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The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:59 pm
by James Robinson
In today's The Sun, they've done a "dumb footballers" Countdown, in which they got 8 famous footballers to do a letters round, numbers round and a conundrum, hoping to prove what Clarke Carlisle has proved this week, that footballers aren't thick.

The selections were:
R01: E I O T W M N G N
R02: 100, 2, 6, 3, 9, 7. Target: 321.
R03: O S B L F L T O A (conundrum)

The contestants were Series 59 finalist Neil MacKenzie, Jeff's mate Chris Kamara, World Cup winner George Cohen, goalkeepers Neville Southall & Peter Bonetti, Ron "Chopper" Harris, Dean Windass and Malcolm Macdonald.

And now a brief interlude before our main feature:

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R01: E I O T W M N G N

NM: MENTION (7)
CK: MENTION (7)
GC: WOMEN (5)
NS: NOTE (4)
PB: WOMEN (5)
RH: MOWING (6)
DW: WING (4)
MM: MENTION (7)
OT: EMOTING (7) MITOGEN (7) MEOWING (7) WINGMEN (7) WONTING (7)
Score: 7-7-5-4-5-6-4-7 (max 7)

R02: 100, 2, 6, 3, 9, 7. Target: 321.

NM: 321. ((6 / 2) x 100) + (7 x 3) (10)
CK: 322. (100 x 3) + 9 + 6 + 7 (7)
GC: 321. ((6 / 2) x 100) + (3 x 7) (10)
NS: 320. (3 x 100) + 9 + 7 + 6 - 2 (7)
PB: 318. (100 x 3) + 9 + 7 + 2 (7)
RH: 320. (100 x 3) + (7 x 2) + 6 (7)
DW: 317. (3 x 100) + 9 + 6 + 2 (4) - For some reason they seem to think that getting 4 away gets you 4 points, rather than 7 :!: :? It'd be interesting if you got 0 points for being 0 away. :lol:
MM: 321. (100 + 7) x 3 (10)
Score: 17-14-15-11-11-13-8-17 (max 17)

R03: O S B L F L T O A (conundrum)

NM: No answer. (0)
CK: FOOTBALLS (10)
GC: No answer. (0)
NS: FOOTBALLS (10)
PB: FOOTBALLS (10)
RH: FOOTBALLS (10)
DW: No answer. (0)
MM: No answer. (0)
Score: 17-24-15-21-21-23-8-17 (max 27)

So, Kammy won with 24 points, and ex-Countdown champ Neil MacKenzie surprisingly finished in equal 5th with Malcolm Macdonald. :o :shock:

For clarity, this is how it finished:

1st: Chris Kamara - 24
2nd: Ron Harris - 23
3rd=: Neville Southall & Peter Bonetti - 21
5th=: Neil MacKenzie & Malcolm Macdonald - 17
7th: George Cohen - 15
8th: Dean Windass - 8

Maybe Kammy should apply to be a contestant. :lol:

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:05 pm
by Alec Rivers
So to summarise, then, the thickest of the lot is the Sun researcher for the scoring fail in round 2 and for the plural conundrum. :roll:

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:26 pm
by Michael Wallace
Haha, quality journalism. I wonder if Neil was put off by the conundrum being a plural.

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:21 pm
by Adam Dexter
Alec Rivers wrote:So to summarise, then, the thickest of the lot is the Sun researcher for the scoring fail in round 2 and for the plural conundrum. :roll:
I think it ought to be noted that there was a disclaimer saying, if I remember correctly, "The scoring system is different on the show".

However, why should it be? And good spot on the illegal conundrum :)

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:00 am
by Alec Rivers
Adam Dexter wrote:I think it ought to be noted that there was a disclaimer saying, if I remember correctly, "The scoring system is different on the show".
Ah, fair do's. I didn't notice that.
Adam Dexter wrote:And good spot on the illegal conundrum :)
Ta.

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:38 pm
by Gavin Chipper
They made a right fucking meal of that numbers!

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:03 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Gavin Chipper wrote:They made a right fucking meal of that numbers!
Yes. Yet again, not adding before multiplying really shows a distinct lack of understanding of how numbers work.

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:34 pm
by craig
I know it's irrelevant but I met Malcolm Macdonald at a charity event held at my college recently. Nice bloke.

