Surrealists v Verbivores (2)

Series 12, Episode 35

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clocks

Clock Symphony by Haydn, The Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson, Clocks by Coldplay, Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Preion

Detive

Clue 2

Inenza

Clue 3

Eabeth

Clue 4

Words with their shortened versions removed

Pre(script)ion, De(tec)tive, In(flu)enza, E(liz)abeth

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

May Irwin & John Rice (The Widow Jones, 1896)

Jack Powell & David Armstrong, Wings (1927)

Clue 2

Beth Jordache & Margaret Clemence (Brookside, 1993)

Clue 3

James T Kirk & Nyota Uhura (Star Trek, 1968)

Clue 4

Notable screen kisses

First kiss, first kiss between two men, first lesbian kiss, (thought to be) first interracial kiss

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Vocals: Lawrence Payton

Vocals: Abdul “Duke” Fahir

Clue 2

Vocals: Renaldo “Obie” Benson

Clue 3

Vocals: Levi Stubbs

Clue 4

The Four Tops

Answer

𓈗 Water

proximal stimulus prompting organism to make inferences

buffered data-processing tasks awaiting FIFO operation

Clue 2

bridge between Chiswick and Richmond

Clue 3

least common letter in the OED

Clue 4

Cue, Queue, Kew, Q

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Changed name to avoid confusion

Stewart Grainger/James Stewart, Michael Keaton/Michael Douglas, Katy Perry/Kate Hudson, David Bowie/Davy Jones

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Scotland the Brave

Fast section of The Radio 4 UK Theme. What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?, Greensleeves, Men of Harlech, Scotland the Brave.

Answer

𓃭 Lion

A,… D, E,…

G,… J,… L,…

Clue 2

M,… Q, R,…

Clue 3

T,... X,... Z

Letters that are not symbols of elements

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Wanderer

Horch

Clue 2

DKW

Clue 3

Audi

Audi rings (companies that merged to form Audi)

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

A dart in the 20

D (4) A (1) R (18) T (20)

Answer

𓈗 Water

HORN

Clue 2

PASTE

Clue 3

MOB

Sample game from the rules of Scrabble

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Peasants’ Revolt

Knighting of Francis Drake

Clue 2

Battle of Yorktown

Clue 3

(e.g.) Charles/Diana wedding

1381, 1581, 1781, 1981

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Fugu

Dace

Hoki

Dab

Fishes

Answer

Stalk

Umbo

Cap

Volva

Parts of a mushroom

Answer

Oven

Courage

Auction

Leaf

Dutch ___

Answer

Vaux

Flowers

Bass

Castle

British breweries

Answer

𓈗 Water

Irish moss

Wrack

Sargasso

Tangle

Marine algae

Answer

Earl

Larry

Rodney

Carole

Kings

Answer

Labrador

Irish

Wadden

Bothnian

North Atlantic seas

Answer

Dog

Imperial

Pink

Stephen

___ Pound

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Cookery books

MS TRN GTHRTFF RNC HCKNG

MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING

THN KDC HF

THE NAKED CHEF

NS FN

ONE IS FUN!

HWT BDM ST CGD DSS

HOW TO BE A DOMESTIC GODDESS

Films merged with US states

H GHS CH LMS CL F RN

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALIFORNIA

TH RSS MTH NG BTMR Y LN D

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARYLAND

THNG HT MRB FRC HRS TM SSC HS TTS

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMASSACHUSETTS

GNW TH TH W NDN

GONE WITH THE WINDIANA

Types of rock

S DM NTR Y

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