Missing Vowels Trainer
- This is a trainer for the 'Missing Vowels' round on Only Connect, originally put together by Tom Scott for Series 3's Hitchhikers. It's a bit shonky, but better released to the public than never being used again.
- Press Space or click the screen to begin. After a brief pause, a category will flash on screen, followed by four MSSNG VWLS clues from that category.
- Press Space or click the screen to buzz. After you buzz (or after five seconds have elapsed), the screen will go blank for a second to let you say your answer out loud. The correct answer will then appear.
- Clues are automated - they're pulled from Simple English Wikipedia. Therefore some of them will be incredibly obscure. Power through them - it's good practice in trying to decipher the letter combinations.
- Advice for anyone actually going on the show: the audience at home see the clues about a second and a half before the contestants. On easy clues, you should be reacting almost immediately in order to have a chance. Good luck. Oh, and if this does help you, drop me an email — I'd love to know!