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Kirk Bevins

Chris Marshall wrote:I had an audition today.

The only thing different to what Graeme said is the conundrums are now typed out on a strip of paper and the person holding the audition holds it up for 30 seconds.

And I imagine, unlike what Graeme says, you put your hand up when you have the conundrum rather than say it.

Kirk Bevins

I had this written on the calendar but the PDC officials darts cup is being held on the same day and, as reigning champ and £100 to the winner at stake, I've chosen to do that instead so count me out.

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Hohoho:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/ ... 6285614514

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I always wanted to be a maths teacher or a darts shouter. When maths teaching went down the pan I decided the actuarial route was for me as it involved numbers and paid well. The darts shouter is still a dream and I've now got the experience behind me for if/when that opportunity arises.

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Well I've stuck it on my calendar....

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I think they're one of those one jackpot games where if you win the jackpot the game will disappear immediately after because at my pub I won the biggie on secret letter (well only £10 so not so big) and the game disappeared straight after, they don't want word nerds like us winning the jackpot eve...

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Cheers Kirk! I'm surprised you weren't really impressed with Jack Hurst though. I certainly was. Jack is very good but I wasn't impressed as such. I was impressed with your consistency and word knowledge. You had an air of authority and unbeatability about you that didn't come across with Jack, in ...

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I'm actually more inclined to think it's just a genuine mistake, and luckily my missus has been fine about it, so no harm done. Or at least she seems to be - it's my birthday in about 5 weeks' time so we'll see how I get on when I try and have sex with her then. Ha you only have sex on your birthday?

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I've never won on word soup. Hexagrams however I win the jackpot virtually every time. Hex, as played in Lincoln with the other Countdowners, we won 6/6 times. It's a shame the new machines have scrapped Hexagrams and made Hex so hard to win on.

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There's only one player that I've been really impressed with since I went on....and that is Chris Davies. Why hasn't he been mentioned?

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I accept your invitation.

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Has TOASTIER gone now then? Wow...that's quite a normal word.

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Nice solution Graeme. Kirk, you must submit an entry. Competitions in niche magazines like this get very few entries. I belong to a sub-group of the Market Research Society (the Business Intelligence Group) and we used to have our own quarterly crytpic competition (often one that rolled forward if ...

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That is awesome, Graeme. I had the weapon but not the rest and I used a spreadsheet with "yes", "no" and "maybe" rather than logical sentences like yourself. That's some pretty impressive solving mate. I trust your answer without working through everything step by step.

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Can anyone help solve this? If you go here: http://www.theactuary.com/archive/2012/02/ Click the download link then the Cluedo puzzle is on page 37. I've set up a spreadsheet and I've got the weapon but struggling to proceed. Any help appreciated? Also if anybody can cut and paste the puzzle here ra...

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Still got "20 M of the T B T P S" to go folks, as well as "8 D in an O D U" as well as the "DE" of 1874: A B C D E : "MW, CH, IW to SY" The ones we didn't get: 20 members of the Texan band The Polyphonic Spree 8 Deliveries in an Over Down Under 1874: Alexande...

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The answer they printed was: REST.

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Ryan Taylor wrote: Haha! After we'd just ranted about it together too.

Did we? I probably switched off.

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Ryan Taylor wrote: Can't wait to see the Countdown Cat in all it's glory.

its.

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I'd just like to point out that I put zero effort into predicting this time. I hope this makes you both really happy, Gevin and Matt.

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It's about a £60 train trip and it also clashes with a darts competition I intend to play in so it's a no from me I'm afraid.

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Seriously, can someone spill the beans please?

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Series champ Graeme cole with my friend Colin Yeah, brilliant. (But which one's which?) I meant Graeme Cole looks like my friend Colin....he only looks like one of those blokes in that picture! Someone better than me can put the two pictures on here for all to see. Someone suggested using the "...

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Series champ Graeme cole with my friend Colin

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James Robinson wrote: Surely Ben means combined points totals for those rounds, so a max of 64 in the first 4, if you got 3 nines and the numbers, and a max of 74 in the second 5, if you got 3 nines and the numbers and the conundrum.

Yes, hence I added that last sentence to my post.

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This year, there are two spot prizes of this nature- one for the highest single score in the first half of the game (rounds 1-4 inclusive) and one for the highest single score from round 5-9 inclusive. I don't get it. The highest single score in the first half of the game is going to be 10 or 18 po...

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I shall reveal all at COLIN. And then I'll tell you about the cat. Would I be saying too much if I said it's not always literally "a cat"? - I can't figure out if that gives it away or makes it more confusing though for somebody not in the know! I'm not in the know and it makes it more co...

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Just saw this....was quite amusing to start off with then I fast forwarded the show a bit and found out it contained two of our very own c4cers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yxTKf8g ... re=related

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Keep meaning to congratulate you on your success, Kirk. The only person I know who did better from Kist's victory had heard of his Dutch dominance and placed a few quid on him to win - at 66/1. Yeah I was tempted but I didn't think he'd win it. Jan Dekker is a class act too and Kist was 11/8 to bea...

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Matt Morrison wrote:You chosen who you're going with yet Kirk?

Yeah. My girlfriend.

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I had 2 teams which did rubbish as I only really know about PDC darts but gotta be in it to win it. Someone I know won a daily prize but well done you on the big one. Awesome. The PDC ought to do one next year...it was great fun. I won the daily prize from Thursday to Sunday as everyone I had won t...

