It forms part of a quiz triple bill on Monday evenings , with Mastermind and University Challenge . Would you fancy hosting either of those some day? The Only Connect Quiz Book collects over 200 of the most entertaining and perplexing challenges from the team behind the BBC’s hugely popular quiz show - including many new (never broadcast) questions. Covering each of the show’s four rounds – Connections, Sequences, the Connecting Wall and Missing Vowels – and with introductions from presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell, here is your chance to put your own sleuthing and quizzical knowledge to the Only Connect test. Are there any other TV contests you’d fancy taking part in? You know, Celebrity MasterChef , Strictly Come Dancing , I’m a Celebrity… , that SAS one… I came across a great work of literature recently which I hadn’t realised was split into multiple volumes, so if I can find another three of those that might work,” he says.

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Like any gambler, I’ll bet on anything at all. There is absolutely no way to answer the second bit without getting in trouble. Having never missed an episode of Only Connect I was thrilled when the book came out, it's just as good as the programme and just as perplexing, would make a great after dinner game at Christmas, good value for money. You have a huge fanbase from hosting Only Connect . What’s the strangest thing a fan has ever done?

I found the book very interesting and well laid out, as a quiz compiler myself I appreciate the quality of it's contents. I love the concept and it's captivating to watch, but I guess running on quite random bits of (often British) culture and drawing those connections is simply out of my league.. Tom Scott was great at it though. Respect to all who managed to score any points on such an evil genius game show (especially the Wall). There’s also a bunch of extra goodies – and one or two lurking nuggets of particular delight that we’ll hope you’ll discover and enjoy. There might not be big prize money on Only Connect, just a trophy and a slightly awkward presentation ceremony, but for the teams who do triumph – and I promise this year’s final is a real nail-biter – the winning alone is enough.” I have been on some great quiz shows which never made it beyond two or three series and whatever anyone tells you it’s impossible to tell which are going to be hits and which will flop.”

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I don’t think so. Those are quite serious shows with authoritative, grownup hosts. I love Only Connect deeply but also find the trappings of a TV quiz inherently silly, which our contestants and viewers never mind me making clear. If I hosted one of those big beasts, I’d end up undermining them and upsetting the audience. And for the show’s new found fans, being able to lose themselves in a gentle and unashamed celebration of geekery, discovering Only Connect might just be one of the few upsides in a year when we were all forced to stay at home. USA [These are the lengths of presidential terms of office in these countries, in decreasing lengths of terms. Accept any country that has a 4 -year presidential term – there are several] April 1st-12th [the numbers are the positions of the first and last letters in the alphabet of each month. January: J is 10th; Y is 25th in alphabet.]It’s hard for me to go to a normal pub quiz now because people expect me to know everything and I can’t risk them finding out the truth. I won’t go on Celebrity Mastermind for much the same reason. Every year, I do the brilliant Christmas pub quiz run by my friends [comedy writers] Shaun Pye and Alan Connor, as part of a team that goes by the hideous name of The Funnymen. It was a stupid joke name we took 20 years ago but I get terrified now that newcomers will think we’ve chosen it with some level of genuine self-description, especially now my husband’s joined the team. It sounds awful. And yet we can’t possibly change it because, I don’t mind telling you, that name is engraved on the cup. SEVERAL TIMES OVER. Capsule on the London Eye -- Avenue in San Francisco -- Seat row on Lufthansa planes -- Floor in One Canada Square The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living -- Mao Zedong -- Snow White -- David Blaine For every question that has been on the show, we tell you how the teams managed, so you can compare yourself to them.

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Does a saucepan count as a gadget? I bought one of those recently. I was delighted. I’ve been using the same two scratchy old saucepans for about 20 years, just because they aren’t literally broken. It’s a really liberating moment when you allow yourself to upgrade. You’re one of the top professional poker players. Who’s the best famous person you’ve played against? I don’t think any of those particular ones are for me. I’m a big fan of Strictly as a viewer. This year, we’re very nervously and proudly watching Robert Webb in it, but he’s a fantastic dancer. I’d be awful and not even in a fun way. People would just pity me and look away awkwardly. And there’s another I’m thinking about around words that all look the same but are pronounced differently. That’s the great thing about the show, no topic is off limits.”

You used to review hardcore porn for the Erotic Review . Are you scarred for life by the things you saw? That, having previously imagined myself to be a fairly anxious person, I didn’t have the first idea.