

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