This was the fourth time this contestant declared the exact target without being able to give the solution. Not surprising Nick was running out of patience.
The show's be going 40 years, each contestant has 30 seconds to arrive at an answer when asked...simple, not 45 seconds so someone can decipher what they have written down...whether they have the right answer or otherwise does not matter a jot...
@@BeasleyStreet While technically you’re right, in reality the 30 seconds is nominal & contestants have always taken advantage of the extra time to be had before & after the clock starts. For instance, they start composing answers to the letters as soon as each letter is called out. While with numbers, they can’t start until the target is revealed, the contestant would’ve had the time he needed to decipher what he had written down, if his opponent had been chosen first, there’s an extra 15-20 seconds there, that’s likely what he was banking on.
HaHaHa! The legal team is surely part of what Susie calls “upstairs”. They’re the guys who gave her a hard time when Nick referred to her “special spot”....
The decision not to accept the solution was likely taken by the producer or member of the production team acting as the adjudicator. Unlikely to be Nick.
Really? Is Nick a participant? No, he just knew the rules and ways people try to get round them. Hardly the toughest thing in the world to adjudicate. "You took ages giving your answer, get out of here"
@@Neil_MALTHUS Nah he isn't a participant, he's not the shows producer or rule maker either. He like the few before him are just 'presenters' or 'hosts.' It isn't them who get the deciding say, it's the little voice they have in their earpiece that tells them what's allowed & what isn't.
@@FusionGamerElite that's why each of them have 30 seconds to arrive at an answer and then give that answer when asked,not sorry I've not quite understood my workings out,hold on for a few more seconds while I try to work out where I have gone wrong...how can that be RIGHT,when the other contestant has given up his answer immediately.
I think he panicked while reading it out and thought he'd read it out wrong. Then realised it was right after all. Really not fair to not allow it when it's written down. It would be different if he had written something wrong down and he was trying to change it.
"It's written down". Nick: "Ok buddy, pull your chair over and we'll both have a good look and try make sense of it. The rest of you grab a coffee and talk among yourselves till we're done".
He actually blurted out the correct answer at the end (except for subtracting the two ones). His notes were probably just a bit muddled and he got himself flustered.
I have been a guest on Countdown. On the first numbers round, both my opponent and I declared the correct answer, and it was my opponent's turn to read out the calculation. As he went along, I could see that we had found the solution the same way, except at one point where he read aloud "multiplied" instead of "add". I double-checked my notes, and saw that my x and + looked identical (bad handwriting). Had it have been my turn to read aloud, I would have misspoken and got as flustered as this gentleman, not to mention not get the ten points. There but for the grace of God go I...
If it's written down, in a clear and fluent manner, it should be allowed. If it's a scrappy wreck of sums which don't appear to be one clear chain leading to the answer, then no. No doubt that the chap had it, the method he described was on target. But I suspect that he was connecting up the separate written down elements after the clock, which can't really be accepted. Tough call.
@@neerajpatel8529 that was stated in the original post. He likely had all the elements needed to answer it correctly. He just had them all over the place and confused himself. He had the answer and it was most likely written down. He just confused himself
@@michaeldick6227 Yes, I definitely agree. He just seemed like he'd gotten kerfuffled under pressure, but I can see that his train of thought was on target.
The rules were quite clear in the Numbers Game, once you've started you cannot take a long delay in giving out the solution otherwise you'll be disqualified for it! That's whether you've got the answer written down or not & if its not written down you must declare that before going any further!
@@mrman8541 that's something I had not considered...you make a good point, if the workings out were clear and in logical order then having them checked would have been fair..... but that's a big if?
I know it didn't happen this time, but this rules make it a bit unfair if both contestants declare the same answer and both have written it down, because the host will then arbitrarily choose one of them to give the solution first and the other one can rely on what he has written down (assuming what he has written down is the same as his opponent's method) without having to tell it to Rachel, on television under the lights under pressure. So if doing that is part of the game, fine, but it can introduce an extra element of luck. Given it's pre-recorded, if a producer came over and verified he had a correct solution written down clearly within the 30s, I don't see how the other player or anyone in the audience could seriously object if they just said "okay, you've got the right answer, we'll take it again darling" and gave the guy another chance to read it out. The fumbling needn't have gone out on television at all.
