Only Connect - Champion of Champions of Champions Special - Crossworders vs Epicureans

[@JennLonhon]

This is the best quiz show I have ever seen. And I bloody suck at it

[@josephlawrence5938]

I agree, and so that you do not feel alone, I watch and cringe in my ignorance. But there is always a chance for my stupidity to rise to a higher level.

[@TheSuzberry]

My favorite part is yelling at the screen - the wrong answer.

[@SalamanderMagic]

Same. Even though I never get the questions correct it's still so satisfying to see the puzzles solved.

[@alex73217]

I only once felt smarter than the contestants. When season 3/4 winners battled each other there was a picture sequence of a drop of water falling, a sun(set) and a stone. And my brain immediately went water/fire/earth now only air is missing. And the contestants didn't even guess, both teams didn't have a clue. Made me feel really smart and it looked to obvious. (The answer was behryum or sth, cause each picture inspired the name of an element hydro = hydrogen, helios = helium etc etc) i still think my answer works just as well

[@jamiemartin274]

Same - this is my absolute new favourite, and I don't get ANY of the answers right.

[@u8f7]

"They are all things that begin with three vowels" Me: I can't even think of any words that begin with three vowels

[@SyenPie]

I spent 2 minutes thinking and couldnt come up with anything, then i typed out "aeiou" to have a visual aid but still couldnt think of anything, then after like five minutes all i could come up with was "aeon". And tbh I only recalled this from the "Final Fantasy" video game series, wasn't even sure it was an actual word until I googled it. Just goes to show how insanely brilliant these show guests are, able to not only think of 3-vowel words but decipher them as well...

[@rwlynch3468]

Me: I can't think of any words, full stop.

[@jamiewalker3383]

“we’ve watched a husband beating his wife”

[@thisguy976]

Yeah that was worded horribly. 😂

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@thisguy976 It was worded deliberately.

[@thisguy976]

@@paulkennedy8701 can you confirm that though?

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@thisguy976 Have I asked the scriptwriter? No. However, if you think it was said unthinkingly then you have to explain why it was followed by "And if you enjoy that kind of spectacle don't miss the _Eastenders_ Christmas special."

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@thisguy976 Good grief. The closing remarks are SCRIPTED. Like the introductory remarks. They don't rely on the host to make those things up on the spot. Regardless, if she had slipped up they would not have relied on her making something else up to disguise/justify/explain it. They would edit it out. You can't seriously think it was an accident.

[@SilverRaindrops86]

I love Victoria's outrage at the 2nd round question about those rows. Hilarious!

[@SalamanderMagic]

Lmao I like how he described Panic! At The Disco as "the well known emo band"

[@johnwiddop]

This is one of the times Only Connect got it wrong. Panic at the Disco didn't get their name from the Smiths song, it's from a band called Name Taken, although the song is also called Panic.

[@1988ryan1]

@@johnwiddopIt was largely accepted it was from the smiths to the point Brendon had to go out of his way and correct the public. So wasn't really 'wrong' as the information wasn't fully known and was believed to be true. Brendon only stated that in 2016 (i think, don't really remember) way after this aired.

[@erenkad7154]

"You watched a husband beating his wife" - What a line in a public show and there is not a darn thing you can do about it.

[@KHobbies_cina]

She was genuinely disgusted with the lot of them.

[@oz_jones]

No, just disappointed.

[@milktobo7418]

@Kenura Medagedara She was not upset about the guess, rather the failure to recognise the colours in her own show.

[@trailerhater]

I hope she was playing it up. That was a tough question; too meta for me.

[@johnmanning5568]

@@trailerhatershe was practising her threatening voice for her part time employment as a whip wielding dominatrix.

[@LrdSqk]

​@@johnmanning5568 something you need to get off your chest?

[@rkpinata373]

28:29 " horrible, but it's all over. We know the result, we watched a husband beating his wife"

[@CyrusTheFrog]

3 people, making up one of the smartest teams in OC history, and not one of them knew even one of those TV series. Take that, BBC 3!

