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- Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 3rd June 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 52)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 791
Monday 3rd June 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 52)
Countdown recap for Monday 3 June 2013. C1: Champion Chris Ball (1 win, 88 points) is a retired teaching assistant from Chellaston, Derby. She's looking for her second win today to have a chance of making the finals. C2: Challenger Mill Pritchard is from Westward Ho! He's a keen birdwatcher! He prev...
- Thu May 30, 2013 10:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Don't see why not.Philip Wilson wrote:Hi, so is it ok to ask a question about a certain contestant here? This has been bugging me for weeks now!!
- Thu May 30, 2013 7:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday May 30th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 51)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4585
Re: Spoilers for Thursday May 30th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 51
What do we make of Rachel deliberately showboating these numbers games? Is it better to provide a more "obvious" solution? I think it's officially called 'doing an Andy Platt', isn't it? ;) It's quite entertaining when you've got it with a 'standard method', but when I can't even get that...
- Thu May 30, 2013 7:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Dictionary corner....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4248
Re: Dictionary corner....
In this game last week, DC found RAMEKINS, SERAGLIO and EXORDIA. The day before , they found LITHARGE and RINGDOVES. So they're announcing their fair share of obscure words and contestant beaters. It's easy to suggest that they deliberately try to avoid showing us obscure words, but I think it's mor...
- Mon May 27, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday May 27th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 48)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2117
Re: Spoilers for Monday May 27th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 48)
One more question for Graeme; is Joe the first octochamp in the show's history to start and finish his run on the same day of the week? No - these players all did the same, including Sharon Bridge, who started on a Monday in March 1994 and finished on a Monday the following July. http://wiki.aptero...
- Mon May 27, 2013 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 27th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 48)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 585
Monday 27th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 48)
Countdown recap for Monday 27 May 2013. C1: Champion Joe McGonigle (7 wins, 622 points) is a croupier from Stockport who's already done enough to reach the quarter finals. He hasn't got a century yet, but today he has the chance of becoming the series' fourth octochamp. C2: Challenger Rachael Bagot ...
- Mon May 27, 2013 3:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday May 27th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 48)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2117
Re: Spoilers for Monday May 27th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 48)
Well done to Joe for becoming an octochamp, he had a couple of tough games but he got through. One thing I'm curious about is that his 716 seems in particular to be one of the highest scores for having never scored a century, anybody want to check that? Only Nick Wainwright (726) and David von Geye...
- Thu May 23, 2013 12:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3895
Re: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
I have been trying really hard to remember exactly what happened in regards to Joe's first numbers... from what I can recall, after I'd messed up and Nick asked him to declare his working, Joe just stared at the board for several seconds before Nick stopped him and told him he'd taken too long. But...
- Wed May 22, 2013 11:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3895
Re: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
Countdown recap for Wednesday 22 May 2013. Round 3: 50, 25, 10, 4, 4, 5. Target: 920. C1: 925. Timed out by Nick. C2: 920. Mistake in working. RR: 920. (50 - 4) x 4 x 5 (10) Score: 13–13 (max 23) Unlucky there for mark who presumably was about to do (25 - 10 /5) x 4 x 10 ... or indeed (25 - 10 /5) ...
- Wed May 22, 2013 8:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3895
- Wed May 22, 2013 8:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3895
Re: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
Round 14: 25, 1, 4, 2, 8, 7. Target: 825. C1: 825. (8 x 4 + 1) x 25 (10) C2: 825. ((4 + 1) x 7 - 2) x 25 (10) Score: 78–49 (max 124) Both contestants figure out what is needed to multiply by 25 to make 825, and that is 33. Joe's method is slightly more efficient than Mark's, but there's no points f...
- Tue May 21, 2013 8:44 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10730
Re: Sports puzzles
By the way what are the rules on referee errors? If a referee miscounted a break and insisted he was right, would that be final? If so, you could have a total clearance of -79. And yeah the game would end because the referee says so. Edit - Is a football referee required to keep count of the scores...
- Mon May 20, 2013 9:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 20th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 683
Monday 20th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 43)
Countdown recap for Monday 20 May 2013. C1: Champion Joe McGonigle (2 wins, 174 points) is a croupier from Stockport who doesn't seem to get much of an introduction, so I'll just make up stories about him. Interestingly, Joe's cat invented lederhosen. C2: Challenger Mark Goldsmith from Weston-Super-...
