Countdown - 'Scary' Numbers and Conundrum - Monday 16 August 2010
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- For a couple of special editions of Countdown, the 'big' numbers cards were changed from the usual 25, 50, 75 and 100 to make things a bit more difficult for two returning champions.
Included here are all three 'scary' numbers games and the final conundrum. - Zábava
![Countdown Blooper - The Easiest Numbers Game Ever? (7) [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/sCqNY-k9jho/mqdefault.jpg)
The obligatory "taking a sip of water so everybody knows how quickly I got it".
its like in IT crowd tnetennba When Moss sips his water
man was such a show off
I always try to find a different way. Yeah it pretty smug to recline while the other guy sweats, but it''s even more smug to say "which solution shall I go for?".
Yeah that dude was a tool and you could tell Rachel didn’t like him.
@@alexjones7043 Fucking lol, alright "Alex Jones". It's a game show, a bit of fun where the literal entire point is to show off how smart you are. They're no match for you though, you can tell what Rachel was thinking and feeling. You'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
"Use it in a sentence"
"That's a nice Balalaika"
Whenever I had to use a word in a sentence i just used this template
"My favourite word is (insert word)"
"Use it in a sentence."
"It is good."
good morning, that's a nice Balalaika
@Will Games! been there done that
@Salman Mirza it's a russian folk guitar
I can't believe the blond bloke failed the 2nd numbers game and then pulls off a 1 second conundrum on a word I've never seen or heard till watching this. Insane.
One is a mathematicaltition one has an major in langauge
@@bedsideclamp3728 a mathe-what?
@@benparsons4979 English is hard. They said "Mathematical" + "tition" = "Mathematicaltition." I think we shouldn't tell them about the actual word; I like this one better.
Some people are good at numbers, some at words.. I got all 3 numbers rounds but i suck at the word games.
@@benparsons4979 Spotted which one you are, my friend!
Man I wish they'd stop replacing John and Sean
Jon* and Sean.
@Jack Skellington fam even if you pole danced in front of a crowd sean would be more entertaining
Jack Skellington Sean is brilliant I recon if u did everyone would wanna beat the shit out of u after it u prob get all ur jokes from internet and tell all ur mates 7 times even tho they saw it 5 years ago mate
shurdi3 😂😂😂
@Andrew Smith They're comedians, they aren't meant to be good
''They teach you well at Cambridge"
"I made the 13 in a more onest way"
"Yeah much better at Oxford"
Lol
Well didn't they teach you how to write 'honest'?
Sorry thx for correcting me
@@darthhauler9947 Actually I did 10/5 = 2 x 62 = 124 + 7 -1. Went around the houses a bit
@@michaelleacy
So many possibilities.
I did (7 x 10) + (5 x 12).
@@paulkennedy8701 i did the 62 * 10 = 620/5 = 124 + 7 - 1 = 130 XD
Rachel Riley is immortal. Can't believe this is from 6 years ago, she hasn't aged a bit. Gorgeous
Ronan C lol what
Lucas Gawor how? All that was said is that she is gorgeous. Nothing pervy at all
oh god she's so fucking standard it's only because she's blonde and is made to wear tight dresses
@@thegirlinquestion she's gorgeous!
@@iont8172 again see my prev comment
Me before the conundrum: Wow how is he ahead when he can’t even compete with the math skills of the other guy
After the conundrum: Ah I see why he is apparently the scrabble king...
mashallah
mashallah
mashallah
mashallah
Mashallah
Clicking on a Countdown clip in youtube and having it not be the Cats version is like turning on the cartoons on Saturday morning and there being a breaking news story.
Man "9/11" ruined my 8th birthday. I'm not even born on 11/9 but the news about it went on so long in ruined saturday cartoons, but even regular morning cartoons for like 1.5 months.
When you see so many presenters and TV personalities these days who don't seem to have any talent other than their good looks and charm, it's actually quite startling to come across a truly amazing mind like Rachel Riley's. I have a lot of respect for her.
+Steven Clarkson HAH. Nice.
Yeah Rachel Riley is crazy smart, she's got a masters in maths from Oxford
Apple Sewer
so does that hot chick in australia in letters and numbers
Apple Sewer you mean you wanna spunk in her
Why is it so satisfying to see her make these large calculations at the blink of an eye
you just learn a lot of them off by heart. There's no new numbers for her to learn. It's always the same ones. Once you learn a good deal of the "two digit number multiplied by another two digit number" sums, it makes things a lot easier. You don't have to bother with the smaller 2 digit numbers either, you do them in your head anyway.
