Zef's COUNTDOWN SUMMARIES WEBSITE

UK C4 Countdown TV show- SERIES_045 SEMI FINAL 2*042 BROADCAST_DATE:_Thu 20 Sept 2001

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CONTESTANT 1:

CONTESTANT 2:
Geraldine Hylands Craig Richardson

No. 2 seed: 7/7/wins - 355 pts

No. 3 seed: 6/7/wins - 352 pts

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Round 01 - LETTERS GAME

L S Y R E I A H 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

L S Y R E I A H N
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
LINERS 6 06 06 6 SERIAL

DICTIONARY CORNER : *INHALERS
OTHER WORDS : HAILERS NAILERS NEARISH *HYALINES
[*Optimums : Points 08, Score 08] **Email_Zef other 8+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 02 - LETTERS GAME

T R O G I A M Q O

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Round 02 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

T R O G I A M Q O
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*GROOM 5 11 11 5 *RATIO

DICTIONARY CORNER : *GROAT
OTHER WORDS : *MOTOR
[*Optimums : Points 05, Score 13] **Email_Zef other 5+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME

E A I N T S D R C

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Round 03 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

E A I N T S D R C
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*RANDIEST 8 19 11 0 SAINTED

DICTIONARY CORNER : *CUBATES
OTHER WORDS : *DICENTRAS?* [Cat] *RANCIDEST?*
[*Optimums : Points 08+ , Score 21+] **Email_Zef other 9 letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 04 - NUMBERS GAME

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

100 6 1 3 4 8

TARGET

708

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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 6 1 3 4 8

TARGET

708
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
* 708 10 29 21 10 * 708

Contestant 1 *561 : 6+1=7; 7x100=700; 700+8=708
Contestant 2 *561 : 4+3=7; 7x100=700; 700+8=708
Zef *561 : 4x3=12; 100-12=88; 88x8=704; 704+4=708
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 31+]**Email_Zef

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME

V F P E I E L Z S

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Round 05 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

V F P E I E L Z S
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
SLEEP 0 29 27 6 *LEVIES

DICTIONARY CORNER : *PELVIS
OTHER WORDS : _
[*Optimums : Points 06, Score 37+] **Email_Zef other 6+ letter words
KEY:-* LONGEST WORD / SHORTER VALID WORD / disallowed word / MAYBE VALID? / maybenot?

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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME

P R G B A O I M E

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Round 06 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

P R G B A O I M E
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
*EMBARGO 7 36 27 0 BARGE

DICTIONARY CORNER : *EMPORIA
OTHER WORDS : *EPIGRAM
[*Optimums : Points 07, Score 44+] **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

S N D A O E C T U

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Round 07 - LETTERS GAME Solutions

S N D A O E C T U
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
COUNTED 7 43 34 7 DESCANT

DICTIONARY CORNER : SCOUTED TOUCANS
OTHER WORDS : *CONTUSED
[*Optimums : Points 08, Score 52+] **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 1-2-3-0 [top, 2nd, 3rd and bottom rows]

25 8 4 3 1 2

TARGET

632

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Round 08 - NUMBERS GAME Solutions

25 8 4 3 1 2

TARGET

632
CONTESTANT 1

Points

SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
629 00 43 41 07 633

Contestant 2 633 : 4+1=5; 3+2=5; 5x5x25=625; 625+8=633
CV *632 : 25x3=75; 75+4=79; 79x8=632
Zef *632 : 25x3x2=150; 150+8=158; 158x4=632
[*Optimums : Points 10, Score 62+]**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

R O U S E G I T H

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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

R I G H T E O U S
CONTESTANT 1

Points

FINAL SCORE

Points

 CONTESTANT 2
_ 00 43 41 00 [wrong]

*Optimum score (estimated) for this Countdown show : 72+

Todays winner will return again in the next show of this series
- THE COUNTDOWN SERIES 45 GRAND FINAL

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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:-
Cat - words & numbers solutions from Cat via C4 Forum
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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