- Mon May 13, 2013 8:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 13th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 41)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 686
Monday 13th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 41)
Countdown recap for Monday 13 May 2013. C1: Champion Ian Burn (1 win, 78 points) is a software engineer from Purley on Thames, who swam in Loch Ness once. C2: Challenger Joe McGonigle is a croupier from Stockport. DC: Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. R0...
- Wed May 08, 2013 6:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 6th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 39)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 966
Re: Monday 6th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 39)
Thanks. Fixed.Guy Barry wrote:"3" is a typo for "9". There was no 3 in the selection.Ian Volante wrote:Huh?Graeme Cole wrote:RR: 983. 10*100-((4-1)*3-10) (10)
- Mon May 06, 2013 7:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 6th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 39)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 966
Monday 6th May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 39)
Countdown recap for Monday 6 May 2013. C1: Champion Eileen Taylor (7 wins, 651 points) is a retired personnel officer from Sydenham, London. At 74, she's one win away from being the show's oldest ever octochamp. Whatever happens in this game, she'll be #3 seed at the end of it; only an impossible wi...
- Mon May 06, 2013 4:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Bank Holiday Monday May 6th 2013
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3557
Re: Spoilers For Bank Holiday Monday May 6th 2013
Awesome. I'm just pissing about in work while there's no calls so haven't seen it yet, but great to confirm she did the business. Deserved from the moment she beat Jill, you gotta say. Agreed. On another point, it might just be me imagining it but there seems to have be quite a few occasions this s...
- Sun May 05, 2013 12:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Apologies if I'm asking too many questions, and sincere thanks for answering my earlier ones, but... What is the most frequent max score for a 15-round game, and would it be possible to make a graph featuring number of games vs. max score? The most frequent max in all "Old 15" games is 11...
- Fri May 03, 2013 7:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday May 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 38)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3883
Re: Spoilers for Friday May 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 38)
It's happened once before.James Robinson wrote:Interesting also that Eileen didn't score in the last FIVE rounds today I wonder how many people have won by doing that. My guess is none.
- Thu May 02, 2013 8:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
- Replies: 83
- Views: 30949
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
Good to see this event is happening again. I fully intend to come along.
- Thu May 02, 2013 7:18 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10730
Re: Sports puzzles
Why are the high-value colours near the non-baulk end where they're easier to get to after potting reds? After you've potted a red, it's likely to be easier to pot the black or pink than one of the baulk colours, but you get more points for the easier shot than for the harder one. Surely it makes m...
- Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 29th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 34)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 722
Monday 29th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 34)
Countdown recap for Monday 29 April 2013. C1: Champion Eileen Taylor (2 wins, 190 points) is a retired personnel officer from Sydenham, London. When she appeared on the show back in series 22 in 1991 , she was pipped by a single point. So far she's made the most of her second chance - on Wednesday s...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 66613
Re: Countdown in the news
I saw this in the Mirror yesterday and if that figure is accurate, I would say it is worrying for a show that is a British institution. I believe that if you are going to get increased figures you need to put Countdown on at a later time and back when it was on at 4:15-4:30 all those years back I t...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 66613
Re: Countdown in the news
You'd think they'd get bored by mentioning this all the time, clearly not: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/countdown-ratings-slump-clock-ticking-1855954? Well, at least it's not that bitch from the Daily Mail. :P Anthony? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315744/The-final-Countdown-Fall-v...
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:00 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10730
Re: Sports puzzles
Why are the high-value colours near the non-baulk end where they're easier to get to after potting reds? After you've potted a red, it's likely to be easier to pot the black or pink than one of the baulk colours, but you get more points for the easier shot than for the harder one. Surely it makes mo...
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:55 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10730
Re: Sports puzzles
Trivial questions for the great minds around here, but anyway, here's two for the weekend. With the World Snooker Championship on the telly, We all know the maximum* total clearance break is 147, but what is the smallest total clearance break available? (*actual maximum break is 155 with the use of...
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Yes, the database is just a MySQL thing on my desktop computer, it doesn't get updated automatically. Currently the database doesn't have any games in it after 1st March 2013, the end of the 30th birthday championship. Do you have your own extraction method, or do you still welcome my input? If you...
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 25th 2013
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1327
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 25th 2013
PAINEDER in R12.
- Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday April 24th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 32)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5099
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday April 24th 2012 (Series 68 Prelim
Great standard today from both players. 98 is the fourth highest losing score in a prelim.
I too was surprised by Eileen's 3-large pick in R14. But I didn't get 145 and she did, so fair play to her. Hope she wins a few more.
I too was surprised by Eileen's 3-large pick in R14. But I didn't get 145 and she did, so fair play to her. Hope she wins a few more.
