When I finally caught up with this game, for the first time in ages I watched the introductions, hoping for a clue on the possible relationship between the only two Haleys ever to appear on the show. The 2011 Anne was being sponsored in aid of breast cancer research according to how many rounds she won (the record number of duplicate words in Tuesday's game won't have helped that). So for anyone desperate to appear on the show again, maybe this inidicates a way forward.
Jack Worsley wrote:Must be close to a record for the most identical words/numbers solutions in one show.
Looking at letters rounds only, as equivalence of numbers solutions is a bit controversial, I believe it is a record. The only games to equal the 8 out of 11 matches are Cummins/Shore and Gallen/Travers, both in COC12.
Not surprisingly, in 9-rounders a higher ratio has been achieved a few times. A perfect 6 out of 6 has been seen twice, in the 18th birthday special and in a Supreme Championship game between Clive Freedman and Evan Simpson. The 7 games with 5 out of 6 matches include 4 regular preliminary games and, curiously, both semi-finals of Series 43.