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- Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Television Appearance
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10029
Re: Television Appearance
It's next week, isn't it?
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday, 12th February
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3257
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday, 12th February
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3257
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday, 12th February
PNEUMA as an alternative.
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 11th February 2008
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4714
Re: Spoilers for Monday 11th February 2008
Whoops, forgot to watch today's show because I was asleep. Is it on More 4 tonight? Yes, it was. But my answer's obviously too late for you. If you didn't catch it on More4, and don't like channel4 OD, you've still got a chance. Just stay up late on Wednesday evening at watch it on C4 at 5.20am. Th...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
- Replies: 190
- Views: 21052
Re: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
Ah, quite.David O'Donnell wrote:
I was employing 'conundra' in the sense of a procul este profani type thing.... obviously
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: "What is COLIN?" and other questions
- Replies: 37
- Views: 36125
Re: "What is COLIN?" and other questions
Can I ask another question: what is this 'pyramid' thing that Conor won at last year's CoBRIS, how does that work? Even though I reckon I was quicker than Conor - I'm sure whoever had the stopwatch couldn't keep up! ;) Heh. To be fair, I think I remember finding both your and Jono's pyramids harder...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
- Replies: 190
- Views: 21052
Re: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
The plural of "conundrum" is "conundrums". (According to the ODE.)David O'Donnell wrote:I can host your game, Jon. I already have the conundra prepared.
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Standard of contestants
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2954
Re: Standard of contestants
I think so. In fact, as far as obscure words go, short of actually studying the dictionary, you'd be almost limited by which words have previously been offered on the show if there were no computers.
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
- Replies: 190
- Views: 21052
Re: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
I hopefully can, providing I don't forget.David O'Donnell wrote:Michael and I shall be playing tomorrow night at 9pm, can someone volunteer to host?
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Two points about number games
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3869
Re: Two points about number games
I've sometimes wondered why you can't select the numbers individually as you go along, like you do with the letters.
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 11th February 2008
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4714
Re: Spoilers for Monday 11th February 2008
Whoops, forgot to watch today's show because I was asleep. Is it on More 4 tonight?
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The definition of knowledge
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3531
Re: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
For the most part, I'm not particularly interested in what the words mean. There are a few words which I think 'sound' as though they could be interesting and I pick-up the definitions of these. And I think people are being harsh on Martin. He never said that if you're interested in word-meanings th...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Paul Gallen
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2601
Re: Paul Gallen
Congratulations, very well done.
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: My favourite cheese...
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5628
Re: My favourite cheese...
I don't differentiate between cheeses.
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6570
Re: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
Probably because it isn't in.
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6570
Re: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
AGEISTS there.
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6570
Re: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
This guy seems pretty damn good!
Edit: Commentators' curse!
Edit: Commentators' curse!
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6570
Re: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
Yeah, I try to remember it as a combination of those two words.David O'Donnell wrote:STAPEDIAL is excellent, I have never heard of it. I had ADIPATES and STAPELIA in that round and thought I was doing well.
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6570
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6570
Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008
STAPEDIAL.
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Corral Correction
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4805
Re: Countdown Corral Correction
And TOSSED...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: lexitest
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2193
Re: lexitest
1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. No
10. Yes
11. No
12. No
Just by guessing.
Edit: Put 8 and 9 the wrong way round.
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. No
10. Yes
11. No
12. No
Just by guessing.
Edit: Put 8 and 9 the wrong way round.
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3639
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
ECOTONE... was on quite recently.
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3639
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
UNLOADERS.
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Of The Game
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2210
Re: Name Of The Game
Very nice.dinos_the_chemist wrote:CITV's Mad For It when I was 11. Named all 150 Pokémon
As for me, just Countdown.
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3639
Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
DIAPIRS in Rd. 4
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many contestants?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5575
Re: How many contestants?
Nope, you don't.Joseph Bolas wrote:I think the most a contestant can get is 2?
You get one for winning any number of games from 1-8 for sure, but do you also get one in your goodie bag for losing in the QF's, SF's or Final?
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COMA Play-ins -- hosts wanted
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2521
Re: COMA Play-ins -- hosts wanted
Half term after tomorrow, so I'm pretty much available any time.
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Corral Correction
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4805
Re: Countdown Corral Correction
Read the thread title as 'Countdown Corral Erection'. Oh dear...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many contestants?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5575
Re: How many contestants?
Kirk also has a teapot.
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 6th February, Wednesday
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2595
Re: Spoilers for 6th February, Wednesday
(100-6/2)*9+75+1.
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many contestants?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5575
Re: How many contestants?
I'm pretty sure they were only brought in quite later, Series 40-something.Joseph Bolas wrote:Probably a silly question, but would have teapots been a prize from the very first series?
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 6th February, Wednesday
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2595
Re: Spoilers for 6th February, Wednesday
Yes, he does seem quite good. You're going to have plenty of competition
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 6th February, Wednesday
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2595
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 6th February, Wednesday
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2595
Re: Spoilers for 6th February, Wednesday
DENTARIES was an equaller in the last round.
