Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
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Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Countdown recap for Thursday 19 March 2009.
C1: Champion Stephen Porritt (1 win.)
C2: Challenger Jennie Foster.
DC: Susie Dent and Colin Murray.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R S G W U O E D B
R02: T T P M A I E L O
R03: T R N S I A O E B
R04: S N R N O E E A S
R05: 1, 1, 9, 8, 7, 5. Target: 662.
TTT: LAPOLICE - "You can let off steam playing this instrument"
R06: D Q S R I O A U M
R07: C R R Y E I E T A
R08: D H T N O A U O K
R09: P D L V E O I F E
R10: 25, 4, 9, 3, 6, 1. Target: 911.
TTT: WINGBORN - "Getting a nice tan with the gravy perhaps"
R11: M G N L I A E I S
R12: N C J T A E I R E
R13: N R M P E O E A O
R14: 100, 5, 4, 2, 9, 1. Target: 617.
R15: G A R Y O N E I L (conundrum)
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Round 1: R S G W U O E D B
C1: BROWSED (7)
C2: GROUSED (7)
DC: BROGUES (7)
OT: BODGERS (7) DROGUES (7) GOURDES (7) ROSEBUD (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)
Round 2: T T P M A I E L O
C1: MOTTLE (6)
C2: MOTTLE (6)
DC: PALMETTO (8)
Score: 13–13 (max 15)
Round 3: T R N S I A O E B
C1: BORATES (7)
C2: RATIONS (7)
DC: BARITONES (18)
OT: OBTAINERS (18)
Score: 20–20 (max 33)
Round 4: S N R N O E E A S
C1: NEARNESS (8)
C2: NEARNESS (8)
OT: ENSNARES (8)
Score: 28–28 (max 41)
Round 5: 1, 1, 9, 8, 7, 5. Target: 662.
C1: 665. ((8+1+1)*9+5)*7 (7)
C2: -
OT: 663. (5*8-1)*(7+1+9) (7)
Score: 35–28 (max 48)
Teatime teaser: LAPOLICE -> CALLIOPE
Round 6: D Q S R I O A U M
C1: RADIOS (6)
C2: SQUIRM (6)
DC: MARQUIS (7)
Score: 41–34 (max 55)
Round 7: C R R Y E I E T A
C1: criteria
C2: terciary
DC: ERRATIC (7)
OT: CATERER (7) RETRACE (7) TERRACE (7) RECITER (7) TEARIER (7) TRACERY (7)
Score: 41–34 (max 62)
Round 8: D H T N O A U O K
C1: HAUNT (5)
C2: THANK (5)
DC: HANDOUT (7)
Score: 46–39 (max 69)
Round 9: P D L V E O I F E
C1: LOVED (5)
C2: LOVED (5)
DC: FOILED (6) DEVELOP (7)
Score: 51–44 (max 76)
Round 10: 25, 4, 9, 3, 6, 1. Target: 911.
C1: 911. (25*4+1)+9+6/3 (10)
C2: 910.
Score: 61–44 (max 86)
Teatime teaser: WINGBORN -> BROWNING
Round 11: M G N L I A E I S
C1: MANGLES (7)
C2: MALIGNS (7)
DC: EMAILING (8)
OT: IMAGINES (8) MAILINGS (8)
Score: 68–51 (max 94)
Round 12: N C J T A E I R E
C1: NEATER (6)
C2: CANTER (6)
DC: CREATINE (8)
OT: INCREATE (8)
Score: 74–57 (max 102)
Round 13: N R M P E O E A O
C1: MEANER (6)
C2: poorman
OT: AMPERE (6) APEMEN (6) MAROON (6) RENAME (6) MOANER (6) MOPANE (6) MOREEN (6) OPENER (6) REOPEN (6) OPERON (6) PANEER (6)
Score: 80–57 (max 108)
Round 14: 100, 5, 4, 2, 9, 1. Target: 617.
C1: 619.
C2: 617. (5+1)*100+2*4+9 (10)
Score: 80–67 (max 118)
Round 15: G A R Y O N E I L
No one buzzes. The answer was LEGIONARY.
Score: 80–67 (max 128)
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=60
C1: Champion Stephen Porritt (1 win.)
C2: Challenger Jennie Foster.
DC: Susie Dent and Colin Murray.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R S G W U O E D B
R02: T T P M A I E L O
R03: T R N S I A O E B
R04: S N R N O E E A S
R05: 1, 1, 9, 8, 7, 5. Target: 662.
