This is episode 4413 as of Friday 10th August 2007 in Series 57 and the original episode 4268 was as of the 3rd quarter-final in the Champions of Champions XII. Also this is the halfway episode of Series 70 Champion: Mark Murray.
I'd say two tips are 1) Make any words you can even if they're small. Finding a small word can sometimes help you spot a larger one 2) Notice common prefixes and suffixes and see if the remaining letters can form a base word to use with it
Be older People who're good at words just know a LOT of words Kids are always very good at numbers, they have to be as they cannot match the adults' vocabulary
In the letters round at 8:30, I'd have been really shocked if you'd declared the _other_ 8-letter word that was available: CATENOID. (It's a figure from topology that sort of looks like an inverted torus.) In the first numbers round, what I thought was the intuitive solution was this one: 100 x 6 = 600 10 x 9 = 90 90 - 10 - 2 = 78 600 - 78 = 522 There were also valid solutions based on factoring the target, which is divisible both by 6 and 9. The 9 is the easiest: 10 x 6 = 60 60 - 2 = 58 58 x 9 = 522 The 6 is a bit more complex, but it's easier to find if you're looking for it: 10 + 10 + 2 = 22 22 - 9 = 13 100 - 13 = 87 87 x 6 = 522 There's also a trick shot answer, but it's basically the same as the solution based on dividing by 9: 100 x 6 = 600 10 x 2 = 20 600 - 20 = 580 580 x 9 = 5220 5220 / 10 = 522 Frankly, I was surprised that Katie couldn't get the second round numbers puzzle. It was easy. Because of the low numbers, there were precious few meaningful alternatives, but I did strike upon one: 75 + 10 = 85 85 x 2 = 170 170 + 4 = 174 174 x 3 = 522 522 + 1 = 523
I got 522 = ((10 × 6) - 2) × 9 If exponents were allowed, 243 = 3^5 If not, 243 = (100 - (5 × 2) - 9) × 3 523 I got the same way as Bradley, albeit much longer. I had to pause the video on all of them.
Non native English speaker here. We had this tv quiz format in in my country when I was a kid and I stumbled upon 8 out of 10 cats on youtube. I recognized it and went down the rabbit hole. I ended up here and I was quite surprised they let an adult compete against a kid. "How is that fair lol?" ... Boy, was I wrong. Well done. I don't know if you will read this but just out of curiousity, did you pursue any career path or likewise with your talents?
In Round 13, if a champion has a lead sufficient to win already if lose numbers and conundrum, would it be permissible for the champion on his or her letters turn to select 9 consonants, to ensure no one scores on that round, and secure the win?
