Only Connect 2012/2013 - Round 1 Heat 6
It has been a stressful Monday but finally Only Connect comes along to cheer me up. Tonight's show continued the excellent run in this series so far with the Quitters taking on the Wintonians.
Wintonians
Paul Baker
David Norcott
Andrew Steen
Quitters
Nathan Hamer
Rachel Pagan
Andrea Lowe
Round 1 started with one of the hardest questions of the series so far for the Wintonians on the issue of ways to pronounce 98 in various languages but the team soon got into their stride and ended up taking the first round 7-0 with some impressive playing. Quitters got a tough hand with the music round (although the ZZ Top song at the end would have plunged long term viewers into the right answer I would imagine). The Wintonians picked up on it to start a scoring spree which included a fast buzz for 3 from David Norcott identifying Superhero themes, Andrew Steen spotting words ending in "nik" (I think I could have went all day without getting that from the first three clues) and taking a point at the end on items named after living creatures. A very commanding start indeed but as we all know this game can change in the click on a finger!
However, the Wintonians carried the theme into the next round with David Norcott grabbing points for identifying Stations of the Cross and after a great spot on "signed sealed delivered Im yours" in the picture were 12-0 up. Quitters finally got off the mark on a straightforward question on Scottish kings and improved their total later in the round but not before the play of the night from David Norcott with a 5 pointer...only the second of the series so far. This put the scores at 17-5 into the wall.
Both teams actually conquered the wall and gained all ten points. The Quitters seemed a little more panicky in the room but got there in the end and the Wintonians were faced with a wall that looked easy at first but was far tougher than it appeared. Both played great rounds though. 27-15 and now the Quitters would need a Ryder cup style comeback to win the match.
There has been some debate this week on facebook between fans (as well on David's LAM blog) regarding whether the final round is fair and whether it should be included. After a few dramatic weeks in which large leads were lost (or nearly lost) tonights was very straight forward. Like every quizzer watching I'm sure, the first round of "Reference books used by question setters!" was much appreciated. The Wintonians won the final round too (7-3 by my calculation) giving them a dominating win of 34-18 and certainly the Wintonians become one of the major contenders for this years crown.
Indeed, the highest score of the series so far. It is all obviously a very different kettle of fish on Only Connect but out of interest the top scores of the first round so far....
The Wintonians - 34
Draughtsmen - 27
Numerists - 26
TEFL Teachers - 22
Wordsmiths - 19
Footballers - 18
(The Joinees managed 26 but lost in the first match....)
Congratulations to the Wintonians and I look forward to next week!
Round 1 started with one of the hardest questions of the series so far for the Wintonians on the issue of ways to pronounce 98 in various languages but the team soon got into their stride and ended up taking the first round 7-0 with some impressive playing. Quitters got a tough hand with the music round (although the ZZ Top song at the end would have plunged long term viewers into the right answer I would imagine). The Wintonians picked up on it to start a scoring spree which included a fast buzz for 3 from David Norcott identifying Superhero themes, Andrew Steen spotting words ending in "nik" (I think I could have went all day without getting that from the first three clues) and taking a point at the end on items named after living creatures. A very commanding start indeed but as we all know this game can change in the click on a finger!
However, the Wintonians carried the theme into the next round with David Norcott grabbing points for identifying Stations of the Cross and after a great spot on "signed sealed delivered Im yours" in the picture were 12-0 up. Quitters finally got off the mark on a straightforward question on Scottish kings and improved their total later in the round but not before the play of the night from David Norcott with a 5 pointer...only the second of the series so far. This put the scores at 17-5 into the wall.
Both teams actually conquered the wall and gained all ten points. The Quitters seemed a little more panicky in the room but got there in the end and the Wintonians were faced with a wall that looked easy at first but was far tougher than it appeared. Both played great rounds though. 27-15 and now the Quitters would need a Ryder cup style comeback to win the match.
There has been some debate this week on facebook between fans (as well on David's LAM blog) regarding whether the final round is fair and whether it should be included. After a few dramatic weeks in which large leads were lost (or nearly lost) tonights was very straight forward. Like every quizzer watching I'm sure, the first round of "Reference books used by question setters!" was much appreciated. The Wintonians won the final round too (7-3 by my calculation) giving them a dominating win of 34-18 and certainly the Wintonians become one of the major contenders for this years crown.
Indeed, the highest score of the series so far. It is all obviously a very different kettle of fish on Only Connect but out of interest the top scores of the first round so far....
The Wintonians - 34
Draughtsmen - 27
Numerists - 26
TEFL Teachers - 22
Wordsmiths - 19
Footballers - 18
(The Joinees managed 26 but lost in the first match....)
Congratulations to the Wintonians and I look forward to next week!
I must admit puzzlement as to why the first question was seen to be so hard. If you just spend 10 seconds to do the math, clues 2 and 4 give you the answer straightaway. And the thing about French using the vigesimal system isn't particularly obscure... I guess it was unlucky that that question was the first one to be picked; if it came later in the match they might have been more warmed up to get it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we were just a bit rabbit-in-the-headlight-sy to start with I think. Somewhat embarrassed we didn't get it after the French one.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly I got the right answer to the first question from the first clue - I do live in Wales and am learning Welsh (and had just come back from my Welsh class when I watched the episode) - but didn't think "ways to say '98'" would be a question, so dismissed my right answer until the fourth clue confirmed it as being so.
ReplyDeleteHi Ben
ReplyDeleteI did something very similar. My welsh is very poor, but I know the numbers, and I too dismissedit, this time until the French came up.
I like the missing vowels round, but I think it would be more at home on another quiz. It seems out of place on Only Connect really, and doesn't fit with the rest of the show which is about finding connections between apparently random things.
ReplyDeleteHi George, surely all quiz formats end with a quick fire round , it's traditional. The missing vowels round is at the upper end of the scale but it is an antidote to the thinking which has gone before : visualise and react.
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