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ABC News
a day ago
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- ABC News
QI: S23 Veggies
QI NEW SEASON Competition & Quiz Shows Entertainment Funny Watch Article share options Share this on Facebook Twitter Send this by Email Copy link WhatsApp Messenger Long running comedy quiz hosted by Sandi Toksvig which asks impossible questions and doesn't care whether the answers are "right or not" - just as long as they are interesting.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Only Connect viewers fume 'standards are slipping!' as they call out question blunder just minutes into BBC quiz - but can YOU spot it?
Only Connect viewers fumed 'standards are slipping!' after calling out a question blunder just minutes into the BBC quiz. The game show, presented by Victoria Coren-Mitchell, 52, sees two teams of quizzing enthusiasts face off to answer tricksy brain teasers and logical puzzles. Asking contestants to find connections between seemingly obscurely related clues, the BBC Two programme has a particularly cerebral reputation. But even the cleverest of quiz shows does not always get things right - as fans saw when the first episode of the new series aired on Monday evening. Eagle-eyed viewers spotted the answer Victoria said was the correct response to one of the first questions of the episode actually appeared to be wrong. The host asked one of the teams: 'What is the connection between these apparently random picture clues?' The game show, presented by Victoria Coren-Mitchell (pictured), 52, sees two teams of quizzing enthusiasts face off to answer tricksy brain teasers and logical puzzles But even the cleverest of quiz shows does not always get things right - as fans saw when the first episode of the new series (pictured) aired on Monday evening A picture of British snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan, also known as The Rocket, appeared on screen. This was swiftly followed by an image of Marvel comic book character Rocket Raccoon. The players were quick to spot the connection between the two was 'rocket', with Victoria soon confirming they were correct. She revealed the last two images they would have been shown to help them to get to the answer. These were a sketch of the early steam train Stephenson's Rocket, built nearly 200 years ago, and a photo of some rocket salad leaves. But viewers at home were adamant the sketch did not show Stephenson's Rocket - but rather another steam locomotive. One suggested it could be Puffing Billy - the oldest train of its kind, constructed by a colliery in 1814 near Newcastle-upon-Tyne for hauling coal. Meanwhile, another was determined it was Locomotion No 1, a different early steam train built by the same engineers as Stephenson's Rocket. While Robert Stephenson and Company - also Newcastle-based - built the Rocket in 1829, Locomotion No 1 was built four years prior, in 1825. One fan raged on X: 'First mistake on the new series of BBC Only Connect. 'This is Locomotion not Stephenson's Rocket.' Another replied to their comment on the social media platform, 'And on the very first question too!', while someone else weighed in: 'Standards are slipping.' One user was determined the correct image would have thrown them off had they been playing on the show themselves. 'Came here to the Only Connect trending comments to see this! I got the answer in two but if I'd needed a third, this would have thrown me.' Someone else said: 'Probably says more about me than anything else but the picture of Stephenson's Rocket in round one tonight wasn't Stephenson's Rocket. 'It was Puffing Billy. I shall now go back to looking for my life down the back of the sofa.' Meanwhile, another was determined it was Locomotion No 1, a different early steam train built by the same engineers as Stephenson's Rocket But fans were even disagreeing among themselves, in the comments section of this user's post. One corrected them saying, 'Locomotion No 1', while another threw their weight behind this too: 'It wasn't Puffing Billy either, it was Locomotion.' Only Connect, led by the dry, sarcastic Victoria, has become a firm fan favourite since it began airing in 2008. It is part of a mega brainy quiz schedule on BBC Two on Monday evenings, sandwiched between Mastermind and University Challenge. But Only Connect seems to be a cut above the rest as it is consistently BBC Two's most watched title of the week. Elsewhere on the channel's Monday night schedule, during Mastermind, viewers were also left shocked by a sense of deja vu around one of the contestants. The latest episode of the programme saw presenter Clive Myrie, 60, return to our screens to grill four new players. One contestant, Dennis Wang, took to the famous hot seat to answer his specialist subject questions about the Men's Euros between 2000 to 2004. One contestant, Dennis Wang (pictured), took to the famous hot seat to answer his specialist subject questions about the Men's Euros between 2000 to 2004 He managed to bag himself an impressive 12 correct questions. But his Mastermind debut did not mark the first time he has appeared on our screens. Dennis took part in Jeopardy UK! last year and managed to win his episode. He was also once the team captain for the so-called Crunchers team on Only Connect. Not only that, he was part of the University of Oxford's Worcester College team while appearing on University Challenge in 2016. Many recognised the player and flocked to X to share their frustrations. 