Ramblers v Muppets

Series 17, Episode 23

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

US government’s 1987 raid at Monticello

Elaine Benes’s failed drug test

Clue 2

Charlene White controversy

Clue 3

Dorothy & Cowardly Lion fall asleep

Clue 4

Poppies

Answer

𓃭 Lion

←Existence

Widespread→

←Stolen goods

Origin→

Clue 2

←Allegiance

Monarchs and their families→

Clue 3

←Further down

Oarsmen→

Clue 4

L/R spelling difference

Life/Rife, Loot/Root, Loyalty/Royalty, Lower/Rower

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Edinburgh (“Edina”…”)

A louse (“Ha!…”)

Clue 2

A mouse (“Wee…”)

Clue 3

A haggis (“Fair…”)

Clue 4

Robert Burns poems

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

George Orwell

Jeremy Hunt

Clue 2

The Wilkin Family

Clue 3

Paddington Bear

Clue 4

Marmalade

Answer

𓈗 Water

Subjects of Best Actress portrayals

Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn, Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf, a speech by Margaret Thatcher, Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Flying animals

Wallace's flying frog, flying squirrel, flying lemur, flying fish

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

18th

6+U=7

19th

7+N=8

Clue 2

20th

8+P=9

Clue 3

21st

9-P=8

Clue 4

Number of planets by century

Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Lucy Lui

Pevensie children. PETER Jackson, SUSAN Boyle, Sir EDMUND Hillary, LUCY Liu

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

3: Pakistan to China

2: Poland to Belarus (in winter)

Clue 2

1: Portugal to Spain

Clue 3

?

0: (e.g.) France to Germany

Time zone differences

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

4th: to Greece

Homer

3rd: to Spain

Laurie Lee and Cervantes

Clue 2

2nd: to Italy

Byron and Shelley

Clue 3

?

1st: Northern England, Wordsworth and Coleridgge

The Trip

Answer

𓈗 Water

Classical

Rapid

Clue 2

Blitz

Clue 3

?

Bullet

Chess time controls

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

N in Morse code

Exclamation mark

Clue 2

A in Morse code

Clue 3

?

9th letter of the alphabet

Rotating dot and line

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Sun

Sloth

Brown

Kermode

Bears

Answer

Wed

Unite

Link

Bond

To join

Answer

Mon

Pent

Vice

Rated

Ser___

Answer

Tue

Thu

Fri

Sat

Days of the week

Answer

𓈗 Water

Sun

Rust

Corn

Bible

US belt region

Answer

Sat

Put

Laid

Sited

Positioned

Answer

Tue

Mina

Mp

Shed

Sta___

Answer

Mon

Wed

Thu

Fri

Days of the week

Answer

Round 4

Parts of speech and an example

VRBN DCN NCT

VERB AND CONNECT

CNJN CTN NDND

CONJUNCTION AND AND

RTC LND

ARTICLE AND A

DVR BNDN LY

ADVERB AND ONLY

Composers with one letter of their last name changed

HN RYM NKN

HENRY MANKINI

JH NNSB ST NBTH

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BATH

GRGS BDT

GEORGES BIDET

MR CNVL

MAURICE NAVEL

Yoga poses

DW NW RDFC NGDG

DOWNWARD FACING DOG

ST DF RWR SB ND

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