@@yesdcotchin yes but the 10 cats version always has innuendos or seemingly dirty words as the original phrase. For example: OHMYKNOB with the clue "often held by a priest" and the answer is Hymnbook. Whereas regular countdown doesn't have the dirty ones generally.
Just read your answer out. If you've messed up, admit you made a mistake and let's move on. If anything Nick gave him more time than he deserved. Also I did watch this episode back in the day, and this contestant had done this a number of times with numbers games. Just a chancer. Stick to the rules, no excuses!
I think the issue here was that he did write it down but he declared 246 but then his break down method actually came to 248. He said 7 x 4 = 28 then 28 + 3 = 31 and then 31 x 8 = 248 and that's maybe why he got confused because as he was explaining it, he probably realised that it might not have looked right.
If he has written it down and he got it than ... he got it. Don't underestimate the psychological effects of there being a live audience & also him being filmed... it makes plenty of people nervous whether they want it or not. Give the man a break.
Yes, you are exactly right. Nick was absolutely correct. The contestant was taking far too long. It doesn't matter whether or not it's written down. That's the rules.
I think if it was written down correctly then they should have accepted it. Simply because, if they had both gotten the same answer, the second player only has to show what he has written down.
If he had it written down correctly he should have been able to read it correctly. He was clearly trying to finish off the problem in that period which is not allowed and very unfair to the other contestant.
@@JohnGormleyJG he could have just misread it the first time and then felt the pressure and nerves of being on TV. If he was trying to finish the problem then, you're correct, it's against the rules. However, all they need to do is check his paper to see if that's the case. He said he had it written down, they should have just checked.
@@jonnyharding3646 doesn't matter. Its a fast paced game he spent way too long trying to explain it. It's only one round - if he was a consistently good player he could have made his points up elsewhere. The rules exist for a reason. At the end of the clock you are supposed to have a fully constructed answer and if you don't then no points. It's not an easy game, which is why the best contestants practice daily in online competitions. Can't have someone up there fumbling for an additional 30 seconds to start off his answer. That won't fly
@@JohnGormleyJG but if the other player had the same answer as him, he would only need to show his paper, so it doesn't take any additional time to do so. And if he had it written down correctly, that would mean that HE DID have a fully constructed answer when the time ran out, he just misread it.
@@jonnyharding3646 I'd say half the time when they show the other player their sheet they barely look at it. Probably most of the time they have it, but I doubt the other contestant properly examines their work. If he was just showing it to the other contestant I reckon he'd have gotten away with it, which wouldnt have been very fair since he clearly didn't have the answer here. If it was written down he would have just had to read his sheet, he started questioning himself once he started speaking, and said the 'I have it written down' just to buy himself more time.
@@wschmrdr well you said you didn't see her do it implying you never watched the video. Maybe if you said you ' hadn't ' seen her do it your point would be better received.
Common tactic. Gamble, say you've got it and worry about it in the next few seconds. You see it quite often on a crucial conundrum. One contestant will just whack the buzzer after half a second and rely on the fact that they have another 3, 4, maybe even 5 seconds while the buzzer rings and the host says their name. It's funny when they naff it up and they're like "errrr, errrrr, errrrmmm... no I don't have it sorry" and the other player gets 29 seconds to solve it 😅
you really can't take that long or else why even do the 30 seconds and the writing down, we can just do it in separate rooms. you have to deliver the solution you came to DURING the countdown
probably yes, which is why the producers told nick to disqualify the answer. He made a mistake in his sums and was trying to fix it after the fact. Just because a guy holds up a piece of paper and says "I have it written down" doesn't mean he is correct.
@@sovietonion72 Considering I got it the first time before the clock had finished counting down in the video, I'm going to say yes because 5 seconds < 30 seconds. Sometimes when watching this show I get the solution before the clock begins ticking. Watching it over again just now I got the same answer as Rachel this time. That's because I factor the number and its approximate targets that are reachable by adding or subtracting from the target (like 245) in light of the numbers on the board. It's not a fucking superpower. I really don't get what it is with people like you who have to go around attempting to delegitimize others' solutions. If you don't think you could do it, fine. You know your own abilities best. But that doesn't mean that the entire world should be measured by your incapability. Do you also comment on weightlifting videos where the people are lifting seemingly superhuman amounts of weight and telling them that they're actually faking it because you can't lift as much?