[@S.M.Jean-Mahmoud_Ier]

because who gives a shit abour TV series anyway ?

[@ciderfan823]

I'm American so had no chance to get that connection

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

sorry pal it's hard to hear you from up on your high horse. i thought this show was supposed to celebrate knowledge not ignorance?

[@JustOneAsbesto]

"Controversial universal computer viruses" As opposed to the universal computer viruses that everyone loves. lolz

[@jasperiscool]

Can't hate the I Love You virus.

[@nat-moody]

@@jasperiscool controversial inasmuch as they created controversy (heated discussion and/or prolonged public disagreement)... not because they're bad lol

[@Codex7777]

I was about to write a reply but Nat had already said it... i.e. controversial does not equate with bad/hated/disliked etc. It can be negative OR positive. Usually both.

[@solarprogeny6736]

Controversial, as in, they actually caused people to talk about it because it was a big public issue - some viruses don't ever rise to fame

[@sidarthur8706]

everyone on this is a proper nerd, it's brilliant

[@sidarthur8706]

it's you you twat

[@hr_pedersen1439]

@@sidarthur8706 did you call yourself nerd or did someone delete their comment xD

[@sidarthur8706]

Thomas Pederson i mean the contestants are nerds and i love that. i called myself a twat because i was surprised to bump into myself

[@cormacdonnelly5015]

@@sidarthur8706 you're pretty weird

[@vez3834]

​@@sidarthur8706 I like you :D

[@nathanbrown3497]

This is the ideal massive funland body! You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like!

[@der.Schtefan]

Exactly.

[@Shmiguelly]

I spend most of my time watching these shows with this expression: o_O

[@christybradfield7812]

love the expression

[@Vitkovsky]

That aioli answer was insane.

[@peteT269]

Yep, I was genuinely staggered by that one. Had to rewatch it. Would have taken me hours to get that.

[@JithinJacob333]

I don't even know what that is.

[@Vitkovsky]

@@JithinJacob333 it’s pretty much a sauce based off of garlic and oil.

[@aymbaut9361]

only one i wouldve gotten in time from that round

[@sirprintalot]

The only question I got right all episode was at 18:25, the meta Only Connect question. Made me feel clever.

[@juaja1197]

I almost got it. I guessed after 2 clues row 4 = purple for the correct reason, but after seeing it's 3 I couldn't think of the color of row 4. I did get the cos question correctly as well though at least.

[@komiteunofficialaccount9224]

The one person VCM is not disgusted with

[@oceanfrog]

Fascinating how much US knowledge is required (and how much is shown by the teams).

[@BrutalTurtle]

christ that missing vowel round was difficult. how the feck did they get those?

[@jlall4467]

They've watched all the episodes in preparation for it

[@drey8]

did they work out which vowels were missing?

[@Codex7777]

That's the round I find the easiest. I find the first 2 rounds really hard. :)

[@lightchipster]

Can you imagine how high brow the Mitchell's dinner conversations must be?

[@qwertyTRiG]

Or the Stainers'?

[@CoherentChimp]

I bet they don't use dirty words during sex.

[@Dysjoint]

"In a way, yes" Victoria on fire!

[@FostersLab]

That was so funny :D 25:50

[@debury]

For some reason hearing David Stainer say "the well known emo band" made me do a hearty LOL.

[@charlietuffier-mancini3515]

I’m 11 years late but I just wanted to point out that in the round with the upside-down letters; the letters aren’t turned upside down, rather they’re rotated 180 degrees. If it were the case that they where upside-down q would be to b as p is to d, whilst u and z wouldn’t work.

[@philw6056]

If you actually turn something upside down, you have to rotate it 180°. On the other hand you can't turn a "q into a d" or a "b into a p", that works only with a mirror.

[@tiarnan76]

If I keep saying ham sandwich over and over.... one day it'll be the answer to one of the questions

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

Lke Alan Davies and “blue whale”; I wish you all the best.

