Friday 25 February 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 35)
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:37 am
Countdown recap for Friday 25 February 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 35).
C1: Champion Ned Pendleton (6 wins, 481 points.)
C2: Challenger Jon Edmondson.
DC: Susie Dent and Mark Foster.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Ned Pendleton survived the challenge of forumite Dan McColm in Thursday’s game; can he cope against the hoping-to-skydive-and-milk-a-cow-in-2011 Lancastrian that is Jon Edmondson? Without further ado, let’s discover...
R01: M U P E A Q D H R
R02: I O G B N A E D R
R03: S I W A O R N D L
R04: S R I O F U O N Y
R05: 25, 50, 75, 100, 6, 10. Target: 366.
TTT: VIRALCAN - "A great atmosphere at the travelling circus."
R06: P T S R I E O C F
R07: T I L E A B T M D
R08: G S L R U E T A O
R09: S O N E U P N S A
R10: 100, 50, 3, 4, 5, 2. Target: 887.
TTT: SPUDROOT - "The name given to people who cannot stay the course."
R11: R I W O E S P M L
R12: N C S J A E A R L
R13: T I N E A H D T X
R14: 25, 3, 3, 1, 9, 4. Target: 339.
R15: O V A L Y T U R N (conundrum)
This week’s Countdown has been sponsored by Pregnacare. Incidentally, did you know that folic acid is so called because it’s found in leafy vegetables? No, neither did I.
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Today’s opening from the Jeffster revolves around this weekend’s Oscars ceremony and the preparations that those attending have to make once a year. That’s nothing, he says, compared to what he has to go through in make-up every day before appearing on Countdown.
Round 1: M U P E A Q D H R
C1: HUMPED (6)
C2: HUMPED (6)
DC: HAMPER (6)
OT: DAMPER (6) RAMPED (6) DUMPER (6) HARMED (6) HARPED (6) MARQUE (6) PURDAH (6) REMUDA (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
F-L-A-T, as Kim Appleby once sang. Oh yes she did. Well, almost.
Round 2: I O G B N A E D R
C1: derobing
C2: READING (7)
DC: BOARDING (8) BEARDING (8)
OT: BONDAGER (8) DEBONAIR (8) DIBORANE (8) ORGANDIE (8)
Score: 6–13 (max 14)
Ned falls into the derobe/disrobe trap, allowing our challenger to take an early lead. Will Ned be relying on his numbers again to pull back the deficit?
Round 3: S I W A O R N D L
C1: ONWARDS (7)
C2: ADORNS (6)
DC: INWARDS (7) ORDINALS (8)
Score: 13–13 (max 22)
A good seven from Ned makes it all-square, while DC are on song with the darrenic ORDINALS.
Round 4: S R I O F U O N Y
C1: FUSION (6)
C2: IONS (4)
DC: SUNROOF (7)
OT: FURIOSO (7) UNROOFS (7)
Score: 19–13 (max 29)
Atomic offerings from our contestants, while DC are basking in the sunshine with their seven.
Round 5: 25, 50, 75, 100, 6, 10. Target: 366.
C1: 366. ((100+75)x50/25)+10+6 (10)
C2: 365.
Score: 29–13 (max 39)
Four from the top for Ned? Check. Ned beats his challenger? Check. He’s looking good for a seventh win? Check.
Jeff ‘interviews’ Mark before the first break and our guest talks about various things before leaving us with the advice that it doesn’t matter what you choose to do in life, “just have a go”. Well said.
Teatime teaser: VIRALCAN -> CARNIVAL
Round 6: P T S R I E O C F
C1: COPTERS (7)
C2: COPTERS (7)
DC: PROFITS (7) FORCEPS (7) RIPOSTE (7)
OT: COPIERS (7) FORTIES (7) POETICS (7) SPORTIF (7) ROPIEST (7) TRICEPS (7) TROPICS (7)
Score: 36–20 (max 46)
Another flat one. (Well, Pancake Day is coming soon! Tuesday week, I believe, so get that lemon juice ready.)
Round 7: T I L E A B T M D
C1: BATTLED (7)
C2: BATTLED (7)
DC: TIMBALE (7)
OT: BLATTED (7)
Score: 43–27 (max 53)
BATTLED puts me in mind of the often misspelt surname of forumite Kathleen Batlle.
