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27/08/2018 Connecting Wall The answers can be arranged into 5 groups of 4 whereby each answer in a group has a word or part of a word (sometimes in sound, rather than spelling) in common with the other answers in that group.  The 5 shared words/part-words belong to an overall theme.

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A

B

Spartacus

C

2010: England GK - oldest World Cup debutante

D

 

Iain Dale

(LBC talk show host)

 

Kirk Douglas

(played Spartacus in the film of the same name)

 

David James

 

Philips screw

E

Silver medal triple jumper at 2008 Olympics

F

Dubbed the 'King of Ragtime'

G

Main UK base for WW2 internment camps

 

H

Regular female on R4’s The Moral Maze

 

Phillips Idowu

 

Scott Joplin

 

Douglas

(Isle of Man)

 

Melanie Phillips

I

Virginian site of 1st English settlement in US

J

Father of Savannah and Isla

K

Vaughan Williams’ 7th inspired by him

L

Played Moriarty in BBC’s Sherlock

 

Jamestown

 

Peter Phillips

(son of Princess Anne)

 

Robert (Falcon) Scott

(explorer – Sinfonia Antarctica from the film Scott of the Antarctic)

 

Andrew Scott

M

Merry Men minstrel

N

John Mills in Oh! What a Lovely War

O

1611 book; most widely printed in English

P

2000-2010: R2 Pick of the Pops presenter

 

Alan-a-Dale

 

(Field-Marshal) Douglas Haig

(played by John Mills in Oh! What a Lovely War)

 

King James Bible

 

Dale Winton

Q

R

From Nine Standards Rigg to Richmond

S

Director of Thelma and Louise

T

 

James the Red Engine

(in the Thomas the Tank Engine series)

 

Swaledale

 

Ridley Scott

 

Douglas Alexander

(Labour Government Minister)
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Dale: A – Iain Dale; M – Alan-a-Dale; P – Dale Winton; R – Swaledale

Douglas: B – Kirk Douglas; G – Douglas; N – Douglas Haig; T – Douglas Alexander

James: C – David James; I – Jamestown; O - King James Bible; Q - James the Red Engine

Phillips: D – Philips screw; E – Phillips Idowu; H – Melanie Phillips; J – Peter Phillips

Scott: F – Scott Joplin; K – Robert (Falcon) Scott; L – Andrew Scott; S – Ridley Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Dale, Jack Douglas, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Terry Scott all regular...

Carry On film cast members