Thursday 22nd July 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 24)
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:25 pm
Welcome one and all to the last Series 63 Robinson Recap for a while, with the break of transmission due to some horses galloping around or something, meaning there'll be no new Wednesday/Thursday recaps for at least 3 weeks. 
Oh well, better make the most of it I suppose. Enjoy.
Countdown recap for Thursday 22 July 2010.
C1: Champion David O'Flanagan (2 wins, 188 points.) Originally from Westmister, but lives in Luton, Bedfordshire. He has a cat called Howard, named after former Luton Town and current Leicester City striker Steve Howard, who might shortly be a Huddersfield Town player.
C2: Challenger Tom Rowell. An Apteforumite from Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, but was born in Solihull, West Midlands. He works as a prison worker. He's a Leicester City supporter. He once climbed Ben Nevis for charity. His ambition is to win the lottery and to use the winnings to own and run a cake shop. 
(I'd better be the first customer. 
)
DC: Susie Dent and Sharron Davies.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L P N J E O E T P
R02: N T R A A O L N E
R03: V R M U E I N S E
R04: P S D U I P U V A
R05: 9, 8, 6, 10, 3, 5. Target: 978.
TTT: DATETINA - "Got a date a date with Tina? Must've earned it!"
R06: R S W I A U R T A
R07: S R D S E A E T O
R08: L M S L E I O G I
R09: Q M N T A I E O A
R10: 50, 5, 7, 2, 4, 7. Target: 791.
TTT: MUSTBOIL - "You must boil the meal properly to avoid getting this"
R11: B T W T O E I F T
R12: S N K A E O M Y E
R13: L D R G O E I E R
R14: 75, 5, 3, 1, 4, 4. Target: 597.
R15: R E P I N E K E N (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: L P N J E O E T P
C1: TOPPLE (6)
C2: TOPPLE (6)
DC: PEOPLE (6)
OT: PEPTONE (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
A 6 start in the studio, but the darrenic 7 remains elusive.
A PEPTONE is any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
Round 2: N T R A A O L N E
C1: RENTAL (6)
C2: LANTERN (7)
DC: NEONATAL (8)
Score: 6–13 (max 15)
Tom takes the early advantage by glowing brightly with that 7, but this time the darren is spotted by DC.
Round 3: V R M U E I N S E
C1: vermins
C2: INVERSE (7)
DC: UNIVERSE (8)
Score: 6–20 (max 23)
Tom's lead extends further with that 7, while David's 7 is just not there, well, if you take away the S it is. Although, Tom might be kicking himself for missing UNIVERSE, when he had INVERSE.
Round 4: P S D U I P U V A
C1: DIVAS (5)
C2: VAPID (5)
DC: PUDUS (5)
OT: VAIDS (5) PIPAS (5) SAPID (5)
Score: 11–25 (max 28)
Just 5's in this one.
A PIPA is a short-necked fretted lute of Chinese origin.
SAPID is an adjective meaning having taste or flavour.
Round 5: 9, 8, 6, 10, 3, 5. Target: 978.
C1: -
C2: 979. Mistake in working.
JS: 979. (7)
RR: After originally declaring "6 away", 978. (((9 - 5) x 10 x 8) + 6) x 3 (10)
Score: 11–25 (max 38)
A tricky 6 small to get spot on. David blanks, Tom forgets how he did 1 away, Rachel declares 6 away, when 1 away seemed like a piece of cake, well Jeff got 1 away, but after a little bit of extra thinking time, Rachel manages to get it spot on.
Sharron talks of her experiences at the Olympic Games. She claims that the London Olympics in 2 years time will be 10th one that she has been involved in. How she has done 10 I'm not sure, as the London Olympics would be her 9th including Moscow onwards.
Teatime teaser: DATETINA -> ATTAINED
Round 6: R S W I A U R T A
C1: TIARAS (6)
C2: AWAITS (6)
DC: WARTS (5)
OT: TARRAS (6)
Score: 17–31 (max 44)
Another tricky selection is thrown up here, with just 6 being the best available here.
