We are big fans of Only Connect and are thinking of drawing inspiration from this TV quiz show to help present some of our content and use this as a way to educate those who may not be familiar with predatory publishing and fake journals.
Only Connect
For those of you that are not familiar with Only Connect, it is a BBC UK quiz show. It is split over four rounds, and asks two competing teams to find connections between what, at first might appear, totally unrelated terms, pictures or music. The show is currently up to Series 18, so it is a long running (and popular) show.
If you want to know more about the program, take a look at Only Connect on Wikipedia.
As well as being broadcast on BBC, Only Connect is also available on You Tube. The video below is just one of the many episodes that are available.
What rounds are we interested in?
As we said above, Only Connect is split into four rounds. The first round presents four clues and asks the teams to guess the connection between them. The second round presents three clues and asks what might be the fourth clue. The third round presents sixteen clues on a wall, the challenge being to put those sixteen clues into four categories with a reason for doing so. The final round presents a series of clues, with the vowels missing and the contestants have to work out what the phrase is.
The rounds we are drawing inspiration from are those highlighted above (rounds one and three). If you want to watch these, take a look at 2′ 5” (Round 1) and 19′ 10” (Round 3) in the above video.
Finding the posts on Twitter
In addition to presenting the various Only Connect material here, we will also post about these on our Twitter feed. Specifically, we will use the hashtag #PPOnlyConnect, which you can access by following this link.
We have a confession to make. We did not use this hashtag for our first few posts, but we have added it as a comment (as you are unable to edit tweets). So, for those first few tweets, you will need to look at the thread to see the post. Sorry.
Ideas welcome
If you are familiar with Only Connect and have any ideas for material we can use for rounds one and three, please let us know in the comments below.
