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Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:31 pm

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Only Connect is one of the hardest TV Quiz shows on British TV. A Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.

Please sign up! I will take two teams of three people to start with. Either join as a team, OR join on your own and you will end up on a team, where I will give you a private topic to discuss your answers before giving them.

Team 1:

-Haschel Cedricson
-Menalque
-Akarin

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-Something_Smart
-lilith2013
-the worst
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Post Post #7 (isolation #1) » Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:46 am

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Round 1 - Connections

The team who goes first (Team 1 in this case) will be shown four clues - each one will be revealed, and if you work out the correct connection, you get the amount of points based on the number of clues you have had - one clue (5) two clues (3) three clues (2) or all four clues (1).

You will see the first clue, then you can either guess or ask for the next clue.

If the team answers incorrectly, then it will be thrown over to the other team.

Up first - Team 1. Pick a hieroglyph
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Post Post #9 (isolation #2) » Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:57 am

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Oh no, it's a music round. What is the connection between these songs?

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Post Post #11 (isolation #3) » Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:27 am

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Should work now. Sorry.
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Post Post #13 (isolation #4) » Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:50 am

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Here we are - Clue 2
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Post Post #15 (isolation #5) » Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:59 pm

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Trans rights are human rights.
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Post Post #18 (isolation #6) » Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:13 am

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Trans rights are human rights.
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Post Post #19 (isolation #7) » Sat Nov 14, 2020 11:09 pm

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Team 1, I am going to have to hurry you for an answer.

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Post Post #21 (isolation #8) » Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:00 am

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Correct! - It's My Life by Dr Alban, The Next Episode by Dr Dre, Milk and Alcohol by Dr Feelgood and Sylvia's Mother by Dr Hook and the Feelgood show


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Post Post #24 (isolation #9) » Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:27 am

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Horned Viper!

Clue 1: Borda count


Deadlines can be 36 or 48 hours - what would people prefer?
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Post Post #26 (isolation #10) » Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:48 am

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Clue 2
- Instant runoff
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Post Post #28 (isolation #11) » Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:28 am

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Correct! 3 points!


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1 point
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Team 1, it is now your turn. Pick a hieroglyph.
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Post Post #32 (isolation #12) » Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:08 pm

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In post 29, Something_Smart wrote:36 hours or 48 hours is fine with me.

Also, how is the 4th round going to work?
I will make a Google Quiz and give you both it and just let you have however many points you earn, I think
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Post Post #33 (isolation #13) » Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:09 pm

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Eye of Horus, Clue 1

Bell with the highest pitch.
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Post Post #35 (isolation #14) » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:10 am

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Clue 2
- 75ml of Spirits
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Post Post #37 (isolation #15) » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:44 pm

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Clue 3
200% increase
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Post Post #39 (isolation #16) » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:07 am

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I'm not sure I can accept the answer.

Team 2 - your final clue is: The Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League.

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I am happy to discuss it after Team 2 has a punt, and we can make a decision, but I don't think your answer is correct.
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Post Post #42 (isolation #17) » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:58 am

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Correct
. The reason I have said that the first answer was correct is because the specific bell is a 'treble', and the football one is also the 'treble'

Choose a hieroglyph, Team 2

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Team 2
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Post Post #47 (isolation #18) » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:04 am

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but the clues specifically link to the Treble. When a team wins those three cups, it is called "The Treble." It's never been called the "Triple", and the bell is also not referred to as a "Treble."

Only Connect is a very pedantic quiz.
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Post Post #48 (isolation #19) » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:04 am

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Clue 1 - USS Constitution
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Post Post #50 (isolation #20) » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:35 am

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Yes.
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Post Post #52 (isolation #21) » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:47 pm

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Clue 2:
Edmund II
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Post Post #54 (isolation #22) » Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:25 pm

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Correct! 3 points!
The other two clues were Cromwell's cavalrymen, and Raymond Burr.

Team 1 - choose a hieroglyph - Twisted Flax or Lion?


