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- Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4801
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 27th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5152
Re: Spoilers for Monday 27th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 43)
Gosh, I didn't realise I had been watching that long! Thinking about it, I probably started watching in about 1999ish.
Thanks Tom, I do remember being surprised when Susie disallowed and stating that it was only valid with another word, eg leg or pocket.
Thanks Tom, I do remember being surprised when Susie disallowed and stating that it was only valid with another word, eg leg or pocket.
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 27th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5152
Re: Spoilers for Monday 27th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 43)
Trouser never used to be allowed
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie coming to town!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6170
Susie coming to town!
Quite a surprise over the weekend walking past our local theatre here in Wimborne to see a poster of Susie Dent looking out at me. She's on a tour with her show The Secret Lives of Words. As much as I admire Susie and like the sound of some of the content I'm not sure I could sit and listen to her f...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday 30th July 2018
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6821
Re: Spoilers for 30th July 2018
Did anyone think Rachel was a tad on the rude side when she said that "you clearly don't know your 75 x tables" at the end of r14. Yes, it was a bad miss, but still thought it was a little uncalled for (not that she is a malicious individual). IMO, not really. She had two players to whom ...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8402
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
Ha ha, my thoughts too!David Williams wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 2:36 pmThe difficulty is that, on the evidence of the contributions he does make, he is absolutely hopeless at Countdown.Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:56 pm It was nice to see Nick contribute in one of the rounds today - I wish he'd do this more often.
- Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Series 78 Finals Predictions (Contains Spoilers!)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 44003
Re: Series 78 Finals Predictions (Contains Spoilers!)
Shouldn't you have got less than zero for QF3 as you failed to predict the winner of that game?
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Behind-the-scenes on Countdown...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2670
Re: Behind-the-scenes on Countdown...
I wondered why Susie sat with her hot water bottle when it was exposed a few weeks ago! I wonder how often she has it refilled/rewarmed!
- Wed May 30, 2018 9:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 29th May 2018
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6324
Re: Spoilers for 29th May 2018
Can't think why dotage wouldn't be valid!Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 2:35 pm Glad Amy beat me when I had outearn cause while it's in, Susie disallowed it in October. Also, is dotage valid for the current dictionary? Don't know if it changed at the start of the year
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th April 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 70)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11953
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16th April 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 70)
Bizarre teatime teaser - I don't really see the connection between rhythm and vowelless. :lol: Yeah, in the cold light of day it looks stupid but when you know the explanation it's always obvious. I know of at least two other people who missed it and that's not including Nick who clearly had no ide...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 27th March 2018
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8717
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 27th March 2018
You are all bad people.When he said seven, I thought he might have had "tomatos", but I didn't think it was the most probable outcome. I was expecting to lose the round to him. He would have been in very good company looking at the list of names that have done similar on Apterous before h...
- Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 51)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4527
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 51)
I note that Len has the tiniest piece of paper in front of him and just reads out Suzie's words.
I wonder if this will change through the week?
I wonder if this will change through the week?
- Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:56 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8402
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
What did he do, I don't think I noticed?Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:56 pm It was nice to see Nick contribute in one of the rounds today - I wish he'd do this more often.
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 42)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7085
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 42)
I do miss the days when there'd be more general chat though - "I like what X is wearing", "Oh dear, Y's DC spot was fucking awful", "Ha, great teaser clue today" etc. - Yesterday's doodling conversation was hilarious and made the episode for me, both at the time and on...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday, 6th March 2018
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2853
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday, 6th March 2018
I agree, I rewound it after and tried to work out what he was getting at, I think he probably didn't explain it very well and possibly misused the word "spreadsheet". We'll never know!!
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday, February 26, 2018
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6481
Re: Spoilers for Monday, February 26, 2018
Yeah, felt sorry for him that he'd guessed wrongly and couldn't reach a century today but it's alright, he still won anyway. By the way, to clarify "Hansfording" since someone else mentioned it as well Philip did not do that since the definition is to buzz in before the letters are reveal...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5th February 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 20)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6334
Re: Spoilers for Monday 5th February 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 20)
Can see why he might have felt cheated, and he was clearly very annoyed by it judging by his actions after. However, in fairness he was taking the mickey a bit and I can see why Nick thought he was playing for time. The correct action would have been to check his paper I think, and see if it corres...
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th January 2018.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4359
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th January 2018.
