Scrummagers v Harlequins

Series 18, Episode 23

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Russian obstetrician

L-Dopa prescriber to catatonic patients

Clue 2

Humour-focused medical student

Clue 3

Genius janitor’s psychologist

Clue 4

The medical career of Robin Williams

Nine Months, Awakenings, Patch Adams, Good Will Hunting

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Oliver Cromwell (1658, 1960)

Eva Peron (1957, 1971, 1976)

Clue 2

Christopher Columbus (1506, 1509, 1537, 1795, 1898)

Clue 3

Richard III (1485, 2015)

Clue 4

Burials and reburials

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Newell’s standard 3D-graphics test model

Metropolitan Police catering support unit

Clue 2

Bertrand Russell’s atheist argument

Clue 3

“Countdown” daily champion’s prize

Clue 4

Teapots

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Named after old country names

CATHAY Pacific, West Bromwich ALBION, BURMESE python, SIAMESE cat

Answer

𓈗 Water

Laurence (O)

and

Frank (I)

Laurence (O)

and

Kenneth (I)

Clue 2

Adrian (O)

and

Rory (I)

Clue 3

Chiwetel (O)

and

Ewan (I)

Clue 4

Othello and Iago

Olivier/Finlay, Fishburne/Branagh, Lester/Kinnear, Ejiofor/McGregor

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Rural endeavours

Sheep May Safely Graze by JS Bach, How Are You Going To Keep Them Down On The Farm? by Arthur Fields, We Plough The Fields and Scatter by Jane Montgomery Campbell, Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) by The Wurzels

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

7 March 2021

3 July 2021

Clue 2

22 January 2022

Clue 3

11 February 2022

Multiply month and date to get year

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Patrick H

Mary R

Clue 2

Mary M

Clue 3

Michael H

Presidents of Ireland. Patrick Hillery, Mary Robinson, Mary McAleese, Michael Higgins.

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

A dragon tattoo

The Millennium series by Stieg Larsson. The Girl In The SPIDER'S WEB, The Girl Who Kicked the HORNET'S NEST, The Girl Who Played With FIRE, The Girl With The DRAGON TATTOO.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Resplendent quetzal

Axolotl, chapulin, golden eagle, ocelot and xoloitzcuintli

Clue 2

Bald eagle and American bison

Clue 3

North American beaver and Canadian horse

North American national animals. Guatemala, Mexico, USA, Canada.

Answer

𓈗 Water

Hadal zone

Abyssal zone

Clue 2

Midnight zone

Clue 3

Twilight zone

Ocean zones

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

(e.g.) Time by Pink Floyd

BABY by Justin Bieber, ONE by U2, MORE by Andy Williams, TIME by Pink Floyd

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

King

Bore

Fief

Poppa

___dom

Answer

Coupé

Arabesque

Cabriole

Fondu

Ballet terms

Answer

Melvin

Bolt

Mandela

Roule

SI units with first letter changed

Answer

Begin

Gore

Tutu

Nobel Peace Prize winners

Answer

𓈗 Water

Hypothalamus

Adrenal

Pituitary

Thyroid

Endocrine glands

Answer

Ashkenazi

Firth

Pineal

Elmer

Begin with a tree

Answer

Celeste

Nellie

Horton

Berilia

Fictional elephants

Answer

Abayudaya

Mizrahi

Sephardic

Cochin

Jewish ethnic groups

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Ferry routes out of Great Britain

DV RTC LS

DOVER TO CALAIS

HL LTR TTR DM

HULL TO ROTTERDAM

FSH GR DTR SS LR

FISHGUARD TO ROSSLARE

PLYM THTS NTN DR

PLYMOUTH TO SANTANDER

American presidents overlapping with things named after them

GRGW SHNG TNMN MNT

GEORGE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

JMSM DSN VN

JAMES MADISON AVENUE

BRH MLNC LNNB RSK

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

HRB RTH VRDM

HERBERT HOOVER DAM

Things that happened on the 22nd November

NGLM RKLB CMGR MNCH NCLLR

ANGELA MERKEL BECAME GERMAN CHANCELLOR

MRGR TTHT CHR RSGND

MARGARET THATCHER RESIGNED

CP TNK RKK SS DLT NN THR

CAPTAIN KIRK KISSED LIEUTENANT UHURA