@@Isleofskye U. N. Owen. Happy to help. Do you consider this such a wildly improbable claim considering the simplicity of some of the numbers games on _Countdown_ ? I just watched one where _all_ the numbers games were disappointingly easy. First numbers round: 75 3 1 10 2 4 --> 426 Easy for anyone who knows that 3 x 2 = 6 and the target is 71 (i.e. 75 - 4) x 6. Second numbers round: 25 75 10 10 2 7 --> 555 75 x 7 is 525, so all you have to do is get 30 with a 25, two 10s, and a 2 on the board. Could hardly be simpler unless the target were a multiple of 100. So what was the third round's target? A multiple of 100: 25 2 4 4 8 1 --> 300. I'm not going to insult you by giving a solution to this. You can work it out on your own. And the fourth round was almost as easy: 100 50 10 6 8 5 --> 149. Is that supposed to puzzle me for 30 seconds?
7*4 = 28 28 +3 = 31 31 * 8 = 248 248 - 1 - 1 = 246 So, it could be got the way he said But it took me more than 3 minutes after he explained on air 'times 8'
@@Isleofskye and to complete the analogy " Nick, behind the till, apologised profusely for not being able to serve him with a slight hint of sympathy" .
Or as the Deputy Managing Director said to me on the 28th May,1981 ( not that I am one to hold a grudge ) I have a "certain" sympathy for you having just tried to ruin my career, life and prospects in London. Didn't work though and 8 years later I became the first Guy ever to get a Redundancy which set up my future Businesses.....a certain sympathy...haha
Ridiculous. The solution/word being written down has long been sufficient in Countdown. Nick should have checked it was written down, and if it was he should have gotten the points.
He was making it awkard but he did get 246. He said 7x4 is 28 add 3 which is 31x by 8 which is 248 and it aint rocket science that he would use the two 1s to get to 246. If he had that written down then he should win regardless on how he talks under pressure.
If it was written down in a clear coherant way then why did Nick the jobsworth refuse it? All they had to do was check the workings of his paper.......unless the old geezer jotted it fown and his pen run out of ink.
The issue was he most likely had them written disorganized. He had it correct but he wrote it down all messy. It's common. I would write the problem down in parts and then just combine them to make sense.
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He wasn't allowed to finish and still had two 1's left so subtract the two 1's from 248 and you've got 246. I suppose that was his solution (it should have been anyway).
The host looking at the written answer has never been part of the game. Nor should it be. If the guy's got the answer in the allotted time he should be able to give it without hesitating or giving the impression that he's still working on it.
This was the fourth time this contestant declared the exact target without being able to give the solution. Not surprising Nick was running out of patience.
That's weird though, isn't it? Was there ever any kind of explanation?
The show's be going 40 years, each contestant has 30 seconds to arrive at an answer when asked...simple, not 45 seconds so someone can decipher what they have written down...whether they have the right answer or otherwise does not matter a jot...
"it's written down"
Ablism? How often have we heard of brilliant mathematical minds, or other intellect, often autistic, who could not function like most people.
@@BeasleyStreet While technically you’re right, in reality the 30 seconds is nominal & contestants have always taken advantage of the extra time to be had before & after the clock starts. For instance, they start composing answers to the letters as soon as each letter is called out. While with numbers, they can’t start until the target is revealed, the contestant would’ve had the time he needed to decipher what he had written down, if his opponent had been chosen first, there’s an extra 15-20 seconds there, that’s likely what he was banking on.
Nick: "Because people feel they're being..."
Legal team: "DON'T SAY CHEATED!"
Nick: "Phil... over to you."
Exactly !
😄 that gave me a badly needed giggle! Thanks!
HaHaHa! The legal team is surely part of what Susie calls “upstairs”. They’re the guys who gave her a hard time when Nick referred to her “special spot”....
Lucky Rachel found an alternative solution as it would have all been a bit awkward.
So true. It would have been so bad if she said
7 x 4 = 28
28 + 3 = 31
31 x 8 = 248
248 - 1 - 1 = 246
At first I thought Sean Lock's let himself go a bit
😂 It looks like John and Sean just a few years down the road
With LADIESNUT as the Teatime Teaser, I had to check twice mesel.
@@Xofttam a
Ooof this hasn't aged well
The decision not to accept the solution was likely taken by the producer or member of the production team acting as the adjudicator. Unlikely to be Nick.