TTT: LAPOLICE - "You can let off steam playing this instrument"
R06: D Q S R I O A U M
R07: C R R Y E I E T A
R08: D H T N O A U O K
R09: P D L V E O I F E
R10: 25, 4, 9, 3, 6, 1. Target: 911.
TTT: WINGBORN - "Getting a nice tan with the gravy perhaps"
R11: M G N L I A E I S
R12: N C J T A E I R E
R13: N R M P E O E A O
R14: 100, 5, 4, 2, 9, 1. Target: 617.
R15: G A R Y O N E I L (conundrum)
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Round 1: R S G W U O E D B
C1: BROWSED (7)
C2: GROUSED (7)
DC: BROGUES (7)
OT: BODGERS (7) DROGUES (7) GOURDES (7) ROSEBUD (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)
Round 2: T T P M A I E L O
C1: MOTTLE (6)
C2: MOTTLE (6)
DC: PALMETTO (8)
Score: 13–13 (max 15)
Round 3: T R N S I A O E B
C1: BORATES (7)
C2: RATIONS (7)
DC: BARITONES (18)
OT: OBTAINERS (18)
Score: 20–20 (max 33)
Round 4: S N R N O E E A S
C1: NEARNESS (8)
C2: NEARNESS (8)
OT: ENSNARES (8)
Score: 28–28 (max 41)
Round 5: 1, 1, 9, 8, 7, 5. Target: 662.
C1: 665. ((8+1+1)*9+5)*7 (7)
C2: -
OT: 663. (5*8-1)*(7+1+9) (7)
Score: 35–28 (max 48)
Teatime teaser: LAPOLICE -> CALLIOPE
Round 6: D Q S R I O A U M
C1: RADIOS (6)
C2: SQUIRM (6)
DC: MARQUIS (7)
Score: 41–34 (max 55)
Round 7: C R R Y E I E T A
C1: criteria
C2: terciary
DC: ERRATIC (7)
OT: CATERER (7) RETRACE (7) TERRACE (7) RECITER (7) TEARIER (7) TRACERY (7)
Score: 41–34 (max 62)
Round 8: D H T N O A U O K
C1: HAUNT (5)
C2: THANK (5)
DC: HANDOUT (7)
Score: 46–39 (max 69)
Round 9: P D L V E O I F E
C1: LOVED (5)
C2: LOVED (5)
DC: FOILED (6) DEVELOP (7)
Score: 51–44 (max 76)
Round 10: 25, 4, 9, 3, 6, 1. Target: 911.
C1: 911. (25*4+1)+9+6/3 (10)
C2: 910.
Score: 61–44 (max 86)
Teatime teaser: WINGBORN -> BROWNING
Round 11: M G N L I A E I S
C1: MANGLES (7)
C2: MALIGNS (7)
DC: EMAILING (8)
OT: IMAGINES (8) MAILINGS (8)
Score: 68–51 (max 94)
Round 12: N C J T A E I R E
C1: NEATER (6)
C2: CANTER (6)
DC: CREATINE (8)
OT: INCREATE (8)
Score: 74–57 (max 102)
Round 13: N R M P E O E A O
C1: MEANER (6)
C2: poorman
OT: AMPERE (6) APEMEN (6) MAROON (6) RENAME (6) MOANER (6) MOPANE (6) MOREEN (6) OPENER (6) REOPEN (6) OPERON (6) PANEER (6)
Score: 80–57 (max 108)
Round 14: 100, 5, 4, 2, 9, 1. Target: 617.
C1: 619.
C2: 617. (5+1)*100+2*4+9 (10)
Score: 80–67 (max 118)
Round 15: G A R Y O N E I L
No one buzzes. The answer was LEGIONARY.
Score: 80–67 (max 128)
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=60
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
This is a really good conundrum scramble.Jon Corby wrote:Round 15: G A R Y O N E I L
No one buzzes. The answer was LEGIONARY.
Score: 80–67 (max 128)
Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Thanks.Jon O'Neill wrote:This is a really good conundrum scramble.Jon Corby wrote:Round 15: G A R Y O N E I L
No one buzzes. The answer was LEGIONARY.
Score: 80–67 (max 128)
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
I was so inordinately pleased with myself for getting this Teatime Teaser that afterwards I wondered what the Countdown theme might sound like played on a calliope.Jon Corby wrote:TTT: LAPOLICE - "You can let off steam playing this instrument"
I have too much time on my hands.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Am I the only one who found the scramble immensely off-putting? Probably.Jon O'Neill wrote:This is a really good conundrum scramble.Jon Corby wrote:Round 15: G A R Y O N E I L
No one buzzes. The answer was LEGIONARY.
