I wrote a game of Only Connect which I hosted for Floor Pi this past night. Here’s the items in the Only Connect game. If you’re not familiar with Only Connect, you could read up how the four rounds work here.
Several of these hints depend on an MIT context.
Clues beyond the first clue (for the first two rounds) and answers are in white text. Highlight to see.
Yeah, I know, this presentation leaks some meta-information beforehand. Deal with it.
Round 1: Connections
decay | less | gloss | wuss
Answer: Words that Become Cities when Said before ‘ter’
50 | 19 | 26 | 82
Answer: Atomic Numbers of Elements whose Symbols are Unrelated to their English Names
50 | 12 | 27 | 5
Answer: Numbers of Stars on Some Country’s Flag
50 | 64 | 51 | 32
Answer: MIT Buildings Not Usually Referred to by their Building Numbers
51 | 1001 | 501 | 11
Answer: Numbers whose Roman Numerals are also Valid Chinese Names
we | seem | sea | yeah
Answer: English Words that Sound like ‘Yes’ in Other European Languages
Round 2: Sequences
x | r | q | j
Answer: English Consonants that Don’t Typically Make the Sounds Represented by Them in IPA
f3 | e5 | g4 | Qh4#
Answer: Fool’s Mate
Rhode Island | Alaska | New York | Hawaii
Answer: US States with Highest Proportions of Population Living on Islands
θ | ζ | ε | β
Answer: Greek Letters that Contain Other Greek Letters in their English Names
123 | 101 | 250 | 100
Answer: Room Numbers of Largest Lecture Halls at MIT
50 | 2 | 2 | 1
Answer: Panels of Loss Meme Interpreted as Roman Numerals
Round 3: Connecting Wall
Triple Alliance
Ranch
Spanish Succession
Roses
Star Market
Kanye
Cosi
Evanston
Yellowknife
Woolsey
Ferguson
Monsoon
River
Passage
Harvest
Pacific
Answers:
War of the ______
2018 Major California Wildfires
Recently Closed Stores in Cambridge, MA
Northwest
Missouri
Connecticut
Surya
Prospect
Mountain
Arkansas
Eastern
Massachusetts
Ohio
Pavilion
Western
Central
River
Passage
Harvest
Pacific
Answers:
Major US Rivers
Indian Restaurants in Cambridge, MA
Streets that Intersect in Central Square
US Time Zones
Round 4: Missing Vowels
Amino Acids
PHNLLNN
SPRGN
TRPTPHN
PRRLSN
Answers: Phenylalanine, Asparagine, Tryptophan, Pyrrolysine
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Numbers that have Appeared So Far in this OnlyConnect
LVN
SXTFR
GHTTW
NHNDRDNDTWNTTHR
Answers: Eleven, Sixty-Four, Eighty-Two, One Hundred and Twenty-Three
MIT Student Groups
LCTRSRSCMMTT
THTCH
HMS
SSCTNFSTDNTCTVTS
Answers: Lecture Series Committee, The Tech, Ohms, Association of Student Activities
Canals
SZ
PNM
R
RT
Answers: Suez, Panama, Erie, Root
Roman Numerals of Prime Numbers
L
XXXV
CXXV
CXCX
Answers: LIII, XXXVII, CXXVII, CXCIX
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