Scientists v String Section

Series 11, Episode 21

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Israel = strudel

The Netherlands = monkey tail

Clue 2

Italy = snail

Clue 3

Norway = curly alpha

Clue 4

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Answer

𓃭 Lion

Michael Elphick and Helen Mirren as children

Ray Winstone as a borstal inmate

Clue 2

Leo McKern as Rumpole

Clue 3

Alison Steadman as Beverly

Clue 4

BBC's Play for Today

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Copenhagen – Ellen Price

New York – Charlotte Bartholdi

Clue 2

Piccadilly Circus – Angelo Colarossi

Clue 3

Rolls Royce – Eleanor Velasco Thornton

Clue 4

Models for statues

The Little Mermaid, Statue of Liberty, Anteros, Spirit of Ecstasy

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Controversial restorations

Supper at Emmaus, Virgin and Child With St Anne, Qing fresco, Ecce Homo

Answer

𓈗 Water

Memoir: My Life

Song: Your Life

Clue 2

Film: September

Clue 3

Novella: the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Clue 4

"One Day in..."

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Number ones by Oscar-winning actors

Believe by Cher, Somethin' Stupid by Nicole Kidman (and Robbie Williams), Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand, Wand'rin' Star by Lee Marvin

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

DA02 Nuclear / non-nuclear weapons

DA03 Ciphers and secure communications

Clue 2

DA04 Sensitive installations and home addresses

Clue 3

?

DA05 UK security and intelligence services

Defence Advisory Notice Systems (aka D-notices)

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Sculpture of lovers by Rodin

1966 surfing documentary

Clue 2

Song from Jeff Wayne musical

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) White Witch's curse on Narnia

Eternal Spring, Endless Summer, Forever Autumn, Always winter but never Christmas

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Ephesus

Galatia

Clue 2

Corinth (twice)

Clue 3

?

Rome

Pauline epistles in reverse order

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

?

(e.g.) Mad About The Boy by Dinah Washington

Presidents of the USA. Don't Call Me Baby by MADISON Avenue, Somebody to Love by JEFFERSON Airplane, Summer of '69 by Bryan ADAMS, Mad About The Boy by Dinah WASHINGTON

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

the Adriatic

Churchill's Iron Curtain speech "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic"

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

1 x 11 = 11

10 x 11 = 110

Clue 2

11 x 11 = 1001

Clue 3

?

100 x 11 = 1100

Binary three-times table

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Keynes

Lynn

Buzzard

Walden

Second half of place names

Answer

Scarlet

Blue

Osprey

Dragon

Names of Welsh rugby union teams

Answer

Hobby

Vulture

Kite

Falcon

Birds of prey

Answer

Modigliani

Friedman

Hayek

Tobin

Nobel laureates in Economics

Answer

𓈗 Water

Victoria

Cairo

Juba

Praia

African capitals

Answer

Spiaggia

Strand

Plage

Kahakai

Beaches

Answer

Surrender

Teddy Bear

King Creole

Polk Salad Annie

Elvis Presley songs

Answer

Monrovia

Woody Guthrie

Hoover Dam

Cristiano Ronaldo

Named after US president

Answer

Round 4

Songs from Saturday Night Fever

MR TH NW MN

MORE THAN A WOMAN

D SCN FRN

DISCO INFERNO

FCN T HVY

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU

HWD PSY RLV

HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE

Names with the word "Taylor" removed

SMLC LR DG

SAMUEL COLERIDGE

TMB RK

TIM BROOKE

SHL YDW SN

ASHLEY DAWSON

CRT NYT YLR

COURTNEY TAYLOR

Greek muses

TR PSC HR

TERPSICHORE

RT

ERATO

RN

URANIA

CL

CLIO

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