Yes.
Here’s the other all-numbers wall:
| 33 1/3 | 32 | 1066 | 300 |
| 1689 | 2012 | 16 2/3 | 1087 |
| 10 | 0 | Infinity | 78 |
| 273.15 | 1830 | 45 | 491.67 |
16 2/3 - 33 1/3 - 45 - 78 = record player speeds (I still own a couple of 78s and used to have one 16 2/3 but that’s long gone)
0 - 32 - 273.15 - 491.67 = freezing point of water in various temperature scales
1066 - 1082 - 1689 - 1830 = Dates English/British Kings named William took the throne
10 - 300 - 2012 - Infinity = dammit, stuck again on the last category. Something to do with the Mayan calendar?
Correct so far.
Just out of curiosity, did you have to look up the years that British queens and kings William took the throne? Not that I blame you; I certainly would have needed to.
That’s one of the things that’s frustrating about Only Connect. Whenever there’s a question about monarchs, or Blue Peter presenters, I don’t have the cultural knowledge to even take a shot at it. I’m sometimes amazed how well the contestants on the show do when there are questions about America.
Not really. I couldn’t have told you the date for William II off the top of my head but I did know the other three. I’m pretty good with the British monarchy from Henry VIII onwards, and 1066 is a rather famous one.
If I form a team for Only Connect, you’re in.
I do okay while watching it, but the people actually on the show are insanely clever. The first two rounds make my head hurt (although I’m very good at the missing vowels round).
Once tried out for a “professionals” team for University Challenge. I managed to answer or make a good educated guess at about 40% of the test questions but we still didn’t make the cut.
I wonder how we’d do if there was an American version of OC, where we knew the cultural references a bit better. Sometimes there will be a picture round like “people whose last names are trees”; and I’ve never heard of any of them, much less recognize them from a photograph.
Speaking of which, I thought that might be a category for your wall, but after Thora Birch I couldn’t think of any others. Maybe Thora Birch, Judi Dench, Anne Heche (and one more) all end with a ‘ch’ sound.
No, although one of the unsolved categories is a wordplay one.
Are 10, 300, 2012 and Infinity all film titles?
Yes. Well done.
Thanks. I’d never heard of the last one.
Caly and Remi are both anagrams (of “clay” and “mire” (or “rime”), respectively). I couldn’t take that any further, though.
I’ll give you the groups; you figure out the connection:
Anne, Caly, Remi, Thora
Glenda, Helen, Judi, Quentin
I’ll work on it. In the meantime, I can almost feel Victoria’s haughty derision coming at me from this thread.
I also tried “of” (“Anne of Green Gables”, “Helen of Troy”) but I couldn’t find two more.
You can add ‘x’ to the end to make a new word. Good one.
The second row seems like it should be Dames, Jackson, Mirren and Dench. But Quentin?
Hah! (Did the Google)
I googled it as well.
Glenda Jackson, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, and Quentin Crisp; all have portrayed Elizabeth I in movies.
Huh. In that case, it works two ways because there is a
Dame Quentin Bryce
Both correct.
I didn’t know there was a Dame Quentin. Although I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
I feel the need to nitpick one of today’s answers.
“Peanuts” characters: Charlie, Peppermint Patty, Pigpen, Woodstock. I’m sorry but there is no Peanuts character named “Charlie”. His name is “Charlie Brown”. That’s how everyone refers to him. No one calls him by just his first name.
Yes, that bothered me as well.