Scribes v Wordsmiths

Series 6, Episode 14

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

“Yesterday”

Lockstitch sewing machine

Clue 2

Benzene ring

Clue 3

“Kubla Khan”

Clue 4

Inspired by dreams

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Lift hill > 200ft

Blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg

Clue 2

Annual inflation > 26%

Clue 3

Speed > Mach 5

Clue 4

Hyper...

Hypercoaster, hypertension, hyperinflation, hypersonic

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Stinsford: Thomas Hardy

Hampton Court: Jane Seymour

Clue 2

Melrose Abbey: Robert the Bruce

Clue 3

Warsaw: Frédéric Chopin

Clue 4

Location of buried hearts

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

On the theme of another composer

Diabelli Variations - Beethoven, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Vaughan Williams, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninoff, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell) - Benjamin Britten

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Called "Jacob's Ladder"

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Dick Cheney hunting incident

Bobby Thomson home run

Clue 2

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Clue 3

Start of US Revolution

Clue 4

The Shot Heard Round The World

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Hat

Alternate letter A's (cAtAmArAn, bAnAnA, mAcAw, hAt)

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Adams: son

Harrison: grandson

Clue 2

Roosevelt: 5th cousin

Clue 3

?

Bush: son

Relations between same-surnamed US presidents

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

9: Prince Rupert’s Tower

13: Cannon

Clue 2

18: Liver bird

Clue 3

?

19: Red devil

Badges of English football champions (to 2011) (Everton, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United)

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

#4: Payment for Members

#3: No requirement to own property

Clue 2

#2: Secret ballot

Clue 3

?

#1: Vote for every man

Six Points demanded by The Chartists

Answer

𓈗 Water

24/06/1987

25/06/1987

Clue 2

17/06/2345

Clue 3

?

18/06/2345

Dates with no repeated digit

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

World Space Patrol

World Aquanaut Security Patrol

Clue 2

International Rescue

Clue 3

?

Spectrum

Hero organisations in Gerry Anderson series (Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons)

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Nikita

Subway

Léon

The Fifth Element

Luc Besson films

Answer

Pamplona

Salamanca

Toledo

Burgos

Inland Spanish cities

Answer

Suffolk

Belgian

Clydesdale

Percheron

Types of draught horse

Answer

Egg

Northern

Santander

Yorkshire

British banks owned by foreign groups

Answer

𓈗 Water

Douglas

Castletown

Ramsey

Peel

Towns on the Isle of Man

Answer

Connor

James

Dale

Jacques

Carry On actors

Answer

Stanhope

Gig

Hansom

Surrey

Horse-drawn carriages

Answer

Pratt

Windsor

Oriental

Four-in-hand

Necktie knots

Answer

Round 4

Charities founded in the UK

B RN RDS

BARNADO'S

CTND

ACTIONAID

MR CR CN CR CR

MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE

WDL NDTR ST

WOODLAND TRUST

Medical conditions and their common names

TT NSN DLC KJW

TETANUS AND LOCKJAW

HN SN SDS SNDLP RSY

HANSEN'S DISEASE AND LEPROSY

PYR SSN DHR TBR N

PYROSIS AND HEARTBURN

PRT SS SNDW HPNGC GH

PERTUSSIS AND WHOOPING COUGH

Celebrity children with unusual names

PP LMR TN

APPLE MARTIN

SRC RS

SURI CRUISE

KLL C PPL

KAL-EL COPPOLA

JRMJ ST YJC KSN

JERMAJESTY JACKSON

Songs from musicals

MM RYF RMC TS

MEMORY FROM CATS

TNG H TFR MW STS DST RY

TONIGHT FROM WEST SIDE STORY

QRSF RM HR

AQUARIUS FROM HAIR

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