Really? Is Nick a participant? No, he just knew the rules and ways people try to get round them. Hardly the toughest thing in the world to adjudicate. "You took ages giving your answer, get out of here"
@@Neil_MALTHUS It is when it's also written down and they could just retake. That's the whole point.
@@Neil_MALTHUS Quite Right and take this kick up your jaxie, as well...
@@Neil_MALTHUS Nah he isn't a participant, he's not the shows producer or rule maker either. He like the few before him are just 'presenters' or 'hosts.' It isn't them who get the deciding say, it's the little voice they have in their earpiece that tells them what's allowed & what isn't.
Exactly, I've seen other quiz shows where the host has had to consult an adjudicator on whether or not to accept an answer.
I remember this, Nick was quite right....part of the answer includes it being given quickly...
WRONG, those rules are outdated and no longer apply in modern age TV
@@FusionGamerElite that's why each of them have 30 seconds to arrive at an answer and then give that answer when asked,not sorry I've not quite understood my workings out,hold on for a few more seconds while I try to work out where I have gone wrong...how can that be RIGHT,when the other contestant has given up his answer immediately.
What are you even talking about? What does modern tv has to do with giving an answer on time on a tv show?
@@RokuRG thank goodness someone can see the pathetic reasons offered!!!
Totally agree. I remember watching this. If he can't say how he got to the answer, he hasn't got it.
If it's written down, just read it out .. simple ..
I know, right!
Just say what you see,,,
I think he panicked while reading it out and thought he'd read it out wrong. Then realised it was right after all. Really not fair to not allow it when it's written down. It would be different if he had written something wrong down and he was trying to change it.
@@Isleofskye Is it a robot in a top hat ?
@@davelordy It's good Dave................but it's not right....
"It's written down".
Nick: "Ok buddy, pull your chair over and we'll both have a good look and try make sense of it. The rest of you grab a coffee and talk among yourselves till we're done".
Simmer down Robin
He actually blurted out the correct answer at the end (except for subtracting the two ones). His notes were probably just a bit muddled and he got himself flustered.
He should have had a maths teacher like mine, very insistent neat, clear writing.
I have been a guest on Countdown. On the first numbers round, both my opponent and I declared the correct answer, and it was my opponent's turn to read out the calculation. As he went along, I could see that we had found the solution the same way, except at one point where he read aloud "multiplied" instead of "add". I double-checked my notes, and saw that my x and + looked identical (bad handwriting). Had it have been my turn to read aloud, I would have misspoken and got as flustered as this gentleman, not to mention not get the ten points. There but for the grace of God go I...
Did you win
@@tosser182 I was roundly defeated. The guy that beat me went on to become an octochamp.
"Written down? Yeah. In what language?"
He’s a retired doctor. No one can read there writing.😂😩😂
Nor yours. 'Their' not 'there'
@@martinwilliams2556 it’s nore, not nor. And itz they’re knot their. Also, it’s Martyn William’s.
@@greglinski2208 well done 🤪
@@greglinski2208 hahahahaa
Good banter there.
😄Dude was looking deflated as everyone just kept it moving 😅
If it's written down, in a clear and fluent manner, it should be allowed. If it's a scrappy wreck of sums which don't appear to be one clear chain leading to the answer, then no. No doubt that the chap had it, the method he described was on target. But I suspect that he was connecting up the separate written down elements after the clock, which can't really be accepted. Tough call.
Well it wasn’t written down obviously - he was clearly doing it on the spot. If it was written down he simply needed to read it out
@@neerajpatel8529 that was stated in the original post. He likely had all the elements needed to answer it correctly. He just had them all over the place and confused himself. He had the answer and it was most likely written down. He just confused himself
Yep.
I genuinely don’t believe the guy was cheating. He just got himself muddled with how he had written the answer down.
@@michaeldick6227 Yes, I definitely agree. He just seemed like he'd gotten kerfuffled under pressure, but I can see that his train of thought was on target.
Slightly easier way
8*4 =32
+3
=35
*7 = 245
+1=246
That's not easier.
I couldn't resist having a go... (4+8)x7= 84 - 1 - 1 = 82 x 3 ... dunno how long it took me to find it, true to form would be 31 seconds! 😁
Pity he didn't even get around to completing his calculation by subtracting the two 1's!
“I’ll see you later in the car park Nick, I’ll be hitting you three times then eight...”
