Monday 14th February 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 26)
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:58 pm
Countdown recap for Monday 14 February 2011.
Hello, good evening and welcome. It's Valentine's Day, a day of the year specifically created to remind all people like me that they are loners and will never find a companion in life. Hooray for St Valentine.
C1: Challenger Dennis Shannon.
C2: Challenger Andy Campbell.
DC: Susie Dent and Debra Stephenson.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: O E A D M R T D E
R02: L Z Q A I N P A U
R03: O E O T D R N U B
R04: T K F P A I N A G
R05: 75, 50, 8, 8, 7, 6. Target: 473.
TTT: SILLYNET - "How you might sit at an old film library"
R06: L W T H I O S R E
R07: A E A L M L X S N
R08: T M E O I B J T G
R09: A I E N Y R C T U
R10: 25, 1, 10, 9, 2, 8. Target: 253.
TTT: DIRTYSUN - "It's hard work in this business"
R11: O U I R P G N F S
R12: R N C E A E S S G
R13: O I E S N T R H S
R14: 8, 6, 9, 3, 4, 1. Target: 347.
R15: T E A L I F T S U (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Dennis Shannon is from Manchester where he runs a health club. He also coaches volleyball and badminton and is a founding member of FC United of Manchester. He is bald.
Andy Campbell is a customer services advisor from Fife in Scotland. He is a Raith Rovers fan and has been for 26 years.
Debra Stephenson is the newbie in DC for the week. She was born in Hull so she's gonna tear this shit up. She played Shell Dockley in the awesome TV series Bad Girls and also Frankie Baldwin in Coronation Street.
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: O E A D M R T D E
C1: DREAMT (6)
C2: MODERATED (18)
Score: 0–18 (max 18)
Andy manages to join a group that includes Jack Hurst and Andrew Hulme by spotting a 9 in his opening round of Countdown.
Round 2: L Z Q A I N P A U
C1: PLAIN (5)
C2: UNZIP (5)
DC: liz
OT: QUALIA (6)
Score: 5–23 (max 24)
A yucky bunch of letters spits out a lovely 6 which I've never heard. QUALIA is a tough word to describe so I'm going to not describe it.
Round 3: O E O T D R N U B
C1: BOUNDER (7)
C2: BOUNDER (7)
DC: UNROOTED (8)
Score: 12–30 (max 32)
Another darren is present in this round but DC manage to spot it this time whilst the gents match each other.
Round 4: T K F P A I N A G
C1: FAKING (6)
C2: TAPING (6)
DC: TAIPAN (6)
OT: FATING (6) KAFTAN (6) KAINGA (6) PATINA (6) TAKING (6)
Score: 18–36 (max 38)
I thought this was Valentine's Day, not Shrove Tuesday. (Flat as a pancake).
Round 5: 75, 50, 8, 8, 7, 6. Target: 473.
C1: 475.
C2: 473. 8*50+75-(8-6) (10)
Score: 18–46 (max 48)
A simple numbers game eludes Dennis meaning Andy's lead stretches.
DC Guest Time: Debra treats us to some impressions of Margaret Thatcher and DC favourite Pam Ayres. They were quite good impressions actually.
Teatime teaser: SILLYNET -> SILENTLY
Round 6: L W T H I O S R E
C1: WHISTLER (8)
C2: LOITERS (7)
OT: WORTHIES (8)
Score: 26–46 (max 56)
It would seem the scoreboard is against Dennis too as even though he announces WHISTLER the scoreboard gives the 8 points to Andy! And we move on to the next round...
Round 7: A E A L M L X S N
C1: mallens
C2: SEAMAN (6)
DC: LLAMAS (6)
OT: AXEMAN (6) LEMANS (6)
Score: 26–52 (max 62)
...miraculously after that scoring error the scores are back to normal and Andy increases his already large lead with a very fruity 6 in the form of SEAMAN. How fitting for SEAMAN to come up on today of all days.
Round 8: T M E O I B J T G
C1: BIGOT (5)
C2: BOGIE (5)
DC: TIME TOTEM (5) BOTTE (5)
OT: BEGOT (5) BIOME (5) BOITE (5) MOTET (5) MOTTE (5) OBJET (5)
Score: 31–57 (max 67)
Debra makes a terrible joke about not having TIME to find anything better *tumbleweed moment*. To be fair, this shitty round is best forgot about altogether.
Round 9: A I E N Y R C T U
C1: CERTAIN (7)
C2: CURTAIN (7)
DC: CENTAURY (8)
Score: 38–64 (max 75)
Dennis deliberates over whether to go with more than a 7 but ultimately declares CERTAIN to Andy's CURTAIN and I feel the CURTAIN is almost closed on Dennis' performance today. Susie shines by spotting the only 8 available which is CENTAURY and is a plant wouldn't you know.
