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- Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 30 March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 49)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 991
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 330996
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
The singer of "Bad to the Bone" having the last name Thorogood is the greatest irony that will ever occur in the history of music.
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 1:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 30 March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 49)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 991
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 30 March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 49)
Why does the conundrum answer roller roll the same way (up) both to reveal the "INCORRECT" sign and to show the answer? It has three sides. Use a different side for each of them and save film.
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 28th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 47)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 557
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 28th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 47)
Anyone know who Mandy Perry is? She said she appeared previously and I guess that was under a different surname.
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 23rd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 44)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 438
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 23rd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 44)
Pretty long time to wait to buzz in and give an answer that didn't even have a C or a Y.
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732017
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Quasimodo I believe. Bells can only be rung well by a full Modo.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:17 am That Hunchback of Notre Damme was good.
Cant remember his name, but his face rings a bell?
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 43)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 653
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 43)
Were you watching the show at the same time?
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Getting back on for a second go
- Replies: 88
- Views: 21473
Re: Getting back on for a second go
Was Series 12's Karl Kurdistan (formerly Series 1's Saladin Khoshnaw) a slip-through or was the team aware?
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732017
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What do they do, teapotwise, for returnees whose first appearance was already teapotful? Might be a solution
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 15th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 38)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 559
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 15th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 38)
Unlucky Karyn, but maybe later this series they’ll let you have another shot
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 36)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1609
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 36)
For clarity, referring to the introduction where Colin told the Canadian-born challenger "Remember, only spellings with -OUR are allowed" or similarGraeme Cole wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:26 pmI did wonder what he was talking about here. The hyphen makes it clear.
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 36)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1609
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 36)
It's -OUR here too, guys
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1344
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)
Anyone got a ruling on whether it's good in premium?Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:51 pm Champ denied victory by having TANGLIER disallowed. Will he be invited back for another go next series?
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1344
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)
Yep - poacher's goalMartin Long wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:17 pm Was there an extra R in the round where he declared MATURE? I can't recall.
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 9th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 34)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 772
Spoilers for Thursday 9th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 34)
Nice to see some new teasers! I don't think EDGELORD existed the last time around.
- Wed Mar 08, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 8th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 33)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1177
Spoilers for Wednesday 8th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 33)
RURALITE to beat MALTIER/TRAILER
- Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 1st March 2023 (Series 87, Preliminary 28)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1283
Re: Wednesday 1st March 2023 ( Series 87 Prelim 28 )
He's officially San Spinks to me now
- Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 31)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1720
- Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 3rd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 30)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1299
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 24th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 25)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1206
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 25)
Smithers is Montgomery Burns' "assistant". Suuuuure.
- Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Censorship
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2721
Re: Censorship
But anyway, is there not something you lose by removing the original canon? I think it's fine to leave them as it is and put some sort of warning not or whatever. "These are historical books etc." Agreed to all counts, leave them untouched but try to make it known that the impressionable ...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Censorship
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2721
Re: Censorship
When I was in first grade in 2001, I got a good reprimand when I repeated a joke told by an Asian caricature in the sequel (Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) to my parents. Could have gone a lot worse had I told it at school. I don't support censorship but I'd say please don't put the books on t...
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 16th February 2023 (Series 87, Preliminary 19)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1039
Re: Thursady 16th February 2023 ( Series 87 prelim 19 )
Great recap Tracey but I must point out it's missing the second teatime teaser clue, which was:
LISTENON - "Quite rude while bathing in the river." - INSOLENT
Incidentally, The Solent seems to be a strait and not a river. It's like a teaser lied to us.
LISTENON - "Quite rude while bathing in the river." - INSOLENT
Incidentally, The Solent seems to be a strait and not a river. It's like a teaser lied to us.
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: In a Darts style, what music would Countdowners want playing when they enter the Countdown arena
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2147
Re: In a Darts style, what music would Countdowners want playing when they enter the Countdown arena
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started, but all of the "and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'" sections have the Countdown clock music playing behind them
- Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14393
Re: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOImSuV6aQoGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:25 pmI don't know why people don't stick to their real names.
- Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 16)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 593
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 16)
REPUNITS as an alternative in the PICTURES round. For those unaware, REPUNITS are numbers composed only of ones - for example, 111 or 1111111111. These were apparently a more notable mathematical concept than RATIONALS^.
- Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 15)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1378
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 15)
https://wiki.apterous.org/Roy_Davies also appearing at that prime age
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 12)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 623
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 12)
Nobody:
Me: (75 + 3) × (5 − 1) × 3 + 7 = 943
Me: (75 + 3) × (5 − 1) × 3 + 7 = 943
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 2 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 9)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1868
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 31 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 7)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1438
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 31 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 7)
First episode where 154 has been on the screen twice!
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 2)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 672
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 2)
Still five letters shared with the scramble. Git gud and guess BYE or something
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10060
Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
Oh no - must have missed the update, not another one of the good old boys
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10060
Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
[Redacted - RIP Drawoh]
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4993
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
By the way, six correct conundrum solves across the whole championship, and half were by Ahmed. Outside of the preliminaries they were all Ahmed
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4993
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
Our hearts were all pulsatile for that one!
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2613
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
Dylan Taylor & Giles Hutchings' CoC semifinal
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4993
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
After this one, we get to force one person from every Championship of Champions back for a Championship of Championships of Champions. Bring them to a nightclub in Ibiza and broadcast it live.
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:16 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]
- Replies: 50
- Views: 24786
Re: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]
Have had a big orange bar saying You have new messages from 3 users (last changes). at the top of my wiki page for a couple of months. I've heard you can run https://wiki.apterous.org/api.php?action=clearhasmsg to remove the bar but this in turn leads to { "error": { "code": &quo...
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 11:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2613
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
Is 232/234 the best joint haul by percentage? I don’t remember any double-maxes-minus-1 offhand.
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2613
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
NEARLY as the English anagram of ANERLY
- Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 17 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 4
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1439
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 17 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 4
Letters and numbers were indeed a Jos! Only the unspotted MINDRIES and SCAZONS were beaters.
Come to think of it, isn't it a total Jos since nobody knew the conundrum until Colin turned it over?
Come to think of it, isn't it a total Jos since nobody knew the conundrum until Colin turned it over?
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:48 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
- Replies: 253
- Views: 229191
Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
Thanks MarMeakin
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 3
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4778
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 3
Wow. I always just thought DOUGLAS meant the Douglas Fir tree. One of those massive redwood evergreens that you see in northern California. And in the game Myst.
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 330996
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
On this side of the pond, public schools are the government-run ones and private schools are posh!Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:25 pm"Public school is private" is probably a better way of putting it.
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3616
Re: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
For what it’s worth, solving that one from the audience was the very first thing Elliott did on Countdown.
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3616
Re: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
As a current Ascender, I honestly feel like they leapfrogged over a few available difficulty levels in selecting this set of conundrums - I think 8 of the 10 so far have been Unobtainiums. Even among those in Ascension, I am seeing many Corundum and Diamond (9/10 and 10/10) ranked words that I'm sur...
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3616
Re: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
This competition is reminding me of those worldwide Mario Kart races where you go from second place to tenth place if a green shell wings you.
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 11th January 2023 - CoC XVI Prelim 8
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1835
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 4 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 3
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1623
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 4 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 3
I think he actually still might be the first person to try four nines and the conundrum though
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 4 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 3
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1623
- Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3104
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2
Nah, these conundrums are starting off gentle and slowish.
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 1
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1587
Re: Spoilers for Monday 2 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 1
CECIL starting off this year's Countdown with a 3-2-1!
- Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Wednesday 8th June 2022 - Cancelled episode
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1552
Re: 8 June 2022 - Cancelled episode
Mr. Team confirms the final score was 88-57. Updated the wiki to include.
- Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 23 December 2022 - Series 86 Grand Final
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3241
Re: Spoilers for Friday 23 December 2022 - Series 86 Grand Final
Dude. That grand final was, like, totally minacious, y'know?
- Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1497
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
Yep seems to be
- Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1497
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
By the way, I did that exact same "Cara-BEE-ner? Cara-BY-ner?" thing on the conundrum when playing along at home.
- Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1497
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
Also exactly 1000 points in eight games and exactly 1250 points in ten games. This man is a machine.
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 4)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1411
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 4)
Didn’t realise this was the first instance of a non-1234 semifinal bracket since Series 79! Back in the good old days when our biggest concern was VSCO girls or something.
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 3)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1696
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 3)
Quinn Bartlett innit
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C appears to have been pwned
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2532
Re: C4C appears to have been pwned
Have also had security-related popups saying “Your computer has been locked down”. Props for referencing an Apterous variant, but still annoying.