@@GirGir183 Same with darts players, repetition and learning the patterns.
@@GirGir183 though this was with the scary numbers which even she won't be as familiar with.
As Joe Wilkinson would say: "Thats a bollocks. I'm out"
Kellar yes
"Ya can't use magic, mate!"
Stop waving, you prick.
I said 'DON'T HAVE AN ERECTION'
I love the look on Rachel's face when she does it and the contestant can't.
5:31 love in his eyes. And who can blame him.
It gives him a maths boner when she dominates him like that. He probably got it wrong on purpose.
@@SmartStr33t wtf lol
Exactly what I noticed 😂
@@SmartStr33t i got mine, who cares about her looks with math powers like that.
@@SmartStr33t LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
5:00
"3x6x37 is 666"
That was bloody fast!!
Well Rachel must have known that 37x3 is 111 then multiplying other digit is easy
TS I know
Watson C. Still quick though however she got it
Watson C. It’s been documented in the past that a lot of number games especially these ones with the difficult numbers were rigged with people behind the scenes with calculators helping Rachel out. The same people hep Susie Dent in dictionary corner get her difficult words. These people have access to dictionaries and calculators and communicate their answers via ear pieces worn by Susie and Rachel. L
Nicky OldfieldDesciple oh
You know you need to get up and have breakfast when you fail that first numbers round.
"Is it balalaika"
Proceeds to fiercely take his opponent hand
I don't watch the real one. I just like the bullshit one.
+TheJoel3803 I'm the same way. I love 8 out of 10 cats does countdown, as to be honest they seem to do a better job presenting it, despite it being "a joke show"
ivenstorm strongly agree
I watch both, just because of Rachel.
+TheJoel3803 That is an accurate way to describe Jimmy Carr, yes.
8 out of 10s is better. funny as fuck and you don't get made to feel stupid when you're getting 6's every round
how the eff did he get balalaika in 0.000002 seconds? I've never even heard the word balalaika and had to look it up just now (its a russian stringed intstrument)
I can't do any of the math, but I got that about as fast as he did. The only reason I know it is because there's a black metal musician who calls tremolo picking "balalaika picking". There just aren't many words that it could be with that arrangement of letters.
SmithsonianSamurai - I've heard of a balalaika, and actually it didn't take me long to get it either, as there are very few words with that many a's in it.
SmithsonianSamurai I have a Balalaika so didn't take me long
Code Red nbb
happens on the cats countdown every now and again too. Rhod Gilbert got 'stopwatch' from 'twatchops' in less than 1 second.
5:29 - You can see him fall in love.
3:43 Here as well
You know when Rachel laughs when she sees the target that you'd better be able to get it
I feel silly after the first one because I didn't even notice you could make 13 and then multiply by 10. I did 10/5 to make 2, then 62*2 for 124, then 7-1 to get 6, then 124+6 for 130
Addison Mueller I did better than me didn’t even notice any of what they did on the first one
7-5=2
2+1=3
3+62=65
65(12-10)=130
I felt so stupid too cause I didn't realize that either... but I did
10*5=50
50+62=112
12+7-1=18
112+18=130
i spent about 20s getting 62 * (10/2) = 124, + (12-7-1) = 130, and never saw the easy ones
I did 12*7=84+62= 146
1+5+10 = 16
146-16 = 130
Its a longer way but used all the numbers😂
I can do all of them. when I pause it and have an extra 30 seconds 😂
I could do it without that
Ben Hunter my heartiest congratulations
Isobel Turner-Wilson thanks
...With Rachel Riley on screen, If I paused this for thirty seconds on the countdown, I'd achieve something else... XD
Don't worry the ''I spilled cream of wheat in my lap'' can still work for you as a back story!
On his last tour of Ireland , the Pope was asked what he thought of County Down .
" I preferred it when Carol Vorderman was in it " , he replied .
😂
Because he didn't get impure thoughts? 😋
"And he can salvage a dra.."
BING
"I think I've got it"
Holy sh*t, she beasted everyone, and did it in her head! 5:12
I did her in my head, too!
She is legendary.
Came here to post this. Yeah, I can't believe how easy it is for her. It's crazy.
@@digitalconsciousness She gets fed the answers in her ear...
@@dr.sbrule5817 I would.... no okay I'm not touching that one.
holy smokes she can math fast.
she has an upper second-class honours degree in Mathematics from Oxford, I should hope she can math fast.
I know, but still.
