Topic: Önly Könnekt II – IT'S ÖVERRRR

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February 21, 2012 at 9:00 pm #57506
Munk	Play me! Ja, hallo! My näme is Munk, and I am göing to be yoor höst this eevening! Läteral theenking is so much fun! ahem Anyway, the host may be a bit further north this time, but the rules are the same—welcome back to Only Connect, the best lateral thinking game in Your Pants! Once again we’ll stick to the tried and true recipe, just like IKEAs famous meatballs. For those of you who did not participate in the last game (and those who did, but ended up sacrificing their memory to Odin for points in the previous game), here’s the rundown. Only Connect is divided into four parts: Könnektions, Sekvences, The Könnekting Vall, and Missing Vöwels. These will all be explained, but for now, let’s focus on Könnections. In round 1, Könnektions, you will be given 4 apparently random clues, one by one. Your task is to figure out the connection between these four clues. If you want to see the next clue in the connection, simply reply “Next”, and we’ll carry on, but remember: the fewer clues you need, the more points you earn! 5 points if you guess the connection after just one clue (hint: you won’t!) 3 points if it takes two clues 2 points for three clues, and 1 point if you need all four clues to guess the connection. For example, the clues could be A hammer / Two ravens / Golden apples / A horn, for which the connection would be All are things belonging to Norse Gods. All right? All right. Let’s get started. Your first clue is: Miracle This reply was modified 90 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 90 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 90 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 90 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 86 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 86 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 86 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 86 days ago by Munk. This reply was modified 19 days ago by Munk.
February 21, 2012 at 9:07 pm #57514
Alex McMillan	I actually love this intro. I want to live in a Scandinavian gameshow. I’mma next, because hey, why not?
February 21, 2012 at 9:15 pm #57519
Munk	I’m afraid you’d be disappointed. Most Danish gameshows are basically adaptations of American ones. Except for Önly Könnekt, in which liberal use of umlauts and cheap Swedish furniture are not only staples, they are mandatory. Önly Könnekt <3
February 21, 2012 at 10:44 pm #57579
Munk	Your next clue is… Born Free
February 21, 2012 at 11:42 pm #57611
Kiar	Oh dear, I looked in on the other Only Connect from time to time, but I could never get anything. Well, it’s worth a shot! They are both movies (XD)
February 21, 2012 at 11:47 pm #57615
Munk	They certainly are, but alas that is not the connection we’re looking for. Try again!
February 22, 2012 at 1:22 am #57663
Juliet	Next, I can’t think of anything, other than the movies.
February 22, 2012 at 8:07 am #57759
Alex McMillan	Are they all movies based on true events?
February 22, 2012 at 10:44 am #57766
Munk	These two are (and looking over my clues, at least one more is based on a true event as well. What are the chances?), but it’s not the connection. Shall we carry on?
February 22, 2012 at 3:41 pm #57780
Alex McMillan	Yeah I’ll take one more
February 22, 2012 at 4:57 pm #57790
Munk	The Last Waltz
February 22, 2012 at 9:56 pm #57836
Alex McMillan	The Last Waltz seems very musically inclined, is it something to do with songs? Like they are all the names of songs as well as movies?
February 22, 2012 at 10:06 pm #57837
Munk	Afraid not, but I’m impressed with the guesses so far!
February 23, 2012 at 4:03 am #58007
Will	Are they all movies with a song in the soundtrack that is named after the movie? Bit of a stretch, that one.
February 23, 2012 at 7:34 am #58026
Munk	And a wrong stretch, unfortunately That’s not the connection.
February 23, 2012 at 8:27 am #58027
Madison Carver	I realize that you may all think I am crazy for this but: Does it have anything to do with Sri Lanka?
February 23, 2012 at 8:33 am #58028
Munk	It does not. I’d love to hear your logic, though
February 23, 2012 at 8:52 am #58029
Matt	Next.
February 23, 2012 at 8:55 am #58030
Madison Carver	Next.
February 23, 2012 at 9:21 am #58032
Munk	Two nexts, fair dues. This one should make it a bit easier. The fourth and final clue is… The Death of Wolsey
February 23, 2012 at 12:50 pm #58037
Alex McMillan	My brain is melting, this one’s throwing me for six at the moment. All I recognise that as is a Tudor’s episode, and Born Free is an episode of “Dexter”, but that’s about as far as that track leads me
February 23, 2012 at 1:22 pm #58038
Munk	I’m eating marinated herring and enjoying your suffering. Your salty tears enhance the flavour of my black bread
February 23, 2012 at 4:26 pm #58058
Simen	Could it be… that they are all season finales of different shows? Miracle = How I met Your Mother Born Free = Dexter The Last Waltz = Californication The Death of Wolsey = The Tudors Only thing that annoys me about this is that the “How I met Your Mother”-Episode is the finale of season 3, whereas the others are all season 1. That, and it’s called “Miracles”. I’m going for it anyways.
