Zef's COUNTDOWN SUMMARIES WEBSITE

UK C4 Countdown TV show- SERIES_045 SEMI FINAL 1*041 BROADCAST_DATE:_Wed 19 Sept 2001

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CONTESTANT 1:

CONTESTANT 2:
John Rawnsley Phil Bennett

No. 1 seed: 7/8/wins - 409 pts

No. 4 seed: 6/7/wins - 321 pts

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Round 01 - LETTERS GAME

H D S N L O E I 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

H D S N L O E I R
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*SOLDIER 7 07 07 7 *SOLDIER

DICTIONARY CORNER : *INDORSE
OTHER WORDS : *SOLIDER
[*Optimums : Points 07, 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 K S A L T E L

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Round 02 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

N O K S A L T E L
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
TALONS 6 13 13 6 KNELLS

DICTIONARY CORNER : *ETALONS
OTHER WORDS : *ANKLETS *LANKEST
[*Optimums : Points 07, Score 14] **Email_Zef other 7+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME

N B C T S U A E I

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

N B C T S U A E I
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
CABINET 8 21 13 0 BUTANES

DICTIONARY CORNER : *INCUBATES*
OTHER WORDS : _
[*Optimums : Points *18*, Score 32] **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 1-1-1-3 [top, 2nd, 3rd and bottom rows]

100 9 6 5 2 7

TARGET

561

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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

100 9 6 5 2 7

TARGET

561
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
* 561 10 31 13 00 563

Contestant 1 *561 : 5x100=500; 9x7=63; 500+63-2=561
Zef *561 : 5x100=500; 9x6=54; 500+54+7=561
Zef *561 : 100-5=95; 95x6=570; 570-9=561
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 42]**Email_Zef

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME

T V R O E A G D I

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

T V R O E A G D I
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
GRATED 0 31 20 7 VERTIGO

DICTIONARY CORNER : *DEVIATOR
OTHER WORDS : AVOIDER
[*Optimums : Points 07, Score 49] **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

M J S P X E A O W

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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

M J S P X E A O W
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*JAPES 0 46 43 8 *JAPES

DICTIONARY CORNER : *EXAMS *SWAMP
OTHER WORDS : *MEOWS
[*Optimums : Points 05, Score 54] **Email_Zef other 5+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME

R F I T G E U D A

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

R F I T G E U D A
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
FRIGATE 0 46 43 8 *FATIGUED

DICTIONARY CORNER : _
OTHER WORDS : FIGURED *figurate?
[*Optimums : Points 08, Score 62] **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 1-3-2-0 [top, 2nd, 3rd and bottom rows]

100 5 1 4 4 8

TARGET

190

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME Solutions

100 5 1 4 4 8

TARGET

190
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
* 190 10 46 43 10 * 190

Contestant 1 *190 : 100-5=95; 95x8/4=190
Contestant 2 *190 : 100x8/4=200; 200-5-4-1=190
Zef * 190 : 100/4=25; 25+8+3=38; 38x5=190
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 72]**Email_Zef other exact solutions

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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

B O I L A D A V E

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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

A V O I D A B L E
CONTESTANT 1

Points

FINAL SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
08 SECONDS 10 56 43 00 _

*Optimum score (estimated) for this Countdown show : 82

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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