'Don't think it's fair to have the same guy just competing on all the big quiz shows really? Seems a bit unfair #Mastermind.'; 'Mr Wang from #OnlyConnect ? #quizzymonday #Mastermind.'; 'Do they have a pool of people who are on every quiz show? You get the same people on this, Only Connect, University Challenge etc. #Mastermind.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
ITV show millionaires looking for contestants in Wiltshire
The makers of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are casting for a new ITV quiz show, Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, the new show is looking for contestants in Wiltshire. In a callout, the production company said: "This is a great opportunity for UK residents to apply to be part of a brand-new series and potentially win a life-changing amount of money." The callout requests applicants must be aged 18 or older and must be legal residents of the UK. The deadline to apply is Friday, November 14, 2025 - but this is subject to change. Read more: Hosepipe ban comes into force for residents More information about the new show is being released via TV Zone UK. Applications can be found at: The format of Millionaire Hot Seat sees six hopeful Millionaire contestants battle it out on the all-new Hot Seat stage, as they try to win a life-changing prize of £1m. If a contestant gets their question wrong, they are eliminated and replaced by the next contestant who takes their place in the Hot Seat. The contestant in the Hot Seat will be able to ask the person behind them for help with a question, using the 'Switch' lifeline. The last player in the Hot Seat when they reach question 15 is the only contestant who is able to win £1m.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
University Challenge question leaves every single BBC contestant stumped - but can YOU defy the odds and solve it?
A University Challenge question left every single contestant baffled as they struggled to correctly guess the answer on Monday night. The beloved BBC show, which is presented by Amol Rajan, returned for a brand new run of episodes. Kicking off this week, it was UCL v SOAS as the two universities battled it out to progress to the next round. However, one question Amol, 42, put to the students left them dumfounded as they tried to give the presenter an answer. Amol asked them: 'In what present-day country was a territory that was given the name 'Island of the True Cross' by Pedro Álvares Cabral during a trading expedition to India in 1500? 'Perhaps attempting to avoid becalm waters in the Gulf of Guinea, Cabral sailed south-west under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, claimed the place for the Crown of Portugal.' Kicking off this week, it was UCL v SOAS as the two universities battled it out to progress to the next round by putting their best students forward UCL tried their best to answer, with Doherty blurring out 'Goa,' but Amol told him it was incorrect. Mozayen then had a go, simply saying: 'Sri Lanka?' but was promptly told that also wasn't correct. Have you managed to correctly guess the answer? The answer was in fact Brazil. Meanwhile, BBC viewers were recently reduced to tears as University Challenge host Amol Rajan sobbed over a bereavement 'too painful to think about' in an emotional new documentary. Amol Rajan Goes To The Ganges, released on BBC One last month, followed the journalist and broadcaster on a life-changing trip to his birth country of India. The hour-long documentary came after the British-Indian presenter lost his father three years ago and struggled to come to terms with it. Amol did not take his emotional journey alone - his mother accompanied him and provided a steadying presence throughout its ups and downs. He noticed on the trip his mother, a practising Hindu, 'seemed to have an emotional toolkit that I lacked'. Amol was touched by fans' admiration of his mother, posting on X during the broadcast: 'If you're one of the thousands of people watching this on BBC One and thinking my mum is a legend, I confirm you are absolutely correct.' To a suggestion she do the famous Thought For The Day segment on Radio 4's Today programme, which he hosts, he replied: 'My mum is the most extraordinary person. She'd be fantastic.'
