Re: [TV orNotTV] "Only" fans of quiz shows

2023-06-15 Thread Adam Bowie
On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 3:14 PM Ben Scripps 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Only" fans of quiz shows

2023-06-15 Thread 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 futil

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Only" fans of quiz shows

2023-06-15 Thread 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.nytim

[TV orNotTV] "Only" fans of quiz shows

2022-10-21 Thread 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-hardes t-quiz-show _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http: