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A round in this format consists of 10 questions each of which indicates a name or phrase belonging to a group.

Each question contains a textual clue and one or more picture clues which provide the various parts of the name or phrase - sometimes using dodgy homophones and other forms of trickery.  Often a clue suggests a name or phrase only part of which goes towards the overall question answer.  Insignificant articles or prepositions (e.g. 'the' or 'with') in an answer are frequently unclued.

When these rounds were first used each question included a music/sound clue alongside the picture clues.  It has not been practical to include these bits of music/sound on the website so they have been replaced by a textual clue - but note that the text often suggests something to do with a piece of music or sound.

For example if the round was themed on the UK's UNESCO World Heritage sites then one of the answers might be...

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich

and this could be clued as follows (note the clues are not necessarily in the right order for the answer) ....

For what serial purpose was Oasis' Half the World Away used?

Intro to the BBC sitcom The Royle Family

(Royal)

Gordon Greenidge, the cricketer

(Greenwich)

'observe a Tory'

(Observatory)

 

and another might be...

Edinburgh New Town

and this could be clued ....

Which group didn't like Mondays?

Boomtown Rats (I Don't Like Mondays)

(Town)

Edin Dzeko (former City player)

(Edin)

Gnu

(New)

Chris de Burgh

(Burgh)

 

 

Titles and dates of compilation (pictures below the dates relate to one of the questions/answers in the relevant round)

30/01/12

Nursery Rhymes

28/04/14

Manchester attractions

30/03/15

Musical Snares

27/07/15

"Not a lot of people..."

31/08/15

"...then there were 10"

25/01/16

Goodnight Vienna

26/09/16

WWII at the Cinema

27/03/17

Big Read Best Read

24/04/17

Big Read Best Read (2)

26/06/17

UK UNESCO Heritage sites

31/07/17

Thanks

25/09/17

Carré on Spying

30/10/17

Favourite Poem

29/01/18

Favourite Dish

26/02/18

Rodgers & Hammerstein

30/04/18

Bingo

30/07/18

Playing a Round

24/09/18

'Opera-Win-Three Points'

26/11/18

Art Famous

25/02/19

States and Capitals

29/04/19

Spielberg and Stars

29/07/19

Playing a Round 2

28/10/19

Scores Easy

27/01/20

The Master of Suspense