Round 8: G S L R U E T A O
C1: GLOATERS (8)
C2: GLOATERS (8)
DC: OUTRAGES (8) GESTURAL (8)
OT: LEGATORS (8)
Score: 51–35 (max 61)
Round 9: S O N E U P N S A
C1: PAEONS (6)
C2: unspans
OT: UNSNAPS (7)
Score: 57–35 (max 68)
Jon plumps for the invalid UNSPANS^, but he was oh-so-close to the darrenic UNSNAPS. Ned mops up six more points with his PAEONS. (There isn’t meant to be a pun there, so please don’t look for one.)
OoW: Susie explores the origins of the expression ‘hair of the dog’. It all stems from the ancient idea of curing dog bites by sticking a hair from the dog that bit you on the wound, apparently - a practice which didn’t die out until the 18th century.
Round 10: 100, 50, 3, 4, 5, 2. Target: 887.
C1: 891. (5+4)x(100-(3-2)) (7)
C2: 878.
RR: 887. ((((100+50)x3)-4)x2)-5 (10)
Score: 64–35 (max 78)
Ned once again triumphs on the numbers, but we need Rachel to show us how to get maximum pointage.
Teatime teaser: SPUDROOT -> DROPOUTS
Round 11: R I W O E S P M L
C1: IMPLORES (8)
C2: limpers
DC: WIMPLES (7)
Score: 72–35 (max 86)
A plausible seven is offered by Jon, but it’s not in. No matter, as Ned has an eight anyway.
Round 12: N C S J A E A R L
C1: LANCES (6)
C2: CLEANS (6)
DC: RASCAL (6) ARSENAL (7)
OT: JACALES (7) LANCERS (7)
Score: 78–41 (max 93)
Perhaps surprisingly, Ned doesn’t offer LANCERS. Maybe hadn’t seen it, or maybe he thought it was a dodgy agent noun (or maybe something else). A JACAL (plural JACALES) is nothing to do with Frederick Forsyth novels; it’s a Mexican wattle-and-daub hut.
Round 13: T I N E A H D T X
C1: HINTED (6)
C2: HATTED (6)
DC: TAINTED (7)
Score: 84–47 (max 100)
“As in Tainted Love,” quips Jeff. At least he didn’t start singing it...
Round 14: 25, 3, 3, 1, 9, 4. Target: 339.
C1: 337. ((9+3+1)x25)+(4x3) (7)
C2: 331.
RR: 339. (((25+3)x4)+1)x3 (10)
Score: 91–47 (max 110)
A bit of a repeat of Round 10: Jon chooses the numbers; Ned gets the closest (I know it should be ‘closer’, but it sounds wrong) and scores seven points; Rachel takes it to the max.
Round 15: O V A L Y T U R N
C2 buzzes on 16.5 seconds to say VOLUNTARY which is correct.
Final Score: 91–57 (max 120)
Perhaps surprisingly (Part 2): it takes sixteen seconds for someone to unravel the conundrum. Perhaps unsurprisingly (Part 1): it’s Jon who does so, as Ned has only spotted one during his time on the show so far, a fact which may blight him come the quarter-finals in June. He’s also yet to achieve a century. Will his superior numbers performance allow him to achieve ‘octochampdom’ on Monday, something he now confesses is ‘within reach’, or will the challenger have other ideas? Tune in at 3.10 to find out, when Mark Durden-Smith will be making his debut appearance in Dictionary Corner. See you next month!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64
C1: Champion Ned Pendleton (6 wins, 481 points.)
C2: Challenger Jon Edmondson.
DC: Susie Dent and Mark Foster.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Ned Pendleton survived the challenge of forumite Dan McColm in Thursday’s game; can he cope against the hoping-to-skydive-and-milk-a-cow-in-2011 Lancastrian that is Jon Edmondson? Without further ado, let’s discover...
R01: M U P E A Q D H R
R02: I O G B N A E D R
R03: S I W A O R N D L
R04: S R I O F U O N Y
R05: 25, 50, 75, 100, 6, 10. Target: 366.
TTT: VIRALCAN - "A great atmosphere at the travelling circus."
R06: P T S R I E O C F
R07: T I L E A B T M D
R08: G S L R U E T A O
R09: S O N E U P N S A
R10: 100, 50, 3, 4, 5, 2. Target: 887.
TTT: SPUDROOT - "The name given to people who cannot stay the course."
