Thursday 10th February 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 24)
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:19 pm
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Countdown recap for Thursday 10 February 2011.
C1: Champion Edward McCullagh (6 wins, 664 points.) An Apteforumite from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is known as "Frenchy" by his mates, mainly because he studied in Perpignan for a year, and mainly liked the food that the French family he lived with gave him.
C2: Challenger Lalitha Thyagarajan. From Lancashire. She enjoys reading mushy romantic novels. She is fluent in 6 languages, Hindi, Telugu, English, Tamil, Dutch and French. She said that the hardest to learn was Dutch.
DC: Susie Dent and Martin Lewis.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R C D E I E T L A
R02: R D M E I E R T I
R03: A S B U I K W O N
R04: T P H E O E R S O
R05: 50, 75, 9, 2, 5, 2. Target: 536.
TTT: LOSTHOPE - "If you drive over these, it can be a bit of a blow"
R06: N T S O A O R G A
R07: I P D E H R P A N
R08: D W T E I A F T A
R09: E S Z U E L N L U
R10: 100, 3, 5, 10, 2, 9. Target: 841.
TTT: TUGSCOIN - "On the lookout for boy's activity group"
R11: I M L N O A T I A
R12: O E U D P T A F N
R13: U O Q R Y U E D R
R14: 75, 50, 10, 9, 5, 9. Target: 646.
R15: M A D B I K E R S (conundrum)
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Round 1: R C D E I E T L A
C1: DECALITRE (18)
C2: DELICATE (8)
Score: 18–0 (max 18)
Well, after missing the MEGALITRE conundrum on Friday, Edward gets a niner with a similar word.
Round 2: R D M E I E R T I
C1: DIRTIER (7)
C2: mitered
DC: MITRED (6) MERITED (7) RETIRED (7)
OT: DEMERIT (7) DIMETER (7) RETIMED (7) RETRIED (7) TIMIDER (7) TRIREME (7)
Score: 25–0 (max 25)
Unlucky for Lalitha as she offers the US spelling of MITRED, letting Edward boost his lead already to a quarter century.
A DIMETER is a verse or line of two measures or feet.
Round 3: A S B U I K W O N
C1: BOINKS (6)
C2: WINKS (5)
DC: BONSAI (6)
OT: BUSKIN (6) SUNBOW (6)
Score: 31–0 (max 31)
A nice 6 by Edward as he stamps his authority early in this one.
A BUSKIN (or COTHURNUS) is a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot worn by Ancient Greek and Roman tragedians.
A SUNBOW is a bow or arc of prismatic colours like a rainbow, appearing in the spray of cataracts, waterfalls, fountains, etc.
Round 4: T P H E O E R S O
C1: SHOOTER (7)
C2: HOOTERS (7)
DC: HOOPSTER (8)
OT: OOSPHERE (8)
Score: 38–7 (max 39)
As promised yesterday, Martin does a dance (at least it was sitting down) as DC beat Edward with an ODE3 eighter.
An OOSPHERE is an unfertilized egg within an oogonium, which is an immature female germ cell forming oocytes by repeated divisions.
Round 5: 50, 75, 9, 2, 5, 2. Target: 536.
C1: 536. ((5 + 2) x 75) + 9 + 2 (10)
C2: 535.
Score: 48–7 (max 49)
Another good numbers by Edward, and despite Lalitha's best efforts, Edward seems to be in just unstoppable form at the moment.
Martin revives a question he sort of did last time he was in the studio.
Which is the worst, pound for pound
a) Buy One Get One Free
b) 50% Off
c) 75% More Free
d) All Are The Same
The answer, correctly guessed by Rachel and Susie is c), because a) and b) are the same, you'd get 2 bottles for the price of 1, but c) means you get 1 bottle and three-quarters of a bottle for the same price that you'd spend on 2 bottles with the other deals.
