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| − | In DCeDL there are two duels, one before the ad break and one after it. The first duel is usually a dictation - the presenter reads out a long word and the contestants have to spell it. The player receives 5 points if he or she spells the word correctly, and the opponent gets 3 points if they make a mistake. For example, the word LABYRINTHIQUE was featured in July 2007 on the show. The second duel is often | + | In DCeDL there are two duels, one before the ad break and one after it. The first duel is usually a dictation - the presenter reads out a long word and the contestants have to spell it. The player receives 5 points if he or she spells the word correctly, and the opponent gets 3 points if they make a mistake. For example, the word {{word|LABYRINTHIQUE}} was featured in July 2007 on the show. The second duel is often ''le duel classique'' (classic duel) - one inside of the other. Also featured in July 2007 was {{word|EEODKNNTV}} from which the contestants were told there were two English counties. The solutions are {{word|KENT}} and {{word|DEVON}}. Another possibility is ''l'un dans l'autre''. Players have to find a proper noun and a common noun from a set of 9 letters, a bit like a conundrum with two solutions in English - recently used on DCeDL was {{word|AEEOCLPRT}} - which gives {{word|CLEOPATRE}} (''Cleopatra'') and {{word|PECTORALE}} (''pectoral''). Also used in the past was le calcul mental - an example of mental arithmatic, for example (-50)+(24*(2-3))+(42+8)-(3*(6+(3*(9+6+3))))+204 without writing it down. |
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Revision as of 20:08, 30 April 2008
A duel is a round used in Des chiffres et des lettres, the original French version and Cifras y Letras, the Spanish version. It's approximately equivalent to a conundrum on Countdown. In French it's known as a duel and in Spanish as a duelo.
On Des chiffres et des lettres
In DCeDL there are two duels, one before the ad break and one after it. The first duel is usually a dictation - the presenter reads out a long word and the contestants have to spell it. The player receives 5 points if he or she spells the word correctly, and the opponent gets 3 points if they make a mistake. For example, the word LABYRINTHIQUE was featured in July 2007 on the show. The second duel is often le duel classique (classic duel) - one inside of the other. Also featured in July 2007 was EEODKNNTV from which the contestants were told there were two English counties. The solutions are KENT and DEVON. Another possibility is l'un dans l'autre. Players have to find a proper noun and a common noun from a set of 9 letters, a bit like a conundrum with two solutions in English - recently used on DCeDL was AEEOCLPRT - which gives CLEOPATRE (Cleopatra) and PECTORALE (pectoral). Also used in the past was le calcul mental - an example of mental arithmatic, for example (-50)+(24*(2-3))+(42+8)-(3*(6+(3*(9+6+3))))+204 without writing it down.