[@steviebudden3397]

Of course the time that 'ham sandwich' comes up as the answer will be the one time that you try to be clever and say 'sausage roll' instead. :D

[@tiarnan76]

@@steviebudden3397 Im on a diet for Christmas n now all I want - more than anything - is a sausage roll....thanks for brainwashing me

[@steviebudden3397]

@@tiarnan76 Mwah ha ha ha, my work here is done. *Submits expenses claim to the sausage roll marketing board black: ops division*

[@fenomas]

So we're agreeing not to notice the lady mentioning Suicide Girls, right? ;)

[@soundslikexmas]

Came here to ask that exact question. I did a double take, rewind, yeah suicide girls. Can it be a reference to something other than the porn site?

[@typo691]

Timestamp?

[@Konayo_]

@@typo691 21:05

[@fakename8749]

Not that strange, since she quite obviously was searching for a connection between the terms. Notice how she mentions Mouline Rouge in relation to "Windmill" immediately afterwards.

[@Saddamuel]

If I had thew wit, I don't think I could resist slipping in some things like that if I appeared on a show like this.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

"Space Invaders 2" had colour strips behind the glass to give the illusion there was colour. A tactic was called "Double Red". Where, because the missile the invaders shot only appeared 2 characters below them (meaning the space directly below them was safe from being hit) you would make a gap between one invader and a block. Sit in it, wait for the invaders to come down so they were directly above you. move tot he side of the screen, then, in one move, move back to the safe "gap" shooting each invader you passed under as you went. If you missed one shot - it was game over. And as you deleted row after row they got faster. In the last row you needed to shoot the one invader you'd left to the side as well. Which meant a pause in your firing rhythm - which was probably the most common cause of failure. The very last invader on the screen getting through. Anyway... the two strips at the very bottom of the screen were indeed red. So Vicky's derision was (slightly) misplaced.

[@GeoJoe2000]

I have seen only one episode of this show previously and still recognized that those were the colors of the connecting wall!

[@sirprintalot]

If there's one thing geniuses lack, it's usually common sense or the blindingly obvious. As such it was the only question in this whole episode I got right.

[@jenniferh6813]

I suppose that their focus is intensely and entirely on the words on the wall, rather than on peripheral things such as the colours,.

[@reed1159]

The level of pride at answering a question both teams missed! Somehow I figured out the lowercase flipped letters connection! :)

[@grayhalf1854]

I got that one too! Have a biscuit! 👏

[@redmed10]

Love the introductions. Remind me of ice breakers I've come across in big companies who ask you to tell a quirky fact about yourself. Love the row question. The only one I got. And the fact the contestants didn't get it gives me a slight feeling of superiority. Love how Victoria disparaged them for not getting it.

[@nkiey]

I'm sorry to be picky, and I can't be arsed to check if anyone else has pointed this out, but at 07:17 the letters are not upside down, they are rotated 180°. An upside down "q" is a "d"...

[@decodolly1535]

So glad I'm not the only person who exclaimed "No they're not!" at my screen.

[@sudarshanseshadri5504]

Upside down means rotate, not flip. Turn a book upside down. Did you flip or rotate?

[@technospyform1578]

So by your logic an upside down "u" would be a backwards "n"?

[@nkiey]

@@technospyform1578 Yes I think that is a fair assessment. The stem of the n would be on the right hand side.

[@technospyform1578]

@@nkiey Ah. I thought yours was invalid and didn't realize the 180° thing

[@Cedar77]

I immediately knew they were the colours from the wall but when you know a lot of things you tend to think around too many corners. :D

[@nikhilreddy8550]

This is the first time I am watching the show and I was confused as hell what friggin wall they were talking about and why was she so crossed. Then, later on, came the wall and I was all....aaaaaah.

[@VOYAGEUR-YT]

That connecting wall colours question is the only time I've ever gotten one and the contestants haven't lol

[@catfort.dragon]

I also got the lowercase letter ones.