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So what time is everyone getting there? Are we getting off at Hykeham station and if so are there taxis from here to the venue (I'm guessing not). Lincoln would be easier but I'm guessing it's much further in a taxi....

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Chris Marshall wrote:http://bdodarts.fantasyleague.com/

Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but it mentions Countdown. Well done Kirk!

How did you come across this?

Anyway, there's now a news article on it/me:

http://www.bdodarts.com/

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I haven't watched the show but just read the review. Another nice scramble:

EROSTHEME = THREESOME. Eros being the Greek god of love and indeed a threesome does have an "Eros theme".

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Surely the best place to be is when there are 2 options left? If someone goes first they have a 1/20 chance of guessing the number - extremely unlikely. If you were second in line you'd have 19 to choose from which is better but still unlikely to win. Continue this down to 3 numbers left. The chance...

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So would the Stilton speicfy on it that it's vegetarian? A lot of people think that cheese is automatically vegetarian, when it actually isn't. But assuming all is well, I'll have that and the apple pie without custard or cream, if I'm not too late. So presumably all would be above board on the veg...

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I played on a machine (hexagrams) in Flares. I played it twice and won the jackpot of £1 both times so I had £2 in the bank. I'd already missed out on dancing to the YMCA etc so I stopped there and went to collect. Upon pressing collect the screen went white and said "hopper error, call enginee...

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Casserole and apple pie and custard please. Sorry to hear there's no crumble.

Can I pay on the day? I promise I will...

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James Robinson wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:How can I watch it? It doesn't seem to be on 4oD
You have to look hard enough: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the- ... od#3275511

Go to 2 hours and 11 minutes in.

Hope this wasn't sarcasm. I searched for 8 out of 10 cats and it didn't appear, but thanks.

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How can I watch it? It doesn't seem to be on 4oD

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I'm actually now gutted I couldn't make it as the photos look like so much fun was had. Roll on COLIN.

Kirk Bevins · Re: Yet another silly 'predict the time' game 13 January 12:34pm

13 January 12:34pm

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I watch it all the time. In fact I can claim to have missed about 20 episodes over the years - live or taped. (Start time altered - tape running out etc.) Daughter Jessica comes home from school and thrashes not just me but contestants too. We've both been practicing very hard! If Countdown returns...

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I can understand taking it on without reading about the variant beforehand and just throwing yourself in at the deep end, I can understand that (although others will say that is silly enough), but then if it is making you that mad, how on earth are you just blazing through it without stopping rathe...

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Matt Morrison wrote:Which dick was it Kirk?

I'm not mentioning names of course - just thought it was an interesting true story to add.

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I've been invited in by a few of the crew/presenters in a series after mine but all it took was for one member of the crew to not let me in to make me never go in again. To be fair I shouldn't really be allowed to gatecrash somebody elses after party but when you've built up a rapport with the show'...

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Still got "20 M of the T B T P S" to go folks, as well as "8 D in an O D U" as well as the "DE" of 1874: A B C D E : "MW, CH, IW to SY"

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Interesting remainder (4).

Its -e-t. Maybe rest or nett?? No idea. Suggestions with reasons please

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Haha..me. Im training to be an actuary. Dads a train driver.

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Food for me please...especially crumble.

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3 and 8 we're nowhere near on. 8 drams in an ounce...but what's the DU?

8 doors on an octagonal display unit? Lol...something like that?

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Innis Carson wrote:#2: 44 days without food or water spent in a glass box over the Thames by David Blaine

On second thought, he did have water, maybe this isn't exactly right. Or perhaps it's another mistake.

Yeah, it sounds very right....the WS just needs to be confirmed really.

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I reckon it's "A wizard dials 6442 to enter the ministry of magic"....does that sound right? I'm guessing they're all wizards..

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Well, to enter the Ministry of Magic, you go into a payphone and type in 62442, then the box will descend through the ground - if that gives you a bit more help. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but that looks more right. I can see why you got 15. :) Ha, I didn't...my dad did and he called me a...

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1) 513 P K by A S on S 2) 44 D W F or W S in a G B O T T by D B 3) 8 D in an O D U 4) 1874 A B C D E: 'M W, C H, I W to S Y' 5) A W D 6442 to E the M of M 6) 1946 J G Q to E 7) 4 I of C; L I, I T, M T and G I 8) 20 M of the T B T P S These are ones I've got but feel free to solve them for fun (or c...

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The magazine states 6442 but it could be an error. What would the "AWD" be? A wizard's something? I don't do Harry Potter. I'll post the others for you.

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Nice. Disappointingly my dad nailed 6 and 7 just after I posted so 6 left to go...

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David Williams wrote:All the really cool No. 1 seeds blow their semi-finals.

Oi, piss off (although I did try)

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Thought you guys were clever so I'd post these. Feel free to cheat using google etc as I just would like to know the answers...I've got most of them but a few I'm struggling with. Here goes: 1) 513 P K by A S on S 2) 44 D W F or W S in a G B O T T by D B 3) 8 D in an O D U 4) 1874 A B C D E: 'M W, C...

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There's a new girl at work and she said her dad had been on Countdown. She then said his surname was in the conundrum and I said "it's not LEVERTON is it?" and she was like "yes! ULEVERTON was the scramble". Was a surreal moment...I remember watching this game in the studio, and...

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