tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post4682177143248165745..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Only Connect - Qualification MatchLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-53284137946609276092014-05-31T05:07:43.352-07:002014-05-31T05:07:43.352-07:00Hi
Yeah, I agree with that. I might have got it i...Hi <br />Yeah, I agree with that. I might have got it if they had included the much toted Truth Or Consequences New Mexico as the last one.Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-44795112110729494732014-05-31T01:05:23.932-07:002014-05-31T01:05:23.932-07:00But given how there are 3,100 or so counties or co...But given how there are 3,100 or so counties or county-equivalents in the US, and probably somewhere on the order of 12 cities, towns, or CDPs per county, I think the idea of having the connection be "American Towns" is a bad one. Perhaps using one of them, and then more famous places in the same state would've been a much better group. For example, wouldn't Intercourse, Erie, Allentown, Philadelphia be much better?dxdtdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534247033439073645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-18394660820744801032014-05-30T13:26:35.792-07:002014-05-30T13:26:35.792-07:00Hi Kip
D'Oh - I never realised your Dad's ...Hi Kip<br />D'Oh - I never realised your Dad's BoB connection. Of all the heats to be involved in as well! I read back over my comments at the time, and I think it's fair to say that the review was written in some indignation at what happened to LAM contributor Paul. I think that BoB can be very very unforgiving, and if you don't get a little bit of the rub of the green with the run of the questions then you it can be impossible to show your real ability. (I still love BoB despite all of this though)Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-20188753886039255172014-05-29T13:43:59.975-07:002014-05-29T13:43:59.975-07:00Thanks David! Mum is a longtime LAM reader (I thin...Thanks David! Mum is a longtime LAM reader (I think she even delurked for your review of our last episode). <br /><br />The Exhibitionists were great guys. We had lunch with them after the episode and chatted, compared TV quiz history and whatnot. <br /><br />I think with Only Connect it's a combination of the luck of the questions and the lateral thinking. The big brains in our team come from Dad (who I don't think was shown at his best on Brain of Britain) but we have a wide breadth of knowledge. Which didn't help on Monday, but there we go!<br /><br />Well, thank you all the same. We were all a little worried how it would come across. <br /><br />KipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-86872149000127965892014-05-28T05:59:24.792-07:002014-05-28T05:59:24.792-07:00Hi Everyone
Hi Gillian - ah, those were the days ...Hi Everyone<br /><br />Hi Gillian - ah, those were the days in Geography. I was great when it was all capitals. Gross Domestic Product did for me in the end. <br /><br />Hi tabstop and welcome to LAM<br />thanks for the congrats - and to evryone else commenting on the same set, well, maybe it was just me, and I'm willing to accept that. But I have to be honest when I say that it never entered my head until Victoria gave the answer. <br /><br />Hi Kip, and welcome to LAM.<br />Hard lines on Monday night - but congratulations on beating the Exhibitionists. I don't think that OC as a competition really suited them, but they are a hell of a good quiz team, and it's a real feather in your collective cap having beaten them. No thanks are necessary either - I just call it as I see it. Good luck in your next show - in which you will now at least share the dubious honour of the Clark support.<br /><br />Hi Ben<br /><br />I think that there has been a subtle difference between the sort of question sets being asked this series, which is not meant as a criticism. David B. is a giant, and as such a huge asset to any show he is involved in. However I don't know that I could possibly criticise the question sets in this series - not necessarily worse or better than years gone by, but different. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-85369856704757870332014-05-28T02:40:00.639-07:002014-05-28T02:40:00.639-07:00I'd asked a question about Boring just a few w...I'd asked a question about Boring just a few weeks before, and though US towns came to mind, the others seemed improbable. <br /><br /><br />You can really sense the loss of David B as chief question writer. The new QW is finding his feet, I feel, and hasn't always gotten the level right. Most of the time he does, though.<br /><br />Ben Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626732284749728398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-52087743515655067472014-05-27T23:54:35.636-07:002014-05-27T23:54:35.636-07:00Hi David,
The most frustrating thing about that f...Hi David,<br /><br />The most frustrating thing about that first question is that I have a postcard from Hell (Cayman Islands) on my wall. And we'd heard of Boring. It was just Intercourse that threw us off as being too ridiculous. Apparently not.<br /><br />The Wall? I'd always said we'd go all or nothing. Something I wish I'd been wrong on!<br /><br />Mark was on fire during the missing vowels. Not entirely sure he was beatable - they were a brilliant team.<br /><br />Thanks for not being harsh on us in your review. :)<br /><br />KipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-46022535780316844462014-05-27T23:18:09.836-07:002014-05-27T23:18:09.836-07:00The same with people pretending to do you know wha...The same with people pretending to do you know what in the Amish community of Intercourse, Pennsylvania. Btw, Hell, Michigan pretty much freezes over every year.dxdtdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534247033439073645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-29471290590566031232014-05-27T22:17:15.615-07:002014-05-27T22:17:15.615-07:00If you've never gotten forwarded (via email or...If you've never gotten forwarded (via email or facebook or whatever) the picture of the Hell city limits sign with massive amounts of icicles coming off it, then you have chosen your friends extremely wisely, so congratulations.tabstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-33017215182600650642014-05-27T17:21:54.110-07:002014-05-27T17:21:54.110-07:00I quickly identified Burkina Faso and recalled the...I quickly identified Burkina Faso and recalled the name of the capital at once (though it didn't help me get the connection).<br /><br />Our geography teacher set us a quiz to do over Christmas, back when I was about 13, and one of the questions asked for the capital of Upper Volta. I got the answer right, and for some reason, that scrap of knowledge has stuck indelibly in my head ever since. Even when they cheated, and changed the name of the country, it stayed with me like it was superglued into my brain.<br /><br />And I have a very vintage VHS recording of Kajagoogoo performing that song on TOTP.Skiffle.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196107677175829685noreply@blogger.com