Tuesday 6th March 1990 (Series 19, Prelim 47)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 6 March 1990.

C1: Challenger Keith Gorst.
C2: Champion Michael Wareham (2 wins, 111 points.)
DC: Freda Thornton and Simon Williams.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T Y K I A E T R S
R02: G L C O A I L V A
R03: R D L O I E W S T
R04: 50, 25, 1, 7, 9, 5. Target: 270.
R05: N V P I O C N E O
R06: S G Q A U A P F O
R07: R T P I E A D D C
R08: 25, 9, 3, 7, 8, 3. Target: 492.
R09: A D E E N R R U W * (conundrum)


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Round 1: T Y K I A E T R S

C1: SITTER (6)
C2: STREAKY (7)
OT: SKITTERY (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8)

Round 2: G L C O A I L V A

C1: GLACIAL (7)
C2: LOGICAL (7)
OT: ALOGICAL (8)
Score: 7–14 (max 16)

Round 3: R D L O I E W S T

C1: WORDIEST (8)
C2: TROWELS (7)
DC: worldiest
OT: ROWDIEST (8)
Score: 15–14 (max 24)

Round 4: 50, 25, 1, 7, 9, 5. Target: 270.

C1: 267.
C2: 268. (5 x 50) + 25 - 7 (7)
CV: 270. (9 + 1) x (25 + 7 - 5) (10)
Score: 15–21 (max 34)

Round 5: N V P I O C N E O

C1: VINE (4)
C2: CONNIVE (7)
Score: 15–28 (max 41)

Round 6: S G Q A U A P F O

C1: AQUAS (5)
C2: GASP (4)
OT: PAUAS (5) POUFS (5) QUAGS (5)
Score: 20–28 (max 46)

Round 7: R T P I E A D D C

C1: PARTED (6)
C2: PREDICT (7)
DC: PIRATED (7)
OT: DIPTERA (7) PARETIC (7) PICRATE (7)
Score: 20–35 (max 53)

Round 8: 25, 9, 3, 7, 8, 3. Target: 492.

C1: -
C2: 493. ((9 + 8 + 3) x 25) - 7 (7)
CV: 492. (((9 x 3) - 7) x 25) - 8 (10)
Score: 20–42 (max 63)

Round 9: A D E E N R R U W *

C2 buzzes on 4 seconds to say UNDERWEAR which is correct.
Score: 20–52 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Keith:
Total score - 20
Raw score - 43
Total % of max - 27
Raw % of max - 59
Total average score per round - 2.2
Raw average score per round - 4.8
Number of maxes - 2

Michael:
Total score - 52
Raw score - 63
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 86
Total average score per round - 5.8
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=19