Great game by both, Dan's recovery keeping it tense to the very end. Fantastic spot by Dylan on the conundrum to take it.
Was a great competition to watch/be part of, with the new words and the suspiciously kind letters arrangements leading to some very interesting scores.
Search found 333 matches
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
- Replies: 69
- Views: 21000
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 17431
Re: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
I think it's just that there is a way of getting the target by multiplying 2 smaller numbers, but only one so it's hard to spot.Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:Can someone explain the magic in "the product of two primes", Rachel mentions it often and I feel I should know it but I'm afraid it has escaped me. Thanks.
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
- Replies: 132
- Views: 44696
Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
I'll put in another vote for full ODO adjudication. Playing on Apterous is annoying at the moment, having to guess whether or not to try a new word.
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many UK cities have you been to?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17719
Re: How many UK cities have you been to?
England: Bath, Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Coventry, Durham, Exeter, Leeds, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Oxford, Portsmouth, Salford, Salisbury, Sheffield, Southampton, St Albans, Wakefield, Winchester, Worcester, York (26) Scotland: Aberdeen, Stirling (...
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 3:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many non-countries have you been to?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6652
Re: How many non-countries have you been to?
Just Guernsey for me.
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many countries have you been to?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 99560
Re: How many countries have you been to?
No it's not, but it counts under the more important category of being a country on Sporcle.Graeme Cole wrote:Wait what? That's a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right?Jennifer Steadman wrote:OF COURSE THIS COUNTS.James Laverty wrote:Vatican City (dubious if this is counted)
I went there while I was in Rome. So 9.
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many countries have you been to?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 99560
Re: How many countries have you been to?
UK (3), Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Vatican City, Montenegro, Croatia, Greece, UAE (transfers only), Japan, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, USA for 20 total. No new ones planned for this year yet - may fill in one of the holes in Western Europe
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Preliminary 8 Spoilers For Wednesday January 13th 2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4970
Re: CoC Preliminary 8 Spoilers For Wednesday January 13th 2016
Graeme-ish question: In Rounds 10/11 today, the vowel pile contained three consecutive As. Consecutive matching (i.e., repeated) letters have seemed to me to be even rarer than usual lately. Is this the first instance of a repeated letter anywhere in CoC XIV? It is, and there's been a large number ...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:32 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 54891
Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Mandela's a more recent one that I remember being very big. Can't think of anyone in a similar category (ex-politication/leader who still has that level of interest)
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43028
Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
Here is the breakdown by type, and how far away you can get: Zero away 1 away 2 away 3 away 4 away 5 away 6 away 7 away 8 away 9 away 10 away 11+ away 6S 1963726 (76.64%) 353472 65417 26954 15232 9859 7357 5780 4589 3945 3326 102493 1L 4966076 (95.11%) 220295 21730 5813 2527 1272 713 470 339 264 21...
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43028
Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
What about the same question the other way round... which targets are solvable by every 1-large selection? Every 2 large? 3 large? 4 large? Which target is solvable by the fewest selections? I'll guess 911 or 937 for the least solvable target. High primes, and good distance from multiples of 25 (I ...
- Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COREA16 - Saturday 26th March 2016
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23323
Re: COREA16 - Saturday 26th March 2016
In please
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6477
Re: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
So based on this, and using an estimate of the number of valid conundrumable words (probably 10,000 or so), we should be able to work out how many different possible shows there can be. That will get more complicated again, as each letters round will remove a load of other possibilities for the lat...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6477
Re: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
Used this to work out how to determine the number of possible consonant combinations: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/56197.html. It turns out the way to choose n consonants is to take the coefficient of x^n in the expansion of (1+x)^6*(1+x+x^2)^5*(1+x+x^2+x^3)*(1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4)^3*(1+x+x^2+...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6477
Re: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
Can't be bothered to do a proper calculation, but randomly picking 9 letters and dividing by 9! to remove duplicate selections (ignoring duplicate letters within selections) gives just over 15,000,000. Refining this to pick valid numbers of consonants and vowels brings it down to around 3,500,000. ...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6477
Re: How many Letters puzzles are there in total?
Can't be bothered to do a proper calculation, but randomly picking 9 letters and dividing by 9! to remove duplicate selections (ignoring duplicate letters within selections) gives just over 15,000,000. Refining this to pick valid numbers of consonants and vowels brings it down to around 3,500,000.
