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Tue 2005-07-05 18:38 |
My parents were curious and tuned in, and I happened to be in the same room at the same time.
It started with a partial sudoku grid (also published in a newspaper) which apparently didn't have a unique solution. They waffled for a while - largely explaining the game - and about the time of the first commercial break, they added a couple of numbers to make it unique. At that point the phone lines opened - everybody who phoned or texted in with the correct answer (made by taking the four corner digits from the completed grid in a particular order) was entered into a draw for a GBP 9,000 prize, and they called the winner live on air at 9:55pm. (Throughout the rest of the program, they ran some VT, hinted at playing tactics, revealed a few more digits from the grid and chatted with the people in the studio. There were nine teams in the studio from around the country, playing (I think) for a separate charity competition. While this was going on, I was attempting (unsuccessfully) to explain to my parents that sudoku was not a guessing game...) |
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