I cannot, cannot, cannot recommend Only Connect enough. Readers here should enjoy it. As an American, a lot of UK geography and history questions are beyond my ken, but it's well-worth your time. Victoria Coren Mitchell is a national treasure.

It's sort of exactly what I'd think LLMs would be good at. Maybe not so much the lateral thinking—the occasional "math(s) question but actually it's a word one"—but rapidly assessing "what connects these" or "what would continue this sequence" is right up their alley. The joy, of course, is trying it yourself and seeing others do the same.

I will echo the recommendation. Though some of the puzzles do require local knowledge, there are quite a few based on the US.

Though not really applicable to LLM, the last rapid fire round (missing vowels, work out what the words/phrase without any vowels, on the buzzer) is a favourite.

Currently Monday evening on BBC 2 is Mastermind, Only Connect and then University Challenge. This excellent sequence will stretch pretty much anyone's knowledge.

James Acaster introduced me to the wonderful world of British Game-Shows. Victoria pops up on a lot of them. 8 Out of Ten Cats. Countdown. Would I Lie to You? All great viewing

I actually find it very stressful and frustrating to watch because they answer faster than I can reason through stuff.

> The joy, of course, is trying it yourself

"Trying" being the operative word here (for myself at least)

> As an American, a lot of UK geography and history questions are beyond my ken

But note that the UK-based contestants have no problem with sequences like "US vice presidents ordered by number of terms served" or "US capitals ordered alphabetically by the state they're in".