Quiz fans were glued to their screens last night as two teams went head-to-head in the final of Only Connect.
The 15th series of the notoriously tricky BBC2 quiz, hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, culminated in two teams – the 007s and the Suits – battling it out in the hope of taking home the coveted trophy.
And the challenge was mirrored in living rooms across the country as viewers played along and tried their best to answer questions.
The 15th series of the notoriously tricky TV quiz culminated in the two best teams of the series – the 007s (pictured) and the Suits – battling it out in the hope of taking home the trophy
The challenge was mirrored in living rooms across the country, with viewers trying their best to answer questions but many were left feeling ‘stupid’ as they struggled along
Many admitted the questions were so tough they felt ‘stupid’ and several confessed to celebrating after a single point.
Indeed the puzzles are so difficult that even one of the question-setters took to Twitter to reveal he had struggled to answer his own.
But do you think you could do better? Below FEMAIL has selected questions from three of the four rounds shown last night to give you a taste of what the teams experienced.
An explanation is offered on each round and the answers are at the bottom for you to check against once you’re done. But no cheating!
FIRST ROUND: CONNECTIONS
What is the connection between the phrases, pictures and words below?
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SECOND ROUND: SEQUENCES
What would come next in these sequences? Work out the connection and then give the word or phrase that would replace the question mark.
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FINAL ROUND: MISSING VOWELS
Can you work out what these words and phrases are with their vowels removed? The categories are given as a hint.
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ANSWERS
FIRST ROUND: CONNECTIONS
Foreshadowed by The Simpsons: Each of these events was predicted by the hit animated show. A 2010 episode referred to ‘President Trump’.
Quadruple definitions: Each of the words in the square is connected by a shared synonym. Eg. ‘ban, pub, except and counter’ all share the synonym ‘bar’. Ignite, trivial, match, fair = light. Group, prepared, firm, series = set. Make, perfect, replica, mannequin = model.
Illustrations come to life: The music video, computer game, book and film all feature animations that come to life.
Perforative first names: LANCE Armstrong, GORE Vidal, SPIKE Lee and PIERCE Brosnan.
Stigler’s Law: They were all named after someone other than the person who discovered them.
SECOND ROUND: SEQUENCES
‘4: Tate’, or any other museum with four sites. The sequence is number of museum sites. The Uffizi Museum has one site, the Museum of London two, and so on.
‘Cormac McCarthy Novel’, or any other definition leading to The Road. The sequence starts with Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life On The Road, which loses one word to become David Brent film Life On The Road. This becomes On The Road, the novel by Jack Kerouac, so the next phrase would be simply The Road.
‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’, or any other game show with £1million prize money. These game show prize amounts increase tenfold, from £1,00 to £1million.
‘Marvin the Martian’, or any other fictional character from Mars. These are the names of fictional characters, moving away from the Sun. Miss Griffin from 1980s sci-fi comedy Kinvig was from Venus; The Mekon and the Treens from comic strip Dan Dare are from Venus; the Loch Ness monster is from Earth.
FINAL ROUND: MISSING VOWELS
1. Barnaby Rude
2. Ring doughnut and torus
3. Pringle and hyperbolic paraboloid
Only Connect is available to watch on BBC iPlayer