EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS

Two Reeds Lion Twisted Flax

Horned Viper Water Eye of Horus

ROUND 1: CONNECTIONS

Two Reeds
2001: Who Wants to 2007: Deal or No Deal 2008: Don’t Forget the 2011: Million Dollar
be a Millionaire? Lyrics! Money Drop

Singaporean Adaptations of International Game Shows and the year they premiered

Lion
B2: 9 weeks BP: 19 weeks E: 4 weeks A/B1: 9 weeks

Length of Basic Military Training for the respective Physical Employment Statuses (PES)

Twisted Flax
A Level: 90 IB: 45 SAT 1: 2400 PSLE: 300

Theoretical Best Possible Scores for the respective examinations

Horned Viper
Andy Cole Peter Schmeichel Owen Hargreaves Carlos Tevez

Players that played for both Manchester United and Manchester City
Water
Jason’s Market Place 7-Eleven Guardian Giant

Dairy Farm Group

Eye of Horus
X, XXIII: Los Angeles II, VIII: Paris IV, XIV, XXX: London I, XXVII: Athens

Cities that have hosted the Olympics more than once (Olympic Host Cities)

ROUND 2: SEQUENCES

Two Reeds
Yahoo YouTube Facebook (Google)

Alexa Top Websites (from 4th to 1st)

Lion
3: C. V. Devan Nair 4: Wee Kim Wee 5: Ong Teng Cheong (6: Sellapan
Ramanathan (SR
Nathan))
Presidents of Singapore

Twisted Flax
A Rush of Blood to the Twisted Logic Viva La Vida (Mylo Xyloto)
Head

Coldplay World Tours

Horned Viper
2010: Big Society 2011: Squeezed 2012: Omnishamble (2013: Selfie)
Middle

Oxford UK Word of the Year

Water
Cupcake Donut Eclair (Froyo)
Early Android Operating Systems Codenames

Water
10: XP 11: 2003 12: 2007 (14: 2010)
Office Version Codenames and Official Branding

ROUND 3: Connecting Wall

Put a Ring on It Death and all his Colour on the Walls Sanitarium (Metallica:
Friends Welcome Home)

Bracketed portions of Song Titles (ie Viva La Vida or Death and All his Friends)

Gems Words Hanging Chess

_____ with Friends (Zynga With Friends Series)

Sonic Dash Temple Run Minion Rush Subway Surfers

Endless Runner Games

ROUND 4: BUZZ-IN

France: AS Monaco England: Cardiff City Singapore: Brunei Malaysia: LionsXII

DPMM
Clubs playing in the Country’s League that are not based in that country (Eg. Cardiff is from Wales)
Professionalism Ethics Safety Loyalty to Country

SAF 8 Core Values

ROUND 5: MISSING VOWELS

CATEGORY: Military Ranks in the SAF

FRS TS RG NT (First Sergeant)

SC N DLT NN T (Second Lieutenant)

ST FFS RGNT (Staff Sergeant)

LN CCR PR L (Lance Corporal)

CATEGORY: Radio Personalities in Singapore

SH NW (Shan Wee)

MD DYB RBR (Maddy Barber)

MKK SM (Mike Kasem)

TM TH YH (Timothy Oh)

CATEGORY: MRT Stations in Singapore

J RN GST (Jurong East)

T LKY R (Telok Ayer)

TSN G (Tai Seng)

N GMK (Ang Mo Kio)

CATEGORY: Literary Novels

GTX PCT TNS (Great Expectations)

THLT TLPR NC (The Little Prince)

NM LFR M (Animal Farm)

THM RC HN TFV NC (The Merchant of Venice)

CATEGORY: Artistes and their Billboard Song of the Year

DLN DRL LN GNT HDP (Adele and Rolling in the Deep)

GT YND SM BD YTH TSD TKN W (Gotye and Somebody That I Used to Know)

THB LC KYD PSN DB MBMP W (The Black Eyed Peas and Boom Boom Pow)

BYN CND RRPL CBL (Beyonce and Irreplaceable)

