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🕰️Daily Conundrum 118🕰️ 🔎Clue: Piggy-back for Captain Birdseye (6,6) ✅ Weds answer(117) Gary Oldman 🎭 🤔Fact: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) advised Oldman to find a new career other than acting 😆 🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🗣️This will be last week of daily conundrums👍 Countdown, Mon-Fri📺

submitted 19 days ago • 15 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 117🕰️ 🔎Clue: His nag came last in the Grand National! (4,6) ✅ Tues answer(116) Avril Lavigne 🎵 🤔Fact: Lavigne played ice hockey at high school and was named MVP twice! 🏒   🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🗣️ This will be last week of daily conundrums 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri 📺

submitted 20 days ago • 19 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 116🕰️ 🔎Clue: I won’t tell you, but it is complicated! (5,7) ✅ Mon answer(115) Roberto Carlos ⚽️ 🤔Fact: Carlos is the fourth most capped Brazilian player of all time 🇧🇷  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🗣️ This will be last week of daily conundrums 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri 📺

submitted 21 days ago • 16 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 115🕰️ 🔎Clue: 3 in white, but usually 6 in yellow (7,6) ✅ Fri answer(114) Samuel Beckett 🤔Fact: It’s believed that the name ‘Sam Beckett’ in Quantum Leap was a nod to the playwright. 🎭 📺  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🗣️ this will be last week of daily conundrums 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm 📺

submitted 22 days ago • 11 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 113🕰️ 🔎Clue: Surely everybody knows… 🤣 (3,6) ✅ Weds answer(112) Jarvis Cocker 🎵 🤔Fact: Not related to fellow Sheffield singer Joe Cocker, but he did occasionally babysit Jarvis as families knew each other 🏡  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 26 days ago • 18 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 112🕰️ 🔎Clue: If you can’t work this one out, soak your piece of paper! (6,6) ✅ Tues answer(111) Serena Williams 🎾 🤔Fact: I did this conundrum before and didn’t realise! 🤣  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 26 days ago • 17 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 111🕰️ 🔎Clue: What an absolute racket! (6,9) ✅ Fri answer(110) Stephen Merchant 🤔Fact: Stephen was a mobile DJ in his youth! 🎶  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 109🕰️ 🔎Clue: This conundrum will be big in Italy, perhaps (6,6) ✅ Tues answer(108) Eddie Murphy 🎥 🤔Fact: He was the first actor to receive $1,000,000 for his first film (48 Hours) 💰  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 33 days ago • 22 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 108🕰️ 🔎Clue: I’ll be totally delirious if you manage to get this right (5,6) ✅ Mon answer(107) Robbie Fowler ⚽️ 🤔Fact: Playing for schoolboy team Thorvald, he once scored 16 times in one match! 👏  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 34 days ago • 15 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 107🕰️ 🔎Clue: Thankfully, this sportsperson didn’t live up to their surname (6,6) ✅ Fri answer(106) Buster Merryfield 🙌 🤔Fact: Real name Harry, he was named Buster by his grandfather as he weighed nine pounds at birth 👶  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 35 days ago • 16 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 97🕰️ 🔎Clue: This conundrum’s two biggest parts begin with an M (5,7) ✅ Weds answer (96) Anita Baker 🤔Fact: Anita has a three octave range and has won eight Grammy Awards to date 🎤 🗣️ 😊  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri, Channel 4!

submitted 54 days ago • 16 comments

Eureka! It’s a new series of #Taskmaster! Your five volatile elements are Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin - plus, of course, a compound of Daviesium and Horneium. Thursday 1st May at 9pm on Channel 4. 🧪

