Only Connect

[bednobs]

Hi I have recently got into only connect. I have noticed that a larger than usual amount of the contestants are in some way slightly different from usual, either in what they say, wear or do. Does this quiz attract slightly odd people, and does that make me slightly odd :)

[Prudie]

I said exactly that to OH only last night. I'd never have raised it on here though :-)

[naomi24]

It attracts me. Make of that what you will. ;o)

[THECORBYLOON]

I watch it and all my pals (who no-one else can see or talk to) think I'm normal...

[bednobs]

Why not prudie?

[gingejbee]

I've watched it for years and think your observations are correct.
More than slightly odd in some cases.

[Prudie]

Not really interested in being shot down if I'm honest but yes there is far more representation from unusual people than I see in my daily life.

[barry1010]

Of course I have noticed this, and so have unkind Twitter users. I think it is lovely that the only requirement to do well in this very difficult quiz is intelligence and not conformity.
I freely admit to being clueless with all but the Wall and Missing Vowels rounds.

[THECORBYLOON]

I seen one episode where the wall was being attempted.

Can't mind on the words or what the team mate suggested as one of the connexions but the captain responded by saying either she didn't know or hadn't heard of that connexion because, "I'm an adult!"

The thing is, if it weren't for knowing about niche facts, the teams wouldn't get very far so her attitude was terrible.

[barry1010]

It's the pressure, Corby

[jim360]

Doesn't make you odd, just makes the quizzing community nicely welcoming :) Although the less said about twitter users the better.

[Peter Pedant]

really cheered by the spare being taken into the team on University Cack up - the old lags. They lost.

Only Connect, they concentrate on eccentricity - and remember so few people can 'do' it, each team has two "goes"

Their achievements are spoof in a studied way: "once talked to someone who cd have been Indira Gandhi's niece" - " asked to stand for the local council but didnt"

[Peter Pedant]

god I cdnt do ANY of the North and South missing vowels - I was really shocked

question setters are pretty terrible on science ( all kinds xc pseudoscience)

[bednobs]

Eccentric was the word I was looking for!

[rowanwitch]

I like it but mainly because sometimes the connections are so lowbrow the contestants miss them completely. It's a great shout at the screen quiz.

[roopower]

I've watched Only Connect from the start and would be greatly offended if anyone deemed me odd. However, Victoria Coren Mitchell and the quiz itself could be regarded as slightly off the wall. I think in order to do well, contestants have to have a certain mindset, if that makes people call them eccentric, so be it. I am very happy if I manage to answer any questions, apart from some groups on the wall and missing vowels.

[jourdain2]

We wouldn't miss it.

[maggiebee]

Love Only Connect. The only round I'm any good at is the missing vowels - put it down to my love of crosswords and language.

[jourdain2]

Whee! Tonight, for the very first time ever, I managed to answer a music starter!!!!!!!! It was the 'I don't know' one. I can't usually make much sense of the snatches of music. :)

[Hopkirk]

I just love OC, and Victoria.
I would never criticise the contestants because they are far cleverer than me.
Embrace diversity.

[douglas9401]

It's only recently that I noticed a quiz going on around Mrs Mitchell.