Globetrotters v Board Gamers Only Connect

Hello and welcome to Only Connect,

like James Bond after a bad guy

Roger Moore jumps over a cliff

using a parachute with a Union Flag

the basic principles of espionage.

I'm about to blow any plans our teams might have for covert missions

by introducing them to the nation.

a business analyst with an interest in architectural photography,

who has ridden both species of camel in their respective countries

a university research fellow

in international conflict analysis, who's learning to play the ukulele.

who was once rescued at sea after being stranded in a thunderstorm.

United by a passion for world travel, they are the Globetrotters.

our own individual weaknesses,

but we cover for each other

so hopefully nothing'll come up

You are playing tonight, on my left,

Hywel Carver, an engineering graduate and accomplished musician,

who's halfway through a PhD on simulating blood flow in the head.

a maths graduate and statistician,

for his poem about fantasy football.

a hospital doctor, who can recall

United by a passion for Pictionary,

How will a love of board games help you with this particular game?

to the intellectual side of things

but the kind of games we like

things like The Settlers of Catan

but then, to play board games, you also need to be sort of sociable

because you need to talk to others

but it's that intersectionality

It's like listening to myself talk,

Let's start with Round One.

Ah, the music question immediately.

# We have no memory tonight

# We have the sun in our hair #

I would rather go blind, babe #

I don't recognise that at all.

# Love don't live here any more

Is that the Brand New Heavies?

They're all, erm, related by colour.

Can you be any more specific?

Professor Green... Jazz Orchestra.

Ah, I see where you've gone wrong.

OK. But they are connected by colour, so very well done. You get a point.

And it's over to the Globetrotters.

We'll have the eye of Horus, please.

What is the connection between these clues? Here's the first.

Busingen: Switzerland. Any ideas?

Possibly, yes. Maybe? Next.

They've gone between two countries.

Monaco's probably part of France

Shall we take the last one?

Er, we think they are, erm...

is the name of a town or a city

is where they used to be located

So, you're thinking that Swansea

It doesn't make much sense, I agree!

How would it have got there?!

We've got the wrong crux, perhaps!

Not the answer, I'm afraid. I'll go over to the Board Gamers for a possible bonus point.

used to be in England? No -

is now in England? Yes. Is it not?

OK. Because you'd have been going

..that they're football teams

That is what they are. Sorry!

playing in non-native leagues.

Too late, though, I'm afraid.

Swansea City is a Welsh side

Busingen - a German side playing in Switzerland, Monaco plays in France,

I think it's in the Borders, but it's technically English.

So they are all football teams

No bonus point for you, then, but you may choose your own question.

Horned viper. OK. What is the

Invisible paint. The next one

I think we need the next one,

They're all things of the order

such that they're inventions that are ridiculous or wouldn't work,

I am going to pass it over to the Globetrotters for a possible bonus.

We were going to say fool's errands.

You're both in the right area.

They're not all oxymoronic, because iron bird seed, you could have it.

manufactured by the ACME company

and bought by Wile E. Coyote.

you're just supposed to add water,

and is immediately run over.

when he uses the bird seed?

so Road Runner can't run fast?

It all goes hilariously wrong.

He feeds it to The Road Runner

and then he has this giant magnet

but instead the magnet draws him into the path of a train! Ahh!

but that, I think, is honestly the funniest thing that's ever happened!

it went on the stock market? Yeah.

the French newspaper or something.

And you are absolutely right.

Isn't that terrifying? 1804 - a billion people in the world,

a billion people just in China! Yes.

when they reached one billion.

Very well done. You get the bonus

Is "Professor" his real name? No!

No! Shall we do the next...?

Er, yeah, we'll take the next.

That's Prince Naseem. So they've taken titles for their first names.

They are using titles in their names they have not actually earned.

singer or rapper of some sort,

Queen Latifah, Prince Naseem Hamed,

and the first picture is of whom?

the wife of Lyndon B Johnson.

So, yes, all using titles to which they are not entitled. Well done.

the Board Gamers have got 1 point, the Globetrotters are ahead with 4.

Round Two is the Sequences Round. I want to know what comes fourth

You may see a maximum of three clues but fewer and you get more points.

Board Gamers, you're going first again. What would you like?

Lion again. Lion again. OK.

do you suppose, in this sequence?

Have you read Forsyte Saga?

Well done, Hywel. You stopped them

You can see them both now. We went with The Chronicles of Narnia.

Why? What's the connection?

You can't get much more explanatory,

That was absolutely as explanatory

A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu,

you went with Harry Potter,

Very well done. Coming after

Globetrotters, back to you for a go.

We'll have the Horned Viper, please.

What's the fourth in this sequence?

"Now". Brown Cow... So it'll be cow.

So, what are we doing? Erm...