I quite often feel like I've been Phil can we turn to you, whilst watching a gameshow.
The rules were quite clear in the Numbers Game, once you've started you cannot take a long delay in giving out the solution otherwise you'll be disqualified for it!
That's whether you've got the answer written down or not & if its not written down you must declare that before going any further!
IF he does have problems speaking, he should have just shown it.
@@mrman8541 that's something I had not considered...you make a good point, if the workings out were clear and in logical order then having them checked would have been fair..... but that's a big if?
I know it didn't happen this time, but this rules make it a bit unfair if both contestants declare the same answer and both have written it down, because the host will then arbitrarily choose one of them to give the solution first and the other one can rely on what he has written down (assuming what he has written down is the same as his opponent's method) without having to tell it to Rachel, on television under the lights under pressure. So if doing that is part of the game, fine, but it can introduce an extra element of luck.
Given it's pre-recorded, if a producer came over and verified he had a correct solution written down clearly within the 30s, I don't see how the other player or anyone in the audience could seriously object if they just said "okay, you've got the right answer, we'll take it again darling" and gave the guy another chance to read it out. The fumbling needn't have gone out on television at all.
@@philwoodward5069"Take 2 Darlings. As you were"...:)
These are the sort of riveting moments of excitement and drama I've come to expect from Countdown.
Its written down, Nick should of said ' bollocks its written down '
I of to say, you of a point.
It was written down. You could tell if you looked closely at his actions
He should of calmed down with a nice cup have tea.
Filmed near The Green at Ealing with a large local Indian population on Darjeeling Common...
That's what Anne Robinson would have said.
“I’ve written it down ..... just not in a language I understand”
This was the most exciting thing to even happen on Countdown in 40 years.
Should have let VAR take a look to see if there was a clear and obvious error lol
😂😂😂
We did use VAR, and, as yet,3 years later,it still hasn't quite decided.....
Wait, the teaser is LADYSNUT? Did they run out of teasers and had to borrow one from the 8OO10C-version?
That's what I was thinking.
Think it would have been Ladiesnut and answer would be insulated
@@fjalartandri00 ye, the real show does 9 letter teasers
@@fjalartandri00 gawd i only got as far as Suntailed in my 2 minutes 🤣
@@yesdcotchin yes but the 10 cats version always has innuendos or seemingly dirty words as the original phrase. For example: OHMYKNOB with the clue "often held by a priest" and the answer is Hymnbook. Whereas regular countdown doesn't have the dirty ones generally.
During the break the police came in to pepper spray and handcuff David while they arrested him for attempted fraud.
Is that what really happened, or are you joking? lol😂
@@sambee8982 joking 😂
@@tks3782 I knew that you were joking.
@@sambee8982 Yeah right! I suppose you wrote it down, did you?
"its written down ".....bloody read it then .
This is why Countdown needs a video ref.
It's right up there with JFK, Chamberlain's War Declaration and the Martin Luther King Marches in my book.
Astonishing scenes....:(
If he had added the 3 to 28 to make 31. Times by 8 and subtract the two ones. He just got flustered or confused I think.
It was nerves, probably. Bummer, he seems to be a nice guy, and had the rights answer :(
Because people feel that they're being...Phil, let's turn to you!
Yeah what a clear reason.
I think he meant to say, it's like you're working it out along the way
One of the most shocking moments in TV history
@@yaqarm8822 I don't think he was being!
@@pizzaboy3946 being what pizza girl?
It's right up there with JFK, Chamberlain's War Declaration and the Martin Luther King Marches in my book.
Astonishing scenes....:(
lmao
Shocking moments in TV. History!! Really?
Talk about being melodramatic. 😒
The teaser is I N S U L A T E D
"Ladies Nut"... 😂😂
Could also be Dănulești, which is a village in Romania.
AINSULTED - Exaggerated feeling of being INSULTED.
Just read your answer out. If you've messed up, admit you made a mistake and let's move on. If anything Nick gave him more time than he deserved. Also I did watch this episode back in the day, and this contestant had done this a number of times with numbers games. Just a chancer. Stick to the rules, no excuses!
There is time limit on these shows by contract. He was right to keep it moving.
"I've got it written down!" well fucking say it then jesus
I think the issue here was that he did write it down but he declared 246 but then his break down method actually came to 248.