CATEGORY: FOOTBALL MANAGERS

SRL XF RGS N (Sir Alex Ferguson)

ND RVL LSB S (Andre Villas-Boas)

GRR DM RTN (Gerardo Martino)

LGN NRS LKS JR (Ole Gunnar Solksjaer)

CATEGORY: US Territories

GM (Guam)

MR CNS M (American Samoa)

NR THR NM RNS LN DS (Northern Mariana Islands)

VR GNSL NDS (Virgin Islands)

CATEGORY: Cuts of Beef

STR PLN (Striploin)

B RS KT (Brisket)

FRSH NK (Foreshank)
PLT (Plate)

CATEGORY: Offshore Islands in Singapore

PLT KN G (Pulau Tekong)

KSS LND (Kusu Island)

PLB N (Pulau Ubin)

PLS MK (Pulau Semakau)

RULES OF THE GAME:

The game lasts for approximately 50 minutes.

ROUND 1: CONNECTIONS

Teams choose a hieroglyph from the 6 available. They will then be given up to 4 clues to deduce the
possible connection. Teams have a time limit of 40 seconds to give an answer. Clues are shown at
the team’s request, by saying “next please), and they press the buzzer when they want to answer.

Giving a correct answer awards 10 points if the team came in after 1 clue, and 6, 4 and 2 points for
coming in after 2, 3 and 4 clues respectively.

Giving an incorrect answer does not result in any penalty to the team, however, the opposing team
will get to see all 4 clues and a bonus chance to answer. A correct answer awards the opposing team
2 points.

The team that scores higher in this round will gain a bonus card for use in Round 4 or 5. If both
teams are tied, both teams receive the card.

ROUND 2: SEQUENCES

This is similar to round 1. However, this time teams must guess the 4th clue. It is alright if the
connection they think is incorrect, as long as they give the correct 4th clue, they score the points.
Teams have 30 seconds per question in this round.

Giving a correct answer awards 10 points if the team came in after 1 clue, and 6 and 4 points for
coming in after 2 and 3 clues respectively.

Giving an incorrect answer does not result in any penalty to the team, however, the opposing team
will get to see all 3 clues and a bonus chance to answer. A correct answer awards the opposing team
2 points (not 4).

The team that scores higher in this round will gain a bonus card for use in Round 4 or 5. If both
teams are tied, both teams receive the card.

ROUND 3: CONNECTING WALL

In this round, teams have 2 minutes 30 seconds to resolve a wall of 16 clues into 4 groups of 4 clues,
each of which have a connection. There is only 1 solution per puzzle (ie there is no other way to sort
the 16 clues), although there may be a ‘trick group’, 4 clues across the board that may have a
connection but is not part of the correct solution.

Teams score 2 points for every group of 4 found, and a bonus of 2 points for completing the wall. In
addition, there is another 2 points for naming the connection of every group of 4, with 2 bonus
points if they get all 4 connections. The maximum score in this round is thus 20.

The team that scores higher in this round will gain a bonus card for use in Round 4 or 5. If both
teams are tied, both teams receive the card.
ROUND 4: BUZZ IN

In this round, there are 2 connection questions, followed by 2 sequence questions. Teams will see
the clues at the same time. 1 clue is revealed every 10 seconds, and teams buzz in when they think
they know the answer.

Giving a correct answer awards 10 points if the team came in after 1 clue, and 6, 4 and 2 points for
coming in after 2, 3 and 4 clues (for connections only) respectively.

Giving an incorrect answer results in half the point value in play for the question at that time being
deducted from the team’s score. For example, if the team comes in after 2 clues and is wrong, they
lose 3 points (half of 6). In addition, the opposing team can have a bonus chance to answer the
question, and the clues are displayed at their request, much like round 1 and 2. A correct answer
here, offers half the point value in play at that time. For example, coming in after 3 clues at this stage
scores the team 2, instead of the full 4 points.

