Zef's COUNTDOWN SUMMARIES WEBSITE

UK C4 Countdown TV show- SERIES_045 PROGRAMME*031 BROADCAST_DATE:_Wed 05 Sept 2001

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CONTESTANT 1:

CONTESTANT 2:

David Dorward

Mary Blair

Daily Champion: 1*win

New Challenger

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Round 01 - LETTERS GAME

L

I

B

E

J

U

Q

T

R

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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

L

I

B

E

J

U

Q

T

R
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*REBUILT 7 07 07 7 *QUILTER

DICTIONARY CORNER : _
OTHER WORDS : _
[*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

N

O

S

B

E

I

D

F

A

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Round 02 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

N

O

S

B

E

I

D

F

A
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
BODIES 6 13 07 0 BONES

DICTIONARY CORNER : *ABODES
OTHER WORDS : *ANODISE [MB] *BANDIES
[*Optimums : Points 07, Score 14] **Email_Zef other 7+letter words
KEY:- LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME

M

E

G

O

T

E

R

L

S

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

M

E

G

O

T

E

R

L

S
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
METEORS 7 20 14 7 METEORS

DICTIONARY CORNER : REMOTES *MOLESTER
OTHER WORDS : GROMETS
[*Optimums : Points 8, Score 22] **Email_Zef other 7+letter words
KEY:- LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 04 - NUMBERS GAME

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

25

1

9

7

8

3

TARGET

959

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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

9

7

8

3

TARGET

959
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
964 00 20 21 07 956

Contestant 1 956 : 3-1=4; 4x25x9=900; 8x7=56; 900+56=956
C.V. : No solution
Zef [Late] : *958
[*Optimums : Points 07, Score 29] **Email_Zef 959

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME

N

I

C

H

A

E

Y

D

I

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

N

I

C

H

A

E

Y

D

I
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*CHAINED 7 27 28 7 *CHAINED

DICTIONARY CORNER : *CYANIDE *ECHIDNA_
OTHER_WORDS : _
_[*Optimums : Points 7, Score 36] **Email_Zef other 7+letter words
KEY:- *LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?
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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME

N

U

R

A

T

E

M

S

V

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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

N

U

R

A

T

E

M

S

V
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
MATURES 7 34 28 0 STREAM

DICTIONARY CORNER : NATURES *VAUNTERS
OTHER WORDS : MARTENS SAUNTER SMARTEN STERNUM
[*Optimums : Points 8, Score 44] **Email_Zef other 8+letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME

A

I

O

C

D

G

L

R

Z

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

A

I

O

C

D

G

L

R

Z
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*CORDIAL 7 41 35 7 *CORDIAL

DICTIONARY CORNER : ZODIAC
OTHER WORDS : cardio
[*Optimums : Points 7, Score 51] **Email_Zef other 6+letter words
KEY:- LONGEST WORD / SHORTER / disallowed / MAYBE? / maybenot?

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME

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

100

9

8

7

2

3

TARGET

848

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME Solutions

100

9

8

7

2

3

TARGET

848
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
_ 00 41 40 05 841

Contestant 2 841: 8x100=800; 7x2=14; 9x3=27; 800+14+27=841
C.V. *848: 2x3=6; 6+100=106; 106x8=848
Zef *848: 100+7=107: 107x8=856; 856+3-9-2=848
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 61]**Email_Zef other 848s

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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

F

E

A

S

T

D

I

E

T

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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

D

E

F

E

A

T

I

S

T
CONTESTANT 1

Points

FINAL SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
_ 00 41 50 10 12 SECONDS

*Optimum score (estimated) for this Countdown show : 71

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
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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