Countdown recap for Wednesday 22 September 2010.
C1: Champion Eoin Monaghan (5 wins, 549 points.) An Apteforumite from Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. His favourite place in the world is Florida, mainly because of the theme parks and the brilliant weather.
C2: Challenger Les Morrell. From Norwich, Norfolk. He is retired. He likes quizzes, but he claims to be the worst quizzer ever to reach a final of Mastermind, which he did this year with the specialist subject of the The General Strike Of 1926, of which he scored 16 points, compared to the 7 in the General Knowledge round.
DC: Susie Dent and Dave Spikey.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: I A E S N D T U N
R02: R S N I E I D T Y
R03: E A O N M S P A N
R04: V R D E A O R H F
R05: 50, 1, 9, 1, 7, 2. Target: 127.
TTT: ACTOFSIN - "Splinter groups that sound almost like a branch of maths"
R06: T L R I U I A N S
R07: E A E L X C M A O
R08: N J R A O I T S E
R09: U O E T G T B M Z
R10: 25, 50, 75, 100, 7, 6. Target: 906.
TTT: MEGASSED - "Me gassed for a long time, so sent a text instead"
R11: I A E T P M L D G
R12: S N S I U I E T F
R13: U O I S R H R D E
R14: 50, 25, 100, 75, 6, 4. Target: 551.
R15: G O O D T H E R M (conundrum)
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Round 1: I A E S N D T U N
C1: INUNDATES (18)
C2: UNSTAINED (18)
DC: UNDIES (6) STAINED (7)
Score: 18–18 (max 18)
Now that's made me feel better already.
A double 9 start here, while Dave tries to lower the tone with his STAINED UNDIES.
Round 2: R S N I E I D T Y
C1: INSIDER (7)
C2: rented
DC: DIRTIES (7) NITRIDES (8)
OT: DISINTER (8)
Score: 25–18 (max 26)
Eoin pulls ahead early here whereas Les' 6 isn't pulled up for having a phantom E in it. Dave also continues to lower the tone with his DIRTIES.
Round 3: E A O N M S P A N
C1: MOPANES (7)
C2: MOANS (5)
DC: SPAM (4)
OT: MANNOSE (7)
Score: 32–18 (max 33)
The ever popular MOPANES returns, while Les MOANS.
MANNOSE is a hexose, C6H12O6, obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
Round 4: V R D E A O R H F
C1: HOARDER (7)
C2: favored
Score: 39–18 (max 40)
Oh dear, while Eoin gets the darren, Les goes American, which is a big no-no on here.
Round 5: 50, 1, 9, 1, 7, 2. Target: 127.
C1: 127. ((50 + 9) x 2) + 1 + 1 + 7 (10)
C2: 125.
Score: 49–18 (max 50)
Not as easy as it might seem this numbers game, but Eoin solves it, while Les sticks on 2 away.
Dave talks about the time when he was heading to Dubai from Machester Airport, where a bunch of rock legend impersonators went on board, but the Buddy Holly impersonator refused to get on. He also talks about the time when a pilot said "OH NO!" causing shock on the plane, until it was revealed that he'd had some coffee spilled on his front, leading to a joke involving Dave's earlier finds in the game.
Teatime teaser: ACTOFSIN -> FACTIONS
Round 6: T L R I U I A N S
C1: RITUALS (7)
C2: INSULAR (7)
DC: SNAIL (5) URINALS (7)
OT: LIATRIS (7) NAUTILI (7)
Score: 56–25 (max 57)
A few 7's around, whereas DC show off their potty mouth again.
LIATRIS is any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
A NAUTILUS (plural NAUTILI) is any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa. (Blumming spirals.
)Round 7: E A E L X C M A O
C1: CAMEL (5)
C2: CAMEL (5)
OT: CLEOME (6)
Score: 61–30 (max 63)
Both players get the hump as the darrenic 6 is missed by all here.
A CLEOME is any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
Round 8: N J R A O I T S E
C1: JANITORS (8)
C2: JANITORS (8)
DC: NOTARIES (8) NOTARISE (8) JOINTERS (8)
OT: SENORITA (8)
Score: 69–38 (max 71)
Plenty of 8's around here.
Round 9: U O E T G T B M Z
C1: TOUT (4)
C2: BEGOT (5)
DC: TOTEM (5) GUMBO (5)
OT: BEGUM (5) BOTTE (5) BUTEO (5) BUTTE (5) MOTET (5) MOTTE (5)
Score: 69–43 (max 76)
Plenty of 5's around here, but our champ has to settle for 4 here.
A BUTTE is an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land in the Western USA and Canada.
A MOTTE is a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country, mainly in the southwestern USA.
Susie's Origin Of Words talks about the origin of the phrase "upsy daisy".
Round 10: 25, 50, 75, 100, 7, 6. Target: 906.
C1: 906. ((100 + 25) x 7) + 75 - 50 + 6 (10)
C2: -
Score: 79–43 (max 86)
Les tries a 4 large gamble, but it backfires spectacularly and Eoin is now 3 dozen clear as we enter the last part of the game.
Teatime teaser: MEGASSED -> MESSAGED
Round 11: I A E T P M L D G
C1: PLAITED (7)
C2: PLAITED (7)
DC: piloted LIGATED (7)
RR: midgetpal
OT: IMPALED (7) IMPLEAD (7)
Score: 86–50 (max 93)
A few 7's around here while Rachel raises a laugh with her Jeff-related 9.
Round 12: S N S I U I E T F
C1: FITNESS (7)
C2: UNITES (6)
DC: UNITISES (8)
Score: 93–50 (max 101)
As I try and get back to full FITNESS, Eoin wraps up his 6th game witht the 7, letting DC get the darrenic 8.
Round 13: U O I S R H R D E
C1: HURRIES (7)
C2: SHORED (6)
DC: SHROUD (6) HURRIED (7)
OT: DHURRIES (8)
Score: 100–50 (max 109)
Eoin HURRIES along to his century, whereas he'd have had the darrenic 8 by sticking the D before it.
A DHURRIE or DURRIE is a thick, nonpile cotton rug of India.
Round 14: 50, 25, 100, 75, 6, 4. Target: 551.
C1: 551. (100 x 6) - 50 + 4 - (75 / 25) (10)
C2: 551. (100 x 6) - 50 + 4 - (75 / 25) (10)
Score: 110–60 (max 119)
Another 4 large, and 10 more points for Eoin, and 10 for Les too.
Round 15: G O O D T H E R M
C1 buzzes on 1 second to say GODMOTHER which is correct.
Final Score: 120–60 (max 129)
Another super fast solve by Eoin and 120 is reached, his 2nd highest score of his run to date. That's 669 points so far. Unlikely that he'll get the 262 points needed to break the overall record held by Andrew, but you never know.
A hopefully fully rejuvenated me will be back tomorrow with your Thursday recap goodness.
So, have a good night, and I'll be back tomorrow.
Till then, bye bye
Statistics Corner
Eoin:
Total score - 120
Raw score - 124
Total % of max - 93
Raw % of max - 96
Total average score per round - 8.0
Raw average score per round - 8.3
Number of maxes - 10
Les:
Total score - 60
Raw score - 84
Total % of max - 47
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 4.0
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 6
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63