Zef's COUNTDOWN SUMMARIES WEBSITE

UK C4 Countdown TV show- SERIES_045 PROGRAMME*030 BROADCAST_DATE:_Tue 04 Sept 2001

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CONTESTANT 1:

CONTESTANT 2:

Jim Hankin

David Dorward

Daily Champion: 3*wins

New Challenger

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Round 01 - LETTERS GAME

M

X

P

R

C

E

A

E

N

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Use some or all of these 9 letters - find the longest word you can
30 secs time limit - use each letter only as often as it appears here
Your word must be listed in the N.O.D.E. Dictionary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round 01 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

M

X

P

R

C

E

A

E

N
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
PRANCE 6 06 06 6 CAMPER

DICTIONARY CORNER : MENACE
OTHER WORDS : *MENACER [MB] *PACEMEN
[*Optimums : Points 7, Score 07] **Email_Zef other 7+letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 02 - LETTERS GAME

T

I

L

O

S

E

P

D

L

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Round 02 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

T

I

L

O

S

E

P

D

L
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
SPOILED 7 13 13 7 PILOTED

DICTIONARY CORNER : DEPOSIT SPILLED
OTHER WORDS : DOLLIEST [Contestant 2] PISTOLED *PISTOLLED*
[*Optimums : Points *18*, Score 25] **Email_Zef other 8+letter words
KEY:- LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME

W

R

V

T

A

I

U

N

S

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

W

R

V

T

A

I

U

N

S
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
saturn 0 13 19 6 *TRAINS

DICTIONARY CORNER : *STRAIN
OTHER WORDS : *+1nutrias?
[*Optimums : Points 6+1?, Score 31+1?] **Email_Zef other 7+letter words
KEY:- LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 04 - NUMBERS GAME

Contestant 2 choses 1-2-2-1 [top, 2nd, 3rd and bottom rows]

25

1

4

9

5

4

TARGET

886

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Use the 1st 6 numbers shown above to reach the target on the right
30 secs time limit - reach the target or get the nearest total you can
Add/subtract/multiply/divide the 1st 6 nos to make your final total
You may use some or all of the 6 nos - but use each number once only

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Round 04 - NUMBERS GAME Solutions

25

1

4

9

5

4

TARGET

886
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*886 10 23 19 00 ???

Contestant 1 *886 : 25x4=100; 100-1=99; 99x9=891; 891-5=886
C.V. : Same as Contestant 1
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 41+1?] **Email_Zef other 886s

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME

C

A

G

E

Y

A

F

D

S

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

C

A

G

E

Y

A

F

D

S
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*FACADES 7 30 26 7 *FACADES

DICTIONARY CORNER : _
OTHER_WORDS : _
_[*Optimums : Points 7, Score 48+1?] **Email_Zef other 7+letter words
KEY:- *LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?
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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME

R

T

P

N

H

E

I

O

E

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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

R

T

P

N

H

E

I

O

E
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
POINTER 7 37 33 7 POINTER

DICTIONARY CORNER : THEREIN, THEREON
OTHER WORDS : *TREPHINE [Lisa] NEITHER
[*Optimums : Points 8, Score 56+1?] **Email_Zef other 8+letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME

G

O

K

U

T

E

S

R

D

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

G

O

K

U

T

E

S

R

D
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*STROKED 7 44 40 7 *GROUTED

DICTIONARY CORNER : _
OTHER WORDS : *DETOURS *TRUDGES storked?
WORD NOT BROADCASTABLE? : *TODGERS?
[*Optimums : Points 7, Score 63+1?] **Email_Zef other 8+letter words
KEY:- LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME

Contestant 1 choses 0-2-4-0 [top, 2nd, 3rd and bottom rows]

9

10

7

2

4

4

TARGET

975

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME Solutions

9

10

7

2

4

4

TARGET

975
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
_ 00 44 23 00 _

C.V. : *974 [1 away]
Zef [Late] : *976 [1 away]
[*Optimums : Points 07, Score 70+1?] **Email_Zef 975s

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Round 09 - COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM

The Countdown Conundrum is the final round of the game
Unscramble the letters to form a 9 letter word within 30 seconds
10 points to the 1st contestant to press their buzzer + answer correctly
0 points to contestants who get the answer 2nd or answer incorrectly

A

L

T

E

R

L

I

L

Y

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A contestant who buzzes + doesn't gives the correct answer gets no points -
while their opponent has the rest of the 30 secs in which to find the answer
The 10 points from a Conundrum round may decide who can win the game.
When this happens on the final round - it is a CRUCIAL CONUNDRUM
If the scores are level after a Crucial Conundrum round -
we keep having extra Conundrum rounds until we get a winner

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Round 09 - COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM solution

L

I

T

E

R

A

L

L

Y
CONTESTANT 1

Points

FINAL SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
_ 00 44 50 10 05 SECONDS

*Optimum score (estimated) for this Countdown show : 80+1?

Todays winner will return again as the daily reigning champion
- playing against a new challenger in the next show of this series

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The Closing Credits


This document was created by ZEF
for
Zef's COUNTDOWN SUMMARIES WEBSITE

Email: zefcountdown@yahoo.co.uk



Thanks go to Mike Brown,
proprietor of the Countdown website
http://www.thecountdownpage.com/


for site inspiration, support and links
plus supplying any missing details
+ correcting errors on certain rounds


Thanks / credit for words & numbers solutions
broadcast on Countdown goes to:-
the 2 contestants on today's show
DC - Dictionary Corner & Celebrity Guest [R1/R2/R3, R5/R6/R7]
CV - Carol Vorderman [R4/R8]

plus for further input on today's solutions:-
Zef
MB - Mike Brown
Lisa - via channel 4 forum
Cat - via channel 4 forum
and to everyone over the years
whose hard work, ingenuity or involvement
has helped to make the Countdown TV show
what it is today - thank you to you all.


Dedicated to granddad Jim
and the world's greatest bargain queen


Copyright Zef 2001


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