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Kirk Bevins

Now that we're all familiar with the concept of the Duel, I thought you might like this little gem on YouTube as a little souvenir. It's one of those mental arithmetic types. But even if you don't follow the French being spoken, all you need is the equation as shown on your screen, plus the fact th...

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Bizarro alternative for round 14: (50 + 3) x 7 = 371 10 x 10 x 3 = 300 371 + 300 = 671 Close one there for Debbi, I thought she was a goner when Declan buzzed for the conundrum. Very flat selections today, I reckon a good few of you clever lot managed a 100% game (even I got one, and I'm comparativ...

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DaveC wrote:Couple for today.

MURIATES in R2: Notable anagram of AMERITUS which I thought was a word, but isn't apparently.
REBURIES in R9
FEMALE and FOALED as equallers for R11

DC

Round 9 only had one E so REBURIES is a no-can-do I'm afraid.

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Jason Larsen wrote:What could have been normal, Kirk?

The 3 6s were:
GUISES (6)
OT: FUSILS (6) GLISSE (6)

To me, GUISES is the only normal one.

Kirk Bevins

It's working today!! It hasn't been working for the past 3 days for me. Lovely.

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Grr 4oD is STILL not working so still haven't seen Thursdays or Fridays games! Has anyone else had this problem?

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Jason Larsen wrote:Kirk, in round 7, the letters Q and Z weren't there. That's why I was surprised!

There were only 3 6s and only 1 was normal. Just because a letters round does not contain a Q or Z doesn't mean it's easy.

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Jason Larsen wrote:That takes you longer to accomplish the aim of the game, I know.

Seriously - I have absolutely no idea of the point to this post.

Kirk Bevins

Stick me down please. Let's hope this is my tournament.

Kirk Bevins

Apologies, but it certainly wasn't intended as a spoiler. for one thing i posted it after the broadcast date. I have no way of knowing if me or Charlie will make it to the finals, and the gulp was simply a reference to the fact that if we do meet I will have my work cut out. Sorry if I ruined anyth...

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DebbiF wrote:Well done you. I hope you did well, and who knows - I might see you in the finals (gulp!!)

Now that *IS* a spoiler as I still haven't watched Thursdays and Fridays shows (I come home too late from school and freeview is knackered so I have to watch on 4oD and I've not had time/it's been broken).

Kirk Bevins

It's funny, because if you're not too good at Countdown, you might find yourself asking for several consecutive vowels at a time. That will make the game that much easier. If you're a really big fan of Countdown, then you use the strategy you just explained, Kirk. Having 5 vowels (the maximum numbe...

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Thought I was on for not only a 100% game but also a massive score. Turned out I only got 13 maxes as I bottled the conundrum (I saw it but had never really heard of it) and didn't know the 8 in one letters round.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=734

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Kirk, what I mean by my comment on letters round #2 is that the word PRONATE brought a contestant back because Des mistook the unacceptable word PROMATE, for the valid PRONATE. It happened to someone in the last series and I'm trying to think of who it was. Wait a minute... Carl Dundas, ah! That's ...

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I thought 7s could always be the maximum, Martin! Jason, in Countdown you need 3 vowels and if a word such as DEPARTS is spotted (which has 2 vowels) then you know the contestant will ask for at least one other vowel. As it happens, DEPARTS + any vowel produces an 8, eg DEPARTS + O = READOPTS. Ther...

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Jason Larsen wrote:Chris?

Argh - this is driving me nuts. I log on excited that there's a new message and it's just one damn word. A useful or perhaps relevant sentence might please more people, Jason!

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Letters Round #2: Can you say "serendipity?" Or is it more like "Deja vu?" A discrepancy over this word brought a prior contestant back! At least Des didn't mishear it this time! Letters Round #6: What could have been so hard about finding a word longer than a 5 with that letter...

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Soooo close - 14/15 maximums and the 15th one my dad got the max and not me. Enjoy this battle of father vs son.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=670

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Countmax gives the double anagram BOUTONS/UNBOOTS but AFAIK UNBOOTS is not valid.

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My beaters have been added by David and Dinos - I got 966 in the break a harder way but still nice: 25x5+3x10+6=161. 161x6=966.

An equaller to the many 8s in round 13 was INTRADOS. Debbie beat me with AMPUTEE and BECAME - good spots imo. Well played.

