Verbivores v Channel Islanders

Series 12, Episode 8

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Subjunctive tense

If I Were A Carpenter by Bobby Darin, If I Were A Boy by Beyoncé, If I Were A Bell from Guys and Dolls, If I Were A Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Controlled Radio 4 (1996-2000)

Discovered P ∝ 1/V (1662)

Clue 2

Sang Fantine’s solo (2009)

Clue 3

Directed Isles of Wonder (2012)

Clue 4

Eminent Boyles

James Boyle, Boyle's Law, Susan Boyle, Danny Boyle

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Minotaur

Frobscottle

Clue 2

Moloko Plus

Clue 3

Duff

Clue 4

Fictional drinks

Role Models, The BFG, A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

That Great Charmer (1979)

Old Man, I Charm All (1957)

Clue 2

I Am Odd Craven (2010)

Clue 3

Tory in Lab (1997)

Clue 4

Anagrams of Prime Ministers

Margaret Thatcher, Harold Macmillan, David Cameron, Tony Blair

Answer

𓈗 Water

Chance Medley

Non Compos Mentis

Clue 2

Of Theft Under 1 Shilling

Clue 3

Of a Lesser Offence

Clue 4

Jury verdicts

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Elton John singles

Nikita, Daniel, Crocodile Rock, Candle in the Wind

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Hamlet

King

Clue 2

Father

Clue 3

Royal Dane

Hamlet to the Ghost

Answer

𓃭 Lion

4teen

6teen

Clue 2

7teen

Clue 3

9teen

Remain intact in 'teen' form

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Alan Johnson MP

Don Johnson, Celia Johnson, Ben Johnson, Alan Johnson

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Omnishambles

Selfie

Clue 2

Vape

Clue 3

Crying laughing emoji

Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year

Answer

𓈗 Water

Valentine’s

Canal

Clue 2

Foinavon

Clue 3

Becher's

Grand National fences

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Zero

Diet

Clue 2

Life

Clue 3

Original

Coca-Cola (in calorific content)

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Herald

Recorder

Chronicle

Echo

Local newspapers

Answer

Serpent

Cornet

Clarion

Sackbut

Brass instruments

Answer

O2

Genting

Odyssey

Hydro

UK arenas

Answer

Bugle

Par

Redruth

Mousehole

Places in Cornwall

Answer

𓈗 Water

Spud

BB

Machine

Flare

___ gun

Answer

Tartare

Carpetbag

Salisbury

Chateaubriand

Steak dishes

Answer

Diane

Sick Boy

Renton

Begbie

Characters from Trainspotting

Answer

Angel of the North

Quantum Cloud

Another Place

Field

Works of Antony Gormley

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Often found on a curriculum vitae

WR KXP RN C

WORK EXPERIENCE

R FR N CS

REFERENCES

DCT N NDQL FCT NS

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

DDT NLS KL LS

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

You might fall asleep if you

CN TS HP

COUNT SHEEP

DRN KHT CHC LT

DRINK HOT CHOCOLATE

VDB LL GHT

AVOID BLUE LIGHT

TKS LPN GPLL

TAKE (A) SLEEPING PILL

Cartoon dogs and their owners

SNP YN DC HR LBR WN

SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN

SCB YDN DSHG GY

SCOOBY-DOO AND SHAGGY

DGBR TNDD LB RT

DOGBERT AND DILBERT

SNT SLT TLH LPRN DT HSM PSNS

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER AND THE SIMPSONS

Can precede "monger"

C HS

CHEESE

RN

IRON

S CR

SCARE

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