An animal with four stomachs

one of my old school friends!

something that denotes a cow.

Very well done. Also coming in after

Very well done. We're heating up.

All right. What is the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.

Are we going to go for that?

Hang on. You've got to tell me

that's what it's going to be?

It's meant to be x-squared,

It's much flatter than x-squared -

You look really lost! Have a go.

Can he say it? Anyone can answer.

A graph with the lines of y=x,

and exactly a diagonal line,

Very well done for the points.

I'm afraid that is not the answer.

I'll show the third in the sequence

So no bonus points, Board Gamers, but you do get the chance to choose

What's the fourth in this sequence?

What else is adenine? It could be

No, but it's not going to be. OK.

Brilliant. Coming in after one clue,

I would've accepted uracil.

DNA or RNA. Well, DNA, RNA... If it was RNA, it would be uracil.

You can make other things, though,

And it's them in alphabetical order.

They are the bases of DNA or RNA.

Globetrotters, one question remains,

Picture questions. What's going

Justice of the Peace, I guess.

Can you give me a better example?

A picture of a Member of Parliament!

I'm going to give you the point

Kevin Pietersen, known as KP,

you so long to think of an MP!

so I thought I'd go past them and choose one that was a bit better!

It's time for the Connecting Wall.

OK. I'd like you to sort this into four connected groups of four.

You've got two and a half minutes,

Perfect 10, Rotterdam, A Little Time

What was the other one again?

Galaxy Ford cars, Ford Fiesta,

Right. Three strikes and you're out.

Erm... Ravensburger, Waddingtons,

You've got Brazilian, Playboy... OK, these are all types of bikini wax!

Ah, right. French, Hollywood,

OK. This is an opportunity to have

Don't worry, I could create a minute of dead time on BBC4 all by myself,

Four points for finding the groups. What about the connections?

Perfect 10, 36D, Rotterdam,

They're songs by the Beautiful South.

You weren't sure about 36D.

Galaxy, Fiesta, Kuga, Escort?

They're all cars made by Ford.

This one - Parker Brothers, Mayfair, Waddingtons, Ravensburger?

They're all board-game manufacturers.

They are companies that publish board games. Just as well the Board Gamers didn't get that one!

lion board - it's their favourite!

This last group - French, Brazilian,

I'll pass to Suda to explain this. They're types of bikini wax.

You didn't fall for it all. There was a whole fake group in that wall.

Was there? Can you see what it is?

I think I can see what it is!

I shouldn't be at all surprised

There was a whole fake group

It means you're living right.

Your reward for having no idea about these terrible magazines is -

four points for the groups,

for never having heard of Mayfair.

It's the maximum. Very well done.

Board Gamers are probably itching to play something by now, if they haven't been playing Monopoly,

It's the water wall for you.

The Jam. The Undertones probably?

Annie Oakley. What's Leyden?

as in it could be a scientist

Anne Robinson, Annie Oakley...

We had The Damned. Do we know anything about these people?

Have we tried the Buzzcocks and the Undertones as band ones

"Clash" and "jam" are both verbs

We've not got enough time on that.

Do you really think that's it?

We haven't even got a word one. No.

Annie Oakley, Anne Robinson...

Erm... Oakley make sunglasses. Yes.

Undertones... I think we've tried this already, but those three seem most likely to be bands.

We're definitely going with bands. We need to work out what our roots

OK. So we're going with jars,

10 seconds. ..news presenters.

Or potentially Annes? Maybe.

OK, well, it's a good effort.

There are still plenty of points available for the connections.

what you should have found.

There we go. The first group - Cole, Marr, Simpson, Oakley.

OK, so these are all news presenters.

They've all been political editors

News presenters, quite right.

Next - Bell, AgustaWestland,

They're all... They make helicopters.

They are helicopter manufacturers!

I think you only recognised

I don't even know that I knew that,

That's what this quiz is all about.

Kilner, Leyden, Canopic, Jam?

These are jars. I'm... Yeah.

we didn't get that one. They're jars.

It's not what I'd call mine! I thought you might know that one.

Let's see what that does to the scores going into the Final Round.

the Globetrotters have got 19.

You'll find plenty of walls to play

Board Gamers. Officer Cadet.

Board Gamers. Colour Sergeant.

Board Gamers. Gas central heating.

Board Gamers. Inclusive of bills.

Possible point, Board Gamers.

Furnished flat. That's right.

Board Gamers. Bath Oliver.

It is Bath Oliver. That bell means

In a Missing Vowel turnaround, the Globetrotters finish on 21 points,

Board Gamers, you are on the fast track towards the semifinals. You only have to win one more game.

the slower road. You've got to win

We'll be seeing you all again.

I hope we'll be seeing you again for more 007-level code-breaking.

who's driving the Aston Martin

and who's in the ejector seat.