Monday 2nd December 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 110)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 2 December 2019.

C1: Champion Jamie Wing (6 wins, 681 (691) points.) A 6th Form student from Godalming, Surrey.
C2: Challenger Joseph Bennett. A copyrighter and freelancer from London. He has been a matchmaker on dating websites using game theory.
DC: Susie Dent and Hannah Fry.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: D R K U E N S I A
R02: O I H T R A E G U
R03: 100, 5, 10, 8, 9, 10. Target: 373.
TTT: BILLNIGEL - "Bill and Nigel got into an online argument and ended up doing this to each other."
R04: I O T C M A E V I
R05: N D T O A U C W I
R06: 100, 8, 9, 2, 8, 1. Target: 779.
R07: D R E O T M A E Q
R08: I O P S C S U O N
R09: 100, 6, 1, 8, 2, 10. Target: 903.
TTT: PESTAMOUR - "I've got no love for this pest at all, in fact, I'm buying one of these."
R10: C N E A I G S O R
R11: P W I U N R M E A
R12: T I G P A E R N A
R13: M T F E A E D D A
R14: 100, 50, 10, 8, 8, 6. Target: 500.
R15: C L O T H B R O W (conundrum)


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Round 1: D R K U E N S I A

Jamie: DENARIUS (8)
Joseph: SARDINE (7)
DC: DARKENS (7) SNARKED (7) UNRAISED (8)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)

Round 2: O I H T R A E G U

Jamie: goutier
Joseph: GOITRE (6)
DC: OUTRAGE (7) THIOUREA (8)
Score: 8–6 (max 16)

Round 3: 100, 5, 10, 8, 9, 10. Target: 373.

Jamie: 370. ((9 - 5) x (100 - 10)) + 10 (7)
Joseph: 371. Mistake in working.
RR: 373. ((8 - 5) x (100 - 9)) + (10 x 10) (10)
Score: 15–6 (max 26)

Teatime teaser: BILLNIGEL -> LIBELLING

Round 4: I O T C M A E V I

Jamie: viciate
Joseph: MOTIVE (6)
DC: ACTIVE (6) VICOMTE (7)
OT: MEIOTIC (7) MOTIVIC (7)
Score: 15–12 (max 33)

Round 5: N D T O A U C W I

Jamie: AUTOWIND (8)
Joseph: CAUTION (7)
DC: OUTWIND (7) DOWNCUT (7)
Score: 23–12 (max 41)

Round 6: 100, 8, 9, 2, 8, 1. Target: 779.

Jamie: 780. (100 x 8) - (9 + 8 + 2 + 1) (7)
Joseph: 774.
RR: 779. ((100 + 9) x (8 - 1)) + (8 x 2) (10)
Score: 30–12 (max 51)

Hannah talks about the old ways in which the weather used to be predicted.

Round 7: D R E O T M A E Q

Jamie: METEOR (6)
Joseph: EMOTED (6)
DC: MODERATE (8)
Score: 36–18 (max 59)

Round 8: I O P S C S U O N

Jamie: COPIOUS (7)
Joseph: COUSINS (7)
DC: poisson POISONS (7) SPOONS (6)
OT: POCOSINS (8) SOUPCONS (8)
Score: 43–25 (max 67)

Round 9: 100, 6, 1, 8, 2, 10. Target: 903.

Jamie: 903. ((8 + 1) x 100) + (6 / 2) (10)
Joseph: 904.
Score: 53–25 (max 77)

Teatime teaser: PESTAMOUR -> MOUSETRAP

Round 10: C N E A I G S O R

Jamie: ORGANISE (8)
Joseph: nearings
DC: SCENARIO (8) CREASING (8) ORGIES (6)
OT: AGONISER (8) COINAGES (8) ORGANICS (8) ORGANIES (8) RECASING (8) ROGAINES (8)
Score: 61–25 (max 85)

Round 11: P W I U N R M E A

Jamie: WIREMAN (7)
Joseph: PUNIER (6)
DC: UNPRIME (7)
Score: 68–25 (max 92)

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of some bingo terms.

Round 12: T I G P A E R N A

Jamie: AERATING (8)
Joseph: retaping
DC: PAGEANT (7) PAGINATE (8)
OT: TAPERING (8)
Score: 76–25 (max 100)

Round 13: M T F E A E D D A

Jamie: DEFAMED (7)
Joseph: DEFAMATED (18)
Score: 76–43 (max 118)

Round 14: 100, 50, 10, 8, 8, 6. Target: 500.

Jamie: 500. (50 / 10) x 100 (10)
Joseph: 500. (50 / 10) x 100 (10)
Score: 86–53 (max 128)

Round 15: C L O T H B R O W

Jamie buzzes on 8.75 seconds to say BLOWTORCH which is correct.
Final Score: 96–53 (max 138)

Statistics Corner

Jamie:
Total score - 96
Raw score - 103
Total % of max - 70
Raw % of max - 75
Total average score per round - 6.4
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 8

Joseph:
Total score - 53
Raw score - 87
Total % of max - 38
Raw % of max - 63
Total average score per round - 3.5
Raw average score per round - 5.8
Number of maxes - 2

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=81