[@wallykunz8641]

7:16. More precise than upside down is rotated 180 degrees.

[@MrWombatty]

Being an Aussie, I've never seen this quiz-show before, but it's brilliant! Also why I didn't know the answer to that sequence of the Only Connect Wall colours!

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

This quiz is the best on TV

[@Occarinaoftime2122]

I'm not bragging but I said Row 4 = turquoise from the moment the first clue came up.

[@HarriRobins]

Occarinaoftime2122 I had to look up the definition of the word ‘bragging’, just in case it had changed. Haha.

[@conornolan814]

Same. saw the first clue and was like damn that's so easy

[@nicholass3964]

Well done. Unfortunately I am colourblind, and so I’m genuinely impressed.

[@lennonsteeler]

couldn't remember the color but immediately knew it was the connecting wall

[@cybrace]

Only here because of tom scott

[@hnyii]

They were an intense lot.

[@momiji4651]

Same

[@mohamadeen]

did he mention this 'battle'

[@cybrace]

@@mohamadeen he didn't but came to know about only connect show due to his thumbnail being recommended.

[@DerAst1]

Came for Tom Scott, stayed for the sheer Britishness of the show

[@mosesamba4583]

Victoria has awesome humor

[@johnvonhorn2942]

Your kid would not be anywhere near as smart as the Stainer's kid.

[@SunnyLyngdoh]

Kids

[@donepearce]

Stainers'

[@TheRedmondEthan]

Wow, what a close one. Very impressive game

[@calebanderson5309]

She is so hot and mean. I accidentally fell in love.

[@MakoNext]

ikr

[@trevorguy63]

Funnily enough, this was the episode I knew the most in. YMCA and all the math questions :D

[@philw6056]

Father's day is a thing in many countries and cultures. And in many of them father's day is older than the YMCA movement.

[@Loki1815]

The Young Vic and the Old Vic in the same street, the Young Vic half way down the Cut, SE1, opposite Short Street, and the Old Vic on the corner of Waterloo Road. The Young Vic used to put on some really Avant-Garde Theatrical experiences and could rustle up a pretty mean Charbroiled Burger and Chips in the early 70's! I remember coming out of the Young Vic, close to midnight, it had been raining while we were in there, the streets were drenched but it was a really warm evening and Mungo Jerry's In The Summertime was playing from somewhere, I can still smell the aftermath of the Market Place which was nearly the full length of The Cut, I was with (excuse the pun) a motely crew, Shades, Budgie, Beefy, Shiner, Paddy, Smiffy, Dutch, Simmo & Pete! Pete got his nickname of Pete because his last name was Cook! IYKYK. LK, DS, JF, JG, VS, MF, MF(Not a typo) & *YvA* , the Beauties of SE1... Oh, Gordon Bennett, it's Mary Hopkins all over again!

[@ProuvaireJean]

I've seen this episode before and I STILL couldn't work out the answers.

[@ProuvaireJean]

I've seen this episode TWICE before and I still couldn't work out the answers.

[@Sensabaugh]

I wonder why the blokes on the Epicureans switched seats from where they always sat during their regular series games?

[@FiresBZ]

6:23 Proud of myself for getting this one after clue #2. Can't wait to not get anything else from this episode :)

[@byrithel8107]

Same lmao

[@MatthewPlato91]

She's brilliant! Bring on the next series!

[@nikolairbw01]

I am very jealous of David on every possible level, lucky man!

[@rvllctt871]

@7:17 2nd letter rotated anticlockwise by 180 degrees or upside down and mirrored?

[@wobblyorbee279]

12:21 LOL I STARTED LAUGHING SO HARD IDK WHY THEIR FACES MAKES IT FUNNIER

[@lolcollege2963]

The first question is the only question I actually knew after like watching 5 episodes LMAO this is so sad

[@mkganya6013]

26:57 WTF!!!! Hahaha..

