Episode 397 - Revision history

The Doctor at 22:02, 16 March 2021

2021-03-16T22:02:28Z

JRTerrier24 at 19:54, 26 November 2011

2011-11-26T19:54:06Z

JRTerrier24 at 10:56, 13 August 2011

2011-08-13T10:56:04Z

JRTerrier24: Tweaks

2011-07-08T19:50:18Z

Tweaks

JRTerrier24 at 14:18, 14 September 2010

2010-09-14T14:18:03Z

Vande: /* Rounds */ solutions

2010-03-14T22:26:20Z

‎Rounds: solutions

Vande: /* Rounds */ MB's note for Round 9

2010-03-03T12:31:26Z

‎Rounds: MB's note for Round 9

Vande: game added

2010-03-03T12:27:37Z

game added

Drawoh: gf sort key

2009-12-19T08:51:35Z

gf sort key

163.1.111.199: extended edition for final

2009-06-10T10:25:12Z

extended edition for final

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 In a specially extended 45-minute edition, the [[Dictionary Corner]] guests were [[Bill Tidy]] and [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Julia Swannell]].
-NOTE: Round 9: under the rules in force at the time (for verbs listed in COD 7, agent nouns in common usage accepted and assumed to take -er endings), {{word|DOMINATER}} is acceptable, despite the fact that it is commonly known that dominatOR is the correct spelling (which presumably would have been disallowed!).
+NOTE: Round 9: under the rules in force at the time (for verbs listed in COD7, agent nouns in common usage accepted and assumed to take -er endings), {{word|DOMINATER}} is acceptable, despite the fact that it is commonly known that dominatOR is the correct spelling (which may have been disallowed!).
 ==Rounds==
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 [[Category:14-round scores over 100]]
 [[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Julia Swannell as lexicographer]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Bill Tidy as a guest]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Gyles Brandreth as a guest]]

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 [[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
-[[Category:Episodes with Julia Swannel as lexicographer]]
+[[Category:Episodes with Julia Swannell as lexicographer]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Bill Tidy as a guest]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Gyles Brandreth as a guest]]

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 In a specially extended 45-minute edition, the [[Dictionary Corner]] guests were [[Bill Tidy]] and [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Julia Swannell]].
-NOTE: Round 9: under the rules in force at the time (for verbs listed in COD 7, agent nouns in common usage accepted and assumed to take -er endings), DOMINATER is acceptable, despite the fact that it is commonly known that dominatOR is the correct spelling (which presumably would have been disallowed!).
+NOTE: Round 9: under the rules in force at the time (for verbs listed in COD 7, agent nouns in common usage accepted and assumed to take -er endings), {{word|DOMINATER}} is acceptable, despite the fact that it is commonly known that dominatOR is the correct spelling (which presumably would have been disallowed!).
 ==Rounds==
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 {{R-conundrum|7|TRAGICIER|c1time=6|c1sol=GERIATRIC|40|38|80}}
 {{R-letters  |8 |STNATEYWI|SATINET  |TWINES   |TAWNIEST            | 47|38 | 88}}
-{{R-letters  |9 |OIEDMTNAR|DOMINATER**|DOMINATE |                    | 65|38 |106}}
+{{R-letters  |9 |OIEDMTNAR|DOMINATER|DOMINATE |                    | 65|38 |106}}
 {{R-numbers  |10| 25|75|3|7|5|8| 698
 |698|sol1=(25 + 75) × 7 − (5 − 3)