+Dan Reader As someone with a maths degree, I can tell you that it ain't about quick numeracy! They can often be found together, but that's really not what a maths degree is about.
andymcl92 hahaha classic. Obviously I understand that there is more to a maths degree than being able to do sums in your head. with that said, I expect that someone with a maths degree would have a far greater propensity for fast arithmetic than, say, a CZcams commentor
When the guy is giving her his answer and he says 4-1=3...x6x37 and she is just like "yep that's 666". What the actual fuck.
Not gonna lie that first one lulled me into a false sense of security by being one of the easiest number rounds ever.
I'm absolutely crap at maths, so if I can get it it's automatically really easy.
1:03 Our professor before starting every exam
she is from different planet
Those Martians! Taking our jobs!
I don't think you got the point of his/her comment.
Ewan J-M I did. I just wanted to make a terrible joke.
Oh ok, fair enough.
gorgeous, funny AND smart! she oughta be illegal anyway.
37 + 5 = 42
42 * 10 = blaze it
+Red Stapler OP IS A PHAGGOT?
+Ja Ka you made me cry, not nice.
I logged in just to thumbs up this. Fantastic lol
Red Stapler Happy 4/20
Haha made my day
Getting the third one while both of the contestants didn't is probably my proudest achievement this year (which is extremely sad but that's beside the point)
these are the types of people who remind the maths teacher to set homework over the holidays
Is a balalaika similar to a tenenetba?
The correct spelling would be Tnetennba.
Karloman Cool good morning, that's a nice tnetennba
I know your comment was a joke but it is actually a pretty neat instrument. There was student I knew who did final high school music units using a balalaika
It is a Russian stringed instrument
It crowd
The numbers game just stresses me out & gives me flashbacks to school maths lessons where you’d be picked at random to stand up & answer a math’s question/times table.
It wouldn’t matter how simple the question, the fear of being made to stand up & talk pushed the ability to do any maths out of my head. Absolutely mad method for ‘teaching’ children.
Sometimes I would have the answer before being selected but then ‘forget it’ once I had to say aloud.
I used to feel so proud of myself when I did one of these whilst watching the show
How does 2010 already look so outdated
Because the video is in 360p?
Because it was 11 years ago?
@@RandomPerson-fg1jf it was w h a t
I always get so amazed by Rachel's brain, so beautiful the way she does that.
well yeah... since here other features are not that great , we are amazed by her brain :P
Lol simp. I could pull off the same but you definitely wouldn't comment that. It's just practice
Wth 1 second to get the conundrum
MiniAmethyst ikr wtf
Awh man, 6 seconds in and the music reminded me of my grandpa :( he always had this on when I went round
I managed to get the 649 one, first time I've ever done it on time!
I did (37-24)*10*5=650, then 650 - 1 = 649
Damn. I saw 13*50 = 650, but I couldn't figure out how to make the 13. Brilliant.
@@chinareds54 I found another solution to the 649 one. (37+6)*(10+5)=645 then 645+4=649.
@@TrueBelievers that's what I got
I can't believe I actually struggled to solve the first one. The solution I got ended up using all six numbers, and then they showed their answers and I was like "o-oh..... right. Could have done that."
I felt like such a twat for missing that and rightly so.
Haha Junaid's slowclap when Rachel gets 649 has the look of "Jolly good, I will bed you"
5:29
She would say: "nah, you're not worthy of me"
To the people saying she has an earpiece and that this has been 'documented': absolute nonsense. She made a joke-video with HSBC which said those things, and clearly a group of people (including various media sources) seem to have taken this at face value. No, she isn't cheating, she's just incredibly good & well trained at arithmetic. Deal with it.
I’m looking forward to seeing them at the 8+ club
Sounds like Jeffrey Epsteins place
what's the 8+ club?
@@GirGir183 It's a joke bit from the TV series The IT Crowd where Moss one of the main character won countdown 8 times and then got invited to an exclusive club called 8+ where all the others countdown winners gathered, though in real live they just called the 8 times countdown winner as the octo champ.
@@AhmadFIksan I think I remember the episode of Countdown where RW and CV debated about a word for someone who had won the 8 in a row.
What does it say about my brain when it completely missed the fact that 13x10 is 130, but then on the second one went "87x8=696, 12x3=36, 36-8 = 28, 28+ 696= 724"?
+DutchDread also, 37x 17 (10+6+1)= 629, 4x5=20. 629+ 20=649 BOEIAH!! Edit: she did it the same XD fuck yeah.
