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Joseph Bolas

Joseph, I was about to wish you good luck, but I have a question. Are you due to appear on Countdown anytime soon? I'm confused, you talked about two different events in one thread. I have already appeared on Countdown Jason. Back in June 2003 I had my audition (I just turned 21 on the day) and the...

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As for Smash Bros, I suppose I'm a Link man mainly, though I do find Marth useful too. Ness can also be deadly in my hands. :) My favourite character from a neutral standpoint though simply HAS to be Mr. Game & Watch. :D Can't say I am a fan of Link, Marth, Ness or Mr Game & Watch myself. W...

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This thread is self explanatory.

EDIT: Can anyone tell me why Carol thinks that Liverpudlians can't pronounce the word Sudoku?

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On my 21st birthday I had my Countdown audition :D, then 1 year later I finally got a recording date and fucked up my debut game big time :lol:. Here is the audition I had on my birthday: R01: A E C I L M N T U R02: B D E I L V O R Y R03: Y T R U C O M R A R04: 50, 6, 9, 3, 7, 2, Target: 961 R05: D ...

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I remember in my audition, I had a round with the 9-letter word APERTURES, but I only came up with TREASURE. I remember my 3 conundrums too - PULMONARY, SUFFOCATE :x and ENERGETIC. ENERGETIC was in my 1st audition but I only got INTEGER. Wasn't SUFFOCATE our crucial conundrum at COLIN Jo Bo? Think ...

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Could the 'G' possibly be GOODFELLA?

I actually fancy a pizza for tea

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The only problem I found with the DVD was the way the Conundrum was set up, other than that I thought it was good. I remember one round offered FISHCAKE as the maximum word, but there was also a T in the selection IIRC, so I think you could've had SHITFACE too :lol:. I had that exact round at my au...

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Yep, I've had Brawl pre-ordered since about April last year. Might need to go and refresh that pre-order, actually- my original Wii preorder (which I made about 10 months in advance) kinda went a bit walkabout from GAME's systems so better safe than sorry. I have decided to purchase a Wii Freeloade...

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Is there anyone here who has a Nintendo Wii and will be getting Super Smash Bros Brawl?

It is one of the most anticipated games this year and I am looking to see if anyone else here is getting it so I may be able to challenge them to a brawl online.

Joseph Bolas

Is Tim Vine the guy, who hosted a programme called Fort Boyard Takes On The World, in which he shows how different countries play Fort Boyard?

Joseph Bolas

The only problem I found with the DVD was the way the Conundrum was set up, other than that I thought it was good.

I remember one round offered FISHCAKE as the maximum word, but there was also a T in the selection IIRC, so I think you could've had SHITFACE too

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Did DC mention SOLENOID in round 8?

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TAWDRIEST?

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Youse know what to do.

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H - HONEYCOMB

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Equaller - FORERAN

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Round 1 equaller - PLEXORS

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I know it was solved, but for the 2nd numbers I did:

(((6 x 8) - (7 x 4)) x 50) - 8

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PODIUMS?

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David O'Donnell wrote:Doesn't look like it, Bryan. Am I the only one who was trailing 0-18 to Des O'Connor after round one?

Nope, I didn't see that 9 either, but very well done to Des for spotting it.

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To me, the original hosts make a game show a classic. It's nice when someone can take over the gameshow when the regular hosts pass on/retire etc, but the game show will never be the same again. There have been many gests in DC, so I suppose some of the regulars there could take over as the viewers ...

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FREEDMAN

A word Welsby should know

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I was thinking it maybe has something to do with anagrams, but don't think its right.

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You know the drill.

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Corby wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:I felt the earthquake, but it would've been better if it was bigger.
Better as in "more people getting injured", you mean?

No, just more of a vibration.

Joseph Bolas

I felt the earthquake, but it would've been better if it was bigger.

Joseph Bolas

I don't think Carol would never stop co-hosting Countdown. If she did then it wouldn't be the same. So what you're saying is that if she did retire they'd have to create some Vordermann cyborg to carry on in her place? Interesting.. Nope lol, because I believe if Carol retired from Countdown, then ...

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Are there any hints you could give us?

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Probably a discussion that's been done to death before, so sorry if so, but I do wonder what would happen should Carol eventually decide that consolidating her loans into one simple monthly repayment is a better career move than countdown. Is there a deputy Carol being groomed as we speak? I don't ...

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Does anyone know if Kirk got this in the end?

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1st numbers ((9 + 8) x 10) + (50 - 8)

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You know the drill.