Susie's Origins of Words: Whilst Susie talks about origins I was in a lecture this morning about orogens. I'll let you decide which was more interesting.
Round 10: 25, 1, 10, 9, 2, 8. Target: 253.
C1: 253. 10*25+1+2 (10)
C2: 253. 10*25+1+2 (10)
Score: 48–74 (max 85)
CECIL is being a douche and sets a target that's not worth 30 seconds of anybody's time.
Teatime teaser: DIRTYSUN -> INDUSTRY
Round 11: O U I R P G N F S
C1: profusing
C2: pourings
OT: POURING (7) ROUPING (7) PROSING (7) PURSING (7) ROUSING (7) SOURING (7) SOUPING (7) SURFING (7)
Score: 48–74 (max 92)
Both chaps go a bit dodgy here and declare invalids whilst DC decide not to name any 7's and leave it for the computer to list them all.
Round 12: R N C E A E S S G
C1: CREASES (7)
C2: GREASES (7)
DC: CARESS (6)
OT: CAREENS (7) CENSERS (7) SCREENS (7) ENCAGES (7) ENCASES (7) SEANCES (7) ENRAGES (7) SERANGS (7)
Score: 55–81 (max 99)
More pancakes.
Round 13: O I E S N T R H S
C1: SHORTENS (8)
C2: TOSSER (6)
DC: HORNIEST (8) SHORTIES (8)
OT: HISTONES (8) HOISTERS (8) HORSIEST (8) HORNISTS (8)
Score: 63–81 (max 107)
Interestingly Dennis closes the gap by spotting a max in this round. HORNIEST is suitable and perhaps so is TOSSER. This next numbers round could be interesting.
Round 14: 8, 6, 9, 3, 4, 1. Target: 347.
C1: -
C2: 341. Mistake in working.
RR: 347. (6*9-4)*(8-1)-3 (10)
Score: 63–81 (max 117)
Andy amazingly walks a tight rope by picking 6 small here in hope that Dennis wouldn't get the numbers either. And luckily he didn't so the strategy paid off.
Round 15: T E A L I F T S U
C1 buzzes on 9 seconds to say FAULTIEST which is correct.
Final Score: 73–81 (max 127)
Dennis has the last word in this contest and it finishes with just an 8 point gap between them both proving that if Gevin scoring was used then Dennis would have won.
Anyway, nice little contest here, two gentle contestants, a quiet audience (probably old) and a sound performance from Andy.
Now go have sex.
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64
Hello, good evening and welcome. It's Valentine's Day, a day of the year specifically created to remind all people like me that they are loners and will never find a companion in life. Hooray for St Valentine.
C1: Challenger Dennis Shannon.
C2: Challenger Andy Campbell.
DC: Susie Dent and Debra Stephenson.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: O E A D M R T D E
R02: L Z Q A I N P A U
R03: O E O T D R N U B
R04: T K F P A I N A G
R05: 75, 50, 8, 8, 7, 6. Target: 473.
TTT: SILLYNET - "How you might sit at an old film library"
R06: L W T H I O S R E
R07: A E A L M L X S N
R08: T M E O I B J T G
R09: A I E N Y R C T U
R10: 25, 1, 10, 9, 2, 8. Target: 253.
TTT: DIRTYSUN - "It's hard work in this business"
R11: O U I R P G N F S
R12: R N C E A E S S G
R13: O I E S N T R H S
R14: 8, 6, 9, 3, 4, 1. Target: 347.
R15: T E A L I F T S U (conundrum)
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Dennis Shannon is from Manchester where he runs a health club. He also coaches volleyball and badminton and is a founding member of FC United of Manchester. He is bald.
Andy Campbell is a customer services advisor from Fife in Scotland. He is a Raith Rovers fan and has been for 26 years.
Debra Stephenson is the newbie in DC for the week. She was born in Hull so she's gonna tear this shit up. She played Shell Dockley in the awesome TV series Bad Girls and also Frankie Baldwin in Coronation Street.
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: O E A D M R T D E
C1: DREAMT (6)
C2: MODERATED (18)
Score: 0–18 (max 18)
Andy manages to join a group that includes Jack Hurst and Andrew Hulme by spotting a 9 in his opening round of Countdown.
Round 2: L Z Q A I N P A U
C1: PLAIN (5)
C2: UNZIP (5)
DC: liz
OT: QUALIA (6)
Score: 5–23 (max 24)
A yucky bunch of letters spits out a lovely 6 which I've never heard. QUALIA is a tough word to describe so I'm going to not describe it.
Round 3: O E O T D R N U B
C1: BOUNDER (7)
C2: BOUNDER (7)
DC: UNROOTED (8)
Score: 12–30 (max 32)
Another darren is present in this round but DC manage to spot it this time whilst the gents match each other.
