Tuesday 14th September 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 47)
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:25 pm
Countdown recap for Tuesday 14 September 2010.
C1: Champion Daniel Pati (7 wins, 747 points.)
C2: Challenger George Meixner.
DC: Susie Dent and Alastair Stewart.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L A M I D E N I T
R02: V N S P E A O I T
R03: R O M A L I N A D
R04: V T E I N E S I D
R05: 25, 10, 2, 1, 9, 5. Target: 267.
TTT: RAINCASE - "They're not minor birds, they're miner's birds"
R06: G T C D E U A O R
R07: S E C O N R A Y P
R08: S U L O R A F E S
R09: B A R E T A W M U
R10: 50, 1, 8, 4, 3, 3. Target: 470.
TTT: FAGENDED - "The snake is a bit toothless in attack"
R11: X E J I K E D N W
R12: O I O C H R L S E
R13: O U T I O Q U N M
R14: 25, 8, 4, 10, 1, 8. Target: 637.
R15: S H I R T L O S T (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Daniel Pati demolished Brenda yesterday. He is sat on 747 points with 7 wins with today being his last show (for now). Can he make it 8?
George Meixner is from Sheering in Essex and is on his gap yah. He is going to be studying English literature with classical studies at Reading shortly, clearly an intelligent guy. He’s wearing specs - he’s gotta be smart.
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: L A M I D E N I T
C1: MEDIANT (7)
C2: DETAIL (6)
DC: LIMITED (7)
OT: AILMENT (7) ALIMENT (7) DELIMIT (7) DIAMINE (7) INTIMAE (7) INTIMAL (7) LANDTIE (7) MANTLED (7) MIDLINE (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)
A selection of letters that looked like it yielded higher than a 7 but amazingly it didn’t. George sadly couldn’t spot one of the many 7’s and Daniel is off and running again.
Round 2: V N S P E A O I T
C1: NATIVES (7)
C2: antipose
DC: EVASION (7) OPIATES (7)
OT: ATONIES (7) ATOPIES (7) VAINEST (7) NOVATES (7) PANTIES (7) SAPIENT (7) POINTES (7)
Score: 14–0 (max 14)
Again a nice looking set of letters (for touchdown anyway) that only produces 7’s. George is tricked into going for an 8 that was never there.
Round 3: R O M A L I N A D
C1: ORDINAL (7)
C2: NOMAD (5)
OT: DOMANIAL (8) MANDORLA (8) MANORIAL (8) MORAINAL (8)
Score: 21–0 (max 22)
George is unable to match Daniel again and this game has the same familiar appearance to yesterdays. Also there were four eights all which I have no idea what they mean so I’ll run through the definitions for my benefit.
DOMANIAL means relating to DOMAINS. Straightforward really.
MORAINAL means relating to MORAINES which are glacial deposits.
MANORIAL means relating to MANORS. Hmm probably should have worked these out myself.
MANDORLA is an ancient symbol of two circles coming together, used to describe the coming together of heaven and earth. (Looks a bit like a shit Venn diagram).
Round 4: V T E I N E S I D
C1: INVESTED (8)
C2: DIVINEST (8)
OT: INVITEES (8) VEINIEST (8)
Score: 29–8 (max 30)
Good 8’s from George and the champ means that George is on the board. They both share a smile and George does a rather feeble fist pump.
Round 5: 25, 10, 2, 1, 9, 5. Target: 267.
C1: 267. 25*10+9*2-1 (10)
C2: 267. 25*10+9+1+2+5 (10)
Score: 39–18 (max 40)
Nice numbers solution form George (Daniel’s is OK too) and that means with those 10 points Daniel is 1 point off the max going into Alastair’s anecdote.
Alastair Stewart talks about some dinner meeting he was at to do with tourism and about his mate Digby Jones. Not the kind of thing I want to hear about on Countdown.
Teatime teaser: RAINCASE -> CANARIES
Round 6: G T C D E U A O R
C1: EDUCATOR (8)
C2: ecotage
DC: OUTRAGED (8)
OT: OUTRACED (8)
Score: 47–18 (max 48)
George was probably sitting there thinking “yey I get to show off a bit with ECOTAGE” but then Daniel just pisses on him with one of the 8’s available. Daniel is pretty ruthless as he maxes his fifth round out of six.
