Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
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Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
I thought I might as well do these as we're in the most important part of the series.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
Close and competitive game today. John Shaw would have won with the extra points from remembering to declare that QINTAR wasn't written down.
Good to see Chris Marshall getting the conundrum from the audience.
Good to see Chris Marshall getting the conundrum from the audience.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
Thanks Gev.
Yes John was unlucky with that one but seemed to take it well.
Yes John was unlucky with that one but seemed to take it well.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
If anyone is wondering, there was no DC spot today as it was an anecdote from Carol Kirkwood talking about this incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMk8KKWAq7c
We were all sat in the audience saying to each other "surely they're not going to broadcast this", and alas, they didn't.......
We were all sat in the audience saying to each other "surely they're not going to broadcast this", and alas, they didn't.......
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
I was wondering actually. Thanks for the information.Martin Hurst wrote:If anyone is wondering, there was no DC spot today as it was an anecdote from Carol Kirkwood talking about this incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMk8KKWAq7c
We were all sat in the audience saying to each other "surely they're not going to broadcast this", and alas, they didn't.......
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
Did Susie disallow TRUANCIES in Rd 11?
What the hell was that about...?
What the hell was that about...?
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
A mass noun but valid on Apterous. I dunno.L'oisleatch McGraw wrote:Did Susie disallow TRUANCIES in Rd 11?
What the hell was that about...?
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
It used to be in the dictionary as a derivative of TRUANT, with no indication as to whether it was a mass noun or not, so you would have to allow it. If it now says it's a mass noun, you can't. Validity on Apterous has nothing to do with Countdown.Gavin Chipper wrote:A mass noun but valid on Apterous. I dunno.L'oisleatch McGraw wrote:Did Susie disallow TRUANCIES in Rd 11?
What the hell was that about...?
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
No but normally it's valid on Apterous because it's been deemed to make sense as a plural - unless it was just left unchanged from before it was listed as a mass noun.David Williams wrote:Validity on Apterous has nothing to do with Countdown.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
Incidentally, one of the numbers games
100 75 50 25 7 6 133
There can't have been many quarter-finals with a target achievable by using only three of the numbers, with neither contestant getting it and Rachel going a more long-winded way. To be fair, it took me the full thirty seconds to see it.
100 75 50 25 7 6 133
There can't have been many quarter-finals with a target achievable by using only three of the numbers, with neither contestant getting it and Rachel going a more long-winded way. To be fair, it took me the full thirty seconds to see it.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
Saw that 133=7x19 straightaway, as I remember factors of three digit numbers
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2016 (4th Quarter Final)
Absolutely! My first opponent at a countdown eventGavin Chipper wrote:
Good to see Chris Marshall getting the conundrum from the audience.
Also good to have a full length spoiler thread!