Round 4: T K F P A I N A G
C1: FAKING (6)
C2: TAPING (6)
DC: TAIPAN (6)
OT: FATING (6) KAFTAN (6) KAINGA (6) PATINA (6) TAKING (6)
Score: 18–36 (max 38)
I thought this was Valentine's Day, not Shrove Tuesday. (Flat as a pancake).
Round 5: 75, 50, 8, 8, 7, 6. Target: 473.
C1: 475.
C2: 473. 8*50+75-(8-6) (10)
Score: 18–46 (max 48)
A simple numbers game eludes Dennis meaning Andy's lead stretches.
DC Guest Time: Debra treats us to some impressions of Margaret Thatcher and DC favourite Pam Ayres. They were quite good impressions actually.
Teatime teaser: SILLYNET -> SILENTLY
Round 6: L W T H I O S R E
C1: WHISTLER (8)
C2: LOITERS (7)
OT: WORTHIES (8)
Score: 26–46 (max 56)
It would seem the scoreboard is against Dennis too as even though he announces WHISTLER the scoreboard gives the 8 points to Andy! And we move on to the next round...
Round 7: A E A L M L X S N
C1: mallens
C2: SEAMAN (6)
DC: LLAMAS (6)
OT: AXEMAN (6) LEMANS (6)
Score: 26–52 (max 62)
...miraculously after that scoring error the scores are back to normal and Andy increases his already large lead with a very fruity 6 in the form of SEAMAN. How fitting for SEAMAN to come up on today of all days.
Round 8: T M E O I B J T G
C1: BIGOT (5)
C2: BOGIE (5)
DC: TIME TOTEM (5) BOTTE (5)
OT: BEGOT (5) BIOME (5) BOITE (5) MOTET (5) MOTTE (5) OBJET (5)
Score: 31–57 (max 67)
Debra makes a terrible joke about not having TIME to find anything better *tumbleweed moment*. To be fair, this shitty round is best forgot about altogether.
Round 9: A I E N Y R C T U
C1: CERTAIN (7)
C2: CURTAIN (7)
DC: CENTAURY (8)
Score: 38–64 (max 75)
Dennis deliberates over whether to go with more than a 7 but ultimately declares CERTAIN to Andy's CURTAIN and I feel the CURTAIN is almost closed on Dennis' performance today. Susie shines by spotting the only 8 available which is CENTAURY and is a plant wouldn't you know.
Susie's Origins of Words: Whilst Susie talks about origins I was in a lecture this morning about orogens. I'll let you decide which was more interesting.
Round 10: 25, 1, 10, 9, 2, 8. Target: 253.
C1: 253. 10*25+1+2 (10)
C2: 253. 10*25+1+2 (10)
Score: 48–74 (max 85)
CECIL is being a douche and sets a target that's not worth 30 seconds of anybody's time.
Teatime teaser: DIRTYSUN -> INDUSTRY
Round 11: O U I R P G N F S
C1: profusing
C2: pourings
OT: POURING (7) ROUPING (7) PROSING (7) PURSING (7) ROUSING (7) SOURING (7) SOUPING (7) SURFING (7)
Score: 48–74 (max 92)
Both chaps go a bit dodgy here and declare invalids whilst DC decide not to name any 7's and leave it for the computer to list them all.
Round 12: R N C E A E S S G
C1: CREASES (7)
C2: GREASES (7)
DC: CARESS (6)
OT: CAREENS (7) CENSERS (7) SCREENS (7) ENCAGES (7) ENCASES (7) SEANCES (7) ENRAGES (7) SERANGS (7)
Score: 55–81 (max 99)
More pancakes.
Round 13: O I E S N T R H S
C1: SHORTENS (8)
C2: TOSSER (6)
DC: HORNIEST (8) SHORTIES (8)
OT: HISTONES (8) HOISTERS (8) HORSIEST (8) HORNISTS (8)
Score: 63–81 (max 107)
Interestingly Dennis closes the gap by spotting a max in this round. HORNIEST is suitable and perhaps so is TOSSER. This next numbers round could be interesting.
Round 14: 8, 6, 9, 3, 4, 1. Target: 347.
C1: -
C2: 341. Mistake in working.
RR: 347. (6*9-4)*(8-1)-3 (10)
Score: 63–81 (max 117)
Andy amazingly walks a tight rope by picking 6 small here in hope that Dennis wouldn't get the numbers either. And luckily he didn't so the strategy paid off.
Round 15: T E A L I F T S U
C1 buzzes on 9 seconds to say FAULTIEST which is correct.
Final Score: 73–81 (max 127)
Dennis has the last word in this contest and it finishes with just an 8 point gap between them both proving that if Gevin scoring was used then Dennis would have won.
Anyway, nice little contest here, two gentle contestants, a quiet audience (probably old) and a sound performance from Andy.
Now go have sex.
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64