Teatime teaser: LOSTHOPE -> POTHOLES
Round 6: N T S O A O R G A
C1: RATOONS (7)
C2: SARONG (6)
DC: ANGORAS (7)
OT: SANTOOR (7) TROGONS (7)
Score: 55–7 (max 56)
Brill, brill, brill. Told you'd it would be 3 times as good, good, good.
A SANTOOR (or SANTIR or SANTUR even) is a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
A TROGON is any of various colourful tropical or subtropical birds of the family Trogonidae, which includes the quetzal.
Round 7: I P D E H R P A N
C1: HAPPIER (7)
C2: PANDER (6)
DC: PINHEAD (7)
OT: HANDIER (7) HEPARIN (7) NAPPIER (7) PREPAID (7) RAPHIDE (7)
Score: 62–7 (max 63)
Lalitha can't seem to get off 7 at the moment, whereas DC find themselves a PINHEAD.
A HEPARIN is a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
A RAPHIDE is an acicular crystal, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occurs in bundles in the cells of many plants.
Round 8: D W T E I A F T A
C1: AWAITED (7)
C2: AWAITED (7)
Score: 69–14 (max 70)
Both get the darren in this one....
Round 9: E S Z U E L N L U
C1: LUNULES (7)
C2: SULLEN (6)
Score: 76–14 (max 77)
...but then Edward gets an even more impressive darren in the next round.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the 1819 invention, "siren", and all the other "sirens" that preceded it.
Round 10: 100, 3, 5, 10, 2, 9. Target: 841.
C1: 840. (100 - (5 + 9 + 2)) x 10 (7)
C2: 842. ((10 - 2) x 100) + (9 x 5) - 3 (7)
RR: 841. ((100 - 3 + 2) x 9) - (5 x 10) (10)
Score: 83–21 (max 87)
Woah, for once, Edward fails to max the numbers game
His opponent doesn't either, leaving Rachel to solve it.
Teatime teaser: TUGSCOIN -> SCOUTING
Round 11: I M L N O A T I A
C1: ATONAL (6)
C2: MANIA (5)
DC: OILMAN (6)
OT: ANIMATI (7) ANIMATO (7) INTIMAL (7) MATINAL (7) MONILIA (7)
Score: 89–21 (max 94)
Loads of 7's, but all are missed, but Edward's 6 means he has now won the game already.
Round 12: O E U D P T A F N
C1: PANTED (6)
C2: UPDATE (6)
DC: NOTEPAD (7)
OT: TONEPAD (7)
Score: 95–27 (max 101)
Another non-max by Edward. This is indeed rare territory.
Round 13: U O Q R Y U E D R
C1: DOURER (6)
C2: QUERY (5)
DC: RUDERY (6)
OT: ORDURE (6)
Score: 101–27 (max 107)
A very tricky selection, but Edward musters a 6 and a century to boot.
ORDURE is dung, manure or excrement. As I said, 3 times the coolness, but with a touch of stink.
Round 14: 75, 50, 10, 9, 5, 9. Target: 646.
C1: 646. ((75 - 9) x 10) - (5 + 9) (10)
C2: 640.
Score: 111–27 (max 117)
A tricky looking numbers game, but Edward made it look easy, and he gets a Nelson.
Round 15: M A D B I K E R S
C1 buzzes on 6.25 seconds to say DISEMBARK which is correct.
Final Score: 121–27 (max 127)
And another conundrum solve gives Edward his best score of his run so far. Also noteworthy is Edward being complimentary of Lalitha's efforts at the end, and if you look at the raw scores below, his praise is justified.
But that score does give Edward a faint chance of toppling Adam at the top of the leaderboard tomorrow, when he goes for octochampdom.
A score of 119 or better will do it for Edward.
Join Mike to see if he can do it.
I'll be back next week, so till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Edward:
Total score - 121
Raw score - 121
Total % of max - 95
Raw % of max - 95
Total average score per round - 8.1
Raw average score per round - 8.1
Number of maxes - 11
Lalitha:
Total score - 27
Raw score - 80
Total % of max - 22
Raw % of max - 63
Total average score per round - 1.8
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 1
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64
Enjoy.