Kirk

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Jason Larsen wrote:Kirk, I thought that was always the case!

You thought UNRIPEST was never in the dictionary?

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I'm not sure if this has been discovered or discussed before but the PINTERS^ stem with a U gives UNRIPEST but this is not in the dictionary, nor was it in the other ODE. How come it was included by both of me and Charlie -- I'm not sure how it's crept it. I've searched for the word unripest on here...

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Not sure how to solve this but I was typing in the chatroom as I was quite pleased with my word (and it's just happened again!) and when the timer stops, the word thing appears and says "select your word" and when i press a button, it selects the top word. Turned out my top word was a boge...

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Jason Larsen wrote:Well, Debbi, there's Michael Aspel, Bruce Forsyth (believe it or not!,) and a whole bunch of other people.

My source is http://www.gameshownewsnet.com

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a127890/ ... t-job.html

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GENOCIDES should be added to Countmax. I know it's a mass noun but if you look on page xii - it specifically mentions GENOCIDES is allowable. I haven't gone through the rest so there may be more. LAMBINGS as well needs to be added.

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I was impressed as well. I had to risk MIXABLE when she had TIMBALE - a good spot!

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Rich Priest wrote:Very impressive start, will be interesting to see how long she can keep it up.

Wayhey!

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Although this wasn't a 100% game, I spotted a 100% game - I got the conundrum a fraction of a second behind Nick (I pressed the first letter but then it locked) and the one letters round where I missed a max, I saw one of the 6s but didn't risk it. Enjoy.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=619

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Nope, still not working for me. I've deleted all browsing history & temp files etc, rebooted, but it's still hanging. The IE window won't close normally, I have to take it down with Task Manager. The java icon in the tray is not behaving properly either - the console appears as blank but comple...

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C1: Challenger Ross Allatt (two wins from three C2: Challenger Mark Tournoff (two wins from two) DC: Jeff Clayton. OT: Other words or solutions. This is an incomplete recap, as I didn't note all that went on, but there's enough to give you a good idea and to play along at home. The order of letters...

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Round 2: R N T O O O U N O C1: ROUT (4) C2: TOON (4) DC TROUT (5) UNROOT (6) Score: 11-11 (13) There aren't two Ts in this selection so TROUT is not there but UNROOT is fine. By the way, Charlie's recap writer is excellent and so quick to use - it alerts you if you type something like TROUT when the...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Me me me!

Stick me down as well please.

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This is game 4 of 6 on the day. Mark Tournoff and Ross Allatt were the only ones on 2/2 wins from the first half. I joined their table with 1 win as I had the highest points total of the 1-time winners. Countdown recap for Saturday 30th August 2008. C1: Champion Ross Allatt (2 wins.) C2: Challenger ...

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This was potentially the final of COLEI. Whoever won this was most likely to be champion of COLEI - depending on numbers of points. Countdown recap for Saturday 30th August 2008. C1: Champion Mark Tournoff (3 wins) C2: Challenger Kirk Bevins (2 wins) DC: Ross Allatt. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other w...

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Yeah, thanks Jeff - I really enjoyed the day and the company - it was extremely well run. Congrats to Mark who just pipped me at the very final hurdle - yet again. It's getting ridiculous now! Anyway I'll put a review of that game on here as soon as apterous/recap writer is back up!!

Well played all.

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Me too. I remember it being used as a conundrum and I had made a special effort to learn it as PURITAN(al) to no avail. Missed GLACATOSE too which left me slightly less gutted. With the fear of being called a pedant, I think you meant GALACTOSE - I don't want you misremembering it and losing out in...

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Jason Larsen wrote:
Jonny, why would you go to Newcastle University and live in Leeds? If I were you, I wouldn't do that because I have always loved my family.

You've confused me, Jason. Do you mean you'd never go to university or you'd never leave home?

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Julie T wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:I just had equallers - ESPARTO and PROTEAS in round 1 and LACERTID in round 12. DC did well today.
Wow! Some great words there!
I thought the contestant standard was pretty good, too.

Thanks - but I must admit I missed TARPAULIN. My housemate got it though - I was quite annoyed!

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Ross Allatt wrote:ARCHIVE was a DC equaller in round 13 (?) when they offered up CHIMERA

My way of getting to 483 earlier was (75*5) + (10*10) + 8

I think DC mentioned ARCHIVE. I also did 483 your way

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Joseph Bolas wrote:Nine?