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:59 pm
by James Robinson
craig wrote:I know it's irrelevant but I met Malcolm Macdonald at a charity event held at my college recently. Nice bloke.
Maybe he was, but I'm pretty sure that most Man City fans quite like the job he did at Huddersfield Town for this particular reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCRzaDr0pEo
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqBemHVkERY

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:02 pm
by Joseph Krol
If I had taken part I would have got a max game, as I hope most other forumites would've.

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:43 pm
by Dan McColm
They made a such a dog's dinner of the numbers. (100 + 7) x 3 really isn't that difficult!

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:37 am
by David O'Donnell
James Robinson wrote:I
1st: Chris Kamara - 24
2nd: Ron Harris - 23
3rd=: Neville Southall & Peter Bonetti - 21
5th=: Neil MacKenzie & Malcolm Macdonald - 17
7th: George Cohen - 15
8th: Dean Windass - 8

Maybe Kammy should apply to be a contestant. :lol:
That's unbelievable.

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:03 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
James Robinson wrote:In today's The Sun, they've done a "dumb footballers" Countdown, in which they got 8 famous footballers to do a letters round, numbers round and a conundrum, hoping to prove what Clarke Carlisle has proved this week, that footballers aren't thick.

The selections were:
R01: E I O T W M N G N
R02: 100, 2, 6, 3, 9, 7. Target: 321.
R03: O S B L F L T O A (conundrum)

The contestants were Series 59 finalist Neil MacKenzie, Jeff's mate Chris Kamara, World Cup winner George Cohen, goalkeepers Neville Southall & Peter Bonetti, Ron "Chopper" Harris, Dean Windass and Malcolm Macdonald.

And now a brief interlude before our main feature:

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R01: E I O T W M N G N

NM: MENTION (7)
CK: MENTION (7)
GC: WOMEN (5)
NS: NOTE (4)
PB: WOMEN (5)
RH: MOWING (6)
DW: WING (4)
MM: MENTION (7)
OT: EMOTING (7) MITOGEN (7) MEOWING (7) WINGMEN (7) WONTING (7)
Score: 7-7-5-4-5-6-4-7 (max 7)

R02: 100, 2, 6, 3, 9, 7. Target: 321.

NM: 321. ((6 / 2) x 100) + (7 x 3) (10)
CK: 322. (100 x 3) + 9 + 6 + 7 (7)
GC: 321. ((6 / 2) x 100) + (3 x 7) (10)
NS: 320. (3 x 100) + 9 + 7 + 6 - 2 (7)
PB: 318. (100 x 3) + 9 + 7 + 2 (7)
RH: 320. (100 x 3) + (7 x 2) + 6 (7)
DW: 317. (3 x 100) + 9 + 6 + 2 (4) - For some reason they seem to think that getting 4 away gets you 4 points, rather than 7 :!: :? It'd be interesting if you got 0 points for being 0 away. :lol:
MM: 321. (100 + 7) x 3 (10)
Score: 17-14-15-11-11-13-8-17 (max 17)

R03: O S B L F L T O A (conundrum)

NM: No answer. (0)
CK: FOOTBALLS (10)
GC: No answer. (0)
NS: FOOTBALLS (10)
PB: FOOTBALLS (10)
RH: FOOTBALLS (10)
DW: No answer. (0)
MM: No answer. (0)
Score: 17-24-15-21-21-23-8-17 (max 27)

So, Kammy won with 24 points, and ex-Countdown champ Neil MacKenzie surprisingly finished in equal 5th with Malcolm Macdonald. :o :shock:

For clarity, this is how it finished:

1st: Chris Kamara - 24
2nd: Ron Harris - 23
3rd=: Neville Southall & Peter Bonetti - 21
5th=: Neil MacKenzie & Malcolm Macdonald - 17
7th: George Cohen - 15
8th: Dean Windass - 8

Maybe Kammy should apply to be a contestant. :lol:

Right.

Big Cock-up no.1 - WHY OH WHY did they do raw scoring?
Big Cock-up no.2 - Numbers scoring
Big Cock-up no.3 - Conundrum cock-up

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:13 pm
by Gavin Chipper
How many people actually know about Damian's weird no-plurals rule with conundrums?

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:03 pm
by Andy Wilson
James Robinson wrote:Series 59 finalist Neil MacKenzie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5-yLYfot9w

Re: The Sun Countdown Footballers Quiz

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:19 pm
by Matt Morrison
Haha, I remember seeing that at the time. Brilliant movement.
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