Only Connect: The Official Quiz Book: Jack Waley-Cohen

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It depends what you mean by “famous” and what you mean by “best”. Phil Ivey is one of the most famous players in professional poker and probably the best I’ve played against, in terms of skill and flair. Of the people I’ve played who are famous for other things, Zac Goldsmith was probably the best at poker. But in terms of sitting across the table and thinking “Wow” for other reasons, that would be Steve Martin. Or perhaps Roger De Courcey [ventriloquist of Nookie Bear fame]. You haven’t asked who was the worst but I’ll tell you anyway. It was [darts player] Eric Bristow. And you can interpret that any way you like. You have a huge fanbase from hosting Only Connect . What’s the strangest thing a fan has ever done? And there’s another I’m thinking about around words that all look the same but are pronounced differently. That’s the great thing about the show, no topic is off limits.” With a healthy dose of trivia between games (What are the greatest ever Only Connect questions? Who is the best team of all time?) and an introduction by presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Only Connect Quiz Book will take you skills to a new level. You often joke about how you and David aren’t very tech-savvy. What was the last gadget you bought?

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Yes and he can never think of any. The problem with restaurant critics is they know too much. You’re better off asking a normal person, who’s likely to have chosen their three favourite restaurants a long time ago and just goes to them all the time. The Owl and the Pussycat (by Edward Lear) ('The Owls', 'The Cat', Mediterranean 'Sea', and 'The Orca' is the 'boat' in Jaws) There might not be big prize money on Only Connect, just a trophy and a slightly awkward presentation ceremony, but for the teams who do triumph – and I promise this year’s final is a real nail-biter – the winning alone is enough.”So limber up your frontal lobes, and get ready to pit your wits against the toughest quiz on TV. Read more Details You used to review hardcore porn for the Erotic Review . Are you scarred for life by the things you saw?

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Victoria Coren Mitchell was born and went to school in Hammersmith, west London. She is the younger sister of the restaurant critic Giles Coren. After studying English at Oxford University, she became a writer, presenter and professional poker player. She hosts BBC Two quiz Only Connect and is competing in the current series of Channel 4’s Taskmaster. She is married to the comedian David Mitchell, with whom she has a six-year-old daughter. And for the show’s new found fans, being able to lose themselves in a gentle and unashamed celebration of geekery, discovering Only Connect might just be one of the few upsides in a year when we were all forced to stay at home. I came across a great work of literature recently which I hadn’t realised was split into multiple volumes, so if I can find another three of those that might work,” he says. No, this was pre-internet. It was nothing that awful. I enjoyed it. I have rarely laughed as much. Certainly not while being simultaneously mildly aroused.I don’t think any of those particular ones are for me. I’m a big fan of Strictly as a viewer. This year, we’re very nervously and proudly watching Robert Webb in it, but he’s a fantastic dancer. I’d be awful and not even in a fun way. People would just pity me and look away awkwardly. Are there any other TV contests you’d fancy taking part in? You know, Celebrity MasterChef , Strictly Come Dancing , I’m a Celebrity… , that SAS one… Quiz rounds as seen in the quiz show Only Connect. What is the final connection in Quiz I and how do all four clues connect in Quiz II? Quiz I Like any gambler, I’ll bet on anything at all. There is absolutely no way to answer the second bit without getting in trouble.

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It forms part of a quiz triple bill on Monday evenings , with Mastermind and University Challenge . Would you fancy hosting either of those some day?April 1st-12th [the numbers are the positions of the first and last letters in the alphabet of each month. January: J is 10th; Y is 25th in alphabet.] There’s also a bunch of extra goodies – and one or two lurking nuggets of particular delight that we’ll hope you’ll discover and enjoy.

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It’s incredibly tough,” he adds. “ Only Connect launched on BBC4 and had a few years to find its feet. People forget, but shows such as Pointless and The Chase, whose brilliance we all now take for granted, weren’t brilliant in the beginning. Only Connect is the ultimate test of knowledge and lateral thinking. Since 2008 the fiendishly difficult quiz show has been challenging contestants to find connections between apparently unrelated clues. Blue Whale [This is the sequence of specimens that have occupied the Natural History Museum’s famous Hintze Hall]You’re one of the top professional poker players. Who’s the best famous person you’ve played against?