Gunners v Suncatchers

Series 19, Episode 21

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Dead men

Dead man's fingers, Dead man's switch, Dead man's hand, Dead man's chest

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Singing drummers

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band (Levon Helm), Passive Manipulation by The White Stripes (Meg White), In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins, Please Mr Postman by The Carpenters (Karen Carpenter)

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Iran: 6 Islamic law experts

Italy: Up to 5 for outstanding merits in their field

Clue 2

Ireland: 6 representatives of universities

Clue 3

UK: 26 bishops

Clue 4

Reserved positions in national legislatures

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

PG Wodehouse, 1975

Wilkie Collins, 2004

Clue 2

Gaston Leroux, 1986

Clue 3

TS Eliot, 1981

Clue 4

Andrew Lloyd Webber source material

By Jeeves, The Woman in White, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats

Answer

𓈗 Water

After a village in the Himalayas

After a mountain on the Duchess of Westminster’s estate

Clue 2

After his parents Mared and Quorum

Clue 3

After a type of cracker eaten by sailors

Clue 4

Origin of racehorse names

Shergar, Foinavon, Red Rum, Seabiscuit

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Test → objection / competition

Found → deep / confuse

Clue 2

Tract → extend / legal agreement

Clue 3

Duct → multiplication result / behaviour

Clue 4

Pros and cons

Protest/contest, profound/confound, protract/contract, product/conduct

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Linda Robson

Andy Robertson, LaTavia Roberson (from Destiny's Child), Paul Robeson, Linda Robson

Answer

𓃭 Lion

4. GEORGE ORWELL

3. MAMMA MIA

Clue 2

2. BOB ODENKIRK

Clue 3

(e.g.) 1. ZZ TOP

Repeated letter strings. GEOR-GEOR, MAM-MAM, BO-BO, Z-Z

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Very Rough

High

Clue 2

Very High

Clue 3

Phenomenal

Douglas sea states, getting stronger

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Kevin is shorter than Stephen

Stephen is shorter than Benicio

Clue 2

Benicio is taller than Gabriel

Clue 3

Gabriel is taller than Kevin

The Usual Suspects poster

Answer

𓈗 Water

4 successive circles

2 successive heptagons

Clue 2

1 dodecagon

Clue 3

1 circle

Shapes of British coins. 1p/2p/5p/10p, 20p/50p, £1, £2

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

King George III

PM Grenville

King George IV

PM Canning

Clue 2

King William IV

PM Lamb, Viscount Melbourne

Clue 3

Queen Elizabeth II PM Truss

Prime ministers and monarchs with the same name

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Sourdough

Soda

Damper

Rye

Breads

Answer

Pie

James Dean

Book of Love

Levee

Lyrics in "American Pie"

Answer

Bold

Bumptious

Brazen

Hubristic

Full of one's self

Answer

Main Man

She Departed

Brash

Cocky

Best Picture winners with first letter changed

Answer

𓈗 Water

Glider

Cane

Daddy

Plum

Sugar ___

Answer

Wild

Savage

Vicious

Feral

Fierce

Answer

Frump

Rush

Widen

Fierce

US presidents with first letter changed

Answer

Affair

Mars

Norfolk Broads

Silver screen

Lyrics in "Life on Mars?"

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Big red things

MR S

MARS

CHMB RSDC TNRY

CHAMBERS DICTIONARY

CLFF RDT HBGR DDG

CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG

DBLD CK RBS

DOUBLE DECKER BUS

Questions asked in the game "Guess Who?"

DSY RPRS NWRG LSS S

DOES YOUR PERSON WEAR GLASSES?

SYR PR SNM N

IS YOUR PERSON A MAN?

DSY RMNH VGN GRHR

DOES YOUR MAN HAVE GINGER HAIR?

SY RM NJS PH

IS YOUR MAN JOSEPH?

Famous finders and what they found

HWR DCR TRND THTM BFT TNK HMN

HOWARD CARTER AND THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN

MRYN NN GNPL SSRS KLTN

MARY ANNING AND (A) PLESIOSAURUS SKELETON

BSLB RWNN DST TNH

BASIL BROWN AND SUTTON HOO

Tie-break

BYT HSK NFY RTTH

BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH

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