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if it's not EGOSURFED then it should be

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Blackburn - we're getting good at mediocrity.

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is LOLITA still capitalised, out of interest?

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:VOLITION too, right?
Nope sorry, there was only 1 'O'.

Oh yes...that would explain how they had VIOLETS then

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VOLITION too, right?

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Shocking miss from carol...

(25+3) = 28
2*6*28 = 336
336 + (4-3) = 337

Unless I've misread the numbers...

(or failed at maths, of course)

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How is this thread not here yet?

Anyway, you know what to do, and whilst we're at it, is CORNIEST In? (round 8)

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Jason Larsen wrote:For the record, my birthday is on the first day of Fall 1986.

I read that as 'Fail'

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To be honest, I'd say Countdown is 'fair' just because the best player (usually) should win - as long as you're the best player in the series then you don't have to worry about the bad luck of coming up against a good player in your 8-game run (cf. all those unfortunate, would-be finalists who came ...

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I seem to remember playing on one when I was in Cambridge (in the Bath House, specifically), and all I recall is that the conundrums were hilariously difficult (I can't actually remember any, but can remember that the only time I managed to get one was by guessing something that sounded *vaguely* li...

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Don't know if anyone else carried on watching - but the welsh guy's last question was (along the lines of) "An hour of which of these sports burns the most calories? Rugby, Basketball or Tennis?" Apparently the answer is rugby (the guy got it wrong, as did the remaining 3 of the 100), but ...

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Craig Beevers wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:25-4 = 21
21*10 = 210
210 - 1 = 209
209 * 3 = 627
Did the same, except without the -1 bit and just took 3 off at the end. Surprised Carol didn't get it.

Same - she's usually fine with the "oh look it's divisible by n" ones.

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25-4 = 21
21*10 = 210
210 - 1 = 209
209 * 3 = 627

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Wasn't SLOUCHES there in round 9?

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David O'Donnell wrote:Countdown conundrum,
Clocks ticking; no answer: shit!
Ends I-N-G.

How do you get 5 syllables out of 'Ends I-N-G'? is that some perverted Irish thing?

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I think GROUSED was an equaller in round 12 (?)

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REGALIST in round 13

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aha! so *that's* why I thought I recognised him!

I don't understand 1 vs. 100 - what happens if the guy who's left beats Chris? Does he get the money?

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Joseph Bolas wrote:I wouldn't mind a game of Countdown against Carol Vorderman or Susie Dent .

A game of Countdown, or a game of 'Countdown'? (nudge nudge wink wink etc.)

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I was not aware - how is it different?

I never understood how people wasted so much time on facebook, maybe I'll learn how if this is any good...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:can you have a POSTURER?
Although not the maximum, this word is allowed .

woot - I'll leave getting perfect games to the professionals (I'll stick to beating the (less good) contestants and being bitter

)

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can you have a POSTURER?

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I can't believe that I want to know what the surprise is

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I'm not sure, but I think I know how many I'll find amusing. On the plus side I have pepsi max and sugary chewy sweets, so I'm sorted

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Corby wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't really like it to be honest, when the conundrum only has 2 vowels.
Why?

I'd guess it's because it couldn't come up in a standard letter round.

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A legend

edit: I appreciate this would have been a perfect opportunity for a rickroll, but it would feel a bit too much like kicking a puppy (with a knife)

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I think about half the people doing part III come from outside Cambridge. Yeah, I always forget that... have fun with your exams, I know from various friends of mine how horrendous it looks (although it's not as cool as the stats MPhil where you get to do a 3 day computing exam - which is what I'd ...

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BANSAW two words?

edit: I now realise it's a bandsaw, not that I'd be familiar with manual labour, or something...

editedit: actually, let's pretend that I meant BANSAW all along, and it's a saw that you ban someone with - can I be paid £££ to sit in dictionary corner now please?

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I have a vague memory of games when she didn't do it every round. and then I think she thought that everyone laughing politely were people actually finding it funny (maybe she doesn't notice because she's too busy laughing herself), so decided it was an easy way to be amusing.

