Countdown - Wednesday 24th July 1991 - Episode 1150
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2019
- This episode was kindly donated by Jay S. - Broadcast on Wednesday 24th July 1991 - Richard Whiteley & Carol Vorderman host the show in which contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. With Richard Samson and dictionary corner guest Sheridan Morley - All copyright remains with Channel Four & ITV Studios
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Richard giggling at 'minces' before realising its actually not that
I cant believe no one got 570? Maybe as it was so easy they did not see it? 5 x 100= 500, 4+5+1=10 x 7= 70
I am quite stunned no one got that conundrum.
That's mad the thing at end of part 1 and 2 with the lines going off one by one and the opposite way the second time
570, kind of surprised no one got it this way..
100 x 5 = 500
(4 + 5 + 1) x 7 = 70
Add 'em up for 570
My first look I did it the same way as you describe here.
That was my method as well
I think Carol makes it looks harder than it is if she can to make the contestants look good it's quite sweet.
I got it that way before the countdown started. I'm so surprised they did not see it.
Wednesday 24th July 1991
7:52 Little do they know...
Have you got Richard's memorial episode it was on a previous channel which is now gone
0:32 I thought the wings on the clock flashed muck slower than that
This was the first series to use the wings set, so I think they tried fast flashing to begin with before slowing it down to maintenance.
18:19: Sneaky...
@Jaiden McMichael Have another peep. Clock resetting is strictly "NOT FOR BROADCAST".
Clock resetting took 30 seconds for a very long time! It wasn't until around 96 or 97 they were able to spool the clock all the way round quickly.
@@RBenjo21 I'm afraid you are wrong. Clock reset during the 1980s took, for the most part, 18 seconds. Sometimes it was little slower - for various reasons. In this instance in 1991, for example, the clock reset was slightly slower and takes between 17:59 and 18:22. Which is 22.5 seconds (max). It is difficult to see from this angle, but the hand is actually going a little faster than on the 30 second cycle.
I was lucky enough to be in the audience a number of times when recorded at Kirkstall Road around 1988-ish. And I can assure you, Rhys, the clock took 18 seconds to reset every time I was there.
@@Clavinovaman this comment is a big help for me with the clock videos, so thank you for that 😄
Saw the end of the clock reset there at 18:18.
Another way for 570: (100 + 7 x (5 + 1 - 4 ) ) x 5
18:00 no one got any sixes, like REGLUE, or REGLET
Factor time: 6 and 95
5+1=6
100-5=95
95*6=570
I thought David Webb knew it too until he went crazy and did all the other mathematical crap.
"Could be difficult" he says.
Looks like David Webb had a specific solving strategy that overshoots then corrects by subtract, obscuring simpler solutions from consideration.
100 4 5 5 1 7.
100 4 5 5 1 7. 4 + 1 = 5
100 ̶4̶ ̶5̶ ̶5̶ ̶1̶ 7, 5. 5 + 5 = 10
̶1̶0̶0̶ ̶4̶ ̶5̶ ̶5̶ ̶1̶ 7, ̶5̶ 10. 100 * 5 = 500
̶1̶0̶0̶ ̶4̶ ̶5̶ ̶5̶ ̶1̶ ̶7̶, ̶5̶ ̶1̶0̶ 500. 10 * 7 = 70
̶1̶0̶0̶ ̶4̶ ̶5̶ ̶5̶ ̶1̶ ̶7̶, ̶5̶ ̶1̶0̶ ̶5̶0̶0̶ ̶7̶0̶. 500 + 70 = 570
(checks wiki) Wait, I never needed to use all six numbers!? I've been making this hard on myself for no reason-- wait, no fractions. Hrm.
edit: strikethrough --not-- work ?
@@LynxSnowCat I was collecting all of the puzzles , words and numbers. Started concentrating on just the number puzzles. Close to 1,500 in my database. In addition to Countdown (episodes from 1982 onward), I also have those from "8 out 10 cats does countdown" (the raunchy adult orientated version) and the Australian version called "Letters and Numbers". And believe or not, not one instance of the six numbers matching another puzzle when the total (goal) does. There are lot of people uploading these episodes on UA-cam. I subscribe to the main four up-loaders so I get notified when a new episode arrives.
@@alandunstan5485 I find it quite believable since there would be combinations that would be practically unsolvable in the allotted time (not that I have attempted to find a rigorous proof of if these could be absolutely unsolvable with all six).
Since the players are not required to use all six, then I'd expect most (successful) strategies would find less complex solutions using fewer tiles.
I've noticed them not using all the numbers before, but never thought about if the rules rewarded it.
I must have gotten it into my head to use all six numbers because with this extra constraint I occasionally see a solution immediately before the clock starts.
:| I also suspect many of my personal "successes" are actually from seeing reruns of the same episode, with the quick answer not a product of any problem solving ability, but a vague memory from previously working it out. :/ Hopefully not all of the above episode.
@@LynxSnowCat My believe it or not statement was not referencing unsolvable puzzles (which were usually prime numbers, not susceptible to factoring) but to the fact each group of six numbers chosen was unique even though three different programs chose the numbers in the exact same way.. 1,482 distinct groups of 6 numbers.
Does Challenge Tv still air countdown episodes.
No, they showed this series twice back in 2015/16 and that was it. The ratings were very low so they probably weren't interested in acquiring any more.
14:00 no one got AGEDNESS for eight
What happened to Richard Whiteley
he died in 2005 following a heart operation
17th July 1991
Richards joke at the start seemed to go over everyones head: Mr Webb spied a chance 'spider chance'
I have a feeling that David is 💅
In the first round, FERMIONS is another eight.
In the second round, DUBBED and TUBBED were two more sixes.
In the first numbers round, I had this much more indirect alternate solution:
75 - 5 = 70
70 x 25 = 1750
1750 + 10 = 1760
1760 / 2 = 880
880 - 6 = 874
In the fifth round, since Dictionary Corner had GASSED, they could have had DEGASES for seven. Also, this is a fairly typical example of how they could have had a longer word if they'd just chosen a vowel. An I would given them both ASSIGNED and ASSIGNEE, an O would have produced SEASONED, and even a U would have given DANSEUSE. And you have a one in five chance of getting the vowel you want, whereas you have a much smaller chance of getting a useful consonant. I don't know why contestants don't look out for opportunities to make longer words like this. Instead, it seems as if most of them select purely at random.
In the sixth round, there was also PICARDORS, the people who goad the bull with lances in bullfighting.
In the seventh round, there was at least one six in ROUGET. It's what the red mullet is called when it's on a menu.
I'm amazed they couldn't get the second numbers round, because it was as simple as (100 - 5) x (7 - 1). Also, Hattie could have gotten to her declared target if she'd added on the 1 as well for 113 before multiplying by 5. The remaining 4 would have brought her up to 569.
Anyway, since it was so easy, I went for a solution that used all the numbers just to make it a little bit more of a challenge:
100 x 4 = 400
400 - 1 = 399
5 + 5 = 10
399 x 10 = 3990
3990 / 7 = 570