TARRAS (or TRASS) is a light-coloured type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
Round 7: S R D S E A E T O
C1: ROASTED (7)
C2: TORSADES (8)
DC: ASSORTED (8)
OT: ASSERTED (8) DEARESTS (8) DOSSERET (8) OERSTEDS (8)
Score: 17–39 (max 52)
A very good 8 by Tom sees him go 2 football teams clear, leaving David well and truly ROASTED.
A DOSSERET is a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
An OERSTED (Abbr.: Oe) is the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum.
Round 8: L M S L E I O G I
C1: MOLLIES (7)
C2: GILLIES (7)
DC: GOLLIES (7)
Score: 24–46 (max 59)
Scott and John seem to give Tom a helping hand with this 7.
Round 9: Q M N T A I E O A
C1: ANIMATE (7)
C2: AMNIOTE (7)
DC: METANOIA (8)
Score: 31–53 (max 67)
DC find the superb dareen as the contestants tie again, leaving the gap at 22.
Susie's Call My Bluff sees Jeff in the hotseat, but in a slight variation for today, it takes the form of an odd origin out round.
Susie gives Jeff 4 words with origins that are ephenyms, in other words, named after someone.
One of them is incorrect, but which one is the odd origin out
Is it:
a) PEACH MELBA - named after Dame Nellie Melba, the operatic soprano.
b) MAVERICK - named after Samuel Maverick, a cattle rancher who refused to brand his cattle.
c) GEORDIE - named after George, a popular name in Tyneside.
d) GEEK - named after John Geek, who used to bite the heads off live chickens.
Jeff, for once, guessed the right answer, which was d), althougit does come from the Ducth word for "fool", which was a person who did bite the heads off chickens
Round 10: 50, 5, 7, 2, 4, 7. Target: 791.
C1: 791. ((7 + 4 + 5) x 50) - (2 + 7) (10)
C2: 791. ((7 + 7 + 2) x 50) - 5 - 4 (10)
Score: 41–63 (max 77)
At last
A simple numbers game. It seems to be a rarity this week.
Teatime teaser: MUSTBOIL -> BOTULISM
Round 11: B T W T O E I F T
C1: BITE (4)
C2: BITE (4)
DC: BOTTE (5) BEFIT (5)
OT: BOITE (5) BOWIE (5) TWITE (5)
Score: 45–67 (max 82)
More misery as 4 seems to be the best for the contestants, and the 5's available don't seem too appetising either.
A BOITE is a nightclub or cabaret.
A TWITE is a small finch, Carduelis flavirostris, of northern Europe, having streaked brown plumage and, in the male, a pink breast.
Round 12: S N K A E O M Y E
C1: SMOKEY (6)
C2: MONKEYS (7)
Score: 45–74 (max 89)
No monkeying around by Tom here. That darren puts him just inches away from champion status.
Round 13: L D R G O E I E R
C1: lorried
C2: RELIED (6)
DC: GLORIED (7) GODLIER (7)
OT: GIRDLER (7) ROGERED (7)
Score: 45–80 (max 96)
Game over, Tom's 6 combined with David's risky 7, which always seems to crop up now and again, sees Tom become the new champion.
A GIRDLER is any of several insects, as a beetle, Oncideres cingulata (twig girdler), that cut a groove around the bark of a twig, stem, etc.
Round 14: 75, 5, 3, 1, 4, 4. Target: 597.
C1: 597. ((4 + 4) x 75) - 3 (10)
C2: 597. ((4 + 4) x 75) - 3 (10)
Score: 55–90 (max 106)
Another easy numbers game, puts Tom on course for a ton.
Round 15: R E P I N E K E N
C1 buzzes on 12 seconds to say INNKEEPER which is correct.
Final Score: 65–90 (max 116)
But it turns out not to be, as David restores some pride, but Tom put on a good performance today and could easily go far in this series. How far though, remains to be seen.
With the horses taking over Countdown's slot for the next few weeks, my next recap will not be until August 11th, I think.
