Is the wall supposed to have a unique solution? It didn't, this time. Although I suppose that that is a risk when you use the word "Smith".
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Originally Posted by klunk:
“Is the wall supposed to have a unique solution? It didn't, this time. Although I suppose that that is a risk when you use the word "Smith".”
“Is the wall supposed to have a unique solution? It didn't, this time. Although I suppose that that is a risk when you use the word "Smith".”
Explain? The wall must have a unique solution otherwise it's unfair.
The TOTP question was more suited to an odd one out in HIGNFY with 3 miming when they shouldn't be and 1 not miming when they should. Victoria's silent chatting away just didn't happen as All About Eve just sat waiting for the music to start with an occasional 'what's happening' expression before picking the track up when they finally heard it. It was a very poor 'connection'.
Originally Posted by TheGrumpWizard:
“The TOTP question was more suited to an odd one out in HIGNFY with 3 miming when they shouldn't be and 1 not miming when they should. Victoria's silent chatting away just didn't happen as All About Eve just sat waiting for the music to start with an occasional 'what's happening' expression before picking the track up when they finally heard it. It was a very poor 'connection'.”
“The TOTP question was more suited to an odd one out in HIGNFY with 3 miming when they shouldn't be and 1 not miming when they should. Victoria's silent chatting away just didn't happen as All About Eve just sat waiting for the music to start with an occasional 'what's happening' expression before picking the track up when they finally heard it. It was a very poor 'connection'.”
It would have been hard for Les Gray's vent dummy to sing live.
Originally Posted by Horace Wimp:
“Were the music duos meant to be related ?
The White Stripes were husband and wife , I think.”
“Were the music duos meant to be related ?
The White Stripes were husband and wife , I think.”
I got five points on that!
(Mind you, it was a University Challenge question).
Originally Posted by TheGrumpWizard:
“The TOTP question was more suited to an odd one out in HIGNFY with 3 miming when they shouldn't be and 1 not miming when they should. Victoria's silent chatting away just didn't happen as All About Eve just sat waiting for the music to start with an occasional 'what's happening' expression before picking the track up when they finally heard it. It was a very poor 'connection'.”
“The TOTP question was more suited to an odd one out in HIGNFY with 3 miming when they shouldn't be and 1 not miming when they should. Victoria's silent chatting away just didn't happen as All About Eve just sat waiting for the music to start with an occasional 'what's happening' expression before picking the track up when they finally heard it. It was a very poor 'connection'.”
The connection was 'miming on TOTP'. The clues were perpetrators of miming (in specific situations). The fourth perpetrator was 'nobody' which doesn't vary from the connection at all. Nobody was miming, is exactly the same as somebody was miming in the context. The connection is completely sound. Unless I mean soundless?
Originally Posted by HarrisonMarks:
“It would have been hard for Les Gray's vent dummy to sing live.”
“It would have been hard for Les Gray's vent dummy to sing live.”
It would, especially considering it only had a speaking part.
Originally Posted by TheGrumpWizard:
“It would, especially considering it only had a speaking part.”
“It would, especially considering it only had a speaking part.”
Merry Christmas darling.....wherever you are.
Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“Explain? The wall must have a unique solution otherwise it's unfair.”
“Explain? The wall must have a unique solution otherwise it's unfair.”
The answers Smith and Wesley can be swapped between the categories "founders of Christian movements" (Joseph Smith, the answer given in the show, and John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church) and "female novelists" (Mary Wesley, the answer given in the show, and Zadie Smith.)
There may be many female novelists called Smith, but Zadie Smith is famous, and therefore an entirely reasonable answer.
Originally Posted by klunk:
“The answers Smith and Wesley can be swapped between the categories "founders of Christian movements" (Joseph Smith, the answer given in the show, and John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church) and "female novelists" (Mary Wesley, the answer given in the show, and Zadie Smith.)
There may be many female novelists called Smith, but Zadie Smith is famous, and therefore an entirely reasonable answer.”
“The answers Smith and Wesley can be swapped between the categories "founders of Christian movements" (Joseph Smith, the answer given in the show, and John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church) and "female novelists" (Mary Wesley, the answer given in the show, and Zadie Smith.)
There may be many female novelists called Smith, but Zadie Smith is famous, and therefore an entirely reasonable answer.”
Blimey, good spot. That's very naughty then. Do take the time to inform the powers that be cos that really shouldn't be happening.
Originally Posted by HarrisonMarks:
“I got five points on that!
(Mind you, it was a University Challenge question).”
“I got five points on that!
(Mind you, it was a University Challenge question).”
God, yes, that was the music round, got my Quiz Shows mixed up right and proper guv and no mistake.
Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“The connection was 'miming on TOTP'. The clues were perpetrators of miming (in specific situations). The fourth perpetrator was 'nobody' which doesn't vary from the connection at all. Nobody was miming, is exactly the same as somebody was miming in the context. The connection is completely sound. Unless I mean soundless?”
