Countdown recap for Thursday 14 January 2010.
C1: Champion Oliver Garner (2 wins, 189 points.) Our very own Apteforumite from New Malden, Surrey. His ambition was to win 1 or 2 games of Countdown. AMBITION ACCOMPLISHED
He also won a 12 and under national Sudoku championship a couple of years ago.C2: Challenger Andy Hewitt. From Colchester, Essex. He works as a forklift truck driver for a "well-known Scottish soup company". (Is there one
) He's married and has 2 children. He is the drummer in a rock band called Morphius, who like our very own Alec Rivers, have done a cover of the Countdown theme tune.DC: Susie Dent and Brian Capron.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: M W S A I T A E P
R02: N P D R O I E M G
R03: A O E T B R F N E
R04: K S X R O U A I S
R05: 75, 4, 7, 1, 5, 3. Target: 232.
TTT: CANCLERK - "James is connected to this brittle sweet"
R06: T L Y V E A E D S
R07: T C I E U T P Z E
R08: D R F S I A O E C
R09: H N P R U E O N L
R10: 75, 25, 50, 100, 2, 3. Target: 202.
TTT: RICHAREA - "It's a rich area, because women spend £28,000 on it during their lifetime"
R11: A G J R I A N G T
R12: D N L C E E O B L
R13: L R S U A E D I N
R14: 1, 1, 10, 7, 2, 9. Target: 211.
R15: F A B T R E E E E (conundrum)
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Round 1: M W S A I T A E P
C1: WIPES (5)
C2: TAPES (5)
DC: PASTIME (7)
Score: 5–5 (max 7)
Round 2: N P D R O I E M G
C1: DEMOING (7)
C2: RINGED (6)
DC: PRONGED (7) IGNORED (7)
OT: ERODING (7) GROINED (7) REDOING (7) MINORED (7) PERMING (7) PIROGEN (7) PONGIER (7) PODGIER (7) ROMPING (7)
Score: 12–5 (max 14)
Oliver pulls ahead after finding one a range of 7's.
Round 3: A O E T B R F N E
C1: BARONET (7)
C2: BOATER (6)
OT: OFTENER (7)
Score: 19–5 (max 21)
Round 4: K S X R O U A I S
C1: SOURS (5)
C2: RISKS (5)
DC: OASIS (5) RUSKS (5)
OT: KAIROS (6) KAROSS (6) KAURIS (6) KIASUS (6)
Score: 24–10 (max 27)
A KAROSS is a cloak or rug of animal skins used in southern Africa.
Round 5: 75, 4, 7, 1, 5, 3. Target: 232.
C1: 232. (75 x 3) + 7 (10)
C2: 232. (75 x 3) + 7 (10)
Score: 34–20 (max 37)
Brian tells of the time when he was in a theatre production as.... "The Naked Man".
Teatime teaser: CANCLERK -> CRACKNEL
Round 6: T L Y V E A E D S
C1: DELATES (7)
C2: DELATES (7)
DC: SEDATELY (8)
Score: 41–27 (max 45)
Round 7: T C I E U T P Z E
C1: ZETETIC (7)
C2: PETITE (6)
DC: PUTTEE (6)
Score: 48–27 (max 52)
One of the most amazing darrens I've ever seen sees Oliver's margin increase to one above a score.
Round 8: D R F S I A O E C
C1: ROADIES (7)
C2: CARDIES (7)
DC: IDOCRASE (8)
Score: 55–34 (max 60)
Round 9: H N P R U E O N L
C1: PLEURON (7)
C2: PRUNE (5)
OT: NEPHRON (7)
Score: 62–34 (max 67)
Apterous' big loser makes an appearance, unfortunately like always resulting in a no-score.
A NEPHRON is the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney.
Susie's Origin Of Words tells of the origin of the word "pound", as well as the pound sign, £.
Round 10: 75, 25, 50, 100, 2, 3. Target: 202.
C1: 202. (75 x 3) - 25 + 2 (10)
C2: 202. (2 x 100) + (50 / 25) (10)
Score: 72–44 (max 77)
Andy's attempt to wobble the boat fails as his 4 large proves just too easy.
Teatime teaser: RICHAREA -> HAIRCARE
Round 11: A G J R I A N G T
C1: GRATING (7)
C2: GRATING (7)
OT: GRANITA (7)
Score: 79–51 (max 84)
A GRANITA is an Italian frozen flavoured ice.
Round 12: D N L C E E O B L
C1: BLONDE (6)
C2: CLONED (6)
OT: COLLEEN (7)
Score: 85–57 (max 91)
A COLLEEN is an Irish girl. Odd, I thought Wayne Rooney's wife was English
Round 13: L R S U A E D I N
C1: LAUNDRIES (18)
C2: undersail
DC: RESIDUAL (8)
Score: 103–57 (max 109)
Oliver seals the game as his impressive 9 trumps Andy's false 9.
Round 14: 1, 1, 10, 7, 2, 9. Target: 211.
C1: 211. (7 x 10 x (2 + 1)) + 1 (10)
C2: 211. (7 x 10 x (2 + 1)) + 1 (10)
Score: 113–67 (max 119)
A 3rd easy numbers game with a 200-ish target give Oliver the highest score of the series, beating the record set by him yesterday, which previously beat the record set by him the day before.
Round 15: F A B T R E E E E
C1 buzzes on 28.5 seconds to say nothing.
C2 buzzes on 29.5 seconds to say "I just want to press the buzzer!".
The answer was BEEFEATER.
Score: 113–67 (max 129)
After Oliver's mind goes blank, Andy hits the buzzer for the sake of it, and why not. He's enjoyed his day, but not as much as Oliver who reaches his 3rd win.
Another fantastic performance by Oliver, but after getting Tuesday's conundrum in 0.1 seconds, these 2 blank conundrums maybe of some concern, but if he continues his good form, he'll surely improve his conundrum record.
That's me done for the week, until next Wednesday, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Oliver:
Total score - 113
Raw score - 113
Total % of max - 88
Raw % of max - 88
Total average score per round - 7.5
Raw average score per round - 7.5
Number of maxes - 9
Andy:
Total score - 67
Raw score - 91
Total % of max - 52
Raw % of max - 71
Total average score per round - 4.5
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 4
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62