Score: 80–67 (max 128)
That sounds pretty good. Although it's a bit short isn't it? (Only 24 seconds). What else can you do with it?Phil Reynolds wrote:I have too much time on my hands.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
You might regret asking that.Neil Zussman wrote:What else can you do with it?
Srslytho, play something 30 seconds long and I'll use it as the clock music on Apterous, if only to piss Jono off.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Neil Zussman wrote:it's a bit short isn't it? (Only 24 seconds). What else can you do with it?
- Time the microwave when reheating a mug of tea that's gone lukewarm. (I hate lukewarm tea. Multiples of 12 seconds are good because that's how long it takes the turntable to complete one revolution, thereby bringing the mug handle back into reach)
- Er, that's it.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
OK. Do you want the Countdown clock music, or something else? Is MIDI format OK or do you want it as an audio file?Charlie Reams wrote:Srslytho, play something 30 seconds long and I'll use it as the clock music on Apterous, if only to piss Jono off.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
For copyright reasons, anything other than Countdown clock music. Or Metallica. MIDI is fine.Phil Reynolds wrote:OK. Do you want the Countdown clock music, or something else? Is MIDI format OK or do you want it as an audio file?Charlie Reams wrote:Srslytho, play something 30 seconds long and I'll use it as the clock music on Apterous, if only to piss Jono off.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
What about speedgoat, goatblitz, etc?
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
OK, this will piss everyone off pretty quickly I imagine (I'm sick of it already, and can't imagine trying to concentrate on playing actual games with this racket going on in the background). It's not the Countdown clock music, but it retains the essential elements - the ticking clock, the key change halfway through and the synth drum 'sting' at the end. It will sound better or worse depending on how good your computer's MIDI synth is, but it's still shit, frankly.Charlie Reams wrote:Srslytho, play something 30 seconds long and I'll use it as the clock music on Apterous, if only to piss Jono off.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Horrible. Good, but also horrible.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Result!Jon O'Neill wrote:Horrible, Good, but also horrible.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
I could see myself hitting "end round early" numerous times during that.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
A point I've just witnessed first hand when playing it through my web browser, which uses a QuickTime plug-in to play MIDI files (as I suspect is the case for many of you). QuickTime doesn't use your PC's soundcard MIDI synth but has its own internal set of MIDI samples instead which are shit. The synth drum at the end sounds like someone twanging a heavy rubber band stretched across a toilet seat.I wrote:It will sound better or worse depending on how good your computer's MIDI synth is
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Round 5 has a correct solution, which increases to max for this game to 131.
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Enlighten me...?Howard Somerset wrote:Round 5 has a correct solution, which increases to max for this game to 131.
(it doesn't btw)
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
How about:Jon Corby wrote:Enlighten me...?Howard Somerset wrote:Round 5 has a correct solution, which increases to max for this game to 131.
(it doesn't btw)
((7 + 1) x 8 + 5) x 9 + 1 =
oh bugger! I read the target as 622. My apologies Jon. I shall never doubt you again.
Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Heck no you should! I always get the solutions using my own solver, but even I doubted myself sufficiently to go and check with some other ones!Howard Somerset wrote:oh bugger! I read the target as 622. My apologies Jon. I shall never doubt you again.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Well I doubted myself three times before even posting here; I really didn't think you could've got it wrong. And then after your response, checked once again and still my method worked. It was only while typing my further response that I suddenly realised what had gone wrong. And "oh bugger" was definitely a very much cut down version of what I would have said had I not recently learned that a family friend has stumbled across this forum and has seen some of my posts.Jon Corby wrote:Heck no you should! I always get the solutions using my own solver, but even I doubted myself sufficiently to go and check with some other ones!Howard Somerset wrote:oh bugger! I read the target as 622. My apologies Jon. I shall never doubt you again.
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Hope I am not like this when I am as old as you Howard
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
I'll remind you to check, Chris... if I manage to remember.Chris Corby wrote:Hope I am not like this when I am as old as you Howard
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Re: Thursday 19th March 2009 (Series 60, Game 30)
Percentagewise, he's catching you upHoward Somerset wrote:I'll remind you to check, Chris... if I manage to remember.Chris Corby wrote:Hope I am not like this when I am as old as you Howard
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