February 23, 2012 at 4:37 pm #58061
Munk	You were right to be annoyed by How I Met Your Mother, because it wasn’t right, but you got it anyway! They are all season finales of Showtime series. Miracle = United States of Tara Born Free = Dexter The Last Waltz = Californication The Death of Wolsey = The Tudors Well done, with four clues you take home one point. The scoreboard is as follows: @nerdwegian: 1 Everyone else: 0 Time for a new connection! Your next clue is… Alzheimer’s disease This reply was modified 88 days ago by Munk.
February 23, 2012 at 4:56 pm #58065
Juliet	Just gonna guess… things that affect your memory?
February 23, 2012 at 5:02 pm #58067
Munk	That is not the connection, unfortunately. Think a bit more laterally than that
February 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm #58068
Alex McMillan	My lord, at work today I even saw Tudors and Dexter listed under “Showtime” and that didn’t even hit me! Well played, Simen. Take a stab then properly think about it, all abbreviate to time periods? (Alzheimer’s disease = AD)?
February 23, 2012 at 5:17 pm #58069
Munk	@alex No, but my, that would’ve been awesome. I’ll keep that one in mind for the, like, tenth game of OC when you’ve all forgotten about this one.
February 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm #58070
Alex McMillan	Alrighty then, time to actually think!
February 23, 2012 at 6:39 pm #58081
Simen	I’m going with next on this one. Need another clue here
February 23, 2012 at 7:15 pm #58088
Alex McMillan	Yeah I’ll take a next
February 23, 2012 at 7:19 pm #58089
Munk	Two nexts! Pythagorean Theorem
February 23, 2012 at 7:20 pm #58090
Alex McMillan	All named after their creator? Doesn’t seem specific enough but we’ll have a punt
February 23, 2012 at 7:27 pm #58092
Munk	Nope, that is not the connection.
February 23, 2012 at 7:35 pm #58095
Alex McMillan	Oh snap, wait, they’re named after people who WEREN’T the first to discover them! This reply was modified 88 days ago by Alex McMillan.
February 23, 2012 at 7:47 pm #58098
Munk	Alex got it for three points! They are all examples of Stigler’s Law of eponymy, which states that “No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.” Alois Alzheimer was definitely not the first to discover the disease, many others had observed what was eventually named after Pythagoras, and the ones we didn’t get to: Euler’s number was named after Leonhard Euler, but is credited to Jacob Bernouilli, and Arabic numerals aren’t Arabic at all; they were invented in India. Thus the scoreboard looks like this: @alex: 3 @nerdwegian: 1 Everyone else: 0 Very well done. Let’s move on, shall we? It’s time for a picture round! In this round, all four clues are pictures, but you still need to tell me what connects them. First Clue
February 23, 2012 at 8:03 pm #58102
Juliet	Absolutely no clue, next.
February 23, 2012 at 9:00 pm #58121
Alex McMillan	Yeah go on, next
February 23, 2012 at 9:02 pm #58124
Munk	Second Clue
February 23, 2012 at 9:10 pm #58129
Alex McMillan	I……i…… Alright.
February 23, 2012 at 9:13 pm #58131
Munk	U mad? Or as we say here in Denmark: Du sur?
February 23, 2012 at 9:27 pm #58145
Madison Carver	Are we keeping the game G rated?
February 23, 2012 at 9:31 pm #58147
Munk	Well, if you’re asking whether all the connections are G rated, then yes, they are. If you wanna swear or talk about boobs or something, be my guest, but you don’t have to in order to win the game
February 23, 2012 at 9:31 pm #58148
Alex McMillan	@wrapwire I don’t know what your answer is but I want to hear it now.
February 23, 2012 at 9:32 pm #58149
Munk	Same here!
February 23, 2012 at 11:00 pm #58171
Cody Stahl	Are they things with different names in America in Britain? Elevator/Lift, TV/Telly?
February 23, 2012 at 11:01 pm #58172
Munk	That is not the connection. Good thinking, though.
February 24, 2012 at 1:27 am #58210
Kyle	The images all have reflections of light?
February 24, 2012 at 2:31 am #58222
Benjamin	Things Amish people don’t have?
February 24, 2012 at 2:58 am #58226
Cody Stahl	I’m gonna go ahead and next this one.