He said 7 x 4 = 28 then 28 + 3 = 31 and then 31 x 8 = 248 and that's maybe why he got confused because as he was explaining it, he probably realised that it might not have looked right.
Yeah but with two 1s left he could say 248 - 1 - 1 = 246. If he had it written down that should have been obvious.
Nick was 100% correct, the contestant was not cheating but taking far to long. Not the first time he had done so either.
If he has written it down and he got it than ... he got it. Don't underestimate the psychological effects of there being a live audience & also him being filmed... it makes plenty of people nervous whether they want it or not. Give the man a break.
Yes, you are exactly right. Nick was absolutely correct. The contestant was taking far too long. It doesn't matter whether or not it's written down. That's the rules.
7 × 4 =28
28 - 1 = 27
27 × (8 + 1) = 243
243 + 3 = 246
I had it a different way
(8+4) x 3 =36
36 - 1 = 35
35 x 7 = 245
245 + 1 = 246
Would have been interesting to see how long it actually would have took him to sort out his answer, think the host did him a favour!
I admit I was never good at maths at school but to work out a sum like that in 30 seconds (or under) forget it 🤔
You can do it.. maybe not every time but give it a try.. you’ll slowly get closer and closer
It's a good job he wasn't playing Street Countdown.
Chills can be serious for the over-nineties.
David was raging at the end of this clip.
I was.
1+1= 2, then 8 -2 = 6, then put the 4 between the 2 and 6, then you get 246. Easy innit
I'm convinced.......
Or 8x4=32 32+3=35 35x7=245 245+1=246
What's he getting so flustered about? You only win a bloody tea-pot, for god's sake.
I think if it was written down correctly then they should have accepted it. Simply because, if they had both gotten the same answer, the second player only has to show what he has written down.
If he had it written down correctly he should have been able to read it correctly. He was clearly trying to finish off the problem in that period which is not allowed and very unfair to the other contestant.
@@JohnGormleyJG he could have just misread it the first time and then felt the pressure and nerves of being on TV.
If he was trying to finish the problem then, you're correct, it's against the rules. However, all they need to do is check his paper to see if that's the case.
He said he had it written down, they should have just checked.
@@jonnyharding3646 doesn't matter. Its a fast paced game he spent way too long trying to explain it. It's only one round - if he was a consistently good player he could have made his points up elsewhere. The rules exist for a reason. At the end of the clock you are supposed to have a fully constructed answer and if you don't then no points. It's not an easy game, which is why the best contestants practice daily in online competitions. Can't have someone up there fumbling for an additional 30 seconds to start off his answer. That won't fly
@@JohnGormleyJG but if the other player had the same answer as him, he would only need to show his paper, so it doesn't take any additional time to do so. And if he had it written down correctly, that would mean that HE DID have a fully constructed answer when the time ran out, he just misread it.
@@jonnyharding3646 I'd say half the time when they show the other player their sheet they barely look at it. Probably most of the time they have it, but I doubt the other contestant properly examines their work. If he was just showing it to the other contestant I reckon he'd have gotten away with it, which wouldnt have been very fair since he clearly didn't have the answer here. If it was written down he would have just had to read his sheet, he started questioning himself once he started speaking, and said the 'I have it written down' just to buy himself more time.
I went 8 + 4 for 12, multiply 7 for 84, subtract the two 1's for 82, and then multiply the 3 for 246.
Think we all did, you know....after Rachel told us!
I didn't see her do that.
@@wschmrdr then why are you commenting on a video you didn't watch?
Heaven forbid someone write something before it was shown.
@@wschmrdr well you said you didn't see her do it implying you never watched the video. Maybe if you said you ' hadn't ' seen her do it your point would be better received.
If I was that chap I'd have ripped my microphone off, called them a bloody load of liars and walked out the studio.
If he wrote it down, why did he struggle to say it?
he found an error and was trying to reconcile, seems pretty obvious when watching it.
@@timq6224 well it wasn't really
I'd imagine he was really nervous and had a hard time reading his own handwriting.
