David Elias - Revision history

Mclarenguy22 at 12:28, 7 May 2021

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JAWorsley at 17:04, 13 December 2020

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Mclarenguy22 at 10:22, 14 August 2020

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Mclarenguy22 at 09:20, 8 July 2020

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Mclarenguy22 at 09:19, 8 July 2020

2020-07-08T09:19:23Z

RichardM: It was sad, I was fortunate enough to know the loverly man RIP David.

2020-05-03T15:06:46Z

It was sad, I was fortunate enough to know the loverly man RIP David.

JAWorsley at 04:39, 29 April 2020

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Mclarenguy22 at 22:59, 3 July 2017

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JRTerrier24 at 21:18, 19 October 2011

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JRTerrier24 at 22:24, 26 September 2011

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-[[Image:David Elias.jpg|right|thumb|frame|David Elias]]
+[[Image:David Elias.jpg|right|thumb|frame|The late, great David Elias]]
 '''David Elias''' was the champion of [[Series 27]] and a participant in [[Championship of Champions VII]].
-He first appeared on Countdown on 18 January 1994, beating [[Gill Nickson]] {{score|57|44}} in the 12th heat of [[Series 27]]. He won three more games before losing {{score|51|45}} to [[Robin Benoy]], but his four wins were enough to see him return for the final rounds as #3 seed. There, he beat [[Alan Ward]] and [[Daniel Simonis]] on his way to the final against [[octochamp]] and hot favourite [[Richard Campbell]]. [[episode 1522|The final]] was a close affair, but Elias eventually sealed victory on the final, very difficult numbers round to win by a score of {{score|68|55}}, and thus became the 27th champion of ''Countdown''.
+He first appeared on Countdown on 18 January 1994, beating [[Gill Nickson]] {{score|57|44}} in the 12th heat of [[Series 27]]. He won three more games before losing {{score|51|45}} to [[Robin Benoy]], but his four wins were enough to see him return for the finals as No. 3 seed. There, he beat [[Alan Ward]] and [[Daniel Simonis]] on his way to the final against [[octochamp]] and hot favourite [[Richard Campbell]]. [[episode 1522|The final]] was a close affair, but Elias eventually sealed victory on the final, very difficult numbers round to win by a score of {{score|68|55}}, and thus became the 27th champion of ''Countdown''.
 Elias returned for [[Championship of Champions VII]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Suzanne Miles]].

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 {{ep | 1472 | 21/01/1994 | P |David Elias| 59 - 45 |[[Richard Griffiths (contestant)|Richard Griffiths]]|Nigel Rees|Ruth Killick|71}}
 {{ep | 1473 | 24/01/1994 | P |David Elias| 45 - 51 |[[Robin Benoy]]|Nigel Rees|Ruth Killick|70}}
-{{ep | 1518 | 28/03/1994 | QF |David Elias| 45 - 38 |[[Alan Ward]]|[[Martin Jarvis]]|[[Richard Samson]]|82}}
+{{ep | 1518 | 28/03/1994 | QF |David Elias| 45 - 38 |[[Alan Ward]]|[[Martin Jarvis]]|[[Richard Samson]]|81}}
-{{ep | 1521 | 31/03/1994 | SF |David Elias| 55 - 48 |[[Daniel Simonis]]|[[Rosalind Ayres]]|Richard Samson|73}}
+{{ep | 1521 | 31/03/1994 | SF |David Elias| 55 - 48 |[[Daniel Simonis]]|[[Rosalind Ayres]]|Richard Samson|72}}
 {{ep | 1522 | 1/04/1994 | GF |David Elias| 68 - 55 |[[Richard Campbell]]|Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres|Richard Samson|110}}
 {{ep | 1590 | 4/01/1995 | CQF |[[Suzanne Miles]]| 50 - 38 |David Elias|[[Denis Norden]]|Richard Samson|70}}

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 He returned to ''Countdown'' one final time in 1996 for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]], but lost in the first round {{score|60|43}} to boy wonder [[Andrew Perry]].
-In other occupations, he wrote questions for many quizzes such as ''The Weakest Link'', ''The Krypton Factor'', ''University Challenge'', ''Busman's Holiday'' and ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?''.
+In other occupations, he wrote questions for many quizzes such as ''The Weakest Link'', ''The Krypton Factor'', ''University Challenge'', ''Busman's Holiday'', ''Wipeout'' and ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?''.
 He sadly passed away on 17th December 2005.

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 Elias returned for [[Championship of Champions VII]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Suzanne Miles]].
-He returned to Countdown one final time in 1996 for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]], but lost in the first round {{score|60|43}} to boy wonder [[Andrew Perry]].
+He returned to ''Countdown'' one final time in 1996 for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]], but lost in the first round {{score|60|43}} to boy wonder [[Andrew Perry]].
 In other occupations, he wrote questions for many quizzes such as ''The Weakest Link'', ''The Krypton Factor'', ''University Challenge'', ''Busman's Holiday'' and ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?''.

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 [[Image:David Elias.jpg|right|thumb|frame|David Elias]]
-'''David Elias''' was the champion of [[Series 27]].
+'''David Elias''' was the champion of [[Series 27]] and a participant in [[Championship of Champions VII]].
-He first appeared on Countdown on 18 January 1994, beating [[Gill Nickson]] {{score|57|44}} in the 12th heat of [[Series 27]]. He won three more games before losing {{score|51|45}} to [[Robin Benoy]], but his four wins were enough to see him return for the final rounds as #3 seed. There, he beat [[Alan Ward]] and [[Daniel Simonis]] on his way to the final against [[octochamp]] and hot favourite [[Richard Campbell]]. [[episode 1522|The final]] was a close affair, but Elias eventually ran out the {{score|68|55}} winner, and the 27th champion of Countdown.
+He first appeared on Countdown on 18 January 1994, beating [[Gill Nickson]] {{score|57|44}} in the 12th heat of [[Series 27]]. He won three more games before losing {{score|51|45}} to [[Robin Benoy]], but his four wins were enough to see him return for the final rounds as #3 seed. There, he beat [[Alan Ward]] and [[Daniel Simonis]] on his way to the final against [[octochamp]] and hot favourite [[Richard Campbell]]. [[episode 1522|The final]] was a close affair, but Elias eventually sealed victory on the final, very difficult numbers round to win by a score of {{score|68|55}}, and thus became the 27th champion of ''Countdown''.
 Elias returned for [[Championship of Champions VII]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Suzanne Miles]].
-He returnef to Countdown one final time in 1996 for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]], but would lose in the first round {{score|60|43}} to boy wonder [[Andrew Perry]].
+He returned to Countdown one final time in 1996 for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]], but lost in the first round {{score|60|43}} to boy wonder [[Andrew Perry]].
-In other occupations, he wrote questions for many quizzes such as ''The Weakest Link'', ''The Krypton Factor'', and ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?''.
+In other occupations, he wrote questions for many quizzes such as ''The Weakest Link'', ''The Krypton Factor'', ''University Challenge'', ''Busman's Holiday'' and ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?''.
 He sadly passed away on 17th December 2005.

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 In other occupations, he wrote questions for many quizzes such as ''The Weakest Link'', ''The Krypton Factor'', and ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?''.
-He died in December 2005.
+He sadly passed away on 17th December 2005.
 {{series winner|preceded_by=Andy Bodle|series=27|followed_by=Damian Eadie}}

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 [[Category:Series winners]]
 [[Category:Contestants in Series 27]]
 [[Category:Contestants in Series 33]]
 [[Category:Contestants in Championship of Champions VII]]