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Preliminary 2 Spoilers For Tuesday January 5th 2016
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7367
Re: CoC Preliminary 2 Spoilers For Tuesday January 5th 2016
Potentially hard trivia, but solvable via the wiki: Does anyone know what the two contestants in this game had in common that is not shared by any of the other contestants in the CoC (as far as I know)? NOTE: Statements to the effect of "They both played in Episode 6279" will be punished ...
- Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Wednesday December 23rd 2015
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12314
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Great, tense final to a rather unpredictable series. Well done to both, especially Jonathan. 4 series won by returning players in a row now.
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 6:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday December 22nd 2015
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3040
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday December 22nd 2015
R1 IRONHEADS And RHOEADINS. Was the groan for the last numbers was from the people who knew the record, rather than people generally disliking 4 large? Pretty sure Jonathan's was, given how frantically he appeared to be searching for a 9 in the last letters. Another great game, and well played by b...
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday December 21st 2015
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8029
Re: Spoilers For Monday December 21st 2015
Great game by both players. Playing along at home I had 0 after 6 rounds. But - if I had a silly made-up nine (which happens a lot to most people I imagine), and obviously didn't go for it, I wouldn't say I was sticking with an 8. Yes, I'm talking about overplait. I mean, that could never be a word...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What's your Bevins Number?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 25391
Re: What's your Bevins Number?
Of the CoC contestants, Samir is the lowest on 3, with me and Tracey next on 4. The highest are Jen and Giles on 7, both of whom are playing 6s in the first round.
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 488075
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Had a brief one a couple of nights ago. I was playing against Tom Cappleman on apterous and he was ahead going into the crucial conundrum. He buzzed in and got it wrong but before I could do anything else, Matty Artell (even though he wasn't in the game) buzzed in with the right answer and I lost. ...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774589
Re: Ask Graeme?
Pretty sure your lists didn't include series 72Graeme Cole wrote: In the following tables, only games between series 67 and 72 count. Series 73 isn't complete so isn't in the database.
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6902
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015
I think I chickened itTony Atkins wrote:Did everybody miss MISGAVE?
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 10th 2015
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2587
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 10th 2015
When you suddenly have an old Countdown favourite like TOWNEE disallowed, you know it's not going to be your day. I wonder did Tom know it was no longer valid? or just didn't spot it. I hadn't spotted it, and had learned from past experience to use RESONANT rather than NORTENAS, so was very lucky t...
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:34 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2014/15
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20896
Re: University Challenge 2014/15
One step towards a Magdalen/G&C rematch, and would definitely fancy G&C over Durham next week
- Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:05 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
- Replies: 306
- Views: 99586
Re: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
Definitely won't be May June 2015. Hoping to get it sorted for the start of Jan 2016 (transmission), which would mean filming in from Oct 2015. Will post any definite news once everything is cleared up. Any reasons why not? I asked when I was up for filming, and they said that the summer schedule g...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 23rd 2015
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3172
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 23rd 2015
4 coundrum solves in 2 games is an impressive effort.
And a good start from Rufus - great poem, and always nice to have a genuine fan as the guest.
And a good start from Rufus - great poem, and always nice to have a genuine fan as the guest.
- Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Maths Club
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3620
Re: Maths Club
Full working here Diagonal of square = sqrt(800), by Pythagoras. Subtract diameter of large circle = sqrt(800)-20 = 20 * (sqrt(2)-1) This is 2r, where r is the radius of the small circle, plus 2 * the length from the centre of the small circle to the nearest corner of the square. This second length ...
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday January 21st 2015 (S72 P13)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6030
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday January 21st 2015 (S72 P13)
What a game! Very unlucky for Neil, but great performance under pressure by Tracey.
- Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday January 13th 2015 (S72 P7)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6780
Re: Spoilers for Monday January 13th 2015 (S72 P7)
Very good end to the run for Andy - some more performances like that will give him a great chance in the finals
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125208
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Got a filming date now - Tuesday 3rd Feb, hopefully continuing to the next day
- Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COREA15 - Saturday 11th April 2015
- Replies: 38
- Views: 65469
Re: COREA15 - Saturday 11th April 2015
I'll be there
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Problems with Java
- Replies: 25
- Views: 22519
Re: Problems with Java
Thanks Matty, that worked for me (or just coincidence)
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:14 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Problems with Java
- Replies: 25
- Views: 22519
Re: Problems with Java
I'm seeing the same problem, and changing browser doesn't help. Charlie (if you see this), has the outage last night caused an issue with the Java certificate somehow?