Well he was clearly pissed off at the end of it 😂
Common tactic. Gamble, say you've got it and worry about it in the next few seconds. You see it quite often on a crucial conundrum. One contestant will just whack the buzzer after half a second and rely on the fact that they have another 3, 4, maybe even 5 seconds while the buzzer rings and the host says their name. It's funny when they naff it up and they're like "errrr, errrrr, errrrmmm... no I don't have it sorry" and the other player gets 29 seconds to solve it 😅
I'm guessing you can't take longer than 10-15 seconds to give your solution when its your turn
It's not necessarily the time that matters. What you can't do is chop and change your answer like this guy did.
you really can't take that long or else why even do the 30 seconds and the writing down, we can just do it in separate rooms. you have to deliver the solution you came to DURING the countdown
Just did it,independently, but not in 30 seconds, 8+4x7=84minus 1 minus 1=82x 3=246
7x4=28+3 =31x8=248
-1-1 is 246
That's what I assumed the contestant was going for.
Spot on math's is fantastic for proving truth.
He was on a track though
7 x 4 = 28
28 + 3 = 31
31 x 8 = 248
248 - 1 - 1 = 246
Do they not have cameras that can confirm that he wrote down the solution before the 30s countdown ended?
probably yes, which is why the producers told nick to disqualify the answer. He made a mistake in his sums and was trying to fix it after the fact. Just because a guy holds up a piece of paper and says "I have it written down" doesn't mean he is correct.
Glad he's not my accountant!!!!!
Wait a moment he is my accountant!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well....when I find you selling the big issue I'll throw you some coins!!!!!!!😀😀😆
He might have been going for:
7 x 4 = 28
28 - 1 = 27
8 + 1 = 9
27 x 9 = 243
243 + 3 = 246
We'll probably never know, though...
Serves him rite for trying to be a smart arse and aggressive earlier on in the show
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@@govand7 we do we do you have a top weekend pal
The best part is that what he said results in 248 not 246.
Not really, not if the two 1’s are subtracted from 248.😌🔢
You can't hang around giving your answer. Jeremy Paxman only allows about two seconds on University Challenge.
Nick should have shouted "Come on!"
If Sean Lock was still around, he'd say that this was an even MORE challenging wank! :-D
Great. Now I’ll never know what Lady’s Nut is an anagram of.
Slandyut. I will come back in another 2 years as I am not so sure now looking at it written down..
The simplest way to do it is probably the following:
8 x 4 = 32
32 + 3 = 35
35 x 7 = 245
245 + 1 = 246
Nice way
Easy to say that now but would you have the answer in the time limit?
@@sovietonion72 Considering I got it the first time before the clock had finished counting down in the video, I'm going to say yes because 5 seconds < 30 seconds. Sometimes when watching this show I get the solution before the clock begins ticking.
Watching it over again just now I got the same answer as Rachel this time. That's because I factor the number and its approximate targets that are reachable by adding or subtracting from the target (like 245) in light of the numbers on the board. It's not a fucking superpower.
I really don't get what it is with people like you who have to go around attempting to delegitimize others' solutions. If you don't think you could do it, fine. You know your own abilities best. But that doesn't mean that the entire world should be measured by your incapability. Do you also comment on weightlifting videos where the people are lifting seemingly superhuman amounts of weight and telling them that they're actually faking it because you can't lift as much?
Before it starts ticking?
You are just the person I have waited all my life to hear from !
Please tell me the name of "The Unknown Soldier!"...
@@Isleofskye U. N. Owen. Happy to help.
Do you consider this such a wildly improbable claim considering the simplicity of some of the numbers games on _Countdown_ ? I just watched one where _all_ the numbers games were disappointingly easy.
First numbers round: 75 3 1 10 2 4 --> 426
Easy for anyone who knows that 3 x 2 = 6 and the target is 71 (i.e. 75 - 4) x 6.
Second numbers round: 25 75 10 10 2 7 --> 555
75 x 7 is 525, so all you have to do is get 30 with a 25, two 10s, and a 2 on the board. Could hardly be simpler unless the target were a multiple of 100.
So what was the third round's target? A multiple of 100: 25 2 4 4 8 1 --> 300. I'm not going to insult you by giving a solution to this. You can work it out on your own.
And the fourth round was almost as easy: 100 50 10 6 8 5 --> 149. Is that supposed to puzzle me for 30 seconds?
7 x 4 is errrm.... oh bugger 😂😂
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I think he worked it out then wrote it down wrong. He meant 8×4+3=35×7+1 = 246, but couldn't understand why it didn't work.