Enjoy. Enjoy. Countdown recap for Thursday 10 February 2011.
C1: Champion Edward McCullagh (6 wins, 664 points.) An Apteforumite from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is known as "Frenchy" by his mates, mainly because he studied in Perpignan for a year, and mainly liked the food that the French family he lived with gave him.
C2: Challenger Lalitha Thyagarajan. From Lancashire. She enjoys reading mushy romantic novels. She is fluent in 6 languages, Hindi, Telugu, English, Tamil, Dutch and French. She said that the hardest to learn was Dutch.
DC: Susie Dent and Martin Lewis.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R C D E I E T L A
R02: R D M E I E R T I
R03: A S B U I K W O N
R04: T P H E O E R S O
R05: 50, 75, 9, 2, 5, 2. Target: 536.
TTT: LOSTHOPE - "If you drive over these, it can be a bit of a blow"
R06: N T S O A O R G A
R07: I P D E H R P A N
R08: D W T E I A F T A
R09: E S Z U E L N L U
R10: 100, 3, 5, 10, 2, 9. Target: 841.
TTT: TUGSCOIN - "On the lookout for boy's activity group"
R11: I M L N O A T I A
R12: O E U D P T A F N
R13: U O Q R Y U E D R
R14: 75, 50, 10, 9, 5, 9. Target: 646.
R15: M A D B I K E R S (conundrum)
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Round 1: R C D E I E T L A
C1: DECALITRE (18)
C2: DELICATE (8)
Score: 18–0 (max 18)
Well, after missing the MEGALITRE conundrum on Friday, Edward gets a niner with a similar word.
Round 2: R D M E I E R T I
C1: DIRTIER (7)
C2: mitered
DC: MITRED (6) MERITED (7) RETIRED (7)
OT: DEMERIT (7) DIMETER (7) RETIMED (7) RETRIED (7) TIMIDER (7) TRIREME (7)
Score: 25–0 (max 25)
Unlucky for Lalitha as she offers the US spelling of MITRED, letting Edward boost his lead already to a quarter century.
A DIMETER is a verse or line of two measures or feet.
Round 3: A S B U I K W O N
C1: BOINKS (6)
C2: WINKS (5)
DC: BONSAI (6)
OT: BUSKIN (6) SUNBOW (6)
Score: 31–0 (max 31)
A nice 6 by Edward as he stamps his authority early in this one.
A BUSKIN (or COTHURNUS) is a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot worn by Ancient Greek and Roman tragedians.
A SUNBOW is a bow or arc of prismatic colours like a rainbow, appearing in the spray of cataracts, waterfalls, fountains, etc.
Round 4: T P H E O E R S O
C1: SHOOTER (7)
C2: HOOTERS (7)
DC: HOOPSTER (8)
OT: OOSPHERE (8)
Score: 38–7 (max 39)
As promised yesterday, Martin does a dance (at least it was sitting down) as DC beat Edward with an ODE3 eighter.
An OOSPHERE is an unfertilized egg within an oogonium, which is an immature female germ cell forming oocytes by repeated divisions.
Round 5: 50, 75, 9, 2, 5, 2. Target: 536.
C1: 536. ((5 + 2) x 75) + 9 + 2 (10)
C2: 535.
Score: 48–7 (max 49)
Another good numbers by Edward, and despite Lalitha's best efforts, Edward seems to be in just unstoppable form at the moment.
Martin revives a question he sort of did last time he was in the studio.
Which is the worst, pound for pound
a) Buy One Get One Free
b) 50% Off
c) 75% More Free
d) All Are The Same
The answer, correctly guessed by Rachel and Susie is c), because a) and b) are the same, you'd get 2 bottles for the price of 1, but c) means you get 1 bottle and three-quarters of a bottle for the same price that you'd spend on 2 bottles with the other deals.