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 23rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 31)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1406
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 23rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 3
I spotted the TAXIS-TAXIES discrepancy years ago. *smug*
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:39 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Countdown puzzles
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11504
Re: Countdown puzzles
And we've all seen people going going way above 1,000 during a numbers solution, but what's the highest intermediate number you can get to and still get back to a legitimate target. (ie the classic 937.5 solution being you up to the vicinity of 93,750, but how high can you go and still get back to ...
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:23 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Countdown puzzles
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11504
Re: Countdown puzzles
A couple of Countdown related things I've been pondering.... Is it possible to have a legitimate letters selection where the max is a 2 (or 1) letter word? Perhaps something like... U U U U X J Q Z K In theory you could have something like UUUUUQKZV, a selection which contains no valid words at all...
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
How come mine and Giles stats aren't loading yet in those tables, does the whole series have to be completed first? For the record, mine was 21/28 ( translated equivalent out of 24 = 18 ) and Giles's was 26/32 ( translated equivalent out of 24 = 19.5 ), and that's if we include the two rounds where...
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Thanks for doing that. Is the data available for 9 rounders? It is, mostly. Gaps in the data for early series make it a bit fiddly though, as do octoruns of more than eight games due to draws, so I've ordered it by percentage. The "numbers rounds" column is the number of numbers rounds th...
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 22nd April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 30)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 784
Monday 22nd April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 30)
Countdown recap for Monday 22 April 2013. C1: Champion Jill Hayward (1 win, 85 points) from Christchurch, Dorset, saw off John Gardner on Friday. C2: Challenger JJ Burrows is the third contestant in a row whose name begins with J. In fact his first name doesn't have any other letters. He's from Guil...
- Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Winning "Silver Pencils" declared on Countdown
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4665
Re: Winning "Silver Pencils" declared on Countdown
My Countdown pencils. These were words I got as maxes which had not previously been offered as maxes. * means the pencil was shared with my opponent. Game 1: RECOMBINE*, EUCHRING, PINATA, LORICATE Game 2: SPATE, BRUSHES*, UNROLL, CAUDATE Game 3: POETISES Game 4: MAHOUTS, POKIES Game 5: CARIOUS, COME...
- Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
How many numbers maxes have all the octochamps/xicounts had? 15 round octochamps (counting heats only): NUMBERS MAXES 1. Jack Worsley 23 1. Jack Hurst 23 3. Edward McCullagh 22 3. Chris Cummins 22 5. Jim Bentley 21 5. Steven Briers 21 5. Mark Deeks 21 5. Eoin Monaghan 21 5. Jon O'Neill 21 10. John ...
- Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Graeme, could you please post a table off all old 15 octochamps' estimated totals in the new 15 using the following formula: (average points scored per numbers round - average points scored per letters round) x 8, + original total, then rounded to the nearest whole number? How much the new format c...
- Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Graeme. How many different conundrum words have there been; furthermore, how many conundrum-able words exist? There have been 3,555 unique solutions in 6,192 conundrum rounds for which we know the answer. Not sure how many conundrummable words exist. A conundrummable word is any nine-letter word wi...
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday April 18th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 28)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5707
Re: Spoilers for Thursday April 18th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Yes. Recently I found that Monica Sutcliffe had the longest gap between two appearances, but John's is larger: 9,257 days.Jordan F wrote:Wow. Over 25 years between Countdown appearances. Is that a record?
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 16th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 26
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5813
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 16th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 2
Congratulations on a fantastic octorun, Giles, especially on achieving a score that beats the existing record by a margin greater than what would be expected from the format change. That sets a good early benchmark for the new format, which I expect won't be beaten for a long time.
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 25)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 702
Monday 15th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 25)
Countdown recap for Monday 15 April 2013. C1: Champion Giles Hutchings (6 wins, 733 points) has already scored more points in six games than some octochamps have managed in eight. His target is two more wins with a total of at least 156 points to overtake Andy Platt as #1 seed. C2: Challenger Rob Tu...
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
11 octochamps fell behind in five of their eight games, most recently Liam Shaw and Rose Boyle.Ned Pendleton wrote:What's the second most games an octochamp's been behind in?Graeme Cole wrote:Nope, you're unique with that.Ned Pendleton wrote:Or has any octochamp been behind in six out of their eight?
Great stuff Graeme!
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Nope, you're unique with that.Ned Pendleton wrote:Or has any octochamp been behind in six out of their eight?