“The connection was 'miming on TOTP'. The clues were perpetrators of miming (in specific situations). The fourth perpetrator was 'nobody' which doesn't vary from the connection at all. Nobody was miming, is exactly the same as somebody was miming in the context. The connection is completely sound. Unless I mean soundless?”
I think this thread has had a bit of a clean-up, and one of my posts on this has gone astray, but I found the connection to be a little off.
Given that miming was the norm on TOTP, just 'miming' isn't much of a connection. In the first three, people were deliberately subverting or mocking the miming culture by either miming things that they didn't do on the record or getting a dummy to do it. All About Eve was just a case of 'miming gone wrong'.
Originally Posted by johnny_t:
“I think this thread has had a bit of a clean-up, and one of my posts on this has gone astray, but I found the connection to be a little off.
Given that miming was the norm on TOTP, just 'miming' isn't much of a connection. In the first three, people were deliberately subverting or mocking the miming culture by either miming things that they didn't do on the record or getting a dummy to do it. All About Eve was just a case of 'miming gone wrong'.”
“I think this thread has had a bit of a clean-up, and one of my posts on this has gone astray, but I found the connection to be a little off.
Given that miming was the norm on TOTP, just 'miming' isn't much of a connection. In the first three, people were deliberately subverting or mocking the miming culture by either miming things that they didn't do on the record or getting a dummy to do it. All About Eve was just a case of 'miming gone wrong'.”
If I recall, the lead singer deliberately didn't sing/mime in protest as she couldn't hear the track properly. She made a conscious decision to sit there and do nothing to make a point.
Originally Posted by Supratad:
“If I recall, the lead singer deliberately didn't sing/mime in protest as she couldn't hear the track properly. She made a conscious decision to sit there and do nothing to make a point.”
“If I recall, the lead singer deliberately didn't sing/mime in protest as she couldn't hear the track properly. She made a conscious decision to sit there and do nothing to make a point.”
No. There was no audio in the studio, so Julianne Regan was sat there, unaware that the music was playing out to the nation whilst she sat there motionless. It was definitely a cock-up rather than any sort of protest.
They came back the week after to do it properly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1JIe8Zlvr4
It's a bit like Owen Paul on Pebble Mill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bXIL0DTJGo
They must get told to not move if they can't hear any audio in a 'live' setting
Disappointing to hear it's being moved to Fridays, especially given that BBC NI tend to move Mastermind around the schedule already due to Ulster Rugby coverage.
Originally Posted by Paul_Culloty:
“Disappointing to hear it's being moved to Fridays, especially given that BBC NI tend to move Mastermind around the schedule already due to Ulster Rugby coverage.”
“Disappointing to hear it's being moved to Fridays, especially given that BBC NI tend to move Mastermind around the schedule already due to Ulster Rugby coverage.”
Weird decision altogether when you have an identifiable clever clogs hour. And for Island Parish? How does that fit?
Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“Weird decision altogether when you have an identifiable clever clogs hour. And for Island Parish? How does that fit?”
“Weird decision altogether when you have an identifiable clever clogs hour. And for Island Parish? How does that fit?”
Well if it ain't broke, the beeb will break it.
Originally Posted by Ex Pat:
“Well if it ain't broke, the beeb will break it.”
“Well if it ain't broke, the beeb will break it.”
I'm anticipating celebrity team captains next....
Seriously, though I like a weeknight treat, and this was it. I know I can record it and watch it whenever I like, but it doesn't feel the same. I'm still of an age where I like schedules.
Originally Posted by johnny_t:
“I'm anticipating celebrity team captains next....
Seriously, though I like a weeknight treat, and this was it. I know I can record it and watch it whenever I like, but it doesn't feel the same. I'm still of an age where I like schedules.”
“I'm anticipating celebrity team captains next....
Seriously, though I like a weeknight treat, and this was it. I know I can record it and watch it whenever I like, but it doesn't feel the same. I'm still of an age where I like schedules.”
Doesn't feel the same to me either, I go to an exercise class on a Monday night, and Only Connect was the treat I looked forward to after coming home from the class. I don't do anything on Friday night other than watch TV.
Originally Posted by Ex Pat:
“VCM being generous again with the answer given for murder connection.”
“VCM being generous again with the answer given for murder connection.”
It would have been ridiculously harsh not to allow it after they got as far as brothers and betrayals.
Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“It would have been ridiculously harsh not to allow it after they got as far as brothers and betrayals.”
“It would have been ridiculously harsh not to allow it after they got as far as brothers and betrayals.”
Specifically, the connection was murder.
Were they were just looking for betrayal, they could have used Joseph, for example.
Personally I believe "betrayal" to too gentle a word for murder.
Originally Posted by Ex Pat:
“Specifically, the connection was murder.
He they were just looking for betrayal, they could have used Joseph, for example.”
“Specifically, the connection was murder.
He they were just looking for betrayal, they could have used Joseph, for example.”
How is what they could have done relevant to anything? It was too close to the answer not to be given the point. Referee's decision is final.
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