c4countdown

Countdown recap for Wednesday 2 April 1997.

C1: Challenger (Now part-time Apteforumite) Nick Boldock.
C2: Champion Eve Whalen (1 win, 40 points.)
DC: Rob Scriven and Richard Digance.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: G N O S P A O C V
R02: R N R A I E L D B
R03: N S D A E T N R O
R04: 100, 3, 9, 4, 4, 5. Target: 257.
R05: L T F A E A X M T
R06: V O T T E Z R A W
R07: S M Y E E S C G I
R08: 25, 10, 6, 3, 4, 8. Target: 107.
R09: F E L T P R Y C E (conundrum)


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Round 1: G N O S P A O C V

C1: CAPONS (6)
C2: PANGS (5)
DC: CONGAS (6)
OT: GASCON (6) PONGOS (6)
Score: 6–0 (max 6)

Round 2: R N R A I E L D B

C1: braider
C2: BARREL (6)
DC: DRAINER (7) BLANDER (7)
OT: RIBALDER (8)
Score: 6–6 (max 14)

Round 3: N S D A E T N R O

C1: TANNERS (7)
C2: SANDER (6)
DC: RESONANT (8)
Score: 13–6 (max 22)

Round 4: 100, 3, 9, 4, 4, 5. Target: 257.

C1: -
C2: 259. (100 x 3) - ((4 x 9) + 5) (7)
CV: 257. ((100 - 9 - 4) x 3) - 4 (10)
Score: 13–13 (max 32)

Round 5: L T F A E A X M T

C1: EXALT (5)
C2: FLAT (4)
DC: FLATMATE (8)
Score: 18–13 (max 40)

Round 6: V O T T E Z R A W

C1: VOTER (5)
C2: OVER (4)
DC: OVERT (5) ROTATE (6)
Score: 23–13 (max 46)

Round 7: S M Y E E S C G I

C1: SEEMS (5)
C2: MESS (4)
OT: EMESIS (6) SIEGES (6)
Score: 28–13 (max 52)

Round 8: 25, 10, 6, 3, 4, 8. Target: 107.

C1: 107. (25 x 4) + 10 - 3 (10)
C2: 107. (25 x 4) + 10 - 6 + 3 (10)
Score: 38–23 (max 62)

Round 9: F E L T P R Y C E

C1 buzzes on 4.5 seconds to say PERFECTLY which is correct.
Score: 48–23 (max 72)

Statistics Corner

Nick:
Total score - 48
Raw score - 48
Total % of max - 67
Raw % of max - 67
Total average score per round - 5.3
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 3

Eve:
Total score - 23
Raw score - 46
Total % of max - 32
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 2.6
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 1

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=35

James,

Thanks for putting these up. Quite a trip down memory lane. I had even forgotten what the conundrums were. Interesting to look back and see I missed some absolute sitters. I think I would score much higher nowadays but hey ho, I had my day and the important thing was I at least won a match. I should have won the second one really as well but them's the breaks.

One thing I was wondering - how exactly did you source the data for these? I understood from CDOwn that they didn't keep historic records. Just wondering how you managed to transcribe all this in such detail!

Thanks again
Nick

Nick Boldock wrote:James,

Thanks for putting these up. Quite a trip down memory lane. I had even forgotten what the conundrums were. Interesting to look back and see I missed some absolute sitters. I think I would score much higher nowadays but hey ho, I had my day and the important thing was I at least won a match. I should have won the second one really as well but them's the breaks.

One thing I was wondering - how exactly did you source the data for these? I understood from CDOwn that they didn't keep historic records. Just wondering how you managed to transcribe all this in such detail!

Thanks again
Nick

Nick, I think you should thank Mike Brown for all the detail.

All I am is basically a translator.