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Bit of a narcissistic Ask Graeme post this, it came up when we were chatting after CoRea. I'm aware I'm the third lowest total scoring octochamp ever, I was wondering if I have any other rather negative accolades. For starters, in my first game I had my first two words disallowed (caribous and gold...
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8 out of 10 Does Countdown (12th April 2013)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3999
Re: Spoilers For 8 out of 10 Does Countdown (12th April 2013
I hate to say it, but I told you so... they seem to be doing as little Countdown as possible. It's not meant to be taken seriously. They're comedians doing a mashup with a comedy panel show. You don't book a bunch of professional comedians and just have them play a word game and make the occasional...
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Conundrum non-solutions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1359
Re: Conundrum non-solutions
One episode that sticks in my mind is the one where a contestant, given DISCULOUR as the conundrum, incorrectly buzzed in with "discolour". To my surprise, the Wiki tells me that this happened not once, but twice: http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_269 http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_1075 ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5445
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21
Here's how I did against Giles and Zulphi I think his name was Zulfi Ebrahim. Yeah I noticed too that the camera people didn't show his nameplate fully at the start. And I was a little annoyed at there being that weird darrenic 8. I think it has come up on apterous for me once last year. I reckon t...
- Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March '13
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5037
Re: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March
Valid now, but wasn't then. Looks like it's been added since 22 March.Mark Deeks wrote:MEETER is valid on Apterous and always has been. CONTROVERSY.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 8th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 20)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3504
Re: Monday 8th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 20)
Round 5: E E U D B M R P O DC: PROUD (5) BURPED (6) ROMPED (6) I know it's invalid and ROMPED is probably what was meant, but I was pretty certain Susie said RUMPED. And so was the subtitler! :) I too was unsure about whether she said RUMPED or ROMPED. I checked RUMPED and found it was invalid so I...
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 8th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 20)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3504
Monday 8th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 20)
Countdown recap for Monday 8 April 2013. C1: Champion Giles Hutchings (1 win, 129 points) is a student at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. Last Wednesday we saw him score 129 points, the highest debut score ever. C2: Challenger Mike Lee is a travel agent from Barnsley. He tells a story about hav...
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
It would be interesting to know how many apterites there were in each series: looking at averages across all games is presumably going to considerably dilute any apto-effect. Could you look at median winning margin in heat games of series finalists? http://greem.co.uk/countdown/stats/median_finalis...
- Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Hope this hasn't been asked already... has the number of 'thrashings' gone up over time (and especially since the dawn of apterous)? I'm thinking in terms of increased winning margins (as a percentage). Be nice to have some kind of evidence as to whether apterous really is 'killing Countdown'. :) W...
- Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday April 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 19)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5970
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday April 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Congratulations Giles - highest debut score ever. The previous highest was 124 by Jonathan Coles.
Here's a screenshot to commemorate the achievement.
Here's a screenshot to commemorate the achievement.
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 1st April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 17)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1600
Monday 1st April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 17)
Countdown recap for Monday 1 April 2013. C1: Champion Peter Fenton (1 win, 89 points) is from Leeds, studying for an MA, and teaching English as a foreign language. C2: Challenger Eric Uphoff is a retired customer liaison manager from Bradford. DC: Susie Dent and Julia Bradbury. RR: Rachel Riley. OT...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 793959
Re: Ask Graeme?
Using the Countdown Tools difficulty rating system for numbers games, what is the most difficult numbers game ever solved on the show? I'm not going to be able to do this one because I don't know how the Countdown Tools difficulty rating works. The database doesn't store the arithmeticians' declara...
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 15)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5348
Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Well played Andy, very impressive run and entertaining to watch (for the right reasons). Looking forward to seeing you in the finals. Presume it's too early for recording dates? Haven't been in the audience since it moved to Media City, could do with grabbing a day or two off and puting that right....
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 15)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5348
Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Congratulations Andy. 11th highest octotal ever, and the seventh person to do it with all centuries.
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 15)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5348
Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Very easy conundrum I thought, even I got it, in about 1 sec... Strange ending RE conundrum too??? Quite a few technical things went wrong in the studio that day and revealing the correct solution prematurely before anyone in the audience could answer it was one of them. Are you sure that was a mis...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What would you put in a letter to Oxford Dictionaries?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6315
Re: What would you put in a letter to Oxford Dictionaries?
Also derivatives don't get the same treatment as the main word. You get a lot of -NESSES words on Unlimited on Apterous - words that would be mass nouns if they had their own entry. Most of these are probably over nine letters though. I'm trying to think of an example that wouldn't be. WETNESSES. A...