Countdown recap for Wednesday 3 March 2010.
C1: Champion Raheel Mirza (3 wins, 251 points.) From Nottingham. He enjoys hosting dinner parties and has recently started to grow his own vegetables in his garden, with limited success so far.
C2: Challenger Colin Davis. From Woodchurch, Kent. As well as being a marketing consultant, he's also a volunteer reader and director of the Talking Newspaper Association, which makes CD's for the visually impaired of extracts of books. His ambitions are to hire a box at the Royal Albert Hall for the last night of the Proms and to fly in the Lancaster bomber The City of Lincoln.
DC: Susie Dent and Nicholas Owen.
RR: Rachel Riley, the queen of World Maths Day, of which it is today.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: D S H F E O E L I
R02: R J V S E U P A S
R03: N R T M O E A D E
R04: C I N G O E T N S
R05: 100, 8, 5, 7, 8, 10. Target: 773.
TTT: RANFIGHT - "A small coin that's not quite a penny"
R06: P H I A N B R S U
R07: G L T M A I E O S
R08: M L R E A I V T R
R09: S M C R O I A E L
R10: 50, 75, 3, 8, 2, 6. Target: 237.
TTT: HOGMANAY - "It's not a 5 iron or a putter, it's 1 wood"
R11: D R P C E I E T N
R12: Y D R S A O U T W
R13: G T X I E T N K O
R14: 50, 2, 10, 6, 4, 10. Target: 826.
R15: G R E E N S O D S (conundrum)
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Round 1: D S H F E O E L I
C1: FOILED (6)
C2: FLESHED (7)
DC: DEFILES (7)
OT: DEFLESH (7) SHELFED (7) OILSEED (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)
Raheel gets FOILED as he falls behind immediately.
OILSEED is any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
Round 2: R J V S E U P A S
C1: PAVERS (6)
C2: japers
DC: JASPERS (7)
Score: 6–7 (max 14)
Unfortunately, Colin lets Raheel back in after the dodgy 6.
Round 3: N R T M O E A D E
C1: MODERATE (8)
C2: DREAM (5)
DC: MENTORED (8)
OT: NEMATODE (8)
Score: 14–7 (max 22)
Raheel has clearly been MENTORED there, although everyone wormed away from NEMATODE.
Round 4: C I N G O E T N S
C1: COSTING (7)
C2: COSTING (7)
DC: CONSIGN (7) SECTION (7) NOTICES (7)
OT: SCENTING (8)
Score: 21–14 (max 30)
A wide range of 7's but the smell of SCENTING eludes everyone.
Round 5: 100, 8, 5, 7, 8, 10. Target: 773.
C1: 775. ((100 - 5) x 8) + 8 + 7 (7)
C2: 770.
JS: 773. (100 x 8) - (7 x 5) + 8 (10)
Score: 28–14 (max 40)
Raheel pulls away further, but Jeff gets the glory with 10 points to himself.
Nicholas tells about a trial with a 4' 10" jockey involved in corruption.
Teatime teaser: RANFIGHT -> FARTHING
Round 6: P H I A N B R S U
C1: BRAINS (6)
C2: BAIRNS (6)
DC: BURNISH (7) RUPIAHS (7)
OT: BANSURI (7) UNSHARP (7)
Score: 34–20 (max 47)
A BANSURI is a bamboo flute.
Round 7: G L T M A I E O S
C1: GLOATS (6)
C2: GLOATS (6)
DC: LOAMIEST (8)
Score: 40–26 (max 55)
Round 8: M L R E A I V T R
C1: MALTIER (7)
C2: MERIT (5)
OT: RETIRAL (7) RETRIAL (7) TRAILER (7)
Score: 47–26 (max 62)
As Colin himself says, he's going backwards there with his 5.
Round 9: S M C R O I A E L
C1: morales
C2: CLAIMERS (8)
OT: CALORIES (8) CARIOLES (8) CAMISOLE (8) MIRACLES (8) RECLAIMS (8) MORALISE (8)
Score: 47–34 (max 70)
But, not for long, as Raheel's dodgy 7 is just that, as Colin gets one of the variety of 8's available.
A CARIOLE is a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
Susie's Origin Of Words tells of the origins of "Pop Goes the Weasel".
Round 10: 50, 75, 3, 8, 2, 6. Target: 237.
C1: 237. (75 x 3) + (6 x 2) (10)
C2: 235.
Score: 57–34 (max 80)
Oh dear. After Colin begs Rachel to be nice by giving her the choice of numbers, she decides to go 2 large, which gives Raheel 10 and Colin nothing.
Teatime teaser: HOGMANAY -> MAHOGANY
Round 11: D R P C E I E T N
C1: DEPICTER (8)
C2: PREDICT (7)
OT: PRENTICED (18)
Score: 65–34 (max 98)
I don't know if Colin PREDICTed that one, but Raheel gets 8, but the 9 eludes everyone.
Round 12: Y D R S A O U T W
C1: OUTWARDS (8)
C2: WORDS (5)
OT: OUTDRAWS (8)
Score: 73–34 (max 106)
Raheel takes the game with another brilliant 8.
Round 13: G T X I E T N K O
C1: TEXTING (7)
C2: TEXTING (7)
Score: 80–41 (max 113)
Round 14: 50, 2, 10, 6, 4, 10. Target: 826.
C1: 820. ((50 x 4) x (6 - 2)) + 10 + 10 (5)
C2: -
RR: 826. ((50 + 2) x (10 + 6)) - 10 + 4 (10)
Score: 85–41 (max 123)
A tricky numbers there for the contestants, but Raheel gets 5 points.
Round 15: G R E E N S O D S
No one buzzes. The answer was ENGROSSED.
Score: 85–41 (max 133)
A tricky conundrum there, but Raheel has reached his 4th win. How far can he go
Colin definitely was one of the most entertaining contestants we've had for a while and you could tell he had an enjoyable time on the show.
So I'll see you all later for today's recap.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Raheel:
Total score - 85
Raw score - 91
Total % of max - 64
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 5.7
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 5
Colin:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 77
Total % of max - 31
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 2.7
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 3
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62
Makes me cringe!