This one seems a good try - the mechanic where people trying to solve a daily puzzle are actually building the larger questions is interesting and speaks to the scaling problem.
Long may Only Connect rule us :-)
I’m usually pretty good at quiz competitions, but the few times I’ve watched Only Connect I haven’t known anything at all. I think the questions might rely on shared British cultural knowledge that I don’t have.
I want to like it but it isn’t as engaging for me when I don’t know anything, and I’m wondering if that is just me or a common experience.
Could just be a skill issue :)
That said, there are plenty of Britishisms. As a Brit I find Jeopardy tricky just because it’s full of American specific terms and knowledge. Same with the NYT games which I mostly enjoy but can be infuriating when it is highly targeted at a US vocabulary.
What is this referring to? What TV quizzes and what "most watched" list?