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Adam Gillard

Ah right. Last year's one was posted in Countdown - General.

Adam Gillard

Bah. I did a quick search and couldn't find it.

Adam Gillard

I can't see that anyone else has posted a topic in this vein yet, so with the Series 69 finals imminent (QFs beginning this Thursday), who do you think will triumph?

Obviously no spoilersising if you actually know the results.

Adam Gillard

Free Rice does this if anyone wanted to look at a working model (Google it; it's a charity word game).

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:Come again?
Never mind. Are you coming to COLIN by the way?

Gevin, you totally missed that Dave was calling you an egomaniac here.

Adam Gillard

WOW! Just caught up with this. Awesome performance by Bob and team! You'll be hard to beat in that sort of form.

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Andy Platt wrote:Everyone seems to be too polite to solve all three. That changes here

PENISTALY = SAPIENTLY
MONPUDSEY = PSEUDONYM
DONATECIN = CONTAINED

Andy Platt wrote:
David Barnard wrote: ALTIPENIS
ALTIPENIS has two solutions right?

You didn't solve all three, because the solution to DONATECIN was actually CONTADINE. Bad luck.

Adam Gillard

Baby's Day Out.

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Out of interest, what do you think of music in films - do you find it annoying/not conducive for adding to the mood of a scene? It's still annoying most of the time. The rest of the time it's so samey that it's cringeworthy (e.g. the music for a love scene or a farewell scene). Sometimes it's cool,...

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Matt Morrison wrote:Adam, what about "Jermain Defoe, he's a yiddo" ?

Too controversial.

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I actually knew the answer to that one straight away - think it was on QI once (a British TV show).

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Brilliant! Congratulations Kerry!

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CATPINEMU = PNEUMATIC
CHIKORETA = ARTICHOKE

AMDRACULA
GROWUPNED
DINGTHREE

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BROOKSCEO = SCOREBOOK
MORWINTER = WORRIMENT

AMDRACULA
ISCARETIM
HUTCAMEOS

Adam Gillard

Yes, excellent performance tonight by Southampton. Looking forward to more!

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Unless I'm very much mistaken, Jesus and Co. will be on in 5 minutes!

Adam Gillard

Heh, nice signature there, Callum.

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I punched the air when they showed that Southampton had stayed in as a high-scoring loser. Looking forward to more!

Adam Gillard

I think they use computers on des Chiffres et des Lettres from the little I've seen of it, although it will look odd initially if Susie has a laptop instead of a dictionary.

Adam Gillard

ODO is more up-to-date than the printed ODE and it's free! I think this is a very sensible decision, Damian. I hope it works out well in terms of validation of declarations! Presumably contestants will still get a proper dictionary in their goody bags though? Yes and a shiny new Oxford Thesaurus to...

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ODO is more up-to-date than the printed ODE and it's free! I think this is a very sensible decision, Damian. I hope it works out well in terms of validation of declarations! Presumably contestants will still get a proper dictionary in their goody bags though?

Adam Gillard

Didn't know you guys were going to be on it and just happened to watch it this week. Well done (except for the connecting wall)! My mum somehow got 'cow' from the first connection in the 'how now brown cow' round, which was pretty impressive (she also got 'y=x' and 'MP' pretty sharpish)! My dad got ...

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Ross was excellent and was very unfortunate to come up against Jen (he was closer to Jen's score than Zarte was to Dylan's when there was a whole big uproar). A nice touch from Damian with the conundrum. Jen, you are awesome. Congratulations on achieving octochampdom! If I've understood correctly, y...

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Cracking play; cracking score!

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Puzzles!

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http://greem.co.uk/nonsense/bossingit.gif Great debut, Jen, very well done! HALOGEN was a very good spot. These were the two things that I especially wanted to mention, so I've not much to add to that! A nice touch giving Peter a birthday present, and well done Jen on getting a ton first up against...

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Great run Gemma, you came through some close contests but Peter just had the edge on this one. Some great emotion on getting that conundrum after having those two smelly numbers hiccups, although the fist pump was a little bit much! A very enjoyable contest; I especially liked the itchy nose bit whe...

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Well done Gemma on getting another century against a strong opponent. I have to say that catching up on several shows over the past few days, I've really enjoyed Nick's hosting. There were a few naysayers when he first started, but his skill as a conversationalist is really showing through now and i...

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Susie misspelled MARSHAL, presuming she was going for the Countdown-valid spelling. I think she was being nice in not mentioning ROMANISE or ASTEROID though! Gemma marching on!

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Did anyone else notice the lady mouthing "HEARTFELT" behind the man who solved it?

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Apterites coming thick and fast this series! Well done Gemma, great to start off with a ton! For what it's worth, I didn't find 'aerilon' particularly cringy but may never stop cringing about "[Plymouth] Narghile" when Susie has the pen-cam at the ready and the dictionary explains how to p...