Round 7: S E C O N R A Y P
C1: CRAYONS (7)
C2: CRAYONS (7)
DC: NECROPSY (8)
Score: 54–25 (max 56)
Possibly the easiest ever selection to pick a 9 for in goatdown although sadly the final consonant wasn’t a D. Anyway, DC dicked on everyone with NECROPSY (an autopsy) being the darren. Awesome spot. Daniel and George were happy with CRAYONS though. Simpletons.
Round 8: S U L O R A F E S
C1: flosser
C2: FLOURS (6)
DC: EARFUL (6) EARFULS (7) LOAFERS (7)
OT: REFUSALS (8)
Score: 54–31 (max 64)
FLOURS appears again and it is the first round that George wins. Daniel is tempted by FLOSSER^ but Susie says no, no, no.
Round 9: B A R E T A W M U
C1: arbetum
C2: WATER (5)
DC: AMATEUR (7)
OT: TAMBURA (7)
Score: 54–36 (max 71)
Again Daniel is pushing for the big words but it’s not there, possibly thinking of ARBORETUM (place for cultivating trees). George wins back to back rounds and Daniel’s lead is looking less impressive as it has been chopped down.
Susie's Origins of Words: Susie talks about the origin of "one fell swoop".
Round 10: 50, 1, 8, 4, 3, 3. Target: 470.
C1: 470. (50-3)*(4-3+1+8) (10)
C2: 470. (50-3)*(4-3+1+8) (10)
Score: 64–46 (max 81)
No trouble for either of the guys with this one and Daniel is back to his scoring ways taking him to 64 meaning a century today is going to be a bit tougher to get. For those freaks among us the score is palindromic at this stage of the game.
Teatime teaser: FAGENDED -> DEFANGED
Round 11: X E J I K E D N W
C1: JINXED (6)
C2: WINKED (6)
OT: JINKED (6)
Score: 70–52 (max 87)
Yucky set of letters and George matches Daniel and is really still in this game being just 18 points behind. Has he got enough in him though to beat Daniel in a round and possibly snatch the game?
Round 12: O I O C H R L S E
C1: RECOILS (7)
C2: coilers
DC: SCHOOLER (8)
OT: CHOOSIER (8) SCHOOLIE (8)
Score: 77–52 (max 95)
Ack. I think that’s it for George as he drops back to a 25 point deficit when he had the chance to beat Daniel with a few 8’s to go at. Nevermind.
Round 13: O U T I O Q U N M
C1: MOTION (6)
C2: MOUNT (5)
DC: QUINT (5)
OT: MOUTON (6)
Score: 83–52 (max 101)
That 6 seals the game and octochamp status for Pati who again has not missed much.
Round 14: 25, 8, 4, 10, 1, 8. Target: 637.
C1: 638.
C2: 637. 8*8*10-4+1 (10)
Score: 83–62 (max 111)
George solves a relatively simple numbers game meaning the champ can't score a century today. He can keep up his 100% success rate of conundrums though so let's wait and see...
Round 15: S H I R T L O S T
C1 buzzes on 1 second to say SHORTLIST which is correct.
Final Score: 93–62 (max 121)
And he's done it with a solve of a scramble which I think is a bit of a joke really. I reckon George had that conundrum but couldn't find the buzzer, perhaps he should borrow Damian's copy of Clare Sudbery's 'Loser's Guide to Countdown'.
Sadly George was against someone who was always going to win and I actually quite liked George so would have liked to see him not against Daniel just so he might win a couple.
But credit to Daniel. He put in another solid performance (and score) meaning he becomes the #1 seed of the series so far displacing (not) everybody's favourite Scotsman, Scott Gillies. Rumours are that Tim Vine sent Mr Pati congratulations.
So for the statisticians Daniel racked up 840 points with 8 wins, 8 conundrum solves, some lovely 9's and some funny moments. I think everyone will welcome him back with wide arms for the finals.
From me...fantastic Daniel, really well done, uber impressed.