So, until then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
David:
Total score - 65
Raw score - 84
Total % of max - 56
Raw % of max - 72
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 6
Tom:
Total score - 90
Raw score - 90
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 6.0
Number of maxes - 7
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63
Oh well, better make the most of it I suppose. Enjoy.
Countdown recap for Thursday 22 July 2010.
C1: Champion David O'Flanagan (2 wins, 188 points.) Originally from Westmister, but lives in Luton, Bedfordshire. He has a cat called Howard, named after former Luton Town and current Leicester City striker Steve Howard, who might shortly be a Huddersfield Town player.
C2: Challenger Tom Rowell. An Apteforumite from Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, but was born in Solihull, West Midlands. He works as a prison worker. He's a Leicester City supporter. He once climbed Ben Nevis for charity.
His ambition is to win the lottery and to use the winnings to own and run a cake shop. (I'd better be the first customer. )DC: Susie Dent and Sharron Davies.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L P N J E O E T P
R02: N T R A A O L N E
R03: V R M U E I N S E
R04: P S D U I P U V A
R05: 9, 8, 6, 10, 3, 5. Target: 978.
TTT: DATETINA - "Got a date a date with Tina? Must've earned it!"
R06: R S W I A U R T A
R07: S R D S E A E T O
R08: L M S L E I O G I
R09: Q M N T A I E O A
R10: 50, 5, 7, 2, 4, 7. Target: 791.
TTT: MUSTBOIL - "You must boil the meal properly to avoid getting this"
R11: B T W T O E I F T
R12: S N K A E O M Y E
R13: L D R G O E I E R
R14: 75, 5, 3, 1, 4, 4. Target: 597.
R15: R E P I N E K E N (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: L P N J E O E T P
C1: TOPPLE (6)
C2: TOPPLE (6)
DC: PEOPLE (6)
OT: PEPTONE (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
A 6 start in the studio, but the darrenic 7 remains elusive.
A PEPTONE is any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
Round 2: N T R A A O L N E
C1: RENTAL (6)
C2: LANTERN (7)
DC: NEONATAL (8)
Score: 6–13 (max 15)
Tom takes the early advantage by glowing brightly with that 7, but this time the darren is spotted by DC.
Round 3: V R M U E I N S E
C1: vermins
C2: INVERSE (7)
DC: UNIVERSE (8)
Score: 6–20 (max 23)
Tom's lead extends further with that 7, while David's 7 is just not there, well, if you take away the S it is. Although, Tom might be kicking himself for missing UNIVERSE, when he had INVERSE.
Round 4: P S D U I P U V A
C1: DIVAS (5)
C2: VAPID (5)
DC: PUDUS (5)
OT: VAIDS (5) PIPAS (5) SAPID (5)
Score: 11–25 (max 28)
Just 5's in this one.
A PIPA is a short-necked fretted lute of Chinese origin.
SAPID is an adjective meaning having taste or flavour.
Round 5: 9, 8, 6, 10, 3, 5. Target: 978.
C1: -
C2: 979. Mistake in working.
JS: 979. (7)
RR: After originally declaring "6 away", 978. (((9 - 5) x 10 x 8) + 6) x 3 (10)
Score: 11–25 (max 38)
A tricky 6 small to get spot on. David blanks, Tom forgets how he did 1 away, Rachel declares 6 away, when 1 away seemed like a piece of cake, well Jeff got 1 away, but after a little bit of extra thinking time, Rachel manages to get it spot on.
Sharron talks of her experiences at the Olympic Games. She claims that the London Olympics in 2 years time will be 10th one that she has been involved in. How she has done 10 I'm not sure, as the London Olympics would be her 9th including Moscow onwards.
Teatime teaser: DATETINA -> ATTAINED
Round 6: R S W I A U R T A
C1: TIARAS (6)
C2: AWAITS (6)
DC: WARTS (5)
OT: TARRAS (6)
Score: 17–31 (max 44)
Another tricky selection is thrown up here, with just 6 being the best available here.
