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| by Really stretching the numbers to fit the answer - Wed 14th Mar 2007, 7:23pm | ||
Simon said: As this is crosswords and other puzzles, here's one from ITVPlay, currently subject to inevstigation by Ofcom: A convoluted way of looking at itA graphic asked viewers to "Add the pence" from "Two pounds, 25p, £1.47, 16p, Fifty pence". More than three hours later, the host announced the answer was 506 and that no-one had won. No method was given. ITV has denied the problem was particularly complex but has not commented further. £2 25p £1.47 16p 50p write them in pence: 200p, 25p, 147p, 16p, 50p (total 438p) then write down further figures with the leading digits removed: 0p, 5p, 47p, 6p, 0p (total 58p) then again write down further figures with another leading digit removed: 0p, 0p, 7p, 0p, 0p (total 7p) The sum of these three subtotals = 503p Now look back at the question. Add the pence: Two pounds, 25p, £1.47, 16p. 50pence There are 3 p or pence listed. Add this to the toal that we already had. 506p - simple. | ||
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| by Does this make me a genius? - Mon 12th Mar 2007, 9:26pm | ||
The Times Online said: ..a puzzle intended for an early-hours viewing audience of drunks and poor sleepers... Good to see the Times has so much respect for its readership! ... A reader of The Times said [about the show] ... As for how you get to 506.. Add two pounds worth of old money (2 * 20 shillings/pounds * 12 pence/shilling) to the other numbers in pence = 718 Subtract the 75p you spent calling in your answer = 643 This leaves you £1.37, which is taken into account by the 40.77 minutes you spent complaining to ITVPlay, or the 19.57 minutes complaining to OFCOM = 506p. Obvious. | ||
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| by Simon - Mon 12th Mar 2007, 4:09pm | ||
| As this is crosswords and other puzzles, here's one from ITVPlay, currently subject to inevstigation by Ofcom: A graphic asked viewers to "Add the pence" from "Two pounds, 25p, £1.47, 16p, Fifty pence". More than three hours later, the host announced the answer was 506 and that no-one had won. No method was given. ITV has denied the problem was particularly complex but has not commented further. | ||
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| by Highest common factor - Fri 9th Mar 2007, 9:46am | ||
| Nice. I can't come up with anything to follow that though. | ||
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| by Neil T - Fri 9th Mar 2007, 8:55am | ||
Fabulous Ming's hot coach of term: number one for two thousand and seven? (7, 6, 6) I'll take the stony silence as a request for hints, so here you go:1) No specialist knowledge is required; anyone at the club (or not at the club) could solve this. 2) Unlike the clue, the answer has nothing to do with rowing. 3) If I'm honest, 'Fabulous' wasn't a great choice of word. It enhances the surface reading but is a bit dubious in the cryptic reading. Better would have been "Staggering Ming's...". | ||
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