Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (19 January 2023)
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2023
- Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Rick Edwards joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
Following Countdown's 40th birthday, the show now looks to its next Champion Of Champions series - which will crown the ultimate winner from the past few years.
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BACKGROUND
Countdown is the channel’s longest running show and the first show ever broadcast on Channel 4 when it launched 40 years ago, in November 1982. The original version of Channel 4's Countdown is the French television programme « Des chiffres et des lettres » (literally "numbers and letters"), where the Numbers Round is referred to as « Le compte est bon » ("the total is right"). The show debuted in 1965 as « Le mot le plus long » using letters only, and reached its present format in 1972. This year marks the shows 51st anniversary.
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SPIN-OFF
"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assuming their Countdown roles. The formation of the crossover with "8 Out if 10 Cats" began as a series of specials, the first of which was broadcast on 2 January 2012, when Channel 4 orchestrated a special "mash-up night", merging two shows to form a special edition of the pair, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations eleven years ago.
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POPLITEAL, sure. Saw that immediately, totally obvious. A word we all use every day.
Same. Tbh I got it before they even flipped the clue around cos I happened to be saying the word, which I do often. Because I’ve definitely heard of it and know what it means.
Enjoyed watching this battle between two gentlemen…great sportsmanship 👍
Would've taken me an hour to get that conundrum lmao
Amazing semi. Right to the end.
Rachel. wow
Crazy finish. Tension so high you could use it to string an instrument. I'm surprised just how confident Ahmed is on the letters and conundrum, much like Adam. It's a shame the Lords of Randomness were very generous on numbers rounds though.
Fantastic game, what an episode
One of the craziest episodes ever, as both of the scores were so high and all level at 111 points before broken by the conundrum. They played very well, never lost any.
In the first round, another way of solving for 519 is:
100 + 75 = 175
50 / 25 = 2
175 - 2 = 173
173 x 3 = 519
In the second round, I saw both contestants' solutions, and had this easier way of doing Dan's solution:
7 - 2 - 1 = 4
75 - 4 = 71
71 x 8 = 568
568 - 2 = 566
As well as this solution:
8 x 2 = 16
16 - 1 = 15
75 x 15 = 1125
1125 + 7 = 1132
1132 / 2 = 566
In the final round, a few more solutions are:
8 x 6 = 48
48 - 6 - 2 - 1 = 39
39 x 25 = 975
8 + 6 = 14
14 - 1 = 13
6 / 2 = 3
25 x 13 x 3 = 39
6 x 6 = 36
36 + 25 = 61
61 x 8 x 2 = 976
976 - 1 = 975
I did that in the final round - didn't spot the easy method the contestants used, but did work out (albeit after 30 seconds) that (8 x 6) - 6 - 2 - 1 gave the required 39, since I knew the target was one multiple of 25 away from 1000.
499: All the bigs added, times 2, minus 1?
Exactly my thoughts.
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It is funny that they are so focused on using multiplication (because it is usually more efficient) that they can't see solutions that are so simple.
Good one. 😮
Best bunch in the business.
Damn rachel!
499:
75 + 50 = 125
125 / 25 = 5
100 * 5 = 500
500 - 1 = 499
75 / 25 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
5 * 100 = 500
500 - 1 = 499
100 + 75 + 50 + 25 = 250
250 * 2 = 500
500 - 1 = 499
100 / 25 = 4
75 + 50 = 125
125 * 4 = 500
500 - 1 = 499
50 * 25 = 1250
1250 - 100 = 1150
1150 / 2 = 575
575 - 75 - 1 = 499
Great game. The contestants weren’t bad either.
Out of pure decency they didn't dare to ask for two large ones.
Channel 4 ratings would surge if she flashed those large ones.
You mean "the Sean special"?
Rachel Riley has worn a lot of revealing outfits over the years, but this cleavage does not look intentional, more like a wardrobe failure.
@@ciderfan823 I'm sure he loved motorboating...... 😋
519:
3 + 4 = 7
75 * 7 = 525
100 + 50 = 150
150 / 25 = 6
525 - 6 = 519
50 / 25 = 2
100 + 75 - 2 = 173
173 * 3 = 519
100 / 50 = 2
25 * 4 = 100
100 + 75 - 2 = 173
173 * 3 = 519
100 + 3 = 103
75 + 50 = 125
125 / 25 = 5
103 * 5 = 515
515 + 4 = 519
I was so proud of my solution to the first one:
50/25=2
75-2=73
+100=173
*3=519
975:
6 * 6 = 36
36 + 2 + 1 = 39
39 * 25 = 975
6 * 8 = 48
48 - 6 - 1 - 2 = 39
39 * 25 = 975
8 + 6 - 1 = 13
6 / 2 = 3
13 * 3 = 39
39 * 25 = 975
8 - 1 = 7
7 * 6 = 42
6 / 2 = 3
42 - 3 = 39
39 * 25 = 975
100 + 75 = 175
175 × 3 = 525
25 / 50 = 2
2 + 4 = 6
(525 - 6 = 519)
75 + 8 = 83
83 - 2 = 81
81 × 7 = 567
(567 - 1 = 566)
100 + 75 = 175
175 + 25 = 200
200 + 50 = 250
250 × 2 = 500
(500 - 1 = 499)
8 × 6 = 48
6 + 2 + 1 = 9
48 - 9 = 39
(39.× 25 = 975)
Another way for 519
100+75=175
50/25=2
175-2=173*3=519
Rachel is gorgeous!!
