Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (20 September 2024)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Richard Osman joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English author, television presenter, producer, novelist, and comedian. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He has presented the BBC Two quiz shows Two Tribes and Richard Osman's House of Games, and been a team captain on the comedy panel shows Insert Name Here and The Fake News Show. He has made appearances on British panel shows including Would I Lie To You? and QI.
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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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"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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649 = (100 + 75 + 25) x 3 + 50 - 1
There are 3 rules that I wish were in the Numbers. 1: The solution must use at least 4 of the 6 numbers. 2: The solution can't exceed 999 at any point. 3: NO SOLUTION IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!
I agree that it should always be possible
Love rule 1.
And I think if it’s impossible, you should get the full 10 points if you get as close as possible.
The ones that go over 1000 and then divide down are the most fun! Don’t get ride of those!
981 = (25-5)*10*5 - 10 - 9
720:
8x9=72,
4+1=5,
50/5=10,
72x10=720.
Seemed obvious to me. I guess both of them just weren't thinking 9*8 at all.
Had a similar one:
50 ÷ (4 + 1) = 10
10 × 8 × 9 = 720
2:50 certified Jimmy Carr move by Colin “Numbers Up” Murray
Mr Dutton 👋
Tricky day today.
721: Found lots of ways to hit 720 (9 * 8 * 50/(4+1), among others).
507: 50*10 + 7
982: Thought I had 981 but made a very silly error (25*(10+5+5) is not 1000, though there is a different way to get to 1000 - 10 - 9). Two impossible 1-large problems in one episode!
649: Got it at the last moment. (100+25+75) * 3 + 50 - 1.
I think I got 507. Should have had 649, but for today only, 75 x 9 was equal to 650 instead of 675.
To get 980 they could just do (25*5-10-5)*9 - 10
Round 1: 720 (target 721)
(4 x 8 - 3 + 1 + 50) x 9 = 720
Round 2: 507 (target 507)
10 x 50 + 7 = 507
Round 3: 981 (target 982)
(25 - 5) x 5 x 10 - 10 - 9 = 981
Round 4: 649 (target 649)
(100 + 75 + 50) x 3 - 25 - 1 = 649
Best I could do for the 982 was 984:
5+5=10
10*10*10=1000
1000-25+9=984
Guess I can be happy I still would have had the maximum points for that
I got closer than both contestants on the first one and got 724:
9 + 4 + 1 = 14
14 x 50 = 700
700 + (8 x 3) = 724
649:
75 / 25 = 3
3 + 3 = 6
100 * 6 = 600
600 + 50 - 1 = 649
100 + 75 + 25 = 200
200 * 3 = 600
600 + 50 - 1 = 649
75 * 3 = 225
225 + 100 = 325
325 * 50 / 25 = 650
650 - 1 = 649
My convoluted solutions to get 1-away on the 1st and 3 impossible puzzles were:
For 721: 720=9x(50+1+(8x4)-3)
For 982: 981=(5x10)x(25-5)-9-10
507=10×50+7=10×(50+8-7)-6/2
507=((50+8)/2+10)×(7+6)
8:23 pretending that they don't tape a whole week of shows in one day
50 x 10 + 7 = 507 #
Hi
4+1 = 5 50÷5 = 10X9 = 90X8 = 720 (Closest Below)
9X8 = 72 4x3 = 12+1 = 13X50 = 650+72 = 722 (Closest Above)
10X6 = 60-2 = 58X8 = 464-7 = 457+50 = 507
6÷2 = 3 10X8 = 80X7 = 560-3 = 557-50 = 507
10+9 = 19 25-5 = 20X10 = 200X5 = 1,000-19 = 981 (Closest Below)
25-9 = 16 5+5 = 10X10 = 100X10 = 1,000-16 = 984 (Closest Above)
100+75+50 = 225X3 = 675-25-1 = 649
25+3 = 28 100-75 = 25X28 = 700-50-1 = 649
For 982, no chance.
I had 980:
(9 × 5) - 5 = 40
40 × 25 = 1000
1000 - (10 + 10) = 980
721-1=8×9×50/(4+1)
Big mistake by Jamie to go 4 large he has to go 1 large if ahead by 10 or less
Big mistake not to just get the right answer too, it was easy with (100+75+25)*3+50-1
Not necessarily. Getting an easy one means you keep the lead going into the conundrum but you probably don't put the game out of reach either. If you're more confident on the numbers, it may make sense to hope for a tricky numbers round and not have to worry about the conundrum.
However, given that he had made his lead on the letters and was actually down 7 points in the previous numbers rounds, I think in his position I'd rather play for an easy one and try to stay ahead going into the conundrum. (Me personally, I'm much better at the numbers and would have gone 3 large - 7 points isn't enough to end it, and 4 large too often doesn't have an exact solution.)
That book must be slipstone.
Rachel is a goddess!
649=(3+75/25)×100+50-1
649=(25-3)×(75-50)+100-1
When it came up 507 you could tell Rachel was really gagging for a hard one.
Oi oi.
2:32 - Rachel with her "Lord, I need a drink if I got these easy ones" look