Using the bonus card here scores the team 15, 9, 6 and 3 points for coming in after 1, 2, 3 and 4
clues respectively. However, penalties are doubled, meaning the team could lose 10, 6, 4 and 2
points for coming in wrongly after 1, 2, 3 and 4 clues respectively. The opposing team can still
answer for bonus points as well. The bonus card can only be used for first time answering, and not
for bonus attempts.

The team that scores higher in this round will gain a bonus card for use in Round 5. If both teams are
tied, both teams receive the card.

ROUND 5: MISSING VOWELS

This is a buzz in round. The teams will see a phrase with all its vowels removed, and the spacings
scrambled to make it harder to decipher the actual word. They are in categorical groups of 4.

Buzzing in and answering correctly earns the team 1 point and an incorrect answer results in a
deduction of 1 point. The opposing team gets a bonus chance to answer, with a correct answer
earning the team 1 point, and no penalty for an incorrect answer. Sweeping the category (answering
the entire group correctly) earns the team an additional bonus point.

Using the bonus card earns the team 2 points for a correct answer, with no change to the penalty for
an incorrect answer. Sweeping the category in which the bonus card was used also earns the team 2
bonus points rather than 1.

This round lasts 4 minutes, or until the runtime of the game hits 50 minutes – whichever is longer.
Gameplay Example:

Round 1:

Q1: Team A gets answer wrong after 2 clues. Team B is given bonus chance with all 4 clues, and gets
it right. Team B scores 2 points.

Q2: Team B gets answer correct after 3 clues, scores 4 points

Q3: Team A gets answer right after 4 clues, scores 2 points

Q4: Team B gets answer right after 4 clues, scores 2 points

Q5: Team A gets answer right after 3 clues, scores 4 points

Q6: Team B gets answer wrong after 4 clues, team A also gets it wrong. No one scores points.

Team B scores higher in this round, gets a Bonus Card

Round 1 (Team in Q1 (A) Q2 (B) Q3 (A) Q4 (B) Q5 (A) Q6 (B) Total

control)
Team A 0 - 2 - 4 0 6
Team B 2 4 - 2 - 0 8

Round 2:

Q1: Team A gets 4th clue after seeing 2 clues, scores 6 points.

Q2: Team B gets answer wrong after seeing 3 clues, team A answers correctly. Team A scores 2, not
4 points.

Q3: Team A gets 4th clue after seeing 3 clues, scores 4 points

Q4: Team B gets 4th clue after seeing 3 clues, scores 4 points

Q5: Team A gets 4th clue wrong, team B also gets 4th clue wrong, no one scores points

Q6: Team B gets 4th clue after seeing 3 clues, scores 4 points

Team A scores higher in this round, gets a bonus card

Round 2 (Team in Q1 (A) Q2 (B) Q3 (A) Q4 (B) Q5 (A) Q6 (B) Total

control)
Team A 6 2 4 - 0 - 12
Team B - 0 - 4 0 4 8

Round 3:

Team B goes first since, Team A started the first two rounds.
Team B completes the wall, scores 10 points. They find only 3 connections, scoring 6 points for
those. Total score: 16 points

Team A finds only 2 groups, scores 4 points. They find all 4 connections, however, and score 10
points for that. Total score: 14 points

Team B scores higher in this round, gets a bonus card

Round 4: Buzz in

Q1: Team A buzzes in after 21 seconds (3 clues shown), uses bonus card and gets it correct. Scores 6
points (4 points + 2 bonus points)

Q2: Team B buzzes in after 25 seconds (3 clues shown), uses bonus card and gets it wrong. Loses 4
points (penalty is 2 points X 2). Team A then goes for a bonus chance, getting it right at the 4 th clue.
Team A scores 1 point

Q3: Team B buzzes in after 1 clue, uses bonus card and gets it correct. Scores 15 points. (10 + 5)

Q4: Team B buzzes in after seeing 3 clues, gets it wrong. Team B loses 2 points. Team A gets the
bonus chance correct, scores 2 points.

Round 4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Team A 6 (B) 1 - 2 9
Team B - -4 (B) 15 (B) -2 9

Both teams earn bonus card since they score 9 apiece.

Round 5: