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UK C4 Countdown TV show- SERIES_045 PROGRAMME*037 BROADCAST_DATE:_Thu 13 Sept 2001

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CONTESTANT 1:

CONTESTANT 2:
Geraldine Hylands Charlie Neill

Daily Champion: 3*wins

New Challenger

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Round 01 - LETTERS GAME

Z N L F O A E B D

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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

Z N L F O A E B D
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
BLAZED 6 6 6 6 FOALED

DICTIONARY CORNER : *BLAZONED
OTHER WORDS : BLAZON FONDLE LOANED
[*Optimums : Points 8, Score 08] **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

R G N O I K S E W

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Round 02 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

R G N O I K S E W
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
IGNORES 0 6 14 8 *WORKINGS

DICTIONARY CORNER : WINGERS WONKIER
OTHER WORDS : _
[*Optimums : Points 8, Score 16] **Email_Zef other 8+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME

S R T N A I A U S

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

S R T N A I A U S
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
STRAINS 7 13 21 7 STRAINS

DICTIONARY CORNER : *ARTISANS
OTHER WORDS : *taurians
[*Optimums : Points 8, Score 24] **Email_Zef other 8+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 04 - NUMBERS GAME

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

50 10 2 8 7 25

TARGET

172

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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

50 10 2 8 7 25

TARGET

172
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*172 10 23 31 10 *172

Contestant 1 *172 : 25x7=175; 50/25=2; 175-5+2=172
Contestant 2 *172 : 8+7+2=17; 17x10=170; 50/25=2; 170+2=172
Zef *172 : 10x8=80; 80+7=87; 87x50/25=174; 174-2=172
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 34]**Email_Zef

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME

D M S E I R O C T

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

D M S E I R O C T
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*MORTICES 8 31 31 0 DIRECTS

DICTIONARY CORNER : DEMOTIC
OTHER WORDS : *cordites?
[*Optimums : Points 8, Score 42] **Email_Zef other 8+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME

E A I D R F V G L

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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

E A I D R F V G L
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
FLARED 0 31 38 7 *FRAGILE

DICTIONARY CORNER : *RIVALED
OTHER WORDS : *VALIDER
[*Optimums : Points 7, Score 49] **Email_Zef other 7+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME

T M S O E A P I T

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

T M S O E A P I T
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*PASTIME 7 38 45 7 *ATOMISE

DICTIONARY CORNER : *PATTIES *TEAPOTS *TIPTOES
OTHER WORDS : *APOSITE *OPIATES *POTTIES
[*Optimums : Points 7, Score 56] **Email_Zef other 8+letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME

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

75 7 8 5 9 5

TARGET

702

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME Solutions

75 7 8 5 9 5

TARGET

702
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
701 [1 away] 07 45 45 00 700 [2 away]

Contestant 1 701 : 9x75=675; 5x5=25; 675+25+8-7=701
C.V. *702 : 75+3=78; 78x9=702
Zef *702 : 75+5+5-7=78; 78x9=702
Zef *702 : 9x75=675; 7x5=35; 675+35-8=702
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 66]**Email_Zef

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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

N I N E D O P E S

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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

P E N S I O N E D
CONTESTANT 1

Points

FINAL SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
22 SECONDS 10 55 45 00 [wrong answer]

*Optimum score (estimated) for this Countdown show : 76

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 offered
during the broadcast of this Countdown goes to:-
Contestant 1 & Contestant 2 on today's show
DC - Dictionary Corner & Celebrity Guest
CV - Carol Vorderman
RW - Richard Whiteley

plus for further input on today's summary:-
MB - words & numbers solutions by Mike Brown
Zef - all 'OTHER WORDS' where other no name was listed
plus Zef numbers solutions

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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