The Ones That Got Away

A blog about quizzes by trivia nuts.

Each week, quiz obsessives and Only Connect champions
Jamie Karran (@NoDrNo) and Michael Wallace (@statacake)
take on the pub quizzes of the world.

Find out every Friday if you could have helped with the questions they got wrong.

Thursday, 23 April 2015

On Twitter a picture costs 23 characters

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We were back in the UK ths week for a short stay, and obviously took in a quiz (or several). Here's one highlight! Your target this we...
Thursday, 16 April 2015

The Trans-Canada Highway passes through all ten of the country's provinces

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Your targets this week: 1+ out of 7: Well done, you beat us and we'd have won with you on our team! The attendees 1) The statistic...
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Monday, 13 April 2015

Only Connect Post Mortem: Question of the Series

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Throughout the latest series of Only Connect I conducted weekly polls to see which questions were readers' favourites, and now it's ...
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Sunday, 12 April 2015

Only Connect Post Mortem: Is the music question really that bad?

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A common sight (and sound) on Only Connect is a team's anguish as they pick the dreaded music question. Heads drop, faces grimace, and V...
Thursday, 9 April 2015

Star Trek features a game called Strategema

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Your targets this week: 1+ out of 9: Well done, you beat us! 4+ out of 9: We'd have won with you on our team! The attendees 1) Th...
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Monday, 6 April 2015

Only Connect Post Mortem: Series 10 Grand Final
Orienteers vs. Chessmen

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Guess who forgot to do a question of the week poll in all the excitement of the grand final! Difficult to choose a favourite this week, but ...
Thursday, 2 April 2015

The file format GIF is pronounced with a soft 'G'

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Your targets this week: We won this week, but could you have done even better? The attendees 1) The statistician 2) The doctor 3) ...
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Statistician by day, mild quiz obsessive by night. I made up one third of the Series 8 Only Connect champions the Board Gamers. British expat now living in Montreal, Canada. You can find me on Twitter @statacake
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