Teatime teaser: LOSTHOPE -> POTHOLES
Round 6: N T S O A O R G A
C1: RATOONS (7)
C2: SARONG (6)
DC: ANGORAS (7)
OT: SANTOOR (7) TROGONS (7)
Score: 55–7 (max 56)
Brill, brill, brill. Told you'd it would be 3 times as good, good, good.
A SANTOOR (or SANTIR or SANTUR even) is a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
A TROGON is any of various colourful tropical or subtropical birds of the family Trogonidae, which includes the quetzal.
Round 7: I P D E H R P A N
C1: HAPPIER (7)
C2: PANDER (6)
DC: PINHEAD (7)
OT: HANDIER (7) HEPARIN (7) NAPPIER (7) PREPAID (7) RAPHIDE (7)
Score: 62–7 (max 63)
Lalitha can't seem to get off 7 at the moment, whereas DC find themselves a PINHEAD.
A HEPARIN is a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
A RAPHIDE is an acicular crystal, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occurs in bundles in the cells of many plants.
Round 8: D W T E I A F T A
C1: AWAITED (7)
C2: AWAITED (7)
Score: 69–14 (max 70)
Both get the darren in this one....
Round 9: E S Z U E L N L U
C1: LUNULES (7)
C2: SULLEN (6)
Score: 76–14 (max 77)
...but then Edward gets an even more impressive darren in the next round.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the 1819 invention, "siren", and all the other "sirens" that preceded it.
Round 10: 100, 3, 5, 10, 2, 9. Target: 841.
C1: 840. (100 - (5 + 9 + 2)) x 10 (7)
C2: 842. ((10 - 2) x 100) + (9 x 5) - 3 (7)
RR: 841. ((100 - 3 + 2) x 9) - (5 x 10) (10)
Score: 83–21 (max 87)
Woah, for once, Edward fails to max the numbers game
His opponent doesn't either, leaving Rachel to solve it.Teatime teaser: TUGSCOIN -> SCOUTING
Round 11: I M L N O A T I A
C1: ATONAL (6)
C2: MANIA (5)
DC: OILMAN (6)
OT: ANIMATI (7) ANIMATO (7) INTIMAL (7) MATINAL (7) MONILIA (7)
Score: 89–21 (max 94)
Loads of 7's, but all are missed, but Edward's 6 means he has now won the game already.
Round 12: O E U D P T A F N
C1: PANTED (6)
C2: UPDATE (6)
DC: NOTEPAD (7)
OT: TONEPAD (7)
Score: 95–27 (max 101)
Another non-max by Edward. This is indeed rare territory.
Round 13: U O Q R Y U E D R
C1: DOURER (6)
C2: QUERY (5)
DC: RUDERY (6)
OT: ORDURE (6)
Score: 101–27 (max 107)
A very tricky selection, but Edward musters a 6 and a century to boot.
ORDURE is dung, manure or excrement. As I said, 3 times the coolness, but with a touch of stink.
Round 14: 75, 50, 10, 9, 5, 9. Target: 646.
C1: 646. ((75 - 9) x 10) - (5 + 9) (10)
C2: 640.
Score: 111–27 (max 117)
A tricky looking numbers game, but Edward made it look easy, and he gets a Nelson.
Round 15: M A D B I K E R S
C1 buzzes on 6.25 seconds to say DISEMBARK which is correct.
Final Score: 121–27 (max 127)
And another conundrum solve gives Edward his best score of his run so far. Also noteworthy is Edward being complimentary of Lalitha's efforts at the end, and if you look at the raw scores below, his praise is justified.
But that score does give Edward a faint chance of toppling Adam at the top of the leaderboard tomorrow, when he goes for octochampdom.
A score of 119 or better will do it for Edward.
Join Mike to see if he can do it.
I'll be back next week, so till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Edward:
Total score - 121
Raw score - 121
Total % of max - 95
Raw % of max - 95
Total average score per round - 8.1
Raw average score per round - 8.1
Number of maxes - 11
Lalitha:
Total score - 27
Raw score - 80
Total % of max - 22
Raw % of max - 63
Total average score per round - 1.8
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 1
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64