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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:48 pm It was just multiplication by 9. There was no split.

Does the (100-7) prior to the multiplication not count as a split?

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Martin Hurst wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:20 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:38 pm Honestly I can’t help feeling like I’m a bad person if I do a stint in the UK with this as even an ulterior motive
You do you mate - it's your life, nobody else's.

It's helpful to hear that, thanks

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Split multiplications by 9 are in no way a "kick yourself" situation. Until you're on Apto.

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Honestly I can’t help feeling like I’m a bad person if I do a stint in the UK with this as even an ulterior motive

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Round 6: D A L E L E H F M [...] C2: fallen [...] Oh dear, Gary mistakes the M for an N, and Liam takes the lead for the first time today. [...] Round 12: V M O D A E C O M [...] C2: deacon [...] N-ybody feel a sense of deja vu here :?: :?: Gary was given an N tile to keep as a memento. I think the...

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I know it has but overlap between targets and starting numbers makes my teeth itch. The 20 --> 20 solutions in Unlimited Jr. are even worse.

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These seem like incredibly extreme and immoral steps to be forced to go through just to appear on a tv show I can't tell if this is sarcasm? Either way, I think you need a reality check (sorry it's a harsh one!) TV production is a business. Having overseas contestants is more risky and more expensi...

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Out of interest,do Jeopardy producers have the similar residence requirement? They’ve definitely done international tourneys with Brits in before. US and Canada residents are definitely both allowed, and there is no citizenship check from any country. I might consider emailing them to check. Paying...

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Dammit Jim! 100 is a large, not a target.

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Am I still a sociopath and a trash person if I do this after retiring? Assuming the show holds up until then. Note that even if I lost early I wouldn’t mind. I’d keep living in and enjoying the UK for a while. I like your generally laid-back culture.

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Yeah that legal residency document is mainly what I'm looking for more information on. But thanks Fiona for providing a link, it's a step in the right direction. "Live and work in the UK" - for how long though. These seem like incredibly extreme and immoral steps to be forced to go through...

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Exactly. What I'm asking is, does it really have to come to that or not? If I know the minimum buffer time, I'd be able to determine. If quitting were what I'd need to do then forget it. I'd be a pretty trash human being if I did that. I'd wait until either they relaxed the restriction, or until ret...

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Yes, anyone who monitors C4 applications, I've been the one who's been waspishly asking this for years. I wouldn't need to ask if we had our own but Countdown is too smart for our continent. Mainly I want to see if I'd really have to give up my job over it, or just take extra scrutiny from my bosses...

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If you wanted to travel around the world to include, Japan, Australia and USA what would be the minimum flying you would have to take, assuming you didn't want to use the boats or ships. Geography is not my strong suit I assume you could just go NYC-Tokyo-Sydney-NYC? Boeing 777s should have enough ...

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Montréal is well south of Paris, and about level with Bordeaux. Toronto is level with Nice and Monaco. New York is level with Madrid and Naples. Chibougamau, which is basically the last northern outpost in Québec with good paved roads before you get into the endless boreal forest, is still south of ...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:40 pmI will refer to people by their chosen name

I dont accept dead names

Not sure you can have that one both ways

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If the maximum number of terms a US president can serve is two, how can there be people who both maintain Trump won in 2020 and support another term for him in 2024? Is the conservative movement shifting to admitting he lost?

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What’s a catacomb? Like, a singular, individual catacomb. Is it one room? Is it one wall of skulls?

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novate

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FUNDABLE was an alt 8 to FLOUNCED (r13). Also I thought the conundrum was on the easier side. Surprised no one in the studio got it. What were the letters in round 13? It's surely impossible to be able to get both FUNDABLE and FLOUNCED. I thought the conundrum might be nightcore , but it's not in. ...

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Does the sun have a surface, where there is a transition from low to high density quicker than usual, or is it a smooth gradient from empty space all the way to its core?

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I am getting ready to decide if I am to move forward with my Zoom-based Countdown event being broadcast from Las Vegas next February. As mentioned previously, this had been planned for Saturday 24 February; however, I noticed that a UK co-event has since been planned for that same day and was wonder...

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Confirmed that this was the intended answer - score one for lexical creativity!

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I've marked MARLIER^ as no good (someone please verify in premium), although I believe it should be brought in. Reggae is the marliest music genre, marlier than any other. It directs to ‘marly’ but no -ier/-iest forms. Unless Premium has them, I'm kind of surprised that Susie came forward with it g...

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I've marked MARLIER^ as no good (someone please verify in premium), although I believe it should be brought in. Reggae is the marliest music genre, marlier than any other.