[@adriansantiago2967]

L

[@Dan-cz5sj]

Worst possible picture of Kant!

[@Lucasinbrawl]

@15:10 - I know that one! It's another grey dude, right?

[@Sekusamu]

I can't believe that I correctly guessed Only Connect's Connecting Wall after one clue, but I didn't have any idea that the fourth row was turquoise, so I wouldn't have got it.

[@EthanBSide]

I love quiz and crossword, but this is just wicked!

[@duaneding6653]

I have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about, but I enjoy the show somehow...

[@titteryenot4524]

This show is quite possibly the most-middle class thing in the universe. When Victoria tries to rouse them into a karaoke rendition I have to hide behind the sofa.😩It’s just so wrong; like watching your dad dancing or mum trying to chat up a man 20 years her junior.

[@davidtydeman1434]

Congratulations to both teams 👏👏👏

[@youwhatm8te]

What's wrong with hip hop Victoria? Tad snobby!

[@timothylovecock4332]

Probably because of its shit values.

[@jamesbutler6253]

Everything

[@zoochie1]

Jack Skellington Jesus Christ what a stupid comment hahahaha

[@jarrellsanchez348]

So, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, et al were not musicians? Interesting...

[@EpiDot52]

Purple Hurple It is on the whole an especially sexist and homophobic art form, but it is at least a very creative and interesting one.

[@frankgervasi3325]

27:55 God damn that quartet came out of nowhere!

[@davidriggs7677]

What exactly is their spacing protocol on the missing vowels? TH RSS MTH NG BTMR Y PPP NS? Why do some missing vowels get a space and some don't? Why are there spaces where there are no missing vowels at all as in the space between the R and Y of Mary?

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

Lmao the comedy is so dry I love it "Types of gases" "In a way, they're programs in BBC Three"

[@johnking5174]

David Brewis is a man who really wanted to be team captain. He keeps saying "next" when it is the team captain's role to do so and he has, as he had when they were on the full series, arrogance and a desire to take control and ignore his team captain. In one episode he even pressed the buzzer with Katie looking very annoyed.

[@Sensabaugh]

John King Grow up

[@ReegusReever]

Simmer down.

[@brendinho1993]

'letters upside down' should actually be 'letters rotated 180 degrees', I reckon

[@cannot-handle-handles]

Agreed, "upside down" is at least ambiguous, if not wrong.

[@Tker1970]

3:03 stare of death

[@facundorodriguez9559]

"Its not the first time i beat her"

[@stevesandford1437]

I would watch Victoria Coren-Mitchell read the news... (Even the bad news...) xx SF

[@sebastiansimon7557]

Okay, I got the cosine question right…

[@Ambigious]

Sebastian Simon Hate to break it to you... but it wasnt even cosine

[@sebastiansimon7557]

@@Ambigious Gee, I don’t know, it just says cosine at 13:35 and it actually _is_ cosine, but whatever. 🤷

[@joshyman221]

Sebastian Simon well cosine(x)=sin(pi/2-x) so it’s all the same ! :)

[@Ihadtosettleforthis]

Holy shit the vowels round..freakish

[@anna-ti2bo]

1:50 'in the red corner' *is purple* ...this show is too smart for me

[@JithinJacob333]

I got the connecting wall rows question after the second one. Guess I've watched too many episodes. But that's not a bad thing, is it?

[@vukeidge]

9:34 It doesn't have to be a real number. Complex numbers have magnitudes/absolute values too.

[@ruthwang4051]

Complex numbers have a modulus or a norm, not an absolute value.

[@maximumtheandy]

does anyone else find david stainer infinitely likeable?

[@ianscotland1381]

possibly his wife?

[@claytoncoe838]

Bravo, Ian. Bravo

[@leeball4585]

And anyone who thinks that their wife needs a double-barreled surname but they do not

[@hughjarrse]

David Stainer is actually Paddy from Emmerdale wearing a wig!

