Press Gang v Science Editors

Series 8, Episode 6

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Used as the basis of a counting song

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Buttons on a media player

Pause by Pitbull, Play by Jennifer Lopez, Rewind by Craig David, Stop by Sam Brown

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

1992 – Merry Christmas

1897 – Are you ready?

Clue 2

1844 – What hath God wrought

Clue 3

2006 – just setting up my twttr

Clue 4

First communications

Text message, overseas wireless, telegram, Twitter

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Winona Ryder

Dame Nellie Melba

Clue 2

Flo Rida

Clue 3

Florence Nightingale

Clue 4

Named after where they were born

Answer

𓈗 Water

P—HER

CRO—ILE

Clue 2

WILDE—ST

Clue 3

AL—ROSS

Clue 4

An animal is missing from the animal

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Frozen mashed potato

Omelette pans

Clue 2

Vegetable bouillon powder

Clue 3

Cranberries

Clue 4

The Delia Effect

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

4th: A Feast for Crows

3rd: A Storm of Swords

Clue 2

2nd: A Clash of Kings

Clue 3

1st: A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire series

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Tina Turner

Girls' names in Mambo No 5. MONICA Lewinsky, ERICA Roe, RITA Hayworth, TINA Turner

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Australian table = 20

Table = 15

Clue 2

Dessert spoon = 10

Clue 3

Tea = 5

Spoon sizes in millilitres

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Galactic Centre

Sun

Clue 2

Earth

Clue 3

(e.g.) Moon

Each orbits around the previous

Answer

𓈗 Water

4th: Chris Chataway

3rd: László Tábori

Clue 2

2nd: John Landy

Clue 3

1st: Roger Bannister

Sub-four minute miles

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Millie Bush

Buddy Clinton

Clue 2

Barney Bush

Clue 3

Bo Obama

First Dogs of the USA

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

T20

French

Test

Kwik

Forms of cricket

Answer

Silver

Topper

Trigger

Champion

Wonder horses

Answer

Havoc

Les Misérables

Bride Wars

One Day

Anne Hathaway films

Answer

First class

A-1

Copacetic

Boffo

Excellent

Answer

𓈗 Water

Feathers McGraw

Wendolene

Gromit

Shaun

Wallace and Gromit characters

Answer

Bolt

Reckoning

Shot

Heat

Dead ___

Answer

Burrell

Wallace

Peggy Guggenheim

Frick

The ___ Collection

Answer

Powell

Lewis

Greene

Bailey

100m world record holders

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Cleaning products

W SHN GPL QD

WASHING-UP LIQUID

SCRN GP WDR

SCOURING POWDER

S GRSP

SUGAR SOAP

BLC H

BLEACH

Sight impairments

G LCM

GLAUCOMA

STG MTS M

ASTIGMATISM

H YP RMT RP

HYPERMETROPIA

C LRB LN DN SS

COLOUR BLINDNESS

US sitcoms and their settings

FRS RNDS TTL

FRASIER AND SEATTLE

TWN DHLF MNN DM LB

TWO AND A HALF MEN AND MALIBU

HP PYD YSN DMLWK

HAPPY DAYS AND MILWAUKEE

SN FLDND NWYR KCTY

SEINFELD AND NEW YORK CITY

Tiebreaker

SL WND STDY WN STHRC

SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE

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