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Enjoy. Countdown recap for Thursday 20 January 2011.
C1: Champion Adam Gillard (6 wins, 676 points.) An Apteforumite from Stanmore, North-West London. His hobbies include snooker, Tottenham Hotspur and running. He ran the Nike Grid, an urban game involving running inbetween phone boxes in a certain postcode area.
Adam actually got 2 speed records during this event.C2: Challenger Adam Manning. (As there are 2 Adams today, this Adam was referred to by his nickname, "Tibbs", which is how I'll refer to him too.) He is a student at Southampton University, but is from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. His favourite place on Earth is Malaga, and spent 9 months there as part of his university degree, mainly because he is learning Spanish and Italian.
DC: Susie Dent and Jonathan Maitland.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: H E D U Y I D W N
R02: E L S R I E S P A
R03: F E T A D E T D U
R04: A L N R O I O W K
R05: 50, 9, 5, 2, 7, 8. Target: 595.
TTT: WETBEARD - "You'll have more than a wet beard if this pops!"
R06: E A G R T E A S P
R07: N E T O Q O R I S
R08: C T C O A E R S E
R09: N O S E R O F T A
R10: 75, 8, 3, 6, 8, 5. Target: 512.
TTT: LOONYMOP - "If you lose this game, you can blame it on the green house effect."
R11: H U S E V A L O M
R12: B G S E I M P O B
R13: D I N U M E T I G
R14: 2, 5, 3, 10, 9, 3. Target: 292.
R15: D E C E N T S O N (conundrum)
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Round 1: H E D U Y I D W N
C1: WHINED (6)
C2: HIDDEN (6)
OT: INDUED (6) UNDYED (6) WHINEY (6) WINDED (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
A nice pancake start to today's game.
Round 2: E L S R I E S P A
C1: SERIALS (7)
C2: PASSER (6)
DC: LISPERS (7) ESPALIERS (18)
Score: 13–6 (max 24)
Another awesome 9 from DC, but Gillard takes the early lead in this one. And there was me happy with RELAPSES for 8.
Round 3: F E T A D E T D U
C1: DEFEAT (6)
C2: DEFEAT (6)
DC: DUETTED (7)
OT: DEFATTED (8)
Score: 19–12 (max 32)
The darrenic 8 is left alone but both contestants have a taste of DEFEAT in this one.
Round 4: A L N R O I O W K
C1: KAOLIN (6)
C2: orinal
OT: KOWARI (6) KROONI (6)
Score: 25–12 (max 38)
Tibbs' 6 isn't there, but Gillard isn't as stiff as his declaration, and he pulls away further.
Round 5: 50, 9, 5, 2, 7, 8. Target: 595.
C1: 595. ((9 + 2 + 8 - 7) x 50) - 5 (10)
C2: 595. ((9 + 7 - (8 / 2)) x 50) - 5 (10)
Score: 35–22 (max 48)
Jonathan talks about the time when he was working on Radio 4's The Today Programme, when he was interviewing the Archbishop of Canterbury and a man who could play "Rule Brittania" with his armpit. He also talks about his book, How To Make A Million From The Internet.
Teatime teaser: WETBEARD -> WATERBED
Round 6: E A G R T E A S P
C1: GRAPES (6)
C2: PAGERS (6)
DC: SEPARATE (8)
Score: 41–28 (max 56)
Both contestants fail to get an R-word of Robinson, my missing the darren that I got in my 4th show.
Round 7: N E T O Q O R I S
C1: SNOOTIER (8)
C2: TENORS (6)
DC: EROSION (7)
Score: 49–28 (max 64)
But Gillard goes darrenic this time to take his lead above a score.
Round 8: C T C O A E R S E
C1: COASTER (7)
C2: COASTER (7)
DC: ACCRETES (8)
Score: 56–35 (max 72)
DC then take the darrenic honours in round 8.
Round 9: N O S E R O F T A
C1: SENATOR (7)
C2: TREASON (7)
DC: SEAFRONT (8)
Score: 63–42 (max 80)
And again in round 9.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origin of "medley".
Round 10: 75, 8, 3, 6, 8, 5. Target: 512.
C1: 512. (75 - 8 - 3) x 8 (10)
C2: 512. Mistake in working.
Score: 73–42 (max 90)
As Rachel says, 8 cubed is the answer, and while Gillard gets full marks, Tibbs realises that he has made a mistake.
Teatime teaser: LOONYMOP -> MONOPOLY
Round 11: H U S E V A L O M
C1: HOVELS (6)
C2: VALUES (6)
DC: huevos SHALOM (6)
RR: VOLUMES (7)
Score: 79–48 (max 97)
This time, Rachel goes darrenic.
Round 12: B G S E I M P O B
C1: IMPOSE (6)
C2: gobbies
DC: mobbies EGOISM (6)
OT: BIMBOS (6) BIOMES (6) BOGIES (6) GOBIES (6) BOMBES (6)
Score: 85–48 (max 103)
Just 6's here, as Tibbs tries to find a 7 from somewhere.
A BIOME is a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
A GOBY (plural GOBIES) is any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
A BOMBE is a round or melon-shaped frozen mould made from a combination of ice creams, mousses, or ices.
Round 13: D I N U M E T I G
C1: MINUTED (7)
C2: MINUTED (7)
DC: MUTINIED (8)
Score: 92–55 (max 111)
And another DC darrenic 8 appears, as Gillard wins match #7.
Round 14: 2, 5, 3, 10, 9, 3. Target: 292.
C1: 292. (((9 x 3) + 2) x 10) + 5 - 3 (10)
C2: 292. (((9 x 3) + 2) x 10) + 5 - 3 (10)
Score: 102–65 (max 121)
Not even a 6 small can stop Gillard getting his 7th century. Can he get his 7th conundrum
Round 15: D E C E N T S O N
C1 buzzes on 0.25 seconds......
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.....to say "I've gone wrong, sorry", which is incorrect.
C2 buzzes on 1 second to say CONSENTED which is correct.
Final Score: 102–75 (max 131)
Oh dear. Apparently Gillard thought it was CONTESTED, so he got his T's and his N's mixed up. Never mind, he still got his century and is surely on course for octochampdom now.
Adam (let's get back to calling Gillard, Adam now) is now one step away from octochampdom, and even an outside chance of topping 900 points, with a score of 122 or more too.
Join Mike tomorrow to see if the first octochamp of 2011 will be crowned.
I'll see you next week.
So till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Adam G:
Total score - 102
Raw score - 102
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 6.8
Raw average score per round - 6.8
Number of maxes - 7
Adam M:
Total score - 75
Raw score - 87
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 66
Total average score per round - 5.0
Raw average score per round - 5.8
Number of maxes - 4
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64