DutchDread It is spelled boo yah.
scootscootriot1020 Didn't realize it had an official spelling.
scootscootriot1020 it actually derives from the word 'booyakasha'
If it's any consolation I totally missed that. Did a few "huh... 12x10... where do I find another 10 from?" attempts then settled on 62*10 = 620, 620/5 = 124, 7-1 = 6, 124 + 6 = 130
She is Perfect! :O
5:52 To be honest, I didn't get a chance to see all the letters properly. 😂
Glad you brought these back fun to watch Rachel fun to look at also
12-10 = 2
62 * 2 = 124
124 - 1 + 7 = 130.
+Kanjoos „ProJared 2” Lahookvinhaakvinhookvin
12*(10+1+5) = 192
192 - 62 = 130
Dawid Pietrzak Nicely done.
7 *12 =84
84 +62 =146
146 -10 -5 -1 = 130
12x5=60
60+62=122
122+7+1=130
I thought the same thing!
I fear Maths
Another solution for 649 is:
A: 5x10=500
B: 37x4=148
Then add together
A+B+1=649
The colour of that blonde guy’s hair is gorgeous!
These people are cleverer than me.
At the age of 8 or 9 at the Methodist Church, I told my mother without the slightest contradiction in my mind, "I don't believe in God!"
*****
Have I just been talking to you on Twitter?
Why aren't you ridiculing me then for what would otherwise seem ridiculous?
Forget it then!
I'm positively inspired by you. No matter how old you may be.
most of the time you can take the prime factorization of the number and that’ll give you the answer. if its not perfect you can try adding or subtracting different numbers in the set, and it usually provides an answer pretty quickly
True. There's a few tricks you learn for the numbers game that make you look cleverer than you really are.
Everyone has relatively similar processing power. "intelligence" is often all about efficiency via such tricks.
I remember seeing this ages ago
You can't help but dance to the end of the countdown clock tune
Do they not have to use all the numbers on the board, or is it only optional? I've spent this entire time thinking every number on the board had to be used!
nah
No you DON'T have to use all of the numbers that are on the board, but each number can only be used ONCE
Why are you yelling?
are u dumb
No, but you can only use one number once.
Who even does 37x17 in your head? Lmao she's too smart
37 is a special number, well known by numberphiles, because 3*37 = 111.
This means, any multiple of 3 (smaller than 30) multiplied by 37 is super easy to compute.
18*37 = 6*3*37 = 6*111 = 666.
And 17 being = 18 - 1, we have
17*37 = 666 - 37 = 666 - 36 -1 = 629
Easy peazy.
that's cool, thank you
Personally I find the easiest way to do it is to just do 37*2=74, add a 0 so the 2 represents 20 and then take away 111.
40*17 = 680
17*3 = 51
680-51 = 629
Joel llo what does 649 have to do with anything?
Joel llo i was just commenting how i'd do 37*17 in my head
That man knew the conundrum before it even came up
Test his midichlorians level!
That looked like a very good episode.
87*8=696
12*3=36
696+36-8=724
I wish i found the simpler way, but that is just how my mind worked it out
same
same
I did it like
87+4=91
91*8=728
12÷3=4
728-4=724
I did 87+8=95
95*8=760
12*3=36
760-36=724
3:22 I got it in about 23 seconds, but I was surprised by this because what I'd done was
87x8=696
696+4=700
700+(3x8)=724
I took a slight shortcut by getting to 28 with (12x3)-8
Two years late, but I got it an even more roundabout way
87x8 = 696
12+3 = 15
8/4=2
696 + (15 x 2) = 724
My answers were a bit more complex lol. Couldn't even comprehend how easy the solutions in the video were.
For first one, 62-12=50, 50*4=200, 7*10=70, 200-70=130
For second one, 87*8=696, 12*3=36, 36-8=28, 696+28= 724
For third one, (37−(6*4))=13, 13*(5*10)=650-1=649
I feel like a toddler after watching this...
Holy shit, I actually got the last numbers one!
1+1 = 2
geetarwanabe There is a book that proves this. Check it out
Kwik mafs
How.did u get that bet u used a calculater
Can’t believe this was posted 8 years ago.....
With the first one, I did:
5×10=50, 50+62+12=124, 124+7=131, 131-1=130.
How characteristically convoluted of me.
And there was me celebrating when I got fifty away...
I actually did manage to get the 649 maths question in a way other than Rachel's method, except it took me two full minutes with a calculator 🤣
Oh, man. They should do this more often!
