the contestants give you hints before you've had time to thinkthat's what the mute button is for.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
Good idea! But, y'know, being arsed
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
none of Oxford can say their own names
but they're good
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
haigh and prance are sheer league of gentlemen
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
Both teams good in patches, both a bit nervy I think
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
Kraftwerk/ Aphex Twin / Burial / Massive Attack was good
― Neil S, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
The Sony movie channel was showing Marie Antoinette earlier in the evening and that also featured aphex twin ("July 14").
And that bbc4 Art Of The Image thing which was on later mentioned the female collage artist that was another answer, Hannah Hoch.
― koogs, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 01:36 (four years ago) link
Is the competition done and they're just showing them now, or will it get shut down?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 01:42 (four years ago) link
xp really enjoying the art of the image
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
University Challenge?
I'm pretty sure it was all filmed months ago, like Summer 2019.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
― Neil S, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:24 (yesterday)
Lol at the girl all pumped for the electronic music round then not knowing her Aphexes from her Mobys.
― chap, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:48 (four years ago) link
the contestants give you hints before you've had time to think
We pause it as soon as it comes on the screen and give ourselves three minutes to see what we can do before they start.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
You used to be able to play the wall yourself online which was good.
I guess the fact that I don't wanna go out of my way to interrupt the flow of just watching the show says I'm not that bothered. I have always thought that the show's poorly structured in terms of rounds/points tho, and crush on Victoria or not the whole arch style is just - not very good - tbh.
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
I don't know, I find OC pretty good in terms of flow, from my point of view. Taking Pointless as the low point of final rounds (I often skip the final round altogether, especially if they choose sports).
― trishyb, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
UC was filmed a while ago, yeah, you'll get the whole of this series. Though the next series of Only Connect was due to start recording this weekend, so suspect that may be canned.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
Speaking of bobby seagull... He was on radio 4 talking about books, specifically Johnathon Livingstone Seagull, after which he is named. His dad read it and was impressed enough to give 2 of his 4 kids the surname Seagull (the mother wasn't too pleased, apparently, and the other two escaped with Seagull as a middle name)
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 02:48 (four years ago) link
Just got the South Park bit of the wall and gave a happy lol
― Two Gentlemen with the Rona (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
ha
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
got the live aid connection after 2 - had (and have) the book with numerous photos in chronological order - still didn't get the last one.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
OC questions I got right that the teams didn't: Sonny & Cher (I Got You Babe going backwards); spotted the South Park characters in the wall
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
I was surprised they missed the football scores question
― koogs, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:41 (four years ago) link
Counting the vowels is such an obvious OC question but I missed that one
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 06:04 (four years ago) link
yeah i saw football teams and tuned out!
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 07:30 (four years ago) link
it's not an ip address ffs, it's got a 612 in it
― koogs, Monday, 30 March 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
Savage
― Let's kill the Queen and be legends (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
be a good one this imo
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
wang almost comin out of the seat with each press
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
Bit earnest for my taste but no harm in em
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
same
he wants to stop giving tidbits about his answer in advance
the kind of trait youd beat out of any child imo
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
Paxo being far too lenient in letting teams waste time discussing answers.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 6 April 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
I think thats been a notable change over the last two or three series tbh
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
Could be the editing, annoying tho.
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
mind you it is bad with this team in particular
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
Yeah if they weren't so honest-faced I'd almost suspect them of gamesmanship
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
Nah the cunt's running the clock, wants booking imo
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
im a huge believer in not interrogating intent tbh, off to the stocks
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
not good enough for me and where was pogba
Think there was a bug in the last Java question - the |= maybe should've been a != But I'd need another look.
― koogs, Monday, 6 April 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
arah it'll come out in uat sure
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
It was a !=
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 April 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
I've just checked and it was. But the font was wack and the background lines and the faint glow of the letters made it difficult to distinguish.
― koogs, Monday, 6 April 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
The first 3 were easy enough, didn't get the 4th
― koogs, Monday, 6 April 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
Well spotted, Koogs.
I sent a picture of one of those screens to a programmer friend who said the programming was bad and very uneconomical.
I strongly agree with the claim above that the winning team spent too much time chattering about things in a way that amounted to incredibly annoying showing off.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 09:07 (four years ago) link
they've been doing it all series tbf
the pricks
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 09:13 (four years ago) link
https://www.flickr.com/gp/31962137@N00/U66E68
― koogs, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:29 (four years ago) link
um, that didn't work.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49745009143_7b3d201f18_z.jpg
i like seeing their though processs, how they narrow things down.
― koogs, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:34 (four years ago) link
narrowing down is fine if it is that
throwing in asides that are clearly not the straightest path to yr answer is a very unwinning habit
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:36 (four years ago) link
yeah it's some class swot nonsense, also why do some people manage to confer barely audibly and some...not?
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:37 (four years ago) link
just find them intrinsically not v likeable, unlike Durham and some of the other teams, so i'm probably overanalysing
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:38 (four years ago) link
durham captain is the fella youd save from a frothing covid ward alright
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:39 (four years ago) link