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday 5th February 2008
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2315
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday 5th February 2008
Sorry, it's not there. ARANEIDS was there as an equaller in the last letters round.
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 4th February 2008
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5528
Re: Spoilers for 4th February 2008
Seriously, fantastic stuff David - I hope Conor was being tongue-in-cheek when he described 880 as "very good". I think Damian once said he didn't think 875 (by Chris Wills) would ever be beaten! Err, not really. :? I think you're also the first-ever octochamp to score 110 or more in six ...
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 4th February 2008
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5528
Spoilers for 4th February 2008
Congrats Dave Very impressive today. 880 is a very good score.
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Favourite discipline
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8190
Re: Favourite discipline
Letters, rather obviously. I find the numbers quite repetitive, and I rarely find them memorable or particularly exciting.
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:26 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Average Primes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3821
Re: Average Primes
I eventually gave up on this, so I wrote a program to solve it. The result: No solutions.
Nevermind, I've removed the faulty 6 characters and I see the solution. I won't reveal it for anyone who wants to get it 'properly'.
Nevermind, I've removed the faulty 6 characters and I see the solution. I won't reveal it for anyone who wants to get it 'properly'.
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Fixed-width fonts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3196
Re: Fixed-width fonts
I think you could put them in code tags, but that's probably not the best option.
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:40 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Probability
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5555
Re: Probability
I think it should be infinitesimally small, so it's 1/infinity + 1/infinity ....... infinity times and this would add up to 1. I'd imagine this is a bastardization of maths, but it's easier (for me) to understand.
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:52 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Heights
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7796
Re: Heights
Hmm. 6/11? I'm not too sure, and I can a potential flaw with what I've done, but it's the best I've got. What's your reasoning for this? Call john J, and anyone else X. You can write it out as |X|X|X|X|X|J|X|X|X|X| | is where the next person must go (since there can't be two people with the same he...
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7904
Re: Versus Par
Hahah He's a baseball player, recently broke the record for most home runs.Joseph Bolas wrote:Nope, but then I don't remember most of the contestants . My memory is crap basically.dinos_the_chemist wrote:Am I the only person who hasn't heard of Barry Bonds?
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:31 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Heights
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7796
Re: Heights
Hmm. 6/11?
I'm not too sure, and I can a potential flaw with what I've done, but it's the best I've got.
I'm not too sure, and I can a potential flaw with what I've done, but it's the best I've got.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:26 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Higher or Lower
- Replies: 127
- Views: 39192
Re: Higher or Lower
Anyone got any other puzzles? I like these
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 1st February 2008
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5299
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Boring admin stuff
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1951
Re: Boring admin stuff
I hope it's PM, I usually cancel my other arrangements to browse the wiki between 3-4am.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Numbers game and running totals...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4298
Re: Numbers game and running totals...
What's the rule on negative numbers? I don't think they'd ever be useful, but I can't remember them ever being officially disallowed.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 1st February 2008
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5299
Re: Spoilers for Friday 1st February 2008
In the round you had ROSACES, you can have ROSACEA. Although I'm not sure if you can pluralize it.
How many points do have now?
How many points do have now?
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7904
Re: Versus Par
If this is like the par score on UKGameshows, then one criticism is that it punishes disallowed words harshly. I don't think it does. If a player has an eight disallowed and their opponent gets a seven, then the program puts their offering down as a six (offering nonwords should be punished, but no...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7904
Re: Versus Par
I wasn't particularly surprised Chris missed it, but Conor has basically made himself into a top Countdown contestant by practising on words like NEUROGLIA and it's only 57th in the probability lists (the fact that it has 5 vowels doesn't change things particularly in this case). The difficulty of ...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7904
Re: Versus Par
If this is like the par score on UKGameshows, then one criticism is that it punishes disallowed words harshly.
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3377
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
I thought with the order you were selecting the letters that you going for SOLENOID(S), so I was expecting you to declare 9. Oh well, you'll get one eventually. I was impressed with TEDIUM, that beat me.
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3377
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:00 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Higher or Lower
- Replies: 127
- Views: 39192
Re: Higher or Lower
Yeah, I'd like to see some more puzzles, I find them very enjoyable.
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5416
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
Being from Ireland, I'm surprised you didn't see potato... (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist )
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5416
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
A few issues came up there. Firstly, the conundrum was a retake because I made a balls up. I buzzed in and said "CLOCKWISE" and then said "no, it isn't I have messed it up." The music then started and Des got a message in the earpiece to tell me I was right after all. When I sai...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5416
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
I noticed the same thing Michael, it was there for quite a while before the clock started. Although considering there didn't seem to be a turning of the board and it's unlikely the conundrum operator was that far off in timing it was probably just an editing error. What was the final score by the way?