i would struggle thinking of more than one fun fact. and probably wouldn't need a second, let alone a 4th.
i like the way leo works things out, you can hear him thinking (it also helps his teammates contribute).
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 08:39 (five years ago) link
got the first 3 answers in only connect final and then nothing else.
can't believe they voice-overed the presentation of the award though.
― koogs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Oh the fun fact thing..
My guess is that they have a ton of these, and you get to pick one you like or has happened to you, nearly or fully.
Yeah?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
No.
― ailsa, Friday, 3 May 2019 06:31 (five years ago) link
Fair enough
― Mark G, Friday, 3 May 2019 06:57 (five years ago) link
The producers ask you a lot of stuff, you go armed with the sort of thing that's usable, they fashion them into obtuse format, they rehearse them with you, then they pass them to VCM and usually that's what is read out on screen. Though for some reason, my excellent fun fact went through the whole process for our last show, then VCM said something entirely different.
― ailsa, Friday, 3 May 2019 07:03 (five years ago) link
The fact that my life contains no fun facts is a big part of why i don't really apply for stuff by myself
― After Cease to Brexist (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 May 2019 07:09 (five years ago) link
I got the Aqua one!
― kinder, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
Oh, the Aqua one. The Dicers buzzed in and said QI. There was a pause while producers wondered if having a Danish host made QI an acceptable answer (this was before Sandi Toksvig cropped up in the same set). This put us off, and we basically were all chatting and not concentrating while this was going on, so when it was thrown over to us, we weren't back in the right frame of mind and weren't given any time to actually think about it.
There was also a retake on Franco Baresi, which I buzzed and got but Bob from the Dicers shouted at the same time. We were asked to go again with Bob shutting up, and Dave decided on the retake to look like he'd got it even though it was *my* answer. Bad form to want to throttle one of your team mates on national telly, aye?
― ailsa, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 06:46 (four years ago) link
Ha, I have "been there"
A TV show, back in the day. They had an "anagrams" round. I know.
Anyway, I noticed, sat on the panel, that the boards for the two questions were in full view of us. So, while they were focus-pulling or whatever, I told my two team mates and we gently scribbled and worked out the two answers. At which point, the team (ahem) decided that the girl on our team should get one of the answers, and the other lad on the team decided he was getting the other one and if he didn't he'd tell the producers. So, the round came and went, and we (well, they) were careful not to buzz in too quickly and make it obvious. (There's a novel "Starter For ten" where something similar happens. Was going to describe more there, but that'd be a spoiler so no. But I did laugh)
Anyway, the series televised, and a couple of episodes later another contestant had clearly done the same thing, kept it to himself, and buzzed in like it was the missing vowels round.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 07:22 (four years ago) link
Bob from the Dicers = Bob from the Poptimists, obvz.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 11:48 (four years ago) link
UC is back btw!
― Number None, Thursday, 18 July 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
Always a delight when it suddenly turns up again
The brainiac in the losing team this week was giving off strong "why did i get paired with these losers, i coulda been a contender" vibes in the end credits
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 July 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed the arrival of the volcano bonus questions when he flung a pointing finger at the volcano guy at the other end of the team who thankfully was able to answer them all
― conrad, Friday, 19 July 2019 08:34 (four years ago) link
calm down, Wang
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 July 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
calm down, hardwick, you can push the button with one finger, you don't need to move your entire arm.
― koogs, Monday, 29 July 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
wang? hardwick?? you're killing me. what'll next week's annoying captain be called?
― conrad, Monday, 29 July 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
I missed it !!!
― the pinefox, Monday, 29 July 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
look I know this is hugely inappropriate but it's like a row of trophies on a shelf
― seven against feebs (Noodle Vague), Monday, 5 August 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
the two faces of gareth bale here
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 5 August 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
the first one was studying aerodynamics
― conrad, Monday, 5 August 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
lol I turned on late and missed that detail
― seven against feebs (Noodle Vague), Monday, 5 August 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
ok i love leeks
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 12 August 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
studio ghibli effort at an oxbridge student
everybody else is more irish than that Irish lad
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 12 August 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
no place for gael-shaming on ilx
― uptown too tanking (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 August 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
ive more gael in my clippings than yon souper
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 12 August 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
Maximum condescending mode from Paxman during the music round
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 06:30 (four years ago) link
It's true but in his defense it is pretty ridiculous that two teams on this show, especially Oxbridge teams, could not identify the composers of "Ave Maria" or "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring". Not to mention guessing Robert the Bruce as a fighter against the Romans in the era of Nero.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
Well, I guess it was just one team that failed on "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" but I did get a nice chuckle out of them guessing Benjamin Britten for that.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Tbh the general knowledge of both classical and popular music amongst teams is generally appalling
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
Nah, they usually have a go-to classical music person on the team
Pop is an afterthought, but it doesn't crop up as much
― Number None, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
Not these days, but when it does it can get so I even struggle.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 05:56 (four years ago) link
I thought it was usually classical one week, pop the next - last two have been classical though.
― The Pingularity (ledge), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 07:44 (four years ago) link
they had a round of pop qs to which the answers were Metric, then Pavement, then one I didn't catch. Both pretty obscure by the standards of UC I thought.
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 08:39 (four years ago) link
Third was Kings of Leon. The questions were hard too, I didn't get the first two.
― The Pingularity (ledge), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 08:46 (four years ago) link
Lowest combined score, I thought that normally if one team got things wrong throughout it gavc the other team a chance to increase their advantage but i think they're at a tie for lowest winning too.
Hope this remains an outlier.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 09:10 (four years ago) link
Billy Idol.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 19 August 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
^ this
"The Byrds?" (The Velvet Underground)
― koogs, Monday, 19 August 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
Some of the guitar on that album does sound like loops of Byrds tracks. All Tomorrows Parties sounds like a sample of Chimes of Freedom & I could see it all blending into similar sounding if you're not familiar with it. Would hope all self respecting students should be obligitarily familar with the Velvets though. Omigod the youth of today, eh?
Well glad last week wasn't quite repeated
― Stevolende, Monday, 19 August 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
I’ve never seen someone look that miserable pronouncing the words “mulch” or “tuba”
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 19 August 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
Bland Cams Cooper Raffle Cuthbert Dibble & Grub.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Monday, 9 September 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
4 of 3 10 fuck off
― prorogue mahone (||||||||), Monday, 16 September 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
missed the first three only connects of the new series. 8(
scottish indie bands on the wall.
― koogs, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
havent been watching, when did they start having real people on
― too many cuckth thpoil the broth (darraghmac), Monday, 7 October 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
One-off get-them-all-out-of-the-way-at-once special I think
― Goose Witherspeen (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 October 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
creditable enough from both teams imo and not a character in sight
― too many cuckth thpoil the broth (darraghmac), Monday, 7 October 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
yeah and i don't know if it was me but it was a pretty tough set tonight
― Goose Witherspeen (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 October 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
i thought so too
― too many cuckth thpoil the broth (darraghmac), Monday, 7 October 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
the britpop questions were a doddle.
― koogs, Monday, 7 October 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link