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Steak knife

Card shark

Noonwise

Boattrade

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I'm not sure this is that obvious, but "swing" in elections doesn't mean what I thought it did. If a constituency goes from e.g. 40% Tory and 20% Labour to the opposite, I always thought that was a swing of 40%, but actually it's not that . Edit - It seems the swing is half what I thought...

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Im starting to wonder if this generation will be the last to reach old age Probably not, because the definition of "old age" will change to reflect the age people are generally living to. Back in Methuselah's time, 100 was probably considered young. Didn't it turn out Methuselah's age was...

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:32 am Which day has had the most series champs appear over the years?

I’d assume it’s a rather large-scale draw at 2

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Episode 8128. Only the fourth episode of Countdown with a perfect number. West Germany existed during the previous one. And Rihanna did not.

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Um. There was a 7 and a 5 left over after getting to 240. Unless the axioms of mathematics have shifted overnight? Not sure. I've had too many margaritas

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This is the same day as the zoom-based event I was planning from Vegas - know if the afterparty pub will have wifi?

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Adam Dexter wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:53 pm I think I have it:

IRK PLEASE

Yep, that’s what I had. Never thought of that specific pair of opposites before though

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Will Shortz asked this on his puzzle podcast. I have a potential answer but don’t feel like it’s really the good one

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:47 am MARBLERAKE

Only A Valentino could make an anagram so beautiful

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In terms of low probability, famousness of both sides, whatever you want.

PRESBYTERIANS = BRITNEY SPEARS has to win it for me

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Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:50 am Now that womb transplants are a thing I can't wait until a trans woman has an abortion. Just to see the reaction from the right.

It’ll cancel out and they’ll idolise her

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Betty White was around before bread was commercially sliced. Sliced bread was the best thing since Betty White.

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Um, isn’t #1 already in the cards? Like, soon?

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Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:02 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:59 pm Jimmy Buffett. I had previously thought he died sometime in the '00s or '10s to be honest.
Most Brits won't know who he is. I can only name two songs: Margaritaville and 5 O'clock Somewhere.

That’s one better than me still

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Jimmy Buffett. I had previously thought he died sometime in the '00s or '10s to be honest.

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Subtitles say DC got APPEALS in the SLAPPER round - was that heard by all or could the sub have itself been a typo for RAPPELS?

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Surprising geekfact: Stelling is NOT the first person to see the same conundrum answer in two consecutive episodes! Clive Spate had PENSIONER in Episodes M89 and 1877.

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Callum Todd wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:33 am
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:40 pm Elo is a name, not an acronym. ELO ratings are the kind that you can’t bring down.
Don't bring them down, Bruce?

Glad someone shares my taste in music from before my time

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Elo is a name, not an acronym. ELO ratings are the kind that you can’t bring down.

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Raw score of 105 from Helen, pretty solid

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He was also on 15-1 within the past ten years

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Pee-Wee Herman. This year is getting real now.

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TARSIERS to beat RAISERS/SATIRES

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I like people named Chess. I hear they're good mates.

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why not 5-6 qualifying games then final between top 2? Yeah, presumably if you've got time for that number of games anyway with divisions, you can play the same number without. Basically, the number of games you've got time for minus one qualifying games and then a grand final. Yep, extending the h...

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Also, what's the current opinion regarding the 14-round format? Is it cool? Or is it anathema like Mariah after she did Glitter?

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Howdy pardners, Heading to Las Vegas again next year and considering running a both Countdown- and casino-themed event over Zoom from my hotel room on Saturday, 24 February 2024. Ideally this would have a format similar to an in-person Co:event. To avoid a 12-hour-long event, it would be Bristol-sty...

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Also (3*10+4)*(2+1)

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If they're censoring MORON now, I'm surprised they left MIDGET alone.

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I think Series 54 might have done mugshots for the finalists. I remember seeing the pictures on the wiki.

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I got ROCAMBOLE! Not on Ascension. What's "ROCAMBOLE!"? Is that like ROCAMBOLE x ROCAMBOL x ROCAMBO x ROCAMB x ROCAM x ROCA x ROC x RO x R? Random thought - when you expand a factorial, do you include the x1 at the end? Is it relevant? Seems not, but feels incomplete without. Do you ask t...

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I can't be the only one who has watched the Dahmer miniseries and thought Jeffrey Dahmer's dad looks like Richard Whiteley.

Also DAHMER is an anagram of HARMED. This was literally the first thought I had when it came up on my feed the first time.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:46 am
Philip A wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:36 am Unsure why tesseract isn’t in ODP.
Yeah, bit of a weird omission.

but muh low usage frequency!!!11

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