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Old 16-10-2012, 19:18
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Okay, I was bored, so I thought I'd come up with an Apprentice-themed puzzle for people to enjoy... if anyone looks at this after the event, try to work it out before looking at people's responses!

All of the following candidates have something in common with each other. It's something that relates to their time on the show, and everyone who has it is listed. What links them all? (I've listed them in order of how long they were in the series, but the order doesn't matter.)

Series 1:
Saira Khan
Rachel Groves
Lindsay Bogaard
Adenike Ogundoyin

Series 2:
Ben Stanberry

Series 3:
Kristina Grimes
Ghazal Asif
Gerri Blackwood
Andy Jackson

Series 4:
Jenny Celerier
Shazia Wahab

Series 5:
Howard Ebison
Majid Nagra
Rocky Andrews

Junior Apprentice, Series 1:
Kirsty Cleaver
Hibah Ansary

Series 6:
Raleigh Addington
Dan Harris

Series 7:
Edna Agbarha

Young Apprentice, Series 2:
Ben Fowler
Mahamed Awale

Series 8:
Jade Nash
Maria O'Connor
Bilyana Apostolova

I'm interested to see how easy or difficult people find this... to me it seems really obvious, but these things always seem obvious once you know them.

Have fun!
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Old 16-10-2012, 20:34
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I think I got it, but it took me while and I consider myself an Apprentice nerd!

Is it?:

Spoiler


Spoiler


How about this one:

Series 7

Jim Eastwood

Young Apprentice

Harry Maxwell
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Old 16-10-2012, 21:28
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Is it?:

Spoiler


Spoiler


How about this one:

Series 7

Jim Eastwood

Young Apprentice

Harry Maxwell
Yes! That's right! Everyone else, try to work it out, before you peek!

The answer to yours is:

Spoiler


I had worked out that those were the only two before though, so I didn't have to think about it.
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Old 14-11-2012, 15:45
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Okay, here's another one. The last one worked quite well, so I came up with a different one.

What do the following three candidates all have in common?

Tim Campbell
Claire Young
Zoe Beresford

Also, from the three there is one who stands out more than the other two. Who is it, and why?
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Old 14-11-2012, 18:36
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Okay, here's another one. The last one worked quite well, so I came up with a different one.

What do the following three candidates all have in common?

Tim Campbell
Claire Young
Zoe Beresford

Also, from the three there is one who stands out more than the other two. Who is it, and why?
Again took me longer than it should have done, but is it:

Spoiler


Spoiler


Spoiler


Spoiler


I think that's it!

How about this one (easy one!):

Series 1

Saira Khan

Series 2

Syed Ahmed

Series 3

Adam Hosker

Series 5

James McQuillan

Series 7

Jim Eastwood
Zoe Beresford

Series 8

Ricky Martin
Adam Corbally

Young Apprentice

Harry Hitchens

And another easy one

Series 1

James Max

Series 2

Syed Ahmed

Series 5

Yasmina Siadatan

Series 7

Helen Milligan
Zoe Beresford

Series 8

Ricky Martin
Tom Gearing
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Old 14-11-2012, 19:30
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I'm not that much of a devotee to have got any of those answers: I enjoy it while it's on but don't make any effort to retain any more detail than the candidates themselves, my personal favourites/least favorite and the winner.
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Old 14-11-2012, 22:21
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Without looking anything up, did your first set, TXF, all lose twice as project manager?

Jim and Zoe Beresford tipped me off, then Ricky, then Harry Hitchens...
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Old 14-11-2012, 22:26
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Without looking anything up, did your first set, TXF, all lose twice as project manager?

Jim and Zoe Beresford tipped me off, then Ricky, then Harry Hitchens...
Haha, yes that's correct. Well done!
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Old 14-11-2012, 22:39
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Your second set:

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There is still a bit on mine that you missed out. You were right about what all links them, but there is one person out of the three who is more significant than the others, for a particular reason connected with the thing that links them. Who is it, and why?
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Old 14-11-2012, 23:02
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Your second set:

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There is still a bit on mine that you missed out. You were right about what all links them, but there is one person out of the three who is more significant than the others, for a particular reason connected with the thing that links them. Who is it, and why?
EDIT: Wait, hold up.

EDIT: Nope! Lost it. Argggh!
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Old 14-11-2012, 23:29
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EDIT: Wait, hold up.

