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Deliciously devious and maddeningly abstract. Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the brain-teasing quiz where knowledge only gets you so far.
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17. 5ks v Showstoppers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Holy faith, of the monks, sacrament, red stick – what’s the connection?
16. Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team correctly guesses the fourth in the sequence after just two clues.
15. Pitchers v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series.
14. Metrophiles v Showstoppers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.
13. Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.
12. Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.
11. Scanners v Benchwarmers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Postmodern, Boris Johnson and frozen yoghurt - one team spotted the connection after three clues.
10. 5ks v Grapevines
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition.
9. Pear Trees v Caraxians
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.
8. Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It's a close match as a family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.
7. Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons & Dragons players.
6. Pitchers v Benchwarmers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the teams comes straight in with an answer after seeing just two clues.
5. Scanners v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
4. 5ks v Showstoppers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.
3. Metrophiles v Grapevines
Victoria Coren Mitchell presides over the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the other.
2. Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees
Fans of Pantomime and Partridge put their passions on hold to puzzle out the connection between clues such as east Azerbaijan, south Holland, Inner Mongolia and New Mexico.
1. Whitley Baes v Caraxians
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.
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The next broadcast of Only Connect airs at Tue 05 May · 18:30(UK: Tue 05 May · 18:30) on BBC Four.
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