Guy : **drinks water during countdown and wastes his time like a sneaky thing**
Damn, that guy is thirsty as hell! He's chugging water every time there's a close-up!!
On the green ghost E’s 🤣
For 4:15 you could do [ (37 - 6 x 4) x 5 x 10 - 1 ]
That's what I did as well
Maths: yea, I got some of them
Conundrum: *BRAIN DOESN'T EVEN REGISTER IT BEFORE HE BUZZES IN*
Suddenly my head hurts...
It just hurts....
Is it easiest to 130, or most numbers used?
I did (5*10) + 62 + 12 + 7 - 1
+Morten Larsen Neither. The closer to the target you are, the more points you get, but how many numbers you use has no effect on your score.
LastStar007 Thanks ;)
Or: ((62*10) / 5) + 7 - 1
(12×5)+(7×10) did it for me
I did (7-5)×62+7-1
I did the numbers the long way round, (12*5)+(10*7)
I hate that I find this extremely entertaining
I don't know how this game works but for the first one I got 62 + (5 x 10) + 12 + 7 - 1 = 130. I was able to do it before the time even ended.
Edit: For the second one I got (87 x 8) + (3 x 8) + 4 = 724.
Edit 2: For the third one I got (37 x (10 + 1 + 6)) + (4 x 5).
Edit 3: I paused each time and gave myself the 30 seconds it looks like they had. The woman actually did my exact way for the third one.
I completely glanced over the 1st one as being so easy.
My method:
12x7=84
62+84=146
10+5+1=16
146-16=130
Oof, wasted my brainpower
Exactly how I did it, too.
Well, I came up with a different solution for the second one, though it took me about 45 seconds:
8x87 = 696, 3x8+4 = 28, 696+28 = 724
I love the look of admiration the guy gives Rachel when she gets 649
Oh! The special number game!
I got the first one almost right away, but I did it by dividing the 10 by the 5 to get 2, then multiplying that by 62 to get 124, then adding the 7 to 131, and then subtracting the 1 to get 130. I was so pleased with myself for spotting the solution so quickly, and then I felt ridiculous when the contestants explained their much simpler and more obvious solution. Then I more or less did it again with the second one: I multiplied 87 by 8 to get 696, then I multiplied the other 8 by the 3 to get 24, then I added the 24 to the 4 to get 28, then that to the 696 to get 724. I felt pretty silly again when the simpler solution was revealed. But then I felt really good when I got the third one, admittedly right at the buzzer, and neither contestant got it: I added 37 to 6 to get 43 and 10 to 5 to get 15, then multiplied 43 times 15 to 645, then just added the 4 to that to get 649. Of course, I never would have gotten balalaika if I had had thirty days to work on it.
Does it freak anyone else out how good Rachel is at these maths problems like how on earth does she do it 😫❤️
Years and years of practice, that's how. Memorized a bunch of results by heart
I guess there must be certain hacks.
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Dont try to hit a round number near the target then make up the difference... e.g. for 649 most people will try to get 640 or 650 first then add 9 or take 1. Instead you should use your biggest number to get as close to it as possible then make up the difference.
She has a math degree, so she obviously has a number talent. Not trying to sound too cocky, but I have a math degree myself and I get the answer in like 5 seconds. The 3 x 6 x 37 =666 is something that just takes a second for you if you deal with numbers every day. It just comes naturally, just like typing e.g., you just do it without even thinking about it. For a mathematician, writing it down takes longer than actually doing the math.
Getting that conundrum in 1 second surprised me more
Watched the Conundrum twice, he beat me both times
The lady who puts on the cards is actually the real mvp.
6 x 4 = 24
37 - 24 = 13
13 x 5 = 65
65 x 10 = 650
650 - 1 = 649
Matt Bateman 37-10= 27
27x4= 108
108x6= 648 + 1=649
2:02. Am I the only one who did 62+5*10-1+12+7, and didn't even think of 13*10 lul
Love you
Excellent players.
(37-10=27) (27x6x4=648) (648+1=649)
Kevin K 37-(6*4)=13 (13*5*10)-1=649
Rachel Riley would be my dream wife. She is so charming and she could do my accounting!
Damn right
As soon as you hit 50 she'd divide you by 2
Rachel's math was on fire damn
Wow this was riveting
5:29 that guy fell in love
2+2 is 4, minus 1 that's 3
62-5=57
12*7=84
84-10-1=73
57+73=130
This is how they do it at MIT
5:30 his face was like, 'are you sure we went to the same Oxford??'