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Johnny Canuck

Yeah, when I saw the Supreme Championship conundrums I wasn't really convinced PENETRANT was a real word either, much less the "intended" answer. Reminds me of a CoC game when the answer was clearly meant to be RELAPSING but the person guessed SPANGLIER instead. Anyway, awesome finds JR :!...

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Andy McGurn wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:29
How the hell did I become an octchamp?

octochamp

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Dave Preece wrote:Thing???

It means event.

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I think the scramble can have an effect on the difficulty. Can you include those as well? Consider it done. Heather: CRONIEJIG PETCUSSED KENISDULL CORNEDVEG TANGELLOS ANGRINIPS DROPCRUET RAKEDNECK David: TWODOTHIS ITSCOGNAC TEABREATH NICEGIVER RIVERROSE CAMPYCLOT MILDGHOST DECENTLEG Andy: DANBOWKER...

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This idea is blatantly stolen from here. Apologies to its original author, who may or may not still be an active member here. But I liked the idea. You're welcome to send me a cease and desist order. Some years ago, there was a poll on here relating to the difficulty of Series 59/60/61 octochamps' c...

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I wonder if they made the conundrum worth 100 points just to irritate JR and everyone else who has to update the "List of Countdown records" wiki page.

Johnny Canuck

May I first say "Thanks a million" to your answer to the previous question. It was enlightening. So there is indeed a strongly correlated upward trend in your chances of winning. I expected this result but didn't think the trend would be as clear as it is. Now, back to business (if you don...

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In the (very) old days, Countdown used to be broadcast only four days a week, meaning that eight episodes would equate to two weeks of airtime. The production crew must have thought that after two weeks of seeing the same person over and over again, the viewers would be getting bored and want new co...

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Is Ray Tate this guy?

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Graeme, among people who have won their first game, what percentage win their second game too? What percentage of 2-time winners go on to win a third game? And so forth.

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The people's names are the best.

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Shouldn't this thread be called "Ask Graeme!", with an exclamation mark? It's an imperative -- we're commanding people to ask Graeme questions.

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Chris Philpot wrote:The recent discovery of the new species Olinguito got me thinking: what's the closest we've come to a letters selection where OLINGUITO was available, had it been a valid word at the time?

Round 6 here is 2 letters out. If I may be Graeme for a moment.

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Dave Preece wrote:Will anyone EVER reach 1,000, as Dylan has - up to now - a commanding record % of his total max's, so far (at 92.22%), how good do you have to be to hit 1,000?

Typically, the max score for an entire octorun is around 1,000; some are even lower. Somebody ought to put Apterous Rex on TV.

Johnny Canuck

Anecdotally, the newer board game sets have poorer letter distributions than the older ones, but I've never heard of anyone actually checking them to see what the distribution actually is. The numbers distribution is universally agreed upon (one each of 25, 50, 75, 100, and two each of 1-10), but I...

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Anecdotally, the newer board game sets have poorer letter distributions than the older ones, but I've never heard of anyone actually checking them to see what the distribution actually is. The numbers distribution is universally agreed upon (one each of 25, 50, 75, 100, and two each of 1-10), but I...

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I gots one:

W W F D C H T M T B W B O M B D G H M C W J ...

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Here's another 15-rounder for you to try while you wait. You're welcome to post your scores here. R1: B N R A E I V Z E R2: U V U G I D O H I R3: 25, 75, 50, 100, 9, 7. Target: 827. R4: H V P E U S N E A R5: B P H R A O A A B R6: 100, 3, 5, 5, 10, 2. Target: 785. R7: K E N E M E R I Z R8: L I Q E I ...

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A while back, I asked the same question. I believe 10 games have had two instances in a row of the same target... or 11 including this most recent one. If Graeme will kindly accept ANOTHER two questions from me: * What word has most frequently been used as a conundrum? * What is the most frequently ...

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Actually, I found a clip of this scene on YouTube and the selection was BMAESNAIG, which is from this episode: http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_2971

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Odd that despite Eileen having a higher average score, Jill achieved a higher percentage of the max points. I'm betting this one will either go to a crucial or a last-minute escape from Eileen.

Factoid: this is the first heat-final rematch in nearly three years.

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This may have already been asked but has any numbers game ever come up more than once in the show's history? (Same numbers and target but order of the numbers doesn't matter). I very much doubt that! CoC XII GF, Round 14: 100 50 25 75 3 4 -> 880 Series 63 4th QF, Round 5: 50 100 75 25 4 3 -> 880 (I...

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And worse still was the selection SSEESDESES !! Can't see that happening on the English version. Anybody care to say which has been the worst with the most duplicates?) Round 1 here had only five different letters in it. Don't know if this is a minimum, but I know one person who'd be able to tell y...

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Is he less than 1 CE* old?
Is he between 1 and 2 CE* old?
Is he more than 2 CE* old?

*CE = Countdown Era; equal to 30 years, 6 months and 7 days

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How many prelims is this series going to end up having, anyway

My bet is 18.

Do we even know if there are going to be quarter-finals (see Series 45)?

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Welcome one and all to The Great Pyramid! For anyone who might be unaware, an overview of this latest and (hopefully) greatest tournament can be found here. http://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=474 Signups are now closed, but I'm planning to launch new versions of this regularly (monthly?)...

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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?

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Not so much celebrities as groups thereof, but U2 and The Who have similar names, and I sometimes embarrass myself by referring to one when I mean the other (especially after hearing one of their songs and saying "Hey, that's by _______!"). Same with Bon Jovi and Billy Joel.