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What an amazing record-breaking run! Awesome stuff, Dylan! I think Kirk summed it up nicely - you seem to have that consistency and a competitive edge that will make you very hard to beat if you can keep it up come the finals. Really impressive throughout your run; I loved when there was a smile pla...

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Graeme Cole wrote:"Your eighth game, Dylan..." Really, Nick? Are you sure?

Well played again, Dylan. Highest R3 score ever.

Yeah, I think Dylan corrected him but Nick just ploughed on through! Well played again Dylan; I was very excited after the first two rounds!

Adam Gillard

Just caught up with this. That was a good effort, especially picking up a hatful of points at the end. Hope you make it back, Stephen Hendry / Jesus / Bob!

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Well done, OG!

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At the risk of offending anyone, I'm still highly dubious of this "Two away is as good as it gets on this one" stuff. I'm noticing now that Nick only does his "For perfection, we turn to Rachel" shtick when there actually is a solution, so I'm beginning to think he's in the know...

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Graeme Cole wrote:By my reckoning, everyone up to Dylan Taylor's eighth game is connected to Kirk

I never learn not to read the forum when I still have a fair number of Countdown episodes to catch up on!

Adam Gillard

What time of day is this on in France, then? 4.10pm? Are there any early-morning repeats like we have here? Might try to catch un épisode while I'm en France. Yep, 4:10pm on France 3. No repeats as far as I'm aware though. Definitely recommend watching one if you haven't already, it makes for inter...

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What time of day is this on in France, then? 4.10pm? Are there any early-morning repeats like we have here? Might try to catch un épisode while I'm en France.

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I thought the challenger today was a real good sport - nice guy who really tried to make conversation and enjoy his time on Countdown. That's what I enjoy seeing nowadays. I've just watched this and came on to post the same thing, not to mention that he stuck with Dylan pretty well in the middle pa...

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Great show, that. I don't see where the controversy is to be honest; luck of the draw and all that. Great run Zarte; I wouldn't be too disheartened about your chances of making the finals. 5 wins with a huge total like that should hopefully be enough, probably higher than 8th seed - I really hope yo...

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Trying to catch up on The Siempre Show at the moment - huge score, well done!

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Martin Bishop wrote:Is there an entry code for this?

Classic league: 267575-77081
Head-to-Head league: 267575-77102

Be careful if copying and pasting that there aren't any extra spaces at the end of the code, as that has caught some people out when trying to join the leagues.

Adam Gillard

Welcome, James! Regarding the 8 out of 10 Cats mash-ups, I don't think they'll do any harm to Countdown as they'll have a much bigger audience, which is good for promoting the show. Also, it allows Susie and Rachel to be a bit more risqué if it pleases them (which it would seem that it does!). I thi...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:I've done it now. It's not people (or companies).
Spoiler: Think planets.

Solution*: Think planets.

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Nice saucy words there, Zarte! Really hottened up my morning! Well played

Adam Gillard

This show is far worse than 8/10 Cats and far far far worse than Countdown.

Adam Gillard

Query failed in Jen mode when trying to load apterous homepage. Damn that Steadman.

Adam Gillard

Well done Zarte (pronounced to rhyme with 'party' :)). Very good performance against an accomplished opponent. I think Rory was unlucky not to be closer to you at the end. He took a few reasonable gambles on words to try to catch up that didn't pay off. I agree that FUSARIA was nice, as was LIBERAL ...

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Mark James wrote:I couldn't be arsed reading all that. If the game takes that long to explain it aint worth watching.

tl; dr?

Adam Gillard

I've just gone on the Fantasy Premier League site and it's up and running ready for next season. Has someone set up a c4c league again this year?

Adam Gillard

Just an aside that no-one has mentioned yet - Des Chiffres et des Lettres (the original French version) is massively popular in France. I was speaking to Rémi Benoit on apterous and he said they have something like 10 tournaments around the country PER WEEK. Granted, France is bigger than the UK, bu...

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Wonderful stuff, Graeme! Really cheered up my day reading this during lunch and a good puzzle to get my teeth into. I got the same solution as Guy (eventually!); here's my scribble sheet just because I wanted to share it with you! SPOILERS

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Lovely

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I remember immediately after the 6 small round in Ed's final, Rachel told us that Ed's method was the only way of getting within 15 either side.

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Thomas Carey wrote:No mention of a prize for Andy, have they scrapped that £1000?

He won a laptop (Dell Inspiron I think). They did mention it and show it.

Adam Gillard

Wow, that was compelling! Both players nicking rounds off the other; Andy was unlucky at the beginning and it may have cost him in the end. Congratulations to Giles on a quite brilliant record-breaking series, and thanks for bookending the serious business of the final with some trademark hair-flick...

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