CA league game 2 – selections chosen by Joel Tennuci. 1. F G D M N O O I A I S V 2. N E H U N U D E T A C I 3. E O O U M W S R S L L S 4. 8256-...
Martin Gardner
mgloves2003@...
Apr 1, 2003 8:19 am
1780
This board seems moribund at the moment...anyone out there? Anyway, if you are, here's something from today's game, round 8: S D E L B U M S I [space] ...
R N U S C A L V I ---------------------------------------------------- ... S P O I L E R S P A C E INSULAR and URINALS are sevens, where as DC offered CAIRNS...
Does anyone elase think that the start of the numbers games are too rushed? In the letters games, you have plenty of time to write the letters as they come up....
... Cecil. Ah yes, but you can't make anything out of the first five numbers in the same way you can with the first eight letters. You can't realy start until...
... too ... the ... in ... You can't start until you see the target so there is less reason to rush. If anything they should rush the letters more because in ...
... are ... to ... the ... down ... gap ... numbers ... realy ... to ... disadvantage ... to ... time. Yes I agree. I like to think I am reasonably good at the...
... they like , where they live etc. The Countdown Puzzle magazine had their biogs back in 1992/3 and I have retyped them and forwarded them onto Ben Wilson...
... Welcome, I was just wondering about you, do you prefer to be called 'swanseamale' or your real name? Have you applied for the show or would you like to?...
I created a database for slang we Countdowners use. Its a bit like Ben's site i suppose, but who cares? (Is he on holiday?) I'm sure i have missed something,...
I set the quarter finals of the greatest player polls to end automatically on the 4th of April (that's tomorrow). Going by the last couple of rounds that...
... I am surprised to see Mark Nyman ahead of Graham Nash. Granted, they are both top players, but I'd have thought that all of the 3 'Grand Slammers'...
... I am awaiting for Ben to reveal the results of last month's quiz. I know I didn't do too well this time (I missed SPINACHES and STRONTIUM but got maximum...
... like ... told ... I wonder if Arlene (Silikovitz) managed it, she got a perfect on my 12-letter game. I missed thos two nines as well, but offered an ...
... quiz. I ... my ... warning ... 173 was the maximum possible score. I got 151 (I offered SPINACH instead of SPINACHES (how funny is that?!) in round 1, and...
... TOURIST ... 22 ... don't ... oops, i mean:--------------------------------------------------------- S P O I L E R S P A C E I would have seen OPERATED...
... Richard? what ... Are you new to Countdown or just new to this group? If you're new to Countdown then you'll probably need to know this: You will need to ...
... try ... The winner of Harvey Freeman (Seed 1) v Nic Brown (8) plays the winner of Tim Morrissey (4) v Scott Mearns (5) and the winner of Graham Nash (2) v...
Not so many messages last month, i wonder why that is? There seem to be fewer and fewer posts everyday, until this recent spurt. Anybody fancy posting some...
SRRNGIUET Did I get these letters right and am I right in saying DC only got seven? If so, I found three words that beat them all in 30 seconds and there is...
... to ... plurals ... I think this group reached its peak around the time of the CofC and has gradually tailed off since. Maybe people are finding this series...
This series has been very lack-lustre, hasn't it? 2 months in and we're still awaiting a real star. I can only really remember Beth and the guy who looked ...
... averages is probably just working itself out. 2002, and the last 3 months of 2001 were exceptional. Malcolm ... series...
malcolm_james2002 <ma...
malcjames@...
Apr 4, 2003 9:23 pm
1806
... we're still ... who looked ... young ... tournament ... go ... but ... there was a ... could enter ... were very ... chances of doing ... berth in ... I...
It doesn't really work like that though. There's no magic memory of previous games which means that you have to have lean spells after good spells. Lean spells...
... and ... series ... Series 49 has been very slow, although the current champion looks to be too good on the letters games to lose any time soon. I also feel...