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Kudos to James, who must have spent at least 25 hours making that recap himself.

The raw scores were IDENTICAL

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Ian Volante wrote:Dans.

Merci!

Johnny Canuck

Has anyone ever tried to run a full tournament in a language other than English? Was considering starting a French 15 Rounder tournament sometime soon but don't know how many people would be interested. If I could get 8 people, there would be 3 round-robin matches followed by a knockout.

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Happy retirement to the old 15-round format! We'll miss you.

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Anyone else heard of this?

http://www.albartus.com/motas/

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In the 1997 Christmas special, which had Richard playing against Carol, one of the rounds had four consecutive E's. It's probably the only time it has happened. Richard cleverly spotted TEEPEE, which is also probably the only time that that word has appeared on the show. The selection was RLERTEEPE...

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In how many series has the number 1 seed lost the quarter-final against the number 8 seed? The answer is 6: Series 5 (John Wallace), Series 21 (Lew Schwarz), Series 24 (Norman Christian), Series 30 (Graham Cross), Series 44 (Kevin McMahon) & Series 55 (Steven Briers). On a semi-related note, wh...

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If Sam becomes an octochamp, the new 15-round format will begin in the episode after he finishes his run.

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To be exactly exact, I believe it's the ODE3 (Oxford Dictionary of English, 3rd Edition).

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How many times has the same target come up in two consecutive numbers rounds? And in any of those instances, has it been possible to solve the rounds with exactly the same solutions twice in a row? (e.g. 100 6 1 8 3 2 -> 801 and 100 50 75 25 1 8 -> 801 could both be solved with 100x8+1)

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Thomas Carey wrote:If Rachael doesn't qualify for these series finals, I'll record myself eating a whole 5kg bag of potatoes (not the actual bag) and put it on YouTube. There, I said it.

Please don't.

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CURLED in round 3, GAMETE in round 6 and OVERHAND in Round 12.

3rd Numbers Alt.: 75 x 7 - 2 x (5 + 7 + 4) = 493

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5547.

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Where the hash is Graham Nash?

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David Barnard wrote:If he would have hansforded the conundrum he would have been technically unbeatable provided he buzzed instantaneously

Seeing as, of all the show's max games, this was the one in which the conundrum was solved the fastest, it could be considered the most perfect game ever. Congrats Conor!

Johnny Canuck

Graeme, It says on Wiki the following about perfect games, obviously this hasn't been updated (recently): "Perfect game - A game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. There are currently five known perfect games, one under the 15 round format and the rest in th...

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JUST UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!! WORDS ARE STARTING TO FAIL ME FOR THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pretty soon, we're going to need new font sizes, too. Was psyched to get 12 maxes today. Almost certainly my highest amount ever. Tried EXTRADO^ in round 11 and was disappointed... is EXTRADOS...

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Well, there's a cash prize for the runner-up of each series, so grand finals are cash games if you play to lose.

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If CoCs are gone, I'd like it to be raised to 16 seeds. If they continue, IMO, 8 seeds is fine.

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Is Brian May too famous? I think he should appear in just one episode (most likely a grand final).

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What's the most amount of conundrums needed to find a winner? Have there been more than two tie-break conundrums for a game? I heard somewhere ("somewhere" is a very reliable source, I know) that this match in Series 60 actually featured four conundrums, but the middle two were cut from t...

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And since the play was a big-money American one, they hired a [35b] to provide the music.

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*DING DING DING DING DING* WE HAVE A WINNER! Congratulations, Chris P., and enjoy your digital cake (shamelessly stolen from a Google Images result).

Now, does anyone else wish to try to crack the puzzle?

Johnny Canuck

Who will have the honour of recapping this beast? Also, will there only be one conundrum?

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Most are missing my point, when is the next 'normal' Champion of Champions? 'They' still had Champion of Champions either side-ish of Series 33... Since the last Champion of Champions (XIII), surely CofCs XIV will happen at some point??? Well, he who works upstairs doesn't like the idea of CoC's an...

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I happen to know the answer to this one, so I'll step in. Turns out the conundrum solution for the first-ever series final was CONUNDRUM. Since the name "conundrum" for the last round is never mentioned in Episode 1 (you can see it on YouTube), that might have been when they decided to cal...

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Series 100: The Tournament of the CENTURY

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Countdown Team wrote:
Jack Worsley wrote:I doubt it after this one. It'll be a long time before there's another tournament like this, if ever.
Indeed, never to be repeated.

Of course, that's what everybody was saying after Series 33, too.

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If Jon O'Neill's 122 is the highest score without a nine, what is the highest without a nine or an eight (no words of more than 7 letters)? What is the highest without a nine, eight or seven (has this ever happened at all)? Also, what is the shortest longest word length ever offered by a contestant ...

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Can you figure out these statements? First one to add another example to the list (without revealing the secret) gets digital cake. - Our map is [11a] in the right direction. - [22b] starred in Rain Man , Top Gun and Mission: Impossible. - I was born in [44a] but moved to [44b] as a child. - Every C...

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Isn't there one more L in the format (LLNLLNLLNLLLLNC)?

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With nearly all Countdown's 30-year history now made available to us in the form of detailed recaps (thanks mainly to the efforts of one man -- kudos to you, MB!), does anyone here think it would be suitable to have Countdown recognised in Guinness World Records as the "Best-recorded" or &...

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