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My bad, I guess I never actually said it out loud. They're the initial letters of the titles of successive episodes.

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Gavin Chipper wrote:Time we got an explanation for these.

You just did...?

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Ben Wilson wrote:Star Trek TNG? The first three definitely match, afterwards I'm a little fuzzy on the ordering.

Aaaand we have a Winner!!!!
Well done.

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Ian Volante wrote:Red Dwarf.

Sorry, that's not the correct show. Right genre, but less comedic...

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Matt Morrison wrote:friends

Yep. Could almost be The Big Bang Theory, as well, although that has a P in the first position. (Friends might as well; I didn't check...)

Another TV-related one (this time, excluding "A"s and "The"s in the first positions):
E N C L W L J B H H B D ...

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Q Q S N D N J G F H W K M I ? Hint: This sequence is associated with the person I've been trying to add to Apterous Dictionary Corner for over a year. The hint made it very obvious for me. It's M for Made in Heaven. Although the sequence should have been Q Q S A A N J T F H T A T I. The words A and...

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Q Q S N D N J G F H W K M I ?

Hint: This sequence is associated with the person I've been trying to add to Apterous Dictionary Corner for over a year.

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I'd predict with 90% certainty that Mark will beat Samir in the final, and expect that they'll carry their QFs and SFs accordingly. The third and fourth QFs might be a little more up in the air -- as we already know, from the fact that Neil vs. Sean is a rematch of a heat game that went to a tie-bre...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:DEEKSNOSE in one of the rounds for 9.
What does he know?

Nothing. "No se" means "I don't know" in Spanish.

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David Barnard wrote:MORRIBAKE
MORRICOPE
GAYSMNUTS

GAYSMNUTS = NYSTAGMUS

MORRIBAKE
MORRICOPE
HERHOTSIS

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Sean Fletcher wrote:C1: Champion Roy Taylor (4 wins, 347 points.) Won 81-65 yesterday against Penny Storey. Can he keep his run going and make it to the finals?

'Twas Sunday.

Other than that, an excellent first recap.

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2nd Numbers Alt.: ((0 + 0 + (0 * 0)) * 0) - 0 = 000

SHORES and HOSERS as equallers in rounds 1, 2, 4, 11, 15, and, screw it, the whole game.

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Man, this is the least exciting game EVER, isn't it?

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Alt. 1st numbers: (50 + 75) * 2 + 10 + 9
Alt. 3rd numbers: (25 + 75) * 4 + 9 + 3 + 2
Alt. 4th numbers: (100 - 9 + 4) * (2 + 3)

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Bloody awesome performance Samir! Beat me 110-105. PHOTINO was the clincher.

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4th Numbers Alt.: (9 - 3) x 50 = 300

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Jon Corby wrote:Why have you left spaces around some of the operators but not others Conor?

My suggested ways for writing them:

(75 + 5 - 1 - 1) x 10
((1 + 1) x 75 + 7) x 5 + 3
((50 + 9) x 4 + 1) x (4 - 1)

What's "x"? This isn't algebra. Use "*".

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James Robinson wrote:I'd quite like to see the conundrum used in this game used on the show again.............: http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_951

Indeed, 'tis about time the production team legalized its use.

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*tumbleweed blows through spoiler thread*

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Jon Corby wrote:So basically it happens pretty much every single game.

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Steven M. McCann wrote:If you were Prince William, would you shave it all off!

As in abdicate?

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Jordan F wrote:For those of you confused, look at the date, then you'll know everything. Or you can quote my post.

Actually, the first thing I noticed from looking at the date was the weekday...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:2014-03-08 12:54:09 Jen Steadman says: YOU@RE A LARGE SHIT!!!
2014-03-08 12:54:14 Rhys Benjamin entered the room!

How could you have known about that if you weren't in the room?

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I got 5 of those: PHYLOGENY, TCHOTCHKE, ARCHETYPE, MELODRAMA, ASYMPTOTE . Also confident I maxed the first 3 rounds of Andy's game: SNOWSHOE, PURIFIES, MORTGAGE . Guess it's time for another one of my patented Random-15-Rounders-O-Doom™, eh? Thanks to the Kountdonians for providing my selections. R0...

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Andy Platt wrote:Doubt it is the first time, but strange to see APTEROUS come up on Countdown.

Why is Apterous called Apterous, anyway? It's not like it's a common Countdown word or anything.

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Who won?

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Heather Styles wrote:Is Darren another clue?

Yes!

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Hint #1:
The name "Darren Vigenère" in the introduction offered a clue as to how to crack the code. The last name refers to Vigenère ciphers, which can be encoded and decoded here.

(Incidentally, why do they have to clarify that "This page is for amusement only"? Odd.)

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My friend from work, Darren Vigenère, emailed me this recap yesterday. He's always been a mysterious guy -- wearing ludicrous clothes in the office, quoting Shakespeare all the time, using Windows Vista -- but this really takes the cake. I only introduced him to Countdown last week and he's already ...

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Funny, I had always thought WAREHOU was in our dictionary because whoever made the Apterous wordlist was trying to type in WAREHOUSE but hit enter too early the first time. Anyone remember WECAST^?

