"Only" fans of quiz shows

[Brad Beam]

As part of The Ringer’s series of articles commemorating the BBC’s centennial, Claire McNear does a deep dive on transatlantic quiz cultures via “Only Connect.”

https://www.theringer.com/tv/2022/10/21/23415489/only-connect-bbc-two-hardest-quiz-show

 

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[Adam Bowie]

The NY Times has just launched a "new" puzzle called "Connections". Nothing to do with the old James Burke series of yesteryear (which I loved), but others have noted that it seems to be extraordinarily similar to the final round of the UK quiz show "Only Connect"

The "new" game: https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections

Deadline story including a Tweet from host Victoria Coren Mitchell: https://deadline.com/2023/06/bbc-victoria-coren-mitchell-accuses-new-york-times-clone-only-connect-1235417841/

Adam

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[Ben Scripps]

Nitpicky, but the connecting wall is actually the penultimate round; th y ndw th th m ssn gvwls rnd.

I'd always wondered what an American version of OC would be like.  Today's puzzle took me all of two minutes to solve with no mistakes, and the bulk of that time was spent in an ultimately futile search for the red herrings that make the original so challenging and enjoyable.  

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[Adam Bowie]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 3:14 PM Ben Scripps <b...@benscripps.com> wrote:

Nitpicky, but the connecting wall is actually the penultimate round; th y ndw th th m ssn gvwls rnd.

Qt rght!

 I'd always wondered what an American version of OC would be like.  Today's puzzle took me all of two minutes to solve with no mistakes, and the bulk of that time was spent in an ultimately futile search for the red herrings that make the original so challenging and enjoyable.  

I'm not really aware that there are any international versions of Only Connect. Most game shows and quiz shows are designed with a view to getting them formatted locally around the world, but maybe not Only Connect...