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Post Post #56 (isolation #23) » Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:27 am

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Clue 1:
Linda Dobbs
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Post Post #58 (isolation #24) » Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:14 am

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Clue 2:
Toni Morrison
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Post Post #59 (isolation #25) » Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:50 am

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Bump.
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Post Post #61 (isolation #26) » Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:06 am

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Clue 3:
Diane Abbott
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Post Post #63 (isolation #27) » Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:24 am

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Michelle Obama


36 hours from now.
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Post Post #65 (isolation #28) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:43 pm

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In post 64, Akarin wrote:
These are the first black women to do various things.
Correct!
- Linda Dobbs was the first black woman High Court judge, Toni Morrison was the first to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Diane Abbott was the first to be an MP, and Michelle Obama was the first black First Lady.

Team 1
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Team 2
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Team 2 - you have Lion left - it's a picture round.

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Post Post #66 (isolation #29) » Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:39 am

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BUMP
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Post Post #68 (isolation #30) » Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:25 am

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Clue 2:


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Post Post #70 (isolation #31) » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:09 pm

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Clue 3

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Post Post #72 (isolation #32) » Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:13 am

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Correct! - 2 points!
You can pitch hay, pitch a horse-shoe, pitch a tent, and clue 4 would've been a baseball.

Team 1 - 2 points
Team 2 - 9 points

Round 2 - Sequences


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Each set of clues is now a sequence, and teams must try to figure out the fourth item in the sequence (therefore, the team will only be able to see three clues), again as early as possible. They must give the final item in the sequence, and score points even if their theory for the connection is incorrect.

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Post Post #74 (isolation #33) » Sun Nov 29, 2020 7:44 pm

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Clue 1:
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Post Post #76 (isolation #34) » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:31 am

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clue 2


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Post Post #78 (isolation #35) » Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:07 am

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Clue 3

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Post Post #79 (isolation #36) » Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:20 am

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(expired on 2020-12-03 21:00:00)
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Post Post #86 (isolation #37) » Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:07 am

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Incorrect.

Team 2 - 24 hours to try and steal (expired on 2020-12-04 20:00:00)
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Post Post #88 (isolation #38) » Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:57 am

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In post 87, lilith2013 wrote:Image
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Correct! - Republic of Ireland counties by area:

DONEGAL beard
Simon MAYO
James GALWAY
CORK


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Post Post #89 (isolation #39) » Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:57 am

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In post 87, lilith2013 wrote:Image
(cork)
Correct! - Republic of Ireland counties by area:

DONEGAL beard
Simon MAYO
James GALWAY
CORK


Team 1 - 2 points
Team 2 - 10 points.

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Post Post #91 (isolation #40) » Fri Dec 04, 2020 10:30 am

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Clue 1:
1 to 9: white
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Post Post #93 (isolation #41) » Sat Dec 05, 2020 5:15 am

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Clue 2:
10 to 19: Blue
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Post Post #94 (isolation #42) » Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:49 pm

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Post Post #96 (isolation #43) » Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:08 am

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Clue 3:
20 to 29: Pink
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Post Post #98 (isolation #44) » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:27 am

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Correct! Lotto balls in the UK.


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Post Post #100 (isolation #45) » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:50 am

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Clue 1
- Hammersmith Palais
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Post Post #102 (isolation #46) » Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:48 pm

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Sorry, I missed the thread bump.

Clue 2:
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Post Post #103 (isolation #47) » Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:22 pm

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Post Post #105 (isolation #48) » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:12 am

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Correct!
These are all 'Reasons to be cheerful, Part 3.

3 points!

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Post Post #107 (isolation #49) » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:54 am

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Clue 1:
Newbury
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Post Post #109 (isolation #50) » Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:39 pm

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Clue 2:
Marston Moor
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Post Post #111 (isolation #51) » Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:38 pm

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Clue 3: Newbury
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Post Post #113 (isolation #52) » Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:42 pm

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Correct
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2 points!

Team 1 - 5 points
Team 2 - 13 points

Team 1 - choose your hieroglyph
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Post Post #115 (isolation #53) » Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:55 am

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Yes.
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Post Post #121 (isolation #54) » Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:23 am

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Clue 1:
Quatrain
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Post Post #122 (isolation #55) » Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:23 am

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Bump
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Post Post #123 (isolation #56) » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:41 am

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Bump x 2.
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