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| by Mike - Thu 15th Mar 2007, 10:02am | ||
I've never bothered to call in, but... said: I heard somewhere that at busy times, the chance of a caller getting through could be as high as 10,000:1. That's better odds than Blue Peter, where you actually need to be visiting the studio to win a competition... | ||
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| by Joff - Thu 15th Mar 2007, 9:10am | ||
I've never bothered to call in, but... said: ...could be as high as 10,000:1... Is that because they'd already closed the phone lines?!Maybe you've found your calling Richard - late night trivia shows ;) | ||
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| by I've never bothered to call in, but... - Wed 14th Mar 2007, 8:22pm | ||
Simon said: Bear in mind that at one stage during the broadcast this would have earnt you £30k: That's if you managed to get through. I heard somewhere that at busy times, the chance of a caller getting through could be as high as 10,000:1. | ||
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| by even better.. - Wed 14th Mar 2007, 8:08pm | ||
Really stretching the numbers to fit the answer said: then write down further figures with the leading digits removed: 0p, 5p, 47p, 6p, 0p (total 58p) What I really don't get is the justification of this bit..? surely '16' is '16' not '16+6'? I can kind of accept the rest of it.. then again write down further figures with another leading digit removed: 0p, 0p, 7p, 0p, 0p (total 7p) the 'official' answer (according to the Telegraph) seems even weirder: "Two pounds is 200p plus 2p (two p) [no further justiication given] and 1p (at the beginning of 'pounds') makes 203p 25p: 25p plus 5p and 1p (the 'p' in the question) = 31p £1.47 = 147p 16p: 16p plus 6p and 1p = 23p Fifty pence: 50p plus 50p (fifty p, a shortening of pence), 1p (reference to pence) and 1p (from the 'p') = 102p 203+31+147+23+102 = 506 | ||
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| by Simon - Wed 14th Mar 2007, 8:00pm | ||
Really stretching the numbers to fit the answer said: A convoluted way of looking at it Wll done Richard - that's about it. ITV have now published the official result. Bear in mind that at one stage during the broadcast this would have earnt you £30k:ITV explained that the answer could be reached by breaking up the figures in the list to find all the references to pence. Thus: -Two pounds is 200p plus 2p (two p) and 1p (p at the beginning of 'pounds') which makes 203p -25p: 25p plus 5p and 1p (the p symbol) = 31p £1.47 = 147p -6p: 16p plus 6p and 1p (p again) = 23p -Fifty pence: 50p plus 50p (fifty p, a shortening of pence), 1p (reference to pence) and 1p (p only) = 102p -Adding 203p, 31p, 147p, 23p and 102p gives a total of 506p | ||
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