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R1: F O T S I V M A B R2: K O E W A A R F E R3: 1, 5, 9, 25, 50, 75. Target: 707. R4: G I U P F R H E E R5: P Z P D T O A A B R6: 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 100. Target: 708. R7: A F T E B Q E N A R8: L Y E R G I U H M R9: 3, 7, 25, 50, 75, 100. Target: 966. R10: A T A U O M C L E R11: R U F I L T I N O R12: T...

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Two occurrences of thrice-repeated vowels (three consecutive Os in round 1; three consecutive Es in round 13). Has this ever happened before?

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Do the letters in each word have to be adjacent to each other?

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WIDEBAND for a beater in round 13.

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Callum Todd wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:Someone could always arrange a 60-66 CoC on Apterous if there's that much clamour for one. Marcus, Ben, Zarte...?
Very good point.

Problem is, then the conundrum for the final game could be something piss-easy. Unless we changed the rules for this tourney only.

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Hmmm... my post seems to have mysteriously not sent. Anyhow... For COC14 I really want to see Channel 4 make an effort. I don't care how long it is, even if it's crammed into one week like COC10 was at the end of 1999. I agree with Mark; Series 60-67 were not covered by the Supreme Championship ful...

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They're not going to get rid of CoCs permanently . If, God forbid, Countdown is ever cancelled, they're definitely going to go out with a bang, not a whimper. But I'm sure that that day will be far in the future. I believe there will be time for many more CoCs during Countdown's history. Specials ar...

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Countdown: Conor Travers
Apterous: Callum Todd
C4C: Graeme Cole

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The first Numbers Fray has run its course. Five people entered; kudos to all of them. However, we needed to play favourites. Mark emerged the victor of this morning's battle in the eighth round after correctly reaching the final target of 953. Guess that unique method -- typing out your numbers solu...

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The first-ever Fray is now complete. Congratulations to all 6 players who entered, but particularly to Marcus , who took the glory in the ninth round after spotting CYBERPUNK. David also put up a very strong fight, correctly polishing off six increasingly hard conundrums before finally coming unstuc...

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Background I'm considering running a series of live chat-based competitions, known as Frays, in Apterous's live chat in the near future (live). The competitions would be regularly scheduled, and right now, I'm thinking they will be at 9pm (British Standard Time) on Thursday nights, starting tomorro...

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I'd say it might be possible if someone makes a concerted effort to attract North Americans to Apterous. Maybe we could recruit interest for it on the message boards for American quiz shows (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Millionaire, etc.) (Though being Canadian, I would push more strongly for a CO:T...

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Dave Preece wrote:We could even have a female version of the prize too?

Implying that women are not people?

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My predictions for the finals: QF1 - Dylan vs Gemma - Dylan to win by 40-50 QF2 - Jen vs Callum - Jen to win on crucial QF3 - Glen vs Jonathan - Glen to win by 30-40 QF4 - Bradley vs Alex - Bradley to win by 20-30 SF1 - Dylan vs Bradley - Dylan to win by 20-30 SF2 - Jen vs Glen - Jen to win by 15-20...

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Robert Lozyniak wrote:If some poor soul in purgatory is assigned the task of getting CECIL up to a googol, how many cards need the numbers angel put up, and what numbers do those cards show?

One, and it shows a googol.

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Mark Deeks wrote:Not sure I've even found the question yet.

To be honest, that whole thing is the question.

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...Aaaaaand we have our first official genius! Kudos to Graeme Cole for obtaining a correct solution, especially in the wake of that error (now fixed). You win... extensive bragging rights.

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ITURNITON SNAKESDEN SUITMEDAL ELEETVIDS DEEFULLER MARCOKOLO CSCOURSES THSHINDIG UNCLEOSSI FREERINGO ARUFFYELL CATINMICE LITTLETIA KIMCLIQUE MEMEBIRDS SERVEMIMI BRINGUSON HANGDRIES GETINLAID INNERCAGE GROSSRAGE RIDESDBUS SCATLINGO TRIIANGLE ELITESKIL DRAINGATE LUNARNAUT TANGIRINE SPEAKCROW ITRADEMAN ...

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NISEJAMES = JESSAMINE
EATMYPOST = ASYMPTOTE

DANSRECAP
NOSYDALEK
JFKINCAKE

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Dave Preece wrote:Airdates
Air dates
Air-dates

Who cares, really?

Dictionary Corner.

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BITCHPILE = PHLEBITIC
KNOBGRIPS = SPRINGBOK

CLUNGEAIR
CONGOCICO
LEDMUTINI

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Andy Platt wrote:
James S Roper wrote:You get frustrated in Spanish and write n.a.w in your book, much to the confusing of my teachers.
N.A.P surely?

N.E.P

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote: Was that really necessary?
Was THAT really necessary?
Was THAT really necessary?

I'd continue the chain, but the maximum allowed font size only goes so high.

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Dave Preece wrote:What a fucking idiot!

Was that really necessary?

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A full-time, high-intensity, unpaid labourer (a.k.a. student).

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At exactly what (faster-than-light) speed would you have to travel in order to escape a black hole?

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Apropos of nothing in particular, do we know the (transmission) date of the grand final yet

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The other night I dreamed I was reading a recap written by JR, and the targets for the first three numbers games were all "555". Smileys galore and comments in very large font sizes ensued after the third one.

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DINGTHREE = RIGHTENED
CIGARETRI = GERIATRIC

COILTABAC
KEITHDALE
TONIGERIA

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ISCARETIM = ARMISTICE

AMDRACULA
CATPINEMU
CHIKORETA

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