TARRAS (or TRASS) is a light-coloured type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
Round 7: S R D S E A E T O
C1: ROASTED (7)
C2: TORSADES (8)
DC: ASSORTED (8)
OT: ASSERTED (8) DEARESTS (8) DOSSERET (8) OERSTEDS (8)
Score: 17–39 (max 52)
A very good 8 by Tom sees him go 2 football teams clear, leaving David well and truly ROASTED.
A DOSSERET is a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
An OERSTED (Abbr.: Oe) is the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum.
Round 8: L M S L E I O G I
C1: MOLLIES (7)
C2: GILLIES (7)
DC: GOLLIES (7)
Score: 24–46 (max 59)
Scott and John seem to give Tom a helping hand with this 7.
Round 9: Q M N T A I E O A
C1: ANIMATE (7)
C2: AMNIOTE (7)
DC: METANOIA (8)
Score: 31–53 (max 67)
DC find the superb dareen as the contestants tie again, leaving the gap at 22.
Susie's Call My Bluff sees Jeff in the hotseat, but in a slight variation for today, it takes the form of an odd origin out round.
Susie gives Jeff 4 words with origins that are ephenyms, in other words, named after someone.
One of them is incorrect, but which one is the odd origin out
Is it:
a) PEACH MELBA - named after Dame Nellie Melba, the operatic soprano.
b) MAVERICK - named after Samuel Maverick, a cattle rancher who refused to brand his cattle.
c) GEORDIE - named after George, a popular name in Tyneside.
d) GEEK - named after John Geek, who used to bite the heads off live chickens.
Jeff, for once, guessed the right answer, which was d), althougit does come from the Ducth word for "fool", which was a person who did bite the heads off chickens
Round 10: 50, 5, 7, 2, 4, 7. Target: 791.
C1: 791. ((7 + 4 + 5) x 50) - (2 + 7) (10)
C2: 791. ((7 + 7 + 2) x 50) - 5 - 4 (10)
Score: 41–63 (max 77)
At last
A simple numbers game. It seems to be a rarity this week. Teatime teaser: MUSTBOIL -> BOTULISM
Round 11: B T W T O E I F T
C1: BITE (4)
C2: BITE (4)
DC: BOTTE (5) BEFIT (5)
OT: BOITE (5) BOWIE (5) TWITE (5)
Score: 45–67 (max 82)
More misery as 4 seems to be the best for the contestants, and the 5's available don't seem too appetising either.
A BOITE is a nightclub or cabaret.
A TWITE is a small finch, Carduelis flavirostris, of northern Europe, having streaked brown plumage and, in the male, a pink breast.
Round 12: S N K A E O M Y E
C1: SMOKEY (6)
C2: MONKEYS (7)
Score: 45–74 (max 89)
No monkeying around by Tom here.
That darren puts him just inches away from champion status.Round 13: L D R G O E I E R
C1: lorried
C2: RELIED (6)
DC: GLORIED (7) GODLIER (7)
OT: GIRDLER (7) ROGERED (7)
Score: 45–80 (max 96)
Game over, Tom's 6 combined with David's risky 7, which always seems to crop up now and again, sees Tom become the new champion.
A GIRDLER is any of several insects, as a beetle, Oncideres cingulata (twig girdler), that cut a groove around the bark of a twig, stem, etc.
Round 14: 75, 5, 3, 1, 4, 4. Target: 597.
C1: 597. ((4 + 4) x 75) - 3 (10)
C2: 597. ((4 + 4) x 75) - 3 (10)
Score: 55–90 (max 106)
Another easy numbers game, puts Tom on course for a ton.
Round 15: R E P I N E K E N
C1 buzzes on 12 seconds to say INNKEEPER which is correct.
Final Score: 65–90 (max 116)
But it turns out not to be, as David restores some pride, but Tom put on a good performance today and could easily go far in this series. How far though, remains to be seen.
With the horses taking over Countdown's slot for the next few weeks, my next recap will not be until August 11th, I think.
So, until then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
David:
Total score - 65
Raw score - 84
Total % of max - 56
Raw % of max - 72
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 6
Tom:
Total score - 90
Raw score - 90
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 6.0
Number of maxes - 7
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63