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Ken you solve it? Are you a match for the world's greatest TV quizzer?
Jeopardy! is the long-running US quiz show where contestants are given an answer and must respond with a question for that answer. 'Ken Jennings', for example, is the correct answer to the following question: Who holds the record for most Jeopardy! wins in a row – 74 episodes in 2004 – and since 2023 has been its sole presenter? And it is also the answer to this question: Which US TV personality is the author of the Kennection, a pleasurable conundrum that mixes trivia and problem solving and which appears in this column today? Below are five Kennections. Each one consists of five questions, whose answers share a common theme. Can you find it? You don't need to answer all the questions correctly, but it helps. QUESTION 1 1. In 1988, Curtis Strange became the first person to win $1 million in a single season of what sport? 2. What month is celebrated every year with a moustache-growing movement for men's health as well as National Novel Writing Month? 3. What new Argentine dance was condemned by the Vatican in 1913 as 'offensive to the purity of every right-minded person'? 4. Shaka was the first king of what African empire that clashed with the British in 1879? 5. What was the name of Alan Harper's hard-living brother on TV's Two and a Half Men? WHAT'S THE KENNECTION? QUESTION 2 1. Which Lewis Carroll character is drawn wearing a label reading 'In this Style 10/6'? 2. At the end of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, whom does Dorothy tell, 'I think I'm going to miss you most of all?' 3. 'Leaves of three, let it be' is a reminder about what plant that produces a natural irritant called urushiol? 4. What kind of bird is the mascot for the Linux computer operating system as well as for Sidney Crosby's NHL team? 5. What playing card was first introduced to decks in the 1860s as the top trump in the game of euchre? WHAT'S THE KENNECTION? QUESTION 3 1. What kind of possession was King Arthur's Excalibur or Beowulf's Hrunting? 2. What precious element is the most ductile medal, since just one ounce of it can be drawn into a 50-mile-long wire? 3. In what 2007 film did Elliot Page play a spunky high school junior whom friends call 'the cautionary whale'? 4. What's the only US state whose capital has a three-word name? 5. Financier Warren Buffet is often called the 'Oracle of' what Midwestern city? WHAT'S THE KENNECTION? QUESTION 4 1. What kind of body of water off northeastern Canada is named for explorer Henry Hudson? 2. What's the name of Guy Woodhouse's pregnant wife, played by Mia Farrow, in Roman Polanski's classic 1968 horror film? 3. What seven-year-old character in the book To Kill a Mockingbird was based on a young Truman Capote? 4. The famous onion-domed cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is named for what Russian Orthodox saint? 5. For collectors, what is the highest-quality grade of coins and comic books called? WHAT'S THE KENNECTION? QUESTION 5 1. What Australian city is home to an iconic Harbour Bridge as well as Jørn Utzon's famous opera house? 2. What destructive Labrador retriever is the subject of John Grogan's 2005 memoir subtitled Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog? 3. What's the specific name for a dot on dominoes and dice? 4. Who had an unlikely hit in 1968 with his ukelele cover of 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips'? 5. What illusionist and Claudia Schiffer ex was the first living magician with a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame? WHAT'S THE KENNECTION? I'll be back at 5pm UK with the answers. PLEASE NO SPOILERS. Instead kentribute your own similar kenundrums. Today's examples are taken from Jennings' new book, The Complete Kennections, which has one thousand of them. His knowledge of trivia is unparalleled, but what I loved more is his ingenuity and wit in choosing the themes. The Complete Kennections: 5,000 Questions in 1,000 Puzzles is out on July 29 in the US. I've been setting a puzzle here on alternate Mondays since 2015. I'm always on the look-out for great puzzles. If you would like to suggest one, email me.
