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by Peter McNamara
Mon Nov 02, 2015 3:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday November 2nd 2015
Replies: 8
Views: 3435

Re: Spoilers For Monday November 2nd 2015

Last numbers 6(100+50) - 5(4+3)
by Peter McNamara
Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday July 6th 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 2640

Re: Spoilers For Monday July 6th 2015

SIGMOID as a beater in the round before OOW - maybe one of those Tony Atkins spotted.
by Peter McNamara
Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 26th 2013
Replies: 12
Views: 5007

Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 26th 2013

Round 1 RAVIOLIS if Susie consistent with previous rulings? (As in "Two raviolis, please".
by Peter McNamara
Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:41 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Last night I was at a quiz and...
Replies: 41
Views: 10332

Re: Last night I was at a quiz and...

At a quiz last night one question was "In acidic ground, what colour are a hydrangea's flowers?" We knew it was pH dependent and assumed the answer (as with litmus paper reacting to acid) was red/pink. The correct answer was blue. From Googling it today, it seems that the blue colour in hy...
by Peter McNamara
Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:30 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
Replies: 253
Views: 165561

Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes

Dan Peake on Common Denominator today. Great performance! Yes - good result. One of the questions on the programme was "What is the common denominator between Superman and Canterbury?" The answer was Kent - surname of Superman's alter ego and the county where Canterbury is located. Before...
by Peter McNamara
Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 2nd 2012 (Series 67 Prelim 41)
Replies: 9
Views: 2476

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 2nd 2012 (Series 67 Prelim

I'm not sure those are right (but I might have made the mistake in noting them down).

I had (6-4)100 - (25+10)/5
by Peter McNamara
Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:32 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Mind Sports Olympiad
Replies: 0
Views: 1746

Mind Sports Olympiad

From today to Monday 27 August, the Mind Sports Olympiad is taking place at the University of London Union. It includes competitions in a range of games such as backgammon, go, chess and more abstruse things like "creative thinking", whatever that involves. Info at : www.boardability.com/t...
by Peter McNamara
Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:56 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Mondegreens
Replies: 127
Views: 33276

Re: Mondegreens

Peter Kay's "The Tour That Didn't Tour" (shown last night on C4) includes a Mondegreen set. On 4OD it runs for seven minutes from 1.13 to 1.20.
by Peter McNamara
Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 16th 2012
Replies: 8
Views: 2241

Re: Spoilers For Monday April 16th 2012

Alt 1st numbers : (50/2) x (7 (4-1) + 2)

Alt 3rd numbers : 3x [(8x5)-(6/2)]
by Peter McNamara
Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:34 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The Chase
Replies: 153
Views: 77788

Re: The Chase

More Celebrity programmes in the pipeline.

Recording at the ITV building on Upper Ground near Waterloo Station on 12, 13 and 14 May with sessions starting at 1.15pm and 5.45pm each day.

Applications for audience places through Lost In TV Audience Services ( www.lostintv.com ).
by Peter McNamara
Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:04 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Sue Sanders on today's The Chase?
Replies: 1
Views: 1746

Sue Sanders on today's The Chase?

Is that Sue Sanders on today's The Chase?
by Peter McNamara
Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:10 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Errors in Quizshow questions
Replies: 8
Views: 3203

Errors in Quizshow questions

In yesterday's The Chase, one contestant was asked "In the 90s, politician Kate Howey was a world champion in which martial art?" The contestant didn't know and ran out of time and Bradley Walsh gave the answer as judo. Britain had a judo world champion called Kate Howey in the 90s, but sh...
by Peter McNamara
Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:22 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Carol Vorderman on Celebrity "The Chase"
Replies: 7
Views: 3549

Re: Carol Vorderman on Celebrity "The Chase"

Still filmed at the same ITV building but moved to Studio 1 for the live recordings. I saw an ad the previous week in the free Metro newspaper - I don't know if it was advertised elsewhere - and there was a full capacity audience of over 400. I heard that the other recordings were full houses too.
by Peter McNamara
Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:38 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Carol Vorderman on Celebrity "The Chase"
Replies: 7
Views: 3549

Re: Carol Vorderman on Celebrity "The Chase"

In the show I saw, the other three were actor John Thompson, an actress called Sue from Coronation Street (don't know her surname) and Jonathan Ross's brother Paul. As to the other shows, I don't know who the contestants were but there are about six shows in total.
by Peter McNamara
Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:42 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Carol Vorderman on Celebrity "The Chase"
Replies: 7
Views: 3549

Carol Vorderman on Celebrity "The Chase"

Last week I went to the studio recording of one of several celebrity specials of The Chase. Carol was one of the four contestants. The studio did not know when the programme will air because they may not be transmitted in the order in which they were recorded but the first of the celebrity specials ...
by Peter McNamara
Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1026502

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Hi - I'm Peter, longtime fan of Countdown but rubbish armchair player (ie rubbish player of Countdown while watching at home - "armchair player" is not some bizarre musical or sporting skill I can lay claim to). Although I have always liked Countdown, I have particularly enjoyed the progra...