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 24th January 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 12)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12188
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 24th January 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 12)
I like Tom's reports and think I would miss them if they stopped. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's good that he comments nicely on the game in general terms and would encourage more people to do this - I just think that publicly displaying every day that he (more often than not) beats both players whil...
- Wed Dec 27, 2017 10:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th November 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 94)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16340
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th November 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 94)
As a small afterthought, after someone has thought for a while and gone for the 'safe seven', Susie will sometimes ask them what their 'dodgy eight' was. I'd like to see this more often. When they come up with a word it's interesting to find out if it's valid or not. If they don't have a word to of...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Kryptonite
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3322
Re: Kryptonite
It makes me cringe every time Nick says it. I'm sure he could think of something better to say.
- Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 1st November 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 86)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2651
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 1st November 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 86)
Yeah, a bit careless there
- Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 82)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4910
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26 October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 82)
Why not?
A fractile is the cut off point for a certain fraction of a sample. If your distribution is known, then the fractile is just the cut-off point where the distribution reaches a certain probability.
A fractile is the cut off point for a certain fraction of a sample. If your distribution is known, then the fractile is just the cut-off point where the distribution reaches a certain probability.
- Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 82)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4910
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26 October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 82)
I had FRACTILE in round 5, after my cock-up with factorial the other day I am more confident of this one!
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for the 24th October 2017
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5946
Re: Spoilers for the 24th October 2017
I thought I had FACTORIAL in round 4 or 5 but as neither Susie, Rachel nor anyone on here has mentioned it I assume I must have got it wrong? Sorry, no banana -- the As and Ts didn't match up. I actually did notice it was almost there, though! Ah cheers. I thought it must have been wrong. I can see...
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for the 24th October 2017
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5946
Re: Spoilers for the 24th October 2017
I thought I had FACTORIAL in round 4 or 5 but as neither Susie, Rachel nor anyone on here has mentioned it I assume I must have got it wrong?
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:35 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday, 11th October 2017
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4499
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 11th October 2017
I was really disappointed when Lexplorer was removed from public use. I haven't got time to play on Apterous but enjoy playing along and watching what goes on on here.
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 60)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3727
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 60)
A shame he's playing a different game though!
- Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 21st August 2017
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3371
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 2:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown mentions on other shows
- Replies: 315
- Views: 141790
Re: Countdown mentions on other shows
Repeat of the episode tonight on BBC1 at 10.35
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New set
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9384
Re: New set
Good to see that the boards are nicely lined up now (since the first Jenny Eclair recording), no extraneous corners nor patches of light blue. A very neat picture is portrayed now. Well done the Countdown team.
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New set
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9384
Re: New set
The whole letters board is misaligned during the round but when DC's words are displayed it is lined up correctly. The lack of symmetry really bugs me.
- Thu May 18, 2017 9:19 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th May.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4089
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th May.
Congrats to Stephen on becoming an octochamp, a member of the 900 club and also the all centuries club :D Think TRILOGUES was there in the OUTLIERS round. Shame you had to suffer the most boring dictionary guest I've ever witnessed for the last part of your run. Gives the impression he'd rather be ...
- Fri Mar 17, 2017 5:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 14 March 2017
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4678
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 14
I thought he said TORTUOUS and was surprised when Nick said TORTUROUS and expected it to be disallowed. Even Alexander Armstrong on Pointless would have picked that up!
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown mentions on other shows
- Replies: 315
- Views: 141790
Re: Countdown mentions on other shows
Yes, just got round to watching her cameo role! I thought she came over really well, much more natural than Emma Bunton! Well done Susie.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:48 pm I think Susie Dent is going to be in Not Going Out at 9:00 this evening.
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:35 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th February 2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3705
Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th February 2017
I liked the camera man's reaction to the CAMERAMAN tea time teaser
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:52 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2017 upgrade!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 75958
Re: 2017 upgrade!
First loading screwed the screen completely with the red icons repeating across the page and the menu options in the wrong place. Moving pages didn't help, only a complete refresh has made it readable. thought it was probably my pc at first, but not so sure now. I will let you know if it happens aga...
- Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 13th October 2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1310
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 13th October 2016
Do you think Kate Williams got all the words she claimed? More than just about any other DC guest, throughout her run she was very much "*I* got...". Maybe she did and she should apply to go on the show as a contestant. I would doubt it, the whole time she spoke she was looking at Suzie r...
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: On the mass noun restaurant rule
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4367
Re: On the mass noun restaurant rule
The point is that something appearing on a menu seems to be an invitation for people to stick an S (or ES or whatever) on the end of a word regardless of how its usually pluralised or indeed whether it is usually pluralised What are the exact rules about the "S (or ES or whatever)"? I thi...
