Colin Murray
@colinmurray1.bsky.social
👋 I present Countdown(Channel 4)🕰️ + radio(5live)📻 Insta:mrcolinmurray ‘It’s only love, with a little bit of rain.’ Nick Cave, 2021
And the last answer is… Fred Flintstone! 🙌 Thanks for playing along! ❤️
Colin Murray@colinmurray1.bsky.social · last yr.🕰️Daily Conundrum 119🕰️ 👹 Fearsome Friday 👹 🔎Clue: A page of history (⛔️) ✅ Thurs answer(118) Carrie Fisher 🎭 🤔Fact: Carrie was not a fan of Princess Leia’s hair. She described it as a ‘hair don’t’ ⭐ 🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🗣️Last daily conundrum for now - thanks for playing 🙌 Countdown, Mon-Fri📺
🕰️Daily Conundrum 119🕰️ 👹 Fearsome Friday 👹 🔎Clue: A page of history (⛔️) ✅ Thurs answer(118) Carrie Fisher 🎭 🤔Fact: Carrie was not a fan of Princess Leia’s hair. She described it as a ‘hair don’t’ ⭐ 🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🗣️Last daily conundrum for now - thanks for playing 🙌 Countdown, Mon-Fri📺
🕰️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📺
🕰️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 📺
🕰️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 📺
🕰️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 📺
🕰️Daily Conundrum 114🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎Clue: Not a big leap from a certain TV character to this person (⛔️) ✅ Thurs answer(113) Ted Danson 🤔Fact: Ted’s middle name is Bridge 🌉 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️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!
🕰️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!
🕰️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!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 110🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎Clue: On paper, this person certainly knows how to sell a gag (⛔️) ✅ Weds answer(109) Ariana Grande 🎵 🤔Fact: Ariana has ten rescue dogs! ❤️ 🐕 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️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!
🕰️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!
🕰️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!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 106🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎Clue: TV relation (⛔️) (So hard to find a clue that doesn’t give it away!) ✅ Thurs answer(105) Roger Daltrey 🤔Fact: Before becoming a member of The Who he was a sheet-metal worker 🔨 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 105🕰️ 🗓️ Will be posting late afternoon this week. 🔎Clue: Who?!?!?! (5,7) ✅ Tues answer(104) Tessa Sanderson 🤔Fact: Tessa won Javelin gold at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, with a throw of 69.56 🥇 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 104🕰️ 🗓️ Will be posting late afternoon this week. 🔎Clue: 69.56 🇺🇸 (5,9) ✅ Mon answer(103) Amelia Clarke 📺 🎥 🤔Fact: Amelia, in honour of Daenerys Targaryen, has three dragons tattooed on her wrist! 🐉 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 103🕰️ 🗓️ Will be posting late afternoon this week. 🔎Clue: Don’t let the process of working out this superstar ‘drag on’ (6,6) ✅ Fri answer(102) Peter Capaldi 📺 🎥 🤔Fact: Peter’s parents ran an ice cream business in Glasgow🍦 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
📣📣📣 Come join @colinmurray1.bsky.social and guests for some Sunday sportish conversation. 🎱 John Virgo 🏉 Sam Burgess ⚽️🎶📕 visits Peterborough United with Pat Nevin ⚽️ brunch with Gemma Fay & Frank Sinclair ⚽️ #EFL chat with Flo Lloyd-Hughes LIVE 10am-12 @bbc5live.bsky.social
🕰️Daily Conundrum 102🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎Clue: The twelfth man (⛔️) ✅ Thurs answer(101) Thom Yorke 🎶 🤔Fact: In 2023, an extinct stingray species was named after the Radiohead musician… dasyomyliobatis thomyorkei. 🌊 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 101🕰️ 🔎Clue: He’s one, and if you listen to me on BBC5Live on Sunday mornings, so are you! (4,5) ✅ Tuesday answer(100) Mary Shelley 🧟♂️ 🤔Fact: Mary’s mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft📕 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 100🕰️ 🔎Clue: An absolute monster of a conundrum (4,7) ✅ Monday answer(99) Steve Redgrave 🚣 🤔Fact: The only man to have won gold medals at five Olympic Games in an endurance sport. 🥇 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 99🕰️ Late today! Busy one! 🔎Clue: You should be able to get this sportsperson at a stroke (5,8) ✅ Fri answer(98) John Logie Baird 🤔Fact: Baird was the only deceased subject of the TV show This Is Your Life 📺 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 98🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎Clue: Without him, Dorothy stepping into Munchkin Land would not have been so special!(⛔️) ✅ Thurs answer(97) Julie Andrews 🎭 🤔Fact: Julie also did the bird whistling in A Spoonful Of Sugar song! 🐦 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
🕰️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!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 96🕰️ 🔎Clue: She has given rise to many great soul and jazz albums (5,5) ✅ Tues answer (95) James Milner 🤔Fact: James completed the domestic set of league, FA Cup and League Cup with both Liverpool and Man City. 🏆 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 95🕰️ 🔎Clue: With this surname, I’ll (almost) eat my hat if you don’t get it right! (5,6) ✅ Fri answer(94) Clint Eastwood 🤠 🤔Fact: Eastwood was mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1986-88 🇺🇸 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri, Channel 4!
📣📣📣 Sunday morning with @colinmurray1.bsky.social is coming in 🔥 🎱 Jimmy White 🥊 Viddal Riley ⚽️🎶📕 visits Gilligham FC with Pat Nevin ⚽️ brunch with Helen Ward & Frank Sinclair ⚽️ #EFL chat with @alimaxwell.bsky.social LIVE 10am-12 on @bbc5live.bsky.social
🕰️Daily Conundrum 94🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎Clue: This man requires one particular type of direction (No numbers) ✅ Thurs answer(93)Emma Bunton 🤔Fact: Baby Spice has a blue belt in karate! 🥋 🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri, Channel 4!
🕰️Daily Conundrum 93🕰️ 🔎Clue: This music related answer is child’s play! (4,6) ✅ Weds answer(92) Kelsey Grammer 📺 🤔Fact: Grammer is a huge Star Trek fan! He even guest starred on an episode of The Next Generation🪐 🚫Hints/spoilers=block ‼️If you enjoy, share🤝 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!