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Gevin-Gavin wrote:What about 3π?

(Sorry)

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Hey Damian, do you think it would be possible to get Glenn Hugill as a DC guest? I think he would be brilliant in DC.

EDIT: Or even have a Countdowners special of The Mole

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M. George Quinn wrote:16!

Last clue gave it away, to me.

Paul Howe wrote:And the other possible answer is 70?

Yes. Both 16 and 70 fit the logic

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NB: Focusing on the numbers in the puzzle, there is obviously a 3rd number, but I was looking for the 2 not already there .

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M. George Quinn wrote:Last clue gave it away, to me.

I was afraid that my clue might've gave it away, but I wasn't sure how to word it so it wasn't too much of a give away

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Gevin-Gavin wrote:Looks like we're all struggling with this.

Kirk has worked out its to do with letters, but if its not letters as in a code, how else can you relate those numbers to letters?

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I have my NODE from series 52 (2nd edition not revised), which I believe is the one you would need for the recaps? So I could check words for the recapper.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:How about in another code sense, such as an A=26, Z=1 code? Or is there no code?

Nope, sorry

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Joseph Bolas

I reckon it has something to do with the letters of the alphabet in code as there are only 1-26. I can tell you that if this sequence was extended, it would focus on 3 digit numbers and could even get to 4 digit numbers too (depending on how long the sequence went on for). Am I on the right lines w...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote: I think Kirk waited on the platform just so he could get the train numbers.
No, I waited on the platform to see what happened with the drunk. The station concerned was Birmingham New Street.

Sorry

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Joseph Bolas

I am finally getting used to the 75

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3rd numbers alt: (75 - (7 x 2)) x 3

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Ben Pugh wrote:And they did say MANDATED.

My bad, I mustn't have heard them

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:Did they say MANDATED?

I don't think they did.

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Well CORED last year was in the SE area, although the wrong side of London for me so still over an hour by train/tube/train. Something less than 2+ hours away would be nice, but I'm not convinced the more Northern COntenders (see what I did there, ahaha) would trek to the London area for it. I beli...

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What number can replace 'X' in the following sequence, and why?

21, 19, 15, 11, 07, 04, 02, 06, 05, 03, 12, X, 18, 26,

NB: There are 2 possible answers, so I just require only one.

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Conor wrote:Yep, very good.

Yay. I wasn't too sure though as it looked like I had spelt it wrong

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ROTUNDA

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Could you have had MIAOWED in Round 4?

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QUINOA

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Conor wrote:Did DC have RIPENESS? I wasn't really paying attention.

Yes, they did mention this.

A nice equaller for R4 - SYRINGE.

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Not sure if this is the right place to start a topic on Birthdays (could do with a calendar feature too) anyway happy birthday to Chris Wills and Charlie Reams.

Joseph Bolas

Kirk Bevins wrote:Replace "Bolton" with "football" and you're spot on.

EDIT: I know your favourite sport is darts Kirk, but I always thought you were fan of football (just not as much of a fan as you are of darts obviously)?

Joseph Bolas

Don't be daft, Joe. PERSONAE is not an easy word - that is why Conor won his round with it in a series quarter final! PERSONA consists of common letters but you may easily miss it. AENOPRS are 7 letters that are likely to come up in selections often. If you know PERSONA and also know that you can p...

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REUNIONS

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and GIAOURS, GOPURAS and RAGTOPS .... and probably a few more but I couldn't get a 7 though I did think that RAPTIOUS^ was a real word for an instant :oops: I must admit I did my usual miss-a-letter-of-the-end-of-a-word thing again where I only came up with ROMANCE and didn't think of adding the 'D...

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Stuart Earl wrote:SAUTOIR

Also could've had RAGOUTS too as an equaller.

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:Is the answer to HOREGROAN a variant spelling of gonorrhoea? I know the LOVERMODE is VELODROME.
Yup well done Joe for getting GONORRHEA

Yey

. I must remember that for COLIVER

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Joseph Bolas

Dare I ask why? You can, but I have been trying to remember all morning why I said that last night, so it mustn't have been important :oops:. I don't quite know what is in the book, but I don't think thats it going to help me anyway, if I read it, if I am still making mistakes like missing easy wor...

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Martin Gardner wrote:Hi

If anyone's read Crucial by Mark Tournoff, would they like to write a review for the Countdownwiki, as I haven't yet got round to having a look at it. If you are interested, go to http://www.countdownwiki.com/Crucial_-_ ... 0%99s_Tale.

I was going to buy it, but I just can't.

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