I enjoy a bit of a quiz.
Monday evenings tend to have a lump of frenetic mental energy from 8-9pm. Only Connect followed by Universally Challenged University Challenge.
I can usually get a few (maybe ten or more) UC ‘starter’ questions, and do fairly well on the follow-on questions.
But Only Connect has a very healthy record of making me feel inadequate. Sometimes I don’t even understand the questions.
While UC can leave me feeling a bit smug at times, Only Connect just leaves me frustrated.
*pauses to consider how I seem to be lining myself up for a part in The Detectorists*
There was just a question on Only Connect where the answer was ‘Airport Terminals’ and frankly I didn’t see that answer coming.
Must have been foggy, obv.
Anyway, that Victoria Coren Mitchell is a bit of a bright smartypants.
I’ve just googled her. Professional poker player, no less.
Roll on University Challenge. At least then I can get some self-esteem back.
I love Vicky Coren.
No, really, I do.
Only Connect is outrageously difficult. I’d be no good on it, as I can’t even name the heiroglyphs.
I have a bit of a soft spot for Victoria Coren too. I’ll clean it up later
Only Connect, best quiz on the tv. Last night’s was particularly difficult. My best round is the missing vowels. And I’m normally not bad at the Wall but I only managed to get what two of the groups were about and I didn’t get the right four.
If you go to the OC page on the BBC website they have all the Walls for you to have a go at. I’m not sure it will help with the self esteem though!
I’m with you Dave. I can usually crack through the missing vowels, but the wall questions are just too fiendishly-layered for my simple brain