- Wed May 04, 2016 10:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 2 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 64)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2861
Re: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 2 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 64)
Totally agree!Gavin Chipper wrote: I just think it's a bit pointless in a spoilers thread to avoid spoilers.
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 4th 2016
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2573
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 4th 2016
I didn't understand the Darts thing at all!!
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday March 4th 2016 (Series 74 prelim 30)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2063
Re: Spoilers for Friday March 4th 2016 (Series 74 prelim 30)
Watched Friday's episode last night, did DC declare JEHADIST? Surely it's Jihadist and there was only one I.
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th February (Series 74 Prelim 24)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1581
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th February (Series 74 Prelim 24)
Beat him on a few rounds today (including the missed 9 and a numbers round)! Am I getting better or did he just have a bad day I wonder?
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday January 29th 2016
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1362
Re: Spoilers for Friday January 29th 2016
Thwaites was a DC beater. Unusual for me
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 13171
Re: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
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. 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. Ah,...
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 13171
Re: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
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.
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:17 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many countries have you been to?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 87003
Re: How many countries have you been to?
I make mine 19 if I read the rules correctly (so ignoring Madeira and the Canary islands, oh and Sardinia!)
UK(4), France, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Estonia, Croatia, Greece, USA, Canada, Denmark
UK(4), France, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Estonia, Croatia, Greece, USA, Canada, Denmark
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:31 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
- Replies: 253
- Views: 183755
Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
Yes. all the time. Just before Christmas they were repeating old ones with Daphne in it.sean d wrote:Anyone know if Egghaeds gets repreated?
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 9-00pm C5 Celebrity Big Brother.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5930
Re: 9-00pm C5 Celebrity Big Brother.
Only 7 for me!
- Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 1 December 2015 (Series 73 Prelim 105)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1314
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 1 December 2015 (Series 73 Prelim 105)
Bit of a whirlwind champion, masterful first game and a doleful second. Maybe he just wanted a teapot and wasn't bothered about championship scoring!
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday November 20th 2015
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1699
Re: Spoilers For Friday November 20th 2015
If you can't put an "s" on plural, what can you put it on?
- Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:34 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Two Tribes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5925
Re: Two Tribes
One time regular on here DInos (Syfiros??) was on Two Tribes last night and unlucky to get beaten to the final where I am sure he would have won the £6000. Even my wife recognised him.
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:49 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
- Replies: 100
- Views: 17833
Re: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
UKIP delivered me a pamphlet yesterday together with a plea to put a sign in the window - unfortunately (for them) all the details were about a candidate standing in the adjacent constituency!
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 13th 2015
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1287
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 13th 2015
Not so much a stiff neck as fused vertebrae by the looks of it. Hopefully not painful.Gavin Chipper wrote:
Has Gerry got a stiff neck?
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 11th 2015 (S72 P28)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1465
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 11th 2015 (S72 P28)
Demasted in the maddest round.
- Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday December 18th 2014
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4548
Re: Spoilers For Thursday December 18th 2014
Was that a forumite with the conundrum solve?
Congratulations to all finalists, some great face offs up to now. really looking forward to this afternoons game.
Congratulations to all finalists, some great face offs up to now. really looking forward to this afternoons game.
- Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:13 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
- Replies: 452
- Views: 117272
Re: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
Is it not possible to log-in to BT and get some analytics for where or at least when the data is being used? (If not, there should be.) Couldn't agree more, Conor. every time I received one of those 70% letters/emails I used to badger BT for the information, but all to no avail. They have access to...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday December 3rd 2014 (S71 P99)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6052
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday December 3rd 2014 (S71 P99)
Did nobody else spot PORPOISE in round (about) 4 ?
- Wed May 07, 2014 10:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Bank Holiday Monday May 5th 2014
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7100
Re: Spoilers For Bank Holiday Monday May 5th 2014
If Neil does make it to the quarter-finals, I reckon he could be a dangerous opponent for the top seeds, especially if he's been working on his numbers in the meantime. What's surprising is that in terms of numbers rounds maxed, Neil's stats are very very similar to all the other 6 time winners thi...
- Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 29th 2014 (S70 P75)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2589
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 29th 2014 (S70 P75)
That's the second time I've seen her do it!James Laverty wrote:Since when did Rachel start dancing during the easy numbers solve.
Alt 2nd numbers: (25-4-2)*(7+3)