7*4 = 28
28 +3 = 31
31 * 8 = 248
248 - 1 - 1 = 246
So, it could be got the way he said
But it took me more than 3 minutes after he explained on air 'times 8'
he has the greatest outro in televisual history.......you be sure of it.
Thank goodness he's going
David tsk. I bet he goes to the 5 items or less till with an overflowing basket and cuts into traffic lanes to avoiding queueing.......
Yes he DID take 14 items to the till but he only had 4 written down on his shopping list so it's ok in David's world....
@@Isleofskye and to complete the analogy " Nick, behind the till, apologised profusely for not being able to serve him with a slight hint of sympathy" .
Or as the Deputy Managing Director said to me on the 28th May,1981 ( not that I am one to hold a grudge ) I have a "certain" sympathy for you having just tried to ruin my career, life and prospects in London.
Didn't work though and 8 years later I became the first Guy ever to get a Redundancy which set up my future Businesses.....a certain sympathy...haha
He got it wrong anyway lol. He said 7x4+3 then multiply that by 8 which is 248. He declared 246.
Tough being in charge 👍
"Good job Rachel, that's what I did"... NOT.
We never got to hear his solution! 7x 3 ...then...
I think he was saying
4x7 = 28
28+3 = 31
31x8 = 248
248-1-1 = 246
That's what I think he was going for anyway.
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@0:39-0:42 If there has been a camper moment on this show, ever, I’ve yet to see it.
He should know they don't F about on Countdown. No place for word fumblers in Britain. Unless of course you're running the country, apparently.
7 times 3 times 8 times 1 is 24 times 7 or 21 times 8 which is 168.
He was wrong anyway, his solution came to 248
7x4 = 28
28 + 3 = 31
31 x 8 = 248
248 - 1 - 1 = 246
246. 4*8=32+3=35*7=245+1=246
Ridiculous. The solution/word being written down has long been sufficient in Countdown. Nick should have checked it was written down, and if it was he should have gotten the points.
Or David could have just read his answer like every other contestant on the show ever. Why does David deserve special treatment?
246 8 +4=12×7=84-1-1×82×3=246
He was making it awkard but he did get 246. He said 7x4 is 28 add 3 which is 31x by 8 which is 248 and it aint rocket science that he would use the two 1s to get to 246. If he had that written down then he should win regardless on how he talks under pressure.
If it’s written down just say it
He aint happy 😂
It's written down... just get him to hand his workings out to Rachel - if its legible to her then accept... Nasty Nick
It clearly says in Rule 4 Subsection 2 in Paragraph 3 that " the answer must, also, be read out by the contestant in a clear and brief manner..."
Or he could just read his answer out loud. It's a TV show, not a maths exam.
If it was written down in a clear coherant way then why did Nick the jobsworth refuse it? All they had to do was check the workings of his paper.......unless the old geezer jotted it fown and his pen run out of ink.
....+3+3* 8 wouldn't have worked anyway. 7*4+3*8-1-1=246
That comes to 50, not 246.
There’s only one 3, so he can only use +3 once. Sounds like he might have been repeating +3 just to be heard.
He had it tho. He said 28 + 3 x 8 = 248 - 1 - 1 = 246
Lol 1:19 onwards you can see him chuntering... I wonder what the microphone picked him up saying. 😅😅
hes saying "thats what I fcking wrote down!"
Probably some Big Ron Atkinson type shit
Why must Rachel say "times it by three" as if she was 6 years old? "Multiplied by three" would be normal.
Makes me angry as well. For me it's like a red rag to a bull, matador...
Lol he has such a temper tantrum after he gets disallowed. Look at that face!
If it's written down what's the problem then .just read it out then. .
The issue was he most likely had them written disorganized. He had it correct but he wrote it down all messy. It's common. I would write the problem down in parts and then just combine them to make sense.
Apparently, he is a dyslexic insomniac agnostic.
He stayed up all night wondering if there really is a dog...
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-2 times minus 4 is 8.
He declared wrong anyway, so wouldn't have got any points. He declared 246 and his workings got to 248.
He wasn't allowed to finish and still had two 1's left so subtract the two 1's from 248 and you've got 246. I suppose that was his solution (it should have been anyway).
And rightly so!
He should atleast have a look at it and see if he wrote it down
The host looking at the written answer has never been part of the game. Nor should it be. If the guy's got the answer in the allotted time he should be able to give it without hesitating or giving the impression that he's still working on it.
Something don't add up here