Farewell for another week.
Ryan
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63
C1: Champion Daniel Pati (7 wins, 747 points.)
C2: Challenger George Meixner.
DC: Susie Dent and Alastair Stewart.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L A M I D E N I T
R02: V N S P E A O I T
R03: R O M A L I N A D
R04: V T E I N E S I D
R05: 25, 10, 2, 1, 9, 5. Target: 267.
TTT: RAINCASE - "They're not minor birds, they're miner's birds"
R06: G T C D E U A O R
R07: S E C O N R A Y P
R08: S U L O R A F E S
R09: B A R E T A W M U
R10: 50, 1, 8, 4, 3, 3. Target: 470.
TTT: FAGENDED - "The snake is a bit toothless in attack"
R11: X E J I K E D N W
R12: O I O C H R L S E
R13: O U T I O Q U N M
R14: 25, 8, 4, 10, 1, 8. Target: 637.
R15: S H I R T L O S T (conundrum)
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Daniel Pati demolished Brenda yesterday. He is sat on 747 points with 7 wins with today being his last show (for now). Can he make it 8?
George Meixner is from Sheering in Essex and is on his gap yah. He is going to be studying English literature with classical studies at Reading shortly, clearly an intelligent guy. He’s wearing specs - he’s gotta be smart.
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: L A M I D E N I T
C1: MEDIANT (7)
C2: DETAIL (6)
DC: LIMITED (7)
OT: AILMENT (7) ALIMENT (7) DELIMIT (7) DIAMINE (7) INTIMAE (7) INTIMAL (7) LANDTIE (7) MANTLED (7) MIDLINE (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)
A selection of letters that looked like it yielded higher than a 7 but amazingly it didn’t. George sadly couldn’t spot one of the many 7’s and Daniel is off and running again.
Round 2: V N S P E A O I T
C1: NATIVES (7)
C2: antipose
DC: EVASION (7) OPIATES (7)
OT: ATONIES (7) ATOPIES (7) VAINEST (7) NOVATES (7) PANTIES (7) SAPIENT (7) POINTES (7)
Score: 14–0 (max 14)
Again a nice looking set of letters (for touchdown anyway) that only produces 7’s. George is tricked into going for an 8 that was never there.
Round 3: R O M A L I N A D
C1: ORDINAL (7)
C2: NOMAD (5)
OT: DOMANIAL (8) MANDORLA (8) MANORIAL (8) MORAINAL (8)
Score: 21–0 (max 22)
George is unable to match Daniel again and this game has the same familiar appearance to yesterdays. Also there were four eights all which I have no idea what they mean so I’ll run through the definitions for my benefit.
DOMANIAL means relating to DOMAINS. Straightforward really.
MORAINAL means relating to MORAINES which are glacial deposits.
MANORIAL means relating to MANORS. Hmm probably should have worked these out myself.
MANDORLA is an ancient symbol of two circles coming together, used to describe the coming together of heaven and earth. (Looks a bit like a shit Venn diagram).
Round 4: V T E I N E S I D
C1: INVESTED (8)
C2: DIVINEST (8)
OT: INVITEES (8) VEINIEST (8)
Score: 29–8 (max 30)
Good 8’s from George and the champ means that George is on the board. They both share a smile and George does a rather feeble fist pump.
Round 5: 25, 10, 2, 1, 9, 5. Target: 267.
C1: 267. 25*10+9*2-1 (10)
C2: 267. 25*10+9+1+2+5 (10)
Score: 39–18 (max 40)
Nice numbers solution form George (Daniel’s is OK too) and that means with those 10 points Daniel is 1 point off the max going into Alastair’s anecdote.
Alastair Stewart talks about some dinner meeting he was at to do with tourism and about his mate Digby Jones. Not the kind of thing I want to hear about on Countdown.
Teatime teaser: RAINCASE -> CANARIES
Round 6: G T C D E U A O R
C1: EDUCATOR (8)
C2: ecotage
DC: OUTRAGED (8)
OT: OUTRACED (8)
Score: 47–18 (max 48)
George was probably sitting there thinking “yey I get to show off a bit with ECOTAGE” but then Daniel just pisses on him with one of the 8’s available. Daniel is pretty ruthless as he maxes his fifth round out of six.
