Thursday 17 October 1996 (Series 33 Group A Final)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Thursday 17 October 1996.

C1: Series 11 Champion John Clarke (11 wins, 734 points.)
C2: Series 25 & CoC VII Champion Don Reid (16 wins, 1042 points.)
DC: Susie Dent and Philip Franks.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T W T I E I D D V
R02: S D A C O S I T G
R03: N M S A O E G M L
R04: 100, 10, 5, 9, 7, 9. Target: 121.
R05: W E R I H C E B X
R06: L R N U O E Y B F
R07: H U D O V E N D T
R08: 25, 1, 5, 9, 2, 10. Target: 721.
R09: B I G P A I N T S (conundrum)


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Round 1: T W T I E I D D V

C1: DIVIDE (6)
C2: TIDIED (6)
DC: dittied
OT: WITTED (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)

Round 2: S D A C O S I T G

C1: DACOITS (7)
C2: DISCOS (6)
OT: SCOTIAS (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 13)

Round 3: N M S A O E G M L

C1: MANGLES (7)
C2: MANGLES (7)
OT: MAMELONS (8)
Score: 20–13 (max 21)

Round 4: 100, 10, 5, 9, 7, 9. Target: 121.

C1: 121. 7 + 9 + 5 + 100 (10)
C2: 121. 100 + 10 + 9 + 7 - 5 (10)
Score: 30–23 (max 31)

Round 5: W E R I H C E B X

C1: BREECH (6)
C2: CHEWIER (7)
Score: 30–30 (max 38)

Round 6: L R N U O E Y B F

C1: FOULER (6)
C2: ROUBLE (6)
DC: FLEURON (7)
Score: 36–36 (max 45)

Round 7: H U D O V E N D T

C1: HOUNDED (7)
C2: HOUNDED (7)
Score: 43–43 (max 52)

Round 8: 25, 1, 5, 9, 2, 10. Target: 721.

C1: 721. (((2 x 10) + 9) x 25) - (5 - 1) (10)
C2: 721. (((2 x 10) + 9) x 25) - (5 - 1) (10)
Score: 53–53 (max 62)

Round 9: B I G P A I N T S

No one buzzes. The answer was BAPTISING.
Score: 53–53 (max 72)

Tie-break conundrum: E R I G A T I O N

No one buzzes. The answer was ORIGINATE.
Score: 53–53 (max 72)

Second tie-break conundrum: T O O C H O P P Y

C1 buzzes on 4 seconds to say PHOTOCOPY which is correct.
Score: 63–53 (max 72)

Statistics Corner

John:
Total score - 53 (63)
Raw score - 59 (69)
Total % of max - 74 (88)
Raw % of max - 82 (96)
Total average score per round - 5.9 (5.7)
Raw average score per round - 6.6 (6.3)
Number of maxes - 5 (6)

Don:
Total score - 53 (53)
Raw score - 59 (59)
Total % of max - 74 (74)
Raw % of max - 82 (82)
Total average score per round - 5.9 (4.8)
Raw average score per round - 6.6 (5.4)
Number of maxes - 5 (5)

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=33

[Joseph Krol]

Is there a list anywhere of all games with 3+ conundrums? This can be confusing at times as they are not always shown but presumably Damian has been keeping a list of all games and what the conundrums were?