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 7:19 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 400014
Re: Is Apterous down?
Still can't get on. Tried uninstalling, reinstalling, installing old versions, adding to exception list, disabling any checks I can, IE, Firefox and Chrome. Any advice?
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:10 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 400014
Re: Is Apterous down?
Any idea how to get Java to let me on from? I've tried adding that IP address to the exceptions but it still won't let me start the game
- Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125208
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
When have finals for the first series in the year been in the past? I'm also hopefully in the next series (passed audition in August, but no date yet), and potentially away for half of May. (Again, checking in case things go well)
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:27 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2014/15
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20896
Re: University Challenge 2014/15
Great performance again by Magdalen - two very good scores against strong teams.
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:40 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33438
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
Unlucky again Bob, not much you can do against another strong Manchester team. Though will be interesting to see how they do if Collings has an off day. I happened to see where the music starter was going, but 15 was definitely also plausible with the wording (and a lot more right than 40). Almost a...
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
- Replies: 104
- Views: 40838
Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20
Almost certainly in
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:05 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33438
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
This is all just a plan to maximise your TV appearances, right?
Unlucky on this one - hope you won your next (especially if it's against Manchester)
Unlucky on this one - hope you won your next (especially if it's against Manchester)
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:37 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33438
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
Great performance again Bob. Are you against Somerville next? Would definitely fancy you against them (though I'm expecting an interesting match against Trinity/Manchester in the semis)
- Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17483
Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014
In please (though my parents are in Nepal then so won't be attending)
- Sat Nov 30, 2013 12:00 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33438
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
Just watched your second round - truly spectacular effort, well done! The quick buzzing tactic was working ridiculously well.
Less spectacular was the question setters' knowledge of Sudan, but at least it didn't matter.
Less spectacular was the question setters' knowledge of Sudan, but at least it didn't matter.
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:37 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33438
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
Nice work Bob, some very good buzzing by your team.
- Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Leam - 28th September 2013
- Replies: 55
- Views: 30499
Re: Co:Leam - 28th September 2013
In please
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 47250
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Well done to all involved - between this and the final surely the greatest day of Countdown ever!
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
- Replies: 132
- Views: 38157
Re: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
Speaking of Graeme, I look forward to a flood of enthralling new statistics once James has completed the recap. Will James be alive to do the recap? This game might have actually finished him off. Ridiculous game throughout - Connor's performances have been amazing through the whole series, and Jac...
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:40 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2012/2013
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9994
Re: University Challenge 2012/2013
Thanks all ! Next show is this coming Monday (and the entire series was filmed by the end of April, so nothing I can do now)
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:15 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2012/2013
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9994
University Challenge 2012/2013
For those who aren't friends with me on Facebook (and those who are don't know when to watch anyway), I'm appearing on the current series of UC. The date to watch is 22nd October - pretty much the last first round match to be shown, and over 7 months since it was filmed. I'm going to be out of the c...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:21 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament 2012
- Replies: 65
- Views: 19279
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:42 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2011/12
- Replies: 89
- Views: 19764
Re: University Challenge 2011/12
To add to the Countdown/University Challenge crossovers, I'm going up to Manchester this weekend to film our (New College, Oxford) first round match. I think we're the last match, before the highest-scoring losers, so won't be shown till late September/early October.
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:26 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
- Replies: 88
- Views: 18529
Re: Apterous Masters 2012
Qualifiers please
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:32 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22170
Re: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
Yes please
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:REA - Reading - Saturday of Easter Weekend 2012
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16414
Re: CO:REA - Easter Saturday 2012
Only a few miles from my house, so I'm going.
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For The Stelling Swansong (Series 65 Grand Final)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 17038
Re: Spoilers For The Stelling Swansong (Series 65 Grand Fina
Absolutely brilliant game, and very well done to Graeme on (just about) keeping the Apterous record going!
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Lon 2011 Recaps
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4037
Re: Co:Lon 2011 Recaps
My guess for the conundrum was actually SANGALOGY (obviously still wrong, but at least the right letters)
- Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in London 2011
- Replies: 180
- Views: 48096
Re: Countdown in London 2011
Can someone post me a link to Supee's account/album? I can't find her on Facebook
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:10 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptovision 2011/12
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10230
Re: Aptovision 2011/12
In please