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The '''goody bag''' is the colloquial term for the prizes given to contestants after they have appeared on Countdown. The prizes are different depending on whether the player won a game, or even made the Series finals. The current goody bag includes:
 
The '''goody bag''' is the colloquial term for the prizes given to contestants after they have appeared on Countdown. The prizes are different depending on whether the player won a game, or even made the Series finals. The current goody bag includes:
  
* [[Countdown board game]]
 
* [[Countdown electronic game]]
 
* Countdown polo shirt, blue with a small white and yellow Countdown logo on it.
 
* Countdown coaster (drinks mat)
 
 
* Countdown mug
 
* Countdown mug
* [[Susie Dent]]'s ''The Language Report'', a book analysing the English language.
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* Countdown pen
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* Countdown clock
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* [[Oxford Dictionary of English]] Third Edition
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* [[Susie Dent]]'s ''What Made the Crocodile cry?'', a book analysing the English language.
  
Also, for contestants who don't win any games:
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Those who also win at least one game get:
* [[Oxford Dictionary of English]]
 
  
Whereas those who win at least one game get:
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* A Countdown [[teapot]]
* Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
 
* A [[teapot]]
 
  
 
Prizes for finalists are usually trophies of some sort, such as an engraved silver tray or a cut-glass trophy. Series winners get the full Oxford English Dictionary.
 
Prizes for finalists are usually trophies of some sort, such as an engraved silver tray or a cut-glass trophy. Series winners get the full Oxford English Dictionary.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:31, 1 April 2013

An example of the goody bag from 2003

The goody bag is the colloquial term for the prizes given to contestants after they have appeared on Countdown. The prizes are different depending on whether the player won a game, or even made the Series finals. The current goody bag includes:

Those who also win at least one game get:

Prizes for finalists are usually trophies of some sort, such as an engraved silver tray or a cut-glass trophy. Series winners get the full Oxford English Dictionary.