I thought that said eight before?

It changed as he had missed Tournoff off the list. Maybe I'll get my due revenge on him.

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Mikey Lear wrote:In order of easiness:
Lexonerd timewaster liable to rouse confusion. (8)
A class of mineral returned to us without columns. (8)
Pterosaur with no right to fly, maybe? (8)
Fast tissue plasminogen activator comes back round to end selector gene. (8)

Number 3 is APTEROUS.

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Nice one Jay. I'm sure DC actually got GEOTAXIS by the way and wasn't an OT word.

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I just had equallers - ESPARTO and PROTEAS in round 1 and LACERTID in round 12. DC did well today.

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Dinos Sfyris wrote: Just shit on plebs like me who didnt get it then!

I didn't get it either!!!!!

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I thought I had scored a perfect game today too (including a 1 second conundrum) until I saw the recap. I missed AQUIFERS, HOMESITE and REVOLUTE but had 7s in all those rounds (FAIREST, HOMIEST, EELPOUT respectively) Same as. It's all the more frustrating since those are beaters I would ordinarily ...

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I thought I had scored a perfect game today too (including a 1 second conundrum) until I saw the recap. I missed AQUIFERS, HOMESITE and REVOLUTE but had 7s in all those rounds (FAIREST, HOMIEST, EELPOUT respectively)

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What is the prize for winning on DCeDL and Countdown shows? The prize for winning one episode of Countdown is the famous goody bag including the exclusive Countdown teapot. After that there are no further prizes unless you win the entire series, for which you receive the complete Oxford English Dic...

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Dinos Sfyris wrote: Its tempting to put one there because if you said for example,

There.

Oops - you meant "it's" in that sentence didn't you. Oh, the irony!

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Jason Larsen wrote:So, in your case, Kirk, it would be, "8 divided by 4."

Yes it would, but you can say that as "8 over 4" and that is fine. "Over" means divide in this context.

Kirk Bevins

On your 100th win when they all clapped you you looked exhausted and looked like you wanted to lose just so you could stop coming back! 60,000 euros richer though - wow. That's one (easy) way to make money!

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Hello everybody from Spain. I am Francisco Segura Morales, a contestant from countdown spanish version. I have been playing on chat rooms since 2003, and I have been watching french and spanish tv shows during this time too. I was fired from my job because of my participation on tv game show. I hav...

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I watched on tv french show too. I know countdown show but never watched on tv, only on internet videos. I am a contestant on the spanish tv version called "cifras y letras". The main difference is you can win matchs with no limit. I have win 101 times and I must come back soon to start t...

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Jason Larsen wrote:So, if you use fractions in your answer that is not allowed?

Correct. Remember 8/4 is technically still a fraction but I know what you mean - you are only allowed to deal with whole numbers.

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Joseph Bolas wrote: it's next break.

Because I'm bored and because I'm a pedant, I'm going to have to correct your incorrect use of "its".

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DETINUE in round 6 for an equaller - ALCOVE and EPILATOR are other, not as exciting, equallers. Oh, forgot to mention PEARLITE in the PETIOLAR round - a nice word imo.

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:. Not sure about the goats or the pencils, but I've got tons of pencils so I'd guess they're for beating your opponent on a round or spotting a Darren or something.

Dinos

Haha forever modest.

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Jason Larsen wrote:I'm wondering if that's why the Recap section of this forum hasn't been updated in two weeks.

If so, where is the best place to discuss the most recent episodes of Countdown?

Here!! But perhaps in the spoilers section. You can watch the episodes on 4oD

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If you say anything like, 3 over 4, you probably don't get any points. Do you? I think you may be getting confused here, Jason. 3/4 (pronounced 3 over 4 or 3 divided by 4) equals three quarters (or three fourths in USA). It's a handy notation and helps people (although in saying this, the majority ...

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Jason Larsen wrote:Ben, Ben, Ben!

Hold the mayo!

Countdown will go on. There'll be no Carol, but Countdown will go on!

Haha - I think you missed the point

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Nah, I'd say that 171x2 is a much more straightforward route than Carol's (mine was similarly complicated, going for ((50-1)*5)+100-(75/25)). Thanks for the vote of confidence Michael. Perhaps I should apply for Carol's job after all! Out of interest, is anyone else on the forum applying? Don't thi...

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