tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post6227976427705594318..comments2023-09-01T06:01:16.983-07:00Comments on The Ones That Got Away: Only Connect Post Mortem: Series 10 Episode 14History Boys vs. FelinophilesMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-22111769861395307482014-12-04T15:24:47.610-08:002014-12-04T15:24:47.610-08:00The patents - the fourth one was not Arthur Pedric...The patents - the fourth one was not Arthur Pedrick's. It was filed in 1994 - 17 years after Pedrick died. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-62619112189817474202014-12-03T16:18:31.365-08:002014-12-03T16:18:31.365-08:00We were told that they were being introduced durin...We were told that they were being introduced during the series but we had no indication when. So there can be no excuses really. We were forewarned and it wasn't a tough sequence, we just screwed it up.Gruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248577840110150085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-36413628720671130442014-12-03T09:16:08.044-08:002014-12-03T09:16:08.044-08:00Yeah, I can imagine facing the first music sequenc...Yeah, I can imagine facing the first music sequence ever could easily mess with one's thinking. Were you forewarned at all? I can't remember if the rules we were given went as far as to say "round 1 will have a music round and a picture round, round 2 will just have a picture round".Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-34057653084519376642014-12-03T09:05:14.873-08:002014-12-03T09:05:14.873-08:00I must confess that I expected our blatant time wa...I must confess that I expected our blatant time wasting on the wall to draw more criticism online. There's no sense giving your opposition a greater chance to come back at you than you need to, however I wouldn't expect a casual viewer to understand that the duration of the final round is such a moveable feast. Having at least a chance of manipulating that aspect of the show was why we always opted to answer first after winning the toss.<br /><br />The Ace of Spades question should have been a nailed on 5 pointer. I got Hit The Road Jack immediately and should have got to Ace of Spades without breaking sweat. Except for some reason we lapsed into a round 1 mindset and sought a connection. Even when we muttered king and jack in the same breath the penny didn't drop. When the Felinophiles picked up the bonus and the penny dropped I was gutted at such a howler. It was painful to watch. No wonder when Helen mentioned singing on Twitter in advance of the broadcast I couldn't remember it. I must have blanked out the memory :)<br /><br />You will of course have noticed with the elements missing vowels round that Craig did the honorable thing and declined to buzz. He's old school like that ;)Gruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248577840110150085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-67914393980882887692014-12-03T08:51:26.822-08:002014-12-03T08:51:26.822-08:00Ah, always nice (in a way) when an early buzz does...Ah, always nice (in a way) when an early buzz doesn't make a difference - I've begun to realize there's some real strategy lurking in those decisions, since e.g. on music questions we now typically go for it as soon as we recognize one piece, as often we won't recognize any others.<br /><br />At home we teamed up quite well on the walls - I covered Pulp while Jamie covered Muse, but it goes to show how easily walls can completely break down if one of the groups just happens to be sufficiently niche and outside of a team's knowledge base (see most of our own walls on the show for examples of that!).Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-15062935051316373912014-12-03T08:45:48.582-08:002014-12-03T08:45:48.582-08:00Our early buzz on the Star Wars one didn't mak...Our early buzz on the Star Wars one didn't make any difference, as we'd have given the same (wrong) answer after 3 clues as we did after 2. I don't think that knowing A New Hope better than The Phantom Menace is anything to be ashamed of, mind you.<br /><br />We were lucky with our wall. Helen and I can reel off Pulp songs in our sleep, and I've worked for enough different charities that I could polish those off with no problem. I think we'd have been nowhere with Muse.Simon Koppelnoreply@blogger.com