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Countdown recap for Wednesday 19 October 2011.
C1: Champion Tom Brooks (1 win, 91 points.) An Apterite from Burnley, Lancashire. He likes sports, playing the guitar and interesting trivia, and likes learning a new fact every day. His new one today is that emus can't walk backwards.
C2: Challenger Beryl Upshall. A retired clerk for the NHS from Oxford. She reads only murder fiction books and her hobbies include motor grand prix, motorcycling and American wrestling, which she likes because it's rubbish and funny.
DC: Susie Dent and Les Dennis.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T R E O N I W S A
R02: F L E I S D O R T
R03: S Z V D E I E R T
R04: N P I N A R B U S
R05: 50, 25, 2, 4, 1, 4. Target: 968.
TTT: AIRTENTS - "Do these chemicals make you more money after 10pm?"
R06: G O L L I U J A G
R07: Y P H E I U C A N
R08: R D I M O S U E G
R09: I E N X G T N A P
R10: 75, 7, 1, 8, 6, 5. Target: 539.
TTT: APESDONT - "Apes don't need these, they can't write"
R11: H O S A E M W L O
R12: M A R E U D S V E
R13: T A C D N E T L I
R14: 50, 5, 3, 7, 4, 9. Target: 689.
R15: F E N D T O N I C (conundrum)
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Round 1: T R E O N I W S A
C1: RATIONS (7)
C2: RATIONS (7)
DC: WAITRONS (8)
OT: NOTARIES (8) NOTARISE (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
I thought I recognised this selection. It was the same selection as round 1 in my last recap 6 days ago.
Let's also hope that we're heading towards another 10 round tie-up like yesterday.Round 2: F L E I S D O R T
C1: LOITERS (7)
C2: STIFLED (7)
DC: TREFOILS (8)
Score: 14–14 (max 16)
A nice darrenic 8 by DC, which puts my thought of floristed out the window.........
Round 3: S Z V D E I E R T
C1: DIETERS (7)
C2: REVISED (7)
DC: DIVERTS (7)
OT: DERIVES (7) DEVISER (7) DIVERSE (7) RESITED (7) RESIZED (7) RESTIVE (7) RIVETED (7) SIEVERT (7) STRIVED (7) VERIEST (7) ZESTIER (7)
Score: 21–21 (max 23)
Flat, flat,flattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.
RESTIVE is an adjective meaning impatient of control, restraint, or delay.
SIEVERT is the SI unit of dose equivalent when the absorbed dose is measured in gray.
VERIEST is an adjective meaning utmost; most complete.
Round 4: N P I N A R B U S
C1: PAINS (5)
C2: SPRAIN (6)
OT: BANSURI (7) PUNANIS (7)
Score: 21–27 (max 30)
Not just verbal PAINS for Tom, as Beryl's SPRAIN gives her the first break in this one.
Round 5: 50, 25, 2, 4, 1, 4. Target: 968.
C1: -
C2: -
RR: 968. (((25 - 1) x 4 x 2) + 50) x 4 (10)
Score: 21–27 (max 40)
Now this is why we love Rachel so much. You can say all you want about how beautiful she is, how gorgeous she looks, but when she does numbers solutions like that, you just have to admire her.
(I was happy getting 967 in time. )Les talks about the time he and his late comedy partner, Dustin Gee, were in a London cabaret signing autographs for Ben E. King, the lead singer of The Drifters, when Les didn't recognise him.
Teatime teaser: AIRTENTS -> NITRATES
Round 6: G O L L I U J A G
C1: GLUG (4)
C2: GOAL (4)
DC: LOGGIA (6)
OT: LIGULA (6)
Score: 25–31 (max 46)
Just a 4 score for both players as DC get half of the 6's available.
A LIGULA is a zoological term for a tonguelike or strap-shaped part or organ.
Round 7: Y P H E I U C A N
C1: PAIN (4)
C2: PEACHY (6)
DC: PAUNCHY (7)
OT: PICAYUNE (8)
Score: 25–37 (max 54)
Another 4 score for Tom, as Beryl doubles her advantage with her PEACHY 6. Impressive darrenic 8 missed by all too.
PICAYUNE is an adjective meaning of little value or account.
Round 8: R D I M O S U E G
C1: GOURDES (7)
C2: GROUSED (7)
DC: GOURDS (6) SMUDGIER (8)
OT: DIMEROUS (8)
Score: 32–44 (max 62)
7's apiece as DC go for half of the best again.
DIMEROUS is an adjective meaning consisting of or divided into two parts.
Round 9: I E N X G T N A P
C1: PANTING (7)
C2: PANTING (7)
DC: ANTIGEN (7)
OT: ANTEING (7) APEXING (7) GENTIAN (7) NEAPING (7) PINNATE (7)
Score: 39–51 (max 69)
Another lot of flatness.
ANTEING relates to ANTE, a poker term for a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
A GENTIAN is any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea of Europe.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "apple pie" and phrases related to it.
Round 10: 75, 7, 1, 8, 6, 5. Target: 539.
C1: 539. (75 x 7) + 8 + 6 (10)
C2: 540.
Score: 49–51 (max 79)
Oh dear, a fairly straightforward numbers there, and Beryl misses out, letting Tom get back in.
Teatime teaser: APESDONT -> NOTEPADS
Round 11: H O S A E M W L O
C1: WHALES (6)
C2: HOWLS (5)
DC: SOMEHOW (7)
Score: 55–51 (max 86)
While DC go darrenic with their 7, Tom takes the lead for the first time with his 6.
Round 12: M A R E U D S V E
C1: DREAMS (6)
C2: RESUMED (7)
DC: MEASURED (8)
Score: 55–58 (max 94)
DC go darrenic 8 this time, but Beryl RESUMED from the 2nd half with her 7.
Round 13: T A C D N E T L I
C1: cattled
C2: TAINTED (7)
DC: CATTLE (6) TACTILE (7) LATTICED (8)
Score: 55–65 (max 102)
A darrenic 3rd half for DC as Tom is shocked that you can't CATTLE something.........
Round 14: 50, 5, 3, 7, 4, 9. Target: 689.
C1: 686. Mistake in working.
C2: -
RR: 689. (50 + 3) x (9 + 4) (10)
Score: 55–65 (max 112)
Beryl again fails to score in the numbers, while Tom goes miles out with his working out for 686............
Now, the gap is at 10 points. Are we possibly going to need a tie-break conundrum for the first time this series..........
Round 15: F E N D T O N I C
C2 buzzes on 10.5 seconds to say CONFIDENT which is correct.
Final Score: 55–75 (max 122)
No is the answer as Beryl buzzes in, ironically not seeming too CONFIDENT, but getting more CONFIDENT soon as Jeff said "Let's take a look........", but Beryl is the deserving winner as Tom seemed to switch off following yesterday's oddball game, letting Beryl sneak in despite scoring zero in the numbers game. Definitely improvement needed there methinks.
See if she can improve tomorrow when I return with the next installment.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Tom:
Total score - 55
Raw score - 70
Total % of max - 45
Raw % of max - 57
Total average score per round - 3.7
Raw average score per round - 4.7
Number of maxes - 3
Beryl:
Total score - 75
Raw score - 87
Total % of max - 61
Raw % of max - 71
Total average score per round - 5.0
Raw average score per round - 5.8
Number of maxes - 3
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65