Whodunnits v Puzzle Hunters

Series 16, Episode 25

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

Richard III, 1st line (1961)

Genesis 4.16 (1952)

Clue 2

To a Mouse, 7th Verse (1937)

Clue 3

Battle Hymn of the Republic, 2nd line (1939)

Clue 4

John Steinbeck titles

The Winter of our Discontent, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Named after US Presidents

Eisenhower Tree, Monrovia, Teddy bear, Hoover Dam

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Near Cookstone, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Clue 2

3km east of Loch Garry, Perthshire, Scotland

Clue 3

Lindley Hall Farm, Leicestershire, England

Clue 4

Centre points of home nations

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Covered by the Beatles

Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry, Til There Was You by Barbara Cook from The Music Man, Please Mr Postman by the Marvelettes, Money (That's What I Want) by Barrett Strong

Answer

𓈗 Water

Dalgi

Yaltese

Clue 2

Pauzer

Clue 3

Shar-spaniel

Clue 4

Reverse names of hybrid dog breeds

Cormatian, Morkie, Schnoodle, Cocker-Pei

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

ABC in Les Misérables

Hammer on the Soviet flag

Clue 2

Boxer in Animal Farm

Clue 3

Ronnie Corbett in The Frost Report

Clue 4

Represent the working class

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

1+1

POF

2+2

VYQ

Clue 2

3+3

WKUHH

Clue 3

?

4+4 JSYV

Moving letters forward

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Keirin

Madison

Clue 2

Men’s team sprint

Clue 3

?

Team pursuit

Cycling events with teams of 1, 2, 3, 4

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

S: 10,759

J: 4,333

Clue 2

M: 687

Clue 3

?

E: 365

Number of days in a planetary year

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Vijhuizen: Houses

Sichuan: Rivers

Clue 2

Tripoli: Cities

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Zweibrücken: Bridges

Place names derived from numbers. Five houses, four rivers, three cities, two bridges.

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

Warm face

Eliza Doolittle's Loverly Room. One enormous chair, lots of chocolate, lots of coal, a warm face.

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Edward VI: Prayer Book

Mary I: Wyatt

Clue 2

Elizabeth I: Babington

Clue 3

?

James I: Gunpowder

Plots and rebellions in reigns of British monarchs

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

Rice

Baker

Christopher

Rusk

US Secretaries of State

Answer

Dale

Umbria

Nori

Humidor

Anagrams of metals

Answer

Mirin

Maki

Soba

Natto

Japanese cuisine

Answer

Dori

Beorn

Smaug

Bard

The Hobbit characters

Answer

𓈗 Water

Abyss

Gulf

Chasm

Lacuna

An emptiness

Answer

Marital

Void

Grivil

Roache

Anagram of Roman authors

Answer

Benning

Wayne

Sumter

Lauderdale

Fort ___ in US

Answer

Worth

Knox

Callard

Gregson

Coronation Street actors

Answer

Round 4

Double-barrelled politicians with their names in alphabetical order

JC BM GGR S

JACOB MOGG REES

BLYL NGR BCC

BAILEY LONG REBECCA

BLS HHRL SL

BELISHA HORE LESLIE

LCD GL SHM

ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME

They include both numbers and letters

PS TCD

POSTCODE

CHM CLFR ML

CHEMICAL FORMULA

ST RNGP SSW RD

STRONG PASSWORD

CRNM BRP LT

CAR NUMBER PLATE

First lines of limericks by Edward Lear

TH RW SNL DMNW THB RD

THERE WAS AN OLD MAN WITH A BEARD

THRW SYN GLD YFR YD

THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF RYDE

THR WSYN GPRS NFC RT

THERE WAS A YOUNG PERSON OF CRETE

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