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  2. Countdown (game show) - Wikipedia

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    The final round of the game is the Countdown Conundrum, in which the contestants are shown a combination of two or three words with a total of nine letters. They have 30 seconds to form a single word using all the letters and must buzz in to respond (a bell for the champion and a buzzer for the challenger).

  3. Letters and Numbers - Wikipedia

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    Letters and Numbers is an Australian game show on SBS.It is hosted by former newsreader Richard Morecroft, co-hosted by David Astle and Lily Serna.Although it is based on the French game show Des chiffres et des lettres, its structure is similar to the UK version of the show, Countdown - with the titular difference being used to avoid confusion with the Australian music program Countdown.

  4. Conundrum - Wikipedia

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    Conundrum may refer to: A riddle , whose answer is or involves a pun or unexpected twist, in particular Riddle joke , a riddle that constitutes a set-up to the humorous punch line of a joke

  5. Monty Hall problem - Wikipedia

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    Numerous examples of letters from readers of Savant's columns are presented and discussed in The Monty Hall Dilemma: A Cognitive Illusion Par Excellence. [ 20 ] The discussion was replayed in other venues (e.g., in Cecil Adams ' The Straight Dope newspaper column [ 14 ] ) and reported in major newspapers such as The New York Times .

  6. Graham Nash (quiz contestant) - Wikipedia

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    The final was a low-scoring affair, not helped by poor letters selections and difficult numbers games. Chris took the lead with GAMBADE but Graham pegged him back with PENSIVE and when Chris had MISTLE disallowed, Graham took a six-point lead. This lead remained until the final conundrum where Chris could solve it and win by four points.

  7. Riddle - Wikipedia

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    A riddle is a statement, question, or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the ...

  8. Smithy code - Wikipedia

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    The 10th ciphertext letter, T, should really be an H, and there should also be a Z at the end of the ciphertext. The repetition of the digraph 'MQ', after 8 letters, suggested a key that was 8 letters long, which is in fact the case. (This type of attack on a cipher is known as a Kasiski test.) The full plaintext should read:

  9. Celebrity Letters and Numbers - Wikipedia

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    Celebrity Letters and Numbers is an Australian comedy panel game show on SBS which premiered on 2 October 2021. It is a revived version of the game show Letters and Numbers , which aired on SBS from 2010 to 2012, with an altered format with celebrity contestants competing rather than members of the public. [ 1 ]