Champion of Champions: Dicers v Data Wizards

Series Specials, Episode 43

Jump To: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Round 1

𓇌 Two Reeds

A waterproof tablecloth

A device to keep sensitive ship equipment steady at sea

Clue 2

A strong adhesive for the aerospace industry

Clue 3

A treatment for hypertension and angina

Clue 4

Led to "happy accidents"

Cellophane, Slinky, Post-it note, Viagra

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Winter enfolds varied echoes

in a white or fevered coldness.

Clue 2

A river ends now fleshed to ice.

Clue 3

The fields are covered in snows.

Clue 4

Anagram poem

By Anthony Etherin

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

1941-1979

1917-2019

Clue 2

1984-1984

Clue 3

2012-2009

Clue 4

Film years

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

On yer bike

Some of that guacamole

Clue 2

Crisis, what crisis?

Clue 3

Hug a hoodie

Clue 4

Political misquotes

Answer

𓈗 Water

Songs about imaginary great songs

Crocodile Rock by Elton John, The Late Greats by Wilco, Best Song Ever by One Direction, Tribute by Tenacious D

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Things Basil Fawlty can't see out of the bedroom window

Sydney Opera House, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, herds of wildebeest, Krakatoa erupting

Answer

Round 2

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Asterix and the French flag

Graphic characters from countries along the North Sea coast. Werner/Germany, Miffy/Netherlands, Tintin/Belgium, Asterix/France.

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Tuberculosis in Yvelines

Gangrene at Versailles

Clue 2

Smallpox at Versailles

Clue 3

?

Guillotined in Paris

Deaths of Louis XIII, XIV, XV, XVI

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Bermuda

British Indian Ocean Territory

Clue 2

Pitcairn Island

Clue 3

?

Gibraltar

British Overseas Territories getting smaller

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

1. Flappy Bird

2. Pong

Clue 2

3. Space Invaders

Clue 3

?

4. (e.g.) Pac-Man

Number of actions in arcade games

Answer

𓈗 Water

5th: Number of “Great British Bake Off” contestants

4th: Number of regular judges on “The X Factor”

Clue 2

3rd: Host of “Would I Lie to You?”

Clue 3

?

2nd: (e.g.) "Only Fools and Horses" theme tune

Things changed in nth series

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Bishop’s home without speed

Apollo’s beloved without Hamlet

Clue 2

Custom without strike

Clue 3

?

(e.g.) Encountered without 13th letter of alphabet

AL-PH-AB-ET. Palace-Pace=Al, Daphne-Dane=ph, Habit-hit=ab, Met-m=et

Answer

Round 3

𓃭 Lion

BBN

RNGTN

LMR

GRLL

Primates

Answer

BK

FRY

RST

STM

Ways to cook something

Answer

KNG

MRCHNT

SNDHM

DRFF

Stephens

Answer

HWKNG

RYLTNBRDGWLLS

SVNKS

HYTH

Places in Kent

Answer

𓈗 Water

STRT

VN

DRV

BLVRD

Thoroughfares

Answer

CHTH

LN

LRPD

TGR

Big cats

Answer

HCKNY

MRTN

HMMRSMTHNDFLHM

SLNGTN

London boroughs

Answer

MNCHN

HNMN

BRNRSL

RBBNS

Tims

Answer

Round 4

Roman emperors

CS RGS TS

CAESAR AUGUSTUS

TB RSCSR GSTS

TIBERIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS

TBRS CLD SCSRG STSGR MNCS

TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS

GSC SRGS TSGR MNCS

GAIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS

It came to them in a dream

PLMC CRT NYN DYS TRDY

PAUL MCCARTNEY AND YESTERDAY

SMLT YLRC LRD GN DKB LKHN

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AND KUBLA KHAN

SRNV SRMNJ NND THN FNTSR SFPR

SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN AND THE INFINITE SERIES FOR PI

JMSC MRN NDT HTRM NTR

JAMES CAMERON AND THE TERMINATOR

Three countries in consecutive alphabetical order

JM CJ PNJ R DN

JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN

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