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Will Jo Brand stop being annoying? There's only one way to find out...

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Wow, didn't realise Paul Howe was doing Part III - that means we were in the same lectures for 3 years (well, ignoring the fact that a) we can choose subjects after 1st year; and ii) I hardly went to any lectures). If you want a more comprehensive list, feel free to add me (MSc Statistics) to it :P ...

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Diana not actually killed and appearing in Countdown shocker?

How has the Express not got hold of this yet?

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Charlie Reams wrote:It is getting tedious isn't it? My favourite guests are the ones that tend to turn the game into a farce (Zenon), but anyone could make up some unimaginative compound word given, say, 30 seconds.

Thank God it's not just me...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:Did they say MOANERS?

No, Jo Brand was too busy being not funny.

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I was impressed that the contestant got GATEPOST, I got it too but only because I missed it very recently on Corral. I missed ADOPTION/OPTIONAL though so i am currently contemplating suicide methods: do I take this game too seriously or not seriously enough?! She's really picked up a bit, yeah. Is ...

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I think that's what you call a 'convenient' numbers game

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I was in the kitchen during the intro - did they something about les chiffres?

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I wonder if we can presume that they'll never let a man have Carol's job, simply because of all the people who ask for one large...

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Wow! No-one in the audience got that one! The challenger deserved to win though. I was surprised by that, too (no-one getting the conundrum, although I did think "ASSIMELLY? No...that's not a word" before working it out). She seemed better, yeah, once she got past her early round nerves/h...

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David O'Donnell wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:for all of you who love not using a big 'un
It's not that I love it, I just don't have a choice

Please say something like that if such an opportunity arises in the finals...

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The (rather obvious) (3*9*10)+(8-3) for all of you who love not using a big 'un

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Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't know where I got the name ERNIE from .

ERNIE is the premium bonds number generator-thing, so I'd guess that?

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Well if 8.8% of number games are not solvable, then that means the probability of 3 not solvable rounds in one show (assuming first that the contestants pick any one of the possible games uniformly, which is unlikely) is 0.000681472, so you'd expect one such show every 1468 episodes. In the old days...

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oh right - I thought you had dreamed about an age of countdown where two people would try and sit in the champion chair and get to fend off the challenger as a team (a la blockbusters, I suppose...)

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Jason Larsen wrote:Did Julian Fell appear on Countdown during the time contestants could be co-champions?

...huh?

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Charlie Reams wrote:Still not quite sure how they made it to such high scores.

I think the answer to that is 30 points worth of unmissable numbers

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it was just some things like missing loiterers when they got loiters, and a few other things here and there

don't worry, I'm just being bitter

actually...I'm having trouble thinking of good words they spotted...

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these contestants make me

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FOCUSERS?

(not that I'd've risked it, of course)

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Deal.

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Took a little while to find this :lol:. Maybe this should be locked on the first page like with the "Welcome! - Post here first" thread. Could I still suggest that a separate mini section be created for the practice games and conundrum challenges. It will tidy up the General thread a bit ...

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similarly ZORICALLY for Z...maybe...

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QUERIANCE sounds like a word, right?

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jimbentley wrote:I feel a bit guilty now about giving a facetious answer to Jason's question. Sorry, Jason.

Aaw, you were being facetious? I thought we'd discovered an awesome new pattern amongst countdowners

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Charliewarlie wrote:I don't get it.

I was going to say the same thing, but figured someone else would comment saying so first. Wouldn't've bet on it being you, though.

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ah, so that R I saw in round 1 was an F..

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M. George Quinn wrote:I know you said "famous person" but would I be able to go for a famous monkey?

Hitler was a monkey?

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I could've sworn you could have got RAPED in round 1? (not a phrase I often expect to say...) and if I was just imagining it, then let's just pretend I was trying to attract everyone to this fun and exciting thread in my own special way edit: and awesome recap-mention-fame - another step on the long...

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is LADETTES in?

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