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 74🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Kylesku, Glenfinnan, Forth (5,7) ✅ Mon answer(73) Marvin Gaye 🤔 Fact: At 17 years old, Marvin ran away from home to join the US Air Force.  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play… share 🤝 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 98 days ago • 31 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 71🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Do not get me wrong (8,5) ✅ Tues answer(70) Bradley Walsh 📺 🤔 Fact: Before presenting, Walsh was a professional footballer. ⚽️  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri, Channel 4

submitted 103 days ago • 32 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 65🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Need a hand? He did. (5,8) ✅ Mon answer(64) Drew Barrymore 🤔 Fact: The youngest person ever to host Saturday Night Live, in 1982, at 7 years old! 📺  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 112 days ago • 29 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 64🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Gibb, Manilow, White… invite them all! (4,9) ✅ Fri answer(63) Ginger Baker 🤔 Fact: He was voted the third greatest drummer of all time by readers of Rolling Stone. 🥁  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 113 days ago • 31 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 61🕰️ 🔎 Clue: When it comes to iconic action movies, he fits perfectly (5,6) ✅ Mon answer(60) Gary Lineker 🤔 Fact: In first season with Barcelona, he scored a hat-trick in a 3-2 win against arch rivals Real Madrid! 🙌  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 58🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎 Clue: Mork’s on the phone again (X,X) 🚨No numbers on Friday!👹 ✅ Thurs answer(57) Ross Noble 🤔 Fact: Nominated for Olivier Award for his role as Igor in Young Frankenstein in West End 🙌  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 123 days ago • 37 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 57🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Comedic Aristocracy (4,5) ✅ Weds answer(56) Jayne Torvill 🤔 Fact: Torvill And Dean spent first 18 secs of Bolero routine on their knees because the max time limit to actually skate was 4mins 10 secs! ⛸️ 🙌  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 124 days ago • 29 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 56🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Too easy! If you even ask for a clue then, I warn you, you are skating on thin ice! (5,7) ✅ Tues answer(55) Sandra Bullock 🤔 Fact: The Miss Congenitally star speaks fluent English + German, and loves dogs! 🐶❤️🙌  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 125 days ago • 29 comments

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submitted 138 days ago • 12 comments

Pensions Special! How to save, boost, protect & take your pension. Tue @itvMLshow 8pm. One of the most important shows I'll do, pls watch & spread word. How to start a pension, consolidation, how to get your money out & more. GOT QUESTIONS JUST REPLY HERE #MartinLewis

submitted 140 days ago • 23 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 39🕰️ Clue: I’d say that it’s another fine conundrum (4,6) Thurs answer(38) Michelle Obama Fact: Michelle Obama was nominated for two Grammy Awards… and won them both! 🙌😎 🚫Hints/spoilers in replies = block 👋 🗓️ Share if you enjoy☺️ 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 151 days ago • 32 comments

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submitted 159 days ago • 9 comments

🕰️Daily Conundrum 32🕰️ Clue: Another conundrum, right on cue (6,6) Tues answer (31) Otis Redding Fact: (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay was the first posthumous No1 on the Billboard Hot 100 🙌 🚫Any hints/spoilers in replies = automatic block 👋 🗓️ Share if you enjoy ☺️ 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

submitted 160 days ago • 30 comments

And… it’s back! 🙂 🕰️Daily Conundrum 30🕰️ 🚨 New series of Countdown starts today, 2.10pm, Channel 4! 📺 Clue: You’re half right (4,5) Last Xmas answer (29) Clark Griswold 🚫 Any hints / spoilers in replies equals automatic block. 👋 🗓️ New conundrum every morning, mon to fri! Share if you enjoy. ☺️

submitted 162 days ago • 24 comments

🚨 Countdown FINAL, series 90 today! 2.10pm! 📺 🕰️Daily Conundrum 24🕰️ Clue: Slim chance of getting this one (8,7) Thurs answer (23) Pam Ayres Fact: Pam has been on Desert Island Discs twice! That’s how much of a legend she is! 📻 🗓️ New conundrum 10ish, mon to fri! Share if you enjoy. NO spoilers!

submitted 179 days ago • 27 comments