[@Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero]

Lmao I thought so

[@MmmmDohnuts]

I got the connection immediately after the first clue but wasn't sure of the last colour

[@gejyspa]

I got it after two, and same. They really _ought_ to be ashamed. It's not like they haven't stood in front of it a few times...

[@jatarokemuri4549]

I was hoping that the last row of the connecting wall will be orange.

[@nabbyemail6858]

16:54 that power move

[@zekeedwards9708]

Like David Mitchell i think David stainer is punch above his weight

[@JithinJacob333]

Why are the round 4 always of different lengths? Sometimes they go on for ages! I almost feel a conspiracy in that the producers wanted the Crossworders to remain champions because if round 4 had gone on, the Epicureans would have beaten the Crossworders because they are so damn good at that round!

[@7diee_]

I felt the same! The last round ended so suddenly this episode I was questioning where was the last part of it, and then I realized.

[@DodderingOldMan]

My knowledge of b-boy culture paid off! Well, I assume I got that one right... one sec, better watch... yay me! Although apparently Victoria likes me less because I knew that one.

[@spidaminida]

Buffoon1980 Don't worry David, she'll always love yooooooooooou...

[@Pebble_Collector]

7:10 I actually got one they didn't

[@silverfox6485]

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT THE CHAMPIONS WERE HUSBAND AND WIFE

[@1v.739]

7:07 feeling very proud got it on the second clue...

[@PaulisterSR]

David Stainer was also on cleverdicks if I'm not mistaken!! I think it was S01 premiere!!!

[@leeball4585]

Ruined by Anne always saying Ull-bumm instead of album

[@PaulRoneClarke]

33? 9? 2.47? 1,812? That's Numberwang!!

[@MontyCantsin5]

No one knew Muddy Waters. :( And David Hume mistaken for George III... I died a little inside.

[@solarprogeny6736]

does he not know what a rainbow looks like

[@rwlynch3468]

This show definitely seemed more difficult in the earlier series

[@EndeavoursRadio]

I actually knew it was the wall just didn't know the last colour....

[@Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero]

David Stainer??? He looks so familiar?

[@markkennedy9767]

The clues are invariably too hard for the teams who either can't answer or answer at the last clue. Edit: yeah, just 2 questions out of the whole lot (?20 questions) answered before the last clue. And the epicureans answered none before the last clue.

[@roymarshall_]

These questions sometimes just seem... mean

[@Occarinaoftime2122]

I also got the Crossworders' connecting wall.

[@g2macs]

entire quiz....2 plus 2 'connections' .......I'm not thick but boy do I feel ignorant.......

[@ShadowinaCave]

Only just caught this, and sorry, but I have to ask: Was that duct tape up the front of Victoria Coren Mitchell's dress?

[@johnking5174]

It is her bra or under garment which she wore under her main dress.

[@wizardofoz2534]

Shadow in a Cave it's just the style of the dress

[@llauram3650]

That was such a short final round! The epicureans would have won!

[@ChazAllenUK]

Do they cut out long pauses?!

[@him050]

Row 1 - blue. “Is it red, the gay pride flag?” Hun it’s a rainbow flag, how do you not know the order of colours in a rainbow?

[@donaloflynn]

Thinking on your feet (or on your seat I guess) is hard. You'd make stupid mistakes in their position too.

[@him050]

Dónal O'Flynn I’ve given some stupid answers in my time but I just couldn’t let that one go 🤣

[@R3puLsiv3]

They made a mistake, the deepest depression on Earth is within me :D

[@Codex7777]

Let me guess... you're a teenager?

[@Ihadtosettleforthis]

I'm Australian and I was surprised at the Gabba answer, I thought football was just soccer to Brits and they'd call other football codes 'handegg' or something lol

[@231swift]

either of these teams turn up again?

[@tykykable]

Typical of them to not get the Rugby League stadium. Bloody Southerners etc.

[@diabl2master]

they did get their time cut short tbf