Round 7: S E C O N R A Y P
C1: CRAYONS (7)
C2: CRAYONS (7)
DC: NECROPSY (8)
Score: 54–25 (max 56)
Possibly the easiest ever selection to pick a 9 for in goatdown although sadly the final consonant wasn’t a D. Anyway, DC dicked on everyone with NECROPSY (an autopsy) being the darren. Awesome spot. Daniel and George were happy with CRAYONS though. Simpletons.
Round 8: S U L O R A F E S
C1: flosser
C2: FLOURS (6)
DC: EARFUL (6) EARFULS (7) LOAFERS (7)
OT: REFUSALS (8)
Score: 54–31 (max 64)
FLOURS appears again and it is the first round that George wins. Daniel is tempted by FLOSSER^ but Susie says no, no, no.
Round 9: B A R E T A W M U
C1: arbetum
C2: WATER (5)
DC: AMATEUR (7)
OT: TAMBURA (7)
Score: 54–36 (max 71)
Again Daniel is pushing for the big words but it’s not there, possibly thinking of ARBORETUM (place for cultivating trees). George wins back to back rounds and Daniel’s lead is looking less impressive as it has been chopped down.
Susie's Origins of Words: Susie talks about the origin of "one fell swoop".
Round 10: 50, 1, 8, 4, 3, 3. Target: 470.
C1: 470. (50-3)*(4-3+1+8) (10)
C2: 470. (50-3)*(4-3+1+8) (10)
Score: 64–46 (max 81)
No trouble for either of the guys with this one and Daniel is back to his scoring ways taking him to 64 meaning a century today is going to be a bit tougher to get. For those freaks among us the score is palindromic at this stage of the game.
Teatime teaser: FAGENDED -> DEFANGED
Round 11: X E J I K E D N W
C1: JINXED (6)
C2: WINKED (6)
OT: JINKED (6)
Score: 70–52 (max 87)
Yucky set of letters and George matches Daniel and is really still in this game being just 18 points behind. Has he got enough in him though to beat Daniel in a round and possibly snatch the game?
Round 12: O I O C H R L S E
C1: RECOILS (7)
C2: coilers
DC: SCHOOLER (8)
OT: CHOOSIER (8) SCHOOLIE (8)
Score: 77–52 (max 95)
Ack. I think that’s it for George as he drops back to a 25 point deficit when he had the chance to beat Daniel with a few 8’s to go at. Nevermind.
Round 13: O U T I O Q U N M
C1: MOTION (6)
C2: MOUNT (5)
DC: QUINT (5)
OT: MOUTON (6)
Score: 83–52 (max 101)
That 6 seals the game and octochamp status for Pati who again has not missed much.
Round 14: 25, 8, 4, 10, 1, 8. Target: 637.
C1: 638.
C2: 637. 8*8*10-4+1 (10)
Score: 83–62 (max 111)
George solves a relatively simple numbers game meaning the champ can't score a century today. He can keep up his 100% success rate of conundrums though so let's wait and see...
Round 15: S H I R T L O S T
C1 buzzes on 1 second to say SHORTLIST which is correct.
Final Score: 93–62 (max 121)
And he's done it with a solve of a scramble which I think is a bit of a joke really. I reckon George had that conundrum but couldn't find the buzzer, perhaps he should borrow Damian's copy of Clare Sudbery's 'Loser's Guide to Countdown'.
Sadly George was against someone who was always going to win and I actually quite liked George so would have liked to see him not against Daniel just so he might win a couple.
But credit to Daniel. He put in another solid performance (and score) meaning he becomes the #1 seed of the series so far displacing (not) everybody's favourite Scotsman, Scott Gillies. Rumours are that Tim Vine sent Mr Pati congratulations.
So for the statisticians Daniel racked up 840 points with 8 wins, 8 conundrum solves, some lovely 9's and some funny moments. I think everyone will welcome him back with wide arms for the finals.
From me...fantastic Daniel, really well done, uber impressed.
Farewell for another week.
Ryan
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63