Don't think anyone has mentioned on first one, (100+75)*3 is 525, then 50/25 =2 +4=6, and subtract to get 519
50/25 = 2
100+75-2 = 173
173 * 3 = 519
This was my way as well
519:
100 + 75 = 175
175 x 3 = 525
50/25 = 2
4 + 2 = 6
525 - 6 = 519
(100+75)+3-(50/25)-4 = 519
(75+8-2)x7-1 = 566
100x(75/25+2)-1 = 499
25x(8+6-1)x(6/2) = 975
WOW
499:
75/25 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
100 x 5 = 500
500 - 1 = 499
[75 × (4 + 3)] - [(100 + 50) / 25] = 525 - 6 = 519
566:
75 - 7 = 68
68 + 2 + 1 = 71
71 x 8 = 568
568 - 2 = 566
First Round: (75+8)-(2+2)
I over complicated the 975 one.
6 / 2 = 3
3 x 25 = 75
6 + 8 = 14
14 - 1 = 13
13 x 75 = 975?
519 = (3+4)*75 - (100+50)/25
566:
75 + 8 = 83
83 - 2 = 81
81 x 7 = 567
567 - 1 = 566
Maybe a strange question, but what happens if the scores are tied and neither player gets the conundrum?
I think they have another conundrum until someone gets it. They might also edit out any that no one gets, if it takes a few.
The same when the loser is 10 points behind before the conundrum and then he gets it. Another one is played until a winner is declared.
499
25^2=625
75+50=125
625-125-1=499
For the first round, it is immediately noticed that 519 is divisible by 3. One possible factoring solution is:
100 + 75 = 175
50 / 25 = 2
175 - 2 = 173
173 x 3 = 519
In addition, you may also obtain the target from 525:
4 + 3 = 7
75 x 7 = 525
100 + 50 = 150
150 / 25 = 6
525 - 6 = 519
For the second round, I got both contestants' solutions, as well as the following similar to Dan's solution:
7 - 2 - 1 = 4
75 - 4 = 71
71 x 8 = 568
568 - 2 = 566
For the third round, I got both contestants' solutions, and it seems no other way to obtain the target.
For the fourth round, the contestants' solutions are straight-forward. In addition to their solutions, I got another alternative:
6 / 2 = 3
6 + 8 - 1 = 13
13 x 3 x 25 = 975
519=3×(100+75+50/25)
519 100+75=175×3=525 50÷25=2+4=6 525-6=519
566=7×(75+7-1)-2/2
499=2×(100+75+50+25)-1
975 6×6=36+2+1=39×25=975
566 8-2=6+75=81×7=567-1=566
5:30 I’ll say.
975:
6 x 8 = 48
6 + 2 + 1 = 9
48 - 9 = 39
39 x 25 = 975
499 100+75+25+50=250×2=500-1=499
Same way for me too.
(100+25+75+50) x 2 -1 = 499
975=(6×6+2+1)×25
975=6/2×(8+6-1)×25
As Rachel stares off into nothing as the countdown goes, does she go into low power mode or something?
I keep wondering if when she has a hard one and uses the clip board why not sign and date the paper, frame it and put it up for a charity auction.
I don't want to know what happens to it after that.
A tie game was broken with a conundrum. so unfair.
especially when you know that conundrums are mostly failed
Not sure how it's unfair, what other way would you like?!
It seems the fairest way to me and to be fair that’s how the game is played every day 🤷🏽♀️
It's the rules they've signed up to and the rules they base their strategies upon. Ahmed would rather play defensive on the numbers rounds as he's more confident on the letters/conundrum. This strategy is common to a lot of top players. Adam did the same but blundered the final conundrum when slightly behind.
Nope. I don't buy it. popliteal after just one second. My guess his: They get a list of 100 words, and one of those is scrambled in the crucial conundrum.
519:
100 + 75 = 175
175 x 3 = 525
50/25 = 2
4 + 2 = 6
525 - 6 = 519