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 '''Episode 397''' was broadcast on 27 March 1986, and was the [[Series 8]] grand final.
-[[Clive Spate]] played [[Anthony Butcher]], with Clive Spate winning 107 - 53. Clive Spate was therefore the first player in Countdown's history to score a century. In a specially extended 45-minute edition the [[Dictionary Corner]] guests were [[Bill Tidy]] and [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Julia Swannel]].
+[[Clive Spate]] played [[Anthony Butcher]], with Clive Spate winning {{score|107|53}}. Clive Spate was therefore the first player in Countdown's history to score a century, as well as being the first #1 seed in the history of the show to win a series.
 NOTE: Round 9: under the rules in force at the time (for verbs listed in COD 7, agent nouns in common usage accepted and assumed to take -er endings), DOMINATER is acceptable, despite the fact that it is commonly known that dominatOR is the correct spelling (which presumably would have been disallowed!).
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 ==Rounds==
 {{Rounds-start|Clive Spate|Anthony Butcher}}
-{{R-letters  |1 |OAELGDSIN|DEALINGS |DEALINGS |ALONGSIDE*          |  8|8  | 18}}
+{{R-letters  |1 |OAELGDSIN|DEALINGS |DEALINGS |ALONGSIDE           |  8|8  | 18}}
 {{R-letters  |2 |SCRATUSNX|CARTS    |CARTS    |SUNSTAR*            | 13|13 | 25}}
 {{R-numbers  |3 | 50|75|4|10|7|7| 365
 |367
-|365|sol2=(50 + 75) x (7 - 4) - 10
+|365|sol2=(50 + 75) × (7 − 4) − 10
 |13|23|35}}
 {{R-letters  |4 |EAORHLTES|earholes {{x}}|LEATHERS |TREHALOSE*          | 13|31 | 53}}
 {{R-letters  |5 |PDSAWISPE|SWAPPED  |SWAPPED  |APSIDES*, WASPIES*  | 20|38 | 60}}
 {{R-numbers  |6 | 100|50|3|10|4|1| 475
-|475|sol1=((100 + 50 + 10) x 3) - 4 - 1
+|475|sol1=(100 + 50 + 10) × 3 − 4 − 1
 |&mdash;
 |30|38|70}}
 {{R-conundrum|7|TRAGICIER|c1time=6|c1sol=GERIATRIC|40|38|80}}
-{{R-letters  |8 |STNATEYWI|SATINET  |TWINES   |TAWNIEST*           | 47|38 | 88}}
+{{R-letters  |8 |STNATEYWI|SATINET  |TWINES   |TAWNIEST            | 47|38 | 88}}
 {{R-letters  |9 |OIEDMTNAR|DOMINATER**|DOMINATE |                    | 65|38 |106}}
 {{R-numbers  |10| 25|75|3|7|5|8| 698
-|698|sol1=((25 + 75) x 7) - (5 - 3)
+|698|sol1=(25 + 75) × 7 − (5 − 3)
-|698|sol2=((25 + 75) x 7) - (5 - 3)
+|698|sol2=(25 + 75) × 7 − (5 − 3)
 |75|48|116}}
 {{R-letters  |11|BDENVROVA|BROADEN  |BRAVED   |BANDORE*            | 82|48 |123}}
 {{R-letters  |12|OULGVEOMW|GLOVE    |GLOVE    |VOLUME*             | 87|53 |129}}
 {{R-numbers  |13| 50|100|4|3|10|8| 548
-|548|sol1=((50 + 4) x 10) + 8
+|548|sol1=(50 + 4) × 10 + 8
 |546
 |97|53|139}}
-{{R-conundrum|14|ALBUMHINT|c1time=18|c1sol=THUMBNAIL|107|53|149}}
+{{R-conundrum|14|ALBUMHINT|c1time=17.5|c1sol=THUMBNAIL|107|53|149}}
 {{Rounds-end}}
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 [[Category:14-round games]]
 [[Category:Grand finals]]
 [[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
@@ Line 45: / Line 48: @@
 [[Category:Episodes with Bill Tidy as a guest]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Gyles Brandreth as a guest]]

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 [[Clive Spate]] played [[Anthony Butcher]], with Clive Spate winning 107 - 53. Clive Spate was therefore the first player in Countdown's history to score a century. In a specially extended 45-minute edition the [[Dictionary Corner]] guests were [[Bill Tidy]] and [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Julia Swannel]].
 ==Rounds==
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 {{R-numbers  |3 | 50|75|4|10|7|7| 365
 |367
-|365|sol2=(50+75)x(7-4)-10
+|365|sol2=(50 + 75) x (7 - 4) - 10
 |13|23|35}}
-{{R-letters  |4 |EAORHLTES|EARHOLES {{x}}|LEATHERS |TREHALOSE*          | 13|31 | 53}}
+{{R-letters  |4 |EAORHLTES|earholes {{x}}|LEATHERS |TREHALOSE*          | 13|31 | 53}}
 {{R-letters  |5 |PDSAWISPE|SWAPPED  |SWAPPED  |APSIDES*, WASPIES*  | 20|38 | 60}}
 {{R-numbers  |6 | 100|50|3|10|4|1| 475
-|475|sol1=((100+50+10)x3)-4-1
+|475|sol1=((100 + 50 + 10) x 3) - 4 - 1
 |&mdash;
 |30|38|70}}
 {{R-conundrum|7|TRAGICIER|c1time=6|c1sol=GERIATRIC|40|38|80}}
 {{R-letters  |8 |STNATEYWI|SATINET  |TWINES   |TAWNIEST*           | 47|38 | 88}}
-{{R-letters  |9 |OIEDMTNAR|DOMINATER *|DOMINATE |DERATION*, ORDINATE*, RATIONED*, MEDIATOR*| 65|38 |106}}
+{{R-letters  |9 |OIEDMTNAR|DOMINATER**|DOMINATE |                    | 65|38 |106}}
 {{R-numbers  |10| 25|75|3|7|5|8| 698
-|698|sol1=((25+75)x7)-(5-3)
+|698|sol1=((25 + 75) x 7) - (5 - 3)
-|698|sol2=((25+75)x7)-(5-3)
+|698|sol2=((25 + 75) x 7) - (5 - 3)
 |75|48|116}}
 {{R-letters  |11|BDENVROVA|BROADEN  |BRAVED   |BANDORE*            | 82|48 |123}}
 {{R-letters  |12|OULGVEOMW|GLOVE    |GLOVE    |VOLUME*             | 87|53 |129}}
 {{R-numbers  |13| 50|100|4|3|10|8| 548
-|548|sol1=((50+4)x10)+8
+|548|sol1=((50 + 4) x 10) + 8
 |546
 |97|53|139}}
 {{R-conundrum|14|ALBUMHINT|c1time=18|c1sol=THUMBNAIL|107|53|149}}
 {{Rounds-end}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:0397}}