Knowledge (XXG)

Graham Nash (quiz contestant)

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The answer being Justify as the other 4 end with the first few letters of a month of the year. Graham tried to argue that his answer of Concoct because "all have 2 vowels but concoct is the only one where they are the same" should be accepted. There was a heated debate between him and the adjudicator
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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
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It was a close and nervous final, as both players had numerous words disallowed. The points were level until Graham got 901 correctly on the numbers game and Matthew only got 900. This ten-point lead remained until the last round, where Matthew could tie the game on the conundrum. But it was Graham
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Graham's first round match was against Laura Richardson. Laura had a slender lead going into the general knowledge round, but panicked and gave away a massive 50 seconds, giving Graham a 68-second advantage going into the final round. Laura performed badly in the last round, and Graham won by a
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matched each other round for round, including the nine letter word ORGANISED / GRANDIOSE. Graham held a one-point lead going into the final round, and it was he who spotted the crucial conundrum to win the match 120 - 109. This tied the highest scoring match in history (229 total points)
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came close to beating him, but when Graham offered CLEARINGS and Tom offered RESCALING, Tom's word was ruled invalid which gave Graham an extra 18 points. Indeed, Graham went on to win by 21 points, setting up a final with Series 47 unbeaten champion Chris Wills.
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could solve it and win by four points. OVERSPADE was revealed and the full 30 seconds ticked away - neither contestant could solve it. As the clock ran out, Graham raised his arms and shouted with joy. He had just won Champion Of Champions 11, 15 wins out of 15.
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Graham made his debut on Countdown on 20 July 2000 and won the maximum eight consecutive heat games making him the number one seed. However his points total was beaten by David Williams and he was knocked down to second seed.
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and former Football Italia presenter James Richardson. The show pitted sixteen of the UK's biggest game show winners against each other in order to find the greatest quiz player in the United Kingdom.
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in the quarter-final. Dee had a 60.5 second lead going into the deciding round, and beat Graham by a firm 75.7 seconds. The eventual winner was Series 8 Countdown Champion and
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On 21 May 2022, Graham appeared on an episode of The 1% Club. With three players remaining he was asked which was the odd one out of the following words:-
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but Graham eventually backed down. This incorrect answer eliminated him and Graham was visibly angry for the rest of the show. He left with no prize.
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However Williams fell in the semi-final, while Nash won his match against Clare Wright. This set up a final between Graham and Matthew Turner.
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Graham's match against David Ballheimer was a comfortable enough win for him, although his second round match was anything but.
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Graham returned three years later for the C of C. He was one of several unbeaten players, including Ben Wilson,
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who spotted RENEWABLE in six seconds and became the Series 43 Countdown champion.
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Index

Graham Nash (Countdown)
Countdown
Grand Slam
Countdown
Grand Slam
Chris Wills
Julian Fell
Julian Fell
Tom Hargreaves
Grand Slam
Carol Vorderman
Scrabble
Clive Spate
an Interview with Graham
The Series 43 Countdown final
The 11th Champion Of Champions final
A review of Graham's performance on GrandSlam
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Countdown
Champions
Joyce Cansfield
Mark Nyman
Darryl Francis
Graham Nash
Chris Wills
Julian Fell
Stewart Holden
Conor Travers

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