EDIT: Nope! Lost it. Argggh!
Sorry?
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Old 15-11-2012, 01:30
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There is still a bit on mine that you missed out. You were right about what all links them, but there is one person out of the three who is more significant than the others, for a particular reason connected with the thing that links them. Who is it, and why?
Spoiler


EDIT:

Spoiler
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Old 15-11-2012, 10:42
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Spoiler


EDIT:

Spoiler
Your first idea was right! I just thought that was intriguing, there has never been another team who has gone for that.
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Old 15-11-2012, 15:12
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Okay, here's one that is a bit more cryptic:

Series 1:
Lindsay Bogaard
Miriam Staley
Tim Campbell

Series 2:
Ben Stanberry
Nargis Ara

Series 3:
Andy Jackson
Ifti Chaudhri
Rory Laing
Paul Callaghan
Ghazal Asif
Katie Hopkins
Kristina Grimes

Series 4:
Ian Stringer
Simon Smith
Kevin Shaw
Claire Young

Series 5:
Rocky Andrews
Paula Jones
Kimberly Davis
Howard Ebison
Yasmina Siadatan

Junior Apprentice, Series 1:
Jordan De Courcy
Rhys Rosser

Series 6:
Dan Harris
Shibby Robati
Paloma Vivanco
Alex Epstein
Sandeesh Samra

Series 7:
Edward Hunter
Gavin Winstanley
Felicity Jackson
Ellie Reed
Vincent Disneur
Helen Milligan

Young Apprentice, Series 2:
Hannah Richards

Series 8:
Nick Holzherr

Young Apprentice, Series 3:
Sean Spooner (could be more, but currently too early to say)
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Old 15-11-2012, 17:12
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Difficult one :/

Is the order they are written important?
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Old 15-11-2012, 17:25
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Difficult one :/

Is the order they are written important?
Not really... I wrote them in order of when they got fired, but it doesn't really matter.
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Old 15-11-2012, 19:01
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The only thing I can find right now, is I believe, aside from the ones who reached interviews, they all seem to have been fired on tasks they project managed. Certainly the series four ones, the Young Apprentice ones, the series six ones, the series five ones, the series two ones... but Ellie Reed wasn't, she never PMed.

And it doesn't explain Yasmina, Tim, Nick, et al. Hm. Am I on the right track?
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Old 15-11-2012, 19:20
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The only thing I can find right now, is I believe, aside from the ones who reached interviews, they all seem to have been fired on tasks they project managed. Certainly the series four ones, the Young Apprentice ones, the series six ones, the series five ones, the series two ones... but Ellie Reed wasn't, she never PMed.

And it doesn't explain Yasmina, Tim, Nick, et al. Hm. Am I on the right track?
You are on the right track... you don't quite have it yet, but you're almost there...
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Old 15-11-2012, 19:49
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The only thing I can find right now, is I believe, aside from the ones who reached interviews, they all seem to have been fired on tasks they project managed. Certainly the series four ones, the Young Apprentice ones, the series six ones, the series five ones, the series two ones... but Ellie Reed wasn't, she never PMed.

And it doesn't explain Yasmina, Tim, Nick, et al. Hm. Am I on the right track?
I did notice this, but couldn't find the connection between this, Ellie & Ifti and those who reached interviews.

Don't understand why some of them were missed out e.g Alexa Tilley, Zoe Beresford etc.
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Old 15-11-2012, 19:59
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I did notice this, but couldn't find the connection between this, Ellie & Ifti and those who reached interviews.

Don't understand why some of them were missed out e.g Alexa Tilley, Zoe Beresford etc.
Keep thinking along those lines, you're close...
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Old 15-11-2012, 21:25
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I did notice this, but couldn't find the connection between this, Ellie & Ifti and those who reached interviews.
Ellie and Ifti were both fired with project managers.

Still not got it, just... narrowing it down! Stephen Brady and Gabrielle Omar not included, though.
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Old 15-11-2012, 21:44
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Still not got it, just... narrowing it down! Stephen Brady and Gabrielle Omar not included, though.
Neither are Jenny C and Jenny M.
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Old 16-11-2012, 00:40
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If it helps, Amy is not on the list.
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Old 16-11-2012, 03:04
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If it helps, Amy is not on the list.
Would Steven have been on the list had he been fired?
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Old 16-11-2012, 09:17
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Would Steven have been on the list had he been fired?
Steven would have been. David or Patrick would not have been, and will not be, regardless of what happens next in the series. Steven will not be either.
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