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, 31 December 2015

2016 has been designated as the International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly

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Your targets this week: 1+ out of 12: Well done, you beat us! 3+ out of 12: We'd have won with you on our team! The attendees 1) ...
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Thursday, 17 December 2015

Bonus Question: Christmas Advent Connection Quiz!

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It's a Ones That Got Away Christmas special! The numbers have fallen off my advent calendar, can you match up the pictures with the answ...
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Thursday, 10 December 2015

Swing states in the US are also known as 'purple states'

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Your targets this week: 1+ out of 8: Well done, you beat us! 2+ out of 8: We'd have won with you on our team! The attendees 1) Th...
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Thursday, 3 December 2015

In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald

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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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Thursday, 26 November 2015

In Star Wars, the name AT-AT stands for All Terrain Armored Transport

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Your targets this week: 1+ out of 14: Well done, you beat us! 4+ out of 14: We'd have won with you on our team! The attendees 1) ...
Thursday, 19 November 2015

The Starbucks logo features (maybe) a melusine

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Your targets this week: 1+ out of 6: Well done, you beat us and we'd have won with you on our team! The attendees 1) The statistic...
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Thursday, 12 November 2015

No-one knows exactly why Babe Ruth is called Babe Ruth

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Your targets this week: 1+ out of 6: Well done, you beat us! 3+ out of 6: We'd have won with you on our team! The attendees 1) Th...
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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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