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Old 03-03-2015, 06:48
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Quite an exciting game, and I thought the Chessmen had blown it on the Wall!

A bit of a shame that when VCM said the answer to one of the first round questions was "sports in which there's been more than one world champion with the same name", she completely overlooked the American Phil Hill who was F1 World Champion in the early 60s.

At least the team captain knew that as he mentioned "another Hill".
Yes, very close game, it could have gone either way.

Although I do find it a little disappointing when the result is decided by the missing voles round (as I like to call it) as this round doesn't rely on any "connections" being identified.
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Old 03-03-2015, 09:49
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Hey I was on fire last night. I actually solved an entire wall. Gobsmacked just dies not cover it. Well OK my sister helped with the rabbits, but boy was I chuffed.

Why do I enjoy a quiz where i can't get most of the answers?
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Old 03-03-2015, 10:10
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I found the insistence that Audrey Roberts was a cannibal was hilarious. Apart from anything else, Audrey in Little shop of Horrors isnt a cannibal either.
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Old 03-03-2015, 10:13
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I got the James Dean one, but that was about it....................In my defense I was quite tired lol.
Really enjoyable show last night, I was on fire in the last round, got a few of them before they did.
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Old 03-03-2015, 11:40
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It was solving an earlier connections sequence quickly for the extra points that was the difference in the end I think.
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Old 03-03-2015, 11:57
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Surprised Victoria allowed the "Derby and Derby" answer, seeing as he pronounced both answers the English way
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Old 03-03-2015, 13:16
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Why do I enjoy a quiz where i can't get most of the answers?
The real joy of Only Connect isn't the quiz, it's the constant freak show they have as contestants.

GodDAMN the Chessmen are insufferable.
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Old 03-03-2015, 13:44
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Surprised Victoria allowed the "Derby and Derby" answer, seeing as he pronounced both answers the English way
I'm not certain he did. I think one of the other teammates started to give an answer at the same time, saying "Darby and Durby", while the captain was saying "Durby and Darby". With the two of them talking over each other for the first word it may have sounded like "Darby and Darby".
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Old 03-03-2015, 14:00
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The real joy of Only Connect isn't the quiz, it's the constant freak show they have as contestants.

GodDAMN the Chessmen are insufferable.
I find the Chessmen's captain particularly unbearable. A shame the Gallifreyans lost as they were so close.
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Old 03-03-2015, 14:02
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The real joy of Only Connect isn't the quiz, it's the constant freak show they have as contestants.

GodDAMN the Chessmen are insufferable.
Ha, that's just the word I'd use for them, the team captain particularly. He's spoke over both of his teammates on many occasions last night because he was so convinced that he was right. Ugh.
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Old 03-03-2015, 14:39
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Hey I was on fire last night. I actually solved an entire wall. Gobsmacked just dies not cover it. Well OK my sister helped with the rabbits, but boy was I chuffed.

Why do I enjoy a quiz where i can't get most of the answers?
I think that's why I enjoy this programme. It's the sense of achievement I feel if I can get any of the connections.

Having said that, I did really badly last night. (Also did badly on University Challenge: perhaps I was tired? )
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Old 03-03-2015, 15:06
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I find the Chessmen's captain particularly unbearable. A shame the Gallifreyans lost as they were so close.
He kept ignoring the other two members of his team when they were trying to make suggestions.
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Old 03-03-2015, 15:39
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It was when he smacked the other guys hand away when they were doing the wall!
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Old 03-03-2015, 15:43
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Attractive people are a rarity on Only Connect.
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Old 03-03-2015, 16:03
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Attractive people are a rarity on Only Connect.
Theres been two very good looking men on this series. The captain of the coders, and a guy in a short sleeved blue shirt from last week.
And me if i pass my audition of course
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Old 03-03-2015, 17:18
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Attractive people are a rarity on Only Connect.
You mean ... it's about knowing things?

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Old 03-03-2015, 18:19
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So far IIRC, the team that lost one of their opening round matches ( ie played 3 games) has beaten the team that only played twice - is there a pattern developing for these knockout stages - ring rusty perhaps?

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Old 03-03-2015, 18:28
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It was when he smacked the other guys hand away when they were doing the wall!
Heh, thanks for confirming that, i was going to rewind on iplayer just to make sure I hadn't imagined it!
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Old 03-03-2015, 18:50
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It was when he smacked the other guys hand away when they were doing the wall!
Let's hope they had some arguments afterwards and do badly in the final.
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Old 03-03-2015, 20:13
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I got the James Dean one, but that was about it....................In my defense I was quite tired lol.
Really enjoyable show last night, I was on fire in the last round, got a few of them before they did.
I'm afraid they deliberately alter the pace so viewers can see the question before an answer is given. For example, I pushed the buzzer on the third Roman Numeral question the instant anything appeared on the screen.

Spooky - just noticed today is my 15th anniversary of joining Digital Spy forums.
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Old 03-03-2015, 21:15
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Quite an exciting game, and I thought the Chessmen had blown it on the Wall!

A bit of a shame that when VCM said the answer to one of the first round questions was "sports in which there's been more than one world champion with the same name", she completely overlooked the American Phil Hill who was F1 World Champion in the early 60s.

At least the team captain knew that as he mentioned "another Hill".
I though she should have pushed them for a final answer. They had three variations on the same answer, including fathers & sons.
She should have asked for which one they wanted to go with but instead she disregarded the other two answers and accepted the correct one.
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Old 03-03-2015, 21:17
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Attractive people are a rarity on Only Connect.
QI's Anne Miller is pretty.
I was watching a repeat of QI the other night and she's been promoted to Curator of Knowledge.
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Old 03-03-2015, 21:48
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I though she should have pushed them for a final answer. They had three variations on the same answer, including fathers & sons.
She should have asked for which one they wanted to go with but instead she disregarded the other two answers and accepted the correct one.
The answer they gave was "world champions with the same name, and if you want more, we think they're unrelated" or words to that effect. The captain had already ruled out the first three clues being relatives, and for the fourth clue mentioned that there was another Hill. They did carry on discussing it after pressing the buzzer, but none of them was advocating "same name and related" so they were just picking which one of the remaining two options they should go for.

The answer they gave was correct as Graham, Damon and Phil Hill are not all related. There was no reason for VCM to ask for another answer as no part of the answer they gave was wrong or incomplete.
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Old 03-03-2015, 21:51
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i thought this last episode is by far and away the easiest there has ever been, We got nearly all the questions right tonight. A very rare thing on our house. I feel that it is being a bit dumbed down. Also why does VC look pregnant?
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Old 06-03-2015, 10:09
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The James Dean question was mentioned earlier in this thread, and I tried it on a film buff friend. He disagreed, so I did a bit of digging.

The sequence was:

Has Anyone Seen my Gal
East of Eden
Rebel Without a Cause
Giant

and the answer shown on the screen was ‘James Dean’s Final Films’. The ever delightful Victoria Cohen-M says:

‘These are the last four films in which James Dean had a credited role.’

JD wasn't credited by name in any film before he made East of Eden. So the screen is correct and Victoria not quite? Well, Has Anyone seen my Gal was made in 1952 and in 1953 he had another uncredited role as a football spectator in Trouble Along the Way, so the entire answer seems dubious.

All this gleaned from IMDB and confirmed on Wikipedia, not that that is the absolute truth.

I suppose it all depends on what credited means.
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