R11: R I W O E S P M L
R12: N C S J A E A R L
R13: T I N E A H D T X
R14: 25, 3, 3, 1, 9, 4. Target: 339.
R15: O V A L Y T U R N (conundrum)
This week’s Countdown has been sponsored by Pregnacare. Incidentally, did you know that folic acid is so called because it’s found in leafy vegetables? No, neither did I.
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Today’s opening from the Jeffster revolves around this weekend’s Oscars ceremony and the preparations that those attending have to make once a year. That’s nothing, he says, compared to what he has to go through in make-up every day before appearing on Countdown.
Round 1: M U P E A Q D H R
C1: HUMPED (6)
C2: HUMPED (6)
DC: HAMPER (6)
OT: DAMPER (6) RAMPED (6) DUMPER (6) HARMED (6) HARPED (6) MARQUE (6) PURDAH (6) REMUDA (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
F-L-A-T, as Kim Appleby once sang. Oh yes she did. Well, almost.
Round 2: I O G B N A E D R
C1: derobing
C2: READING (7)
DC: BOARDING (8) BEARDING (8)
OT: BONDAGER (8) DEBONAIR (8) DIBORANE (8) ORGANDIE (8)
Score: 6–13 (max 14)
Ned falls into the derobe/disrobe trap, allowing our challenger to take an early lead. Will Ned be relying on his numbers again to pull back the deficit?
Round 3: S I W A O R N D L
C1: ONWARDS (7)
C2: ADORNS (6)
DC: INWARDS (7) ORDINALS (8)
Score: 13–13 (max 22)
A good seven from Ned makes it all-square, while DC are on song with the darrenic ORDINALS.
Round 4: S R I O F U O N Y
C1: FUSION (6)
C2: IONS (4)
DC: SUNROOF (7)
OT: FURIOSO (7) UNROOFS (7)
Score: 19–13 (max 29)
Atomic offerings from our contestants, while DC are basking in the sunshine with their seven.
Round 5: 25, 50, 75, 100, 6, 10. Target: 366.
C1: 366. ((100+75)x50/25)+10+6 (10)
C2: 365.
Score: 29–13 (max 39)
Four from the top for Ned? Check. Ned beats his challenger? Check. He’s looking good for a seventh win? Check.
Jeff ‘interviews’ Mark before the first break and our guest talks about various things before leaving us with the advice that it doesn’t matter what you choose to do in life, “just have a go”. Well said.
Teatime teaser: VIRALCAN -> CARNIVAL
Round 6: P T S R I E O C F
C1: COPTERS (7)
C2: COPTERS (7)
DC: PROFITS (7) FORCEPS (7) RIPOSTE (7)
OT: COPIERS (7) FORTIES (7) POETICS (7) SPORTIF (7) ROPIEST (7) TRICEPS (7) TROPICS (7)
Score: 36–20 (max 46)
Another flat one. (Well, Pancake Day is coming soon! Tuesday week, I believe, so get that lemon juice ready.)
Round 7: T I L E A B T M D
C1: BATTLED (7)
C2: BATTLED (7)
DC: TIMBALE (7)
OT: BLATTED (7)
Score: 43–27 (max 53)
BATTLED puts me in mind of the often misspelt surname of forumite Kathleen Batlle.
Round 8: G S L R U E T A O
C1: GLOATERS (8)
C2: GLOATERS (8)
DC: OUTRAGES (8) GESTURAL (8)
OT: LEGATORS (8)
Score: 51–35 (max 61)
Round 9: S O N E U P N S A
C1: PAEONS (6)
C2: unspans
OT: UNSNAPS (7)
Score: 57–35 (max 68)
Jon plumps for the invalid UNSPANS^, but he was oh-so-close to the darrenic UNSNAPS. Ned mops up six more points with his PAEONS. (There isn’t meant to be a pun there, so please don’t look for one.)
OoW: Susie explores the origins of the expression ‘hair of the dog’. It all stems from the ancient idea of curing dog bites by sticking a hair from the dog that bit you on the wound, apparently - a practice which didn’t die out until the 18th century.
Round 10: 100, 50, 3, 4, 5, 2. Target: 887.
C1: 891. (5+4)x(100-(3-2)) (7)
C2: 878.
RR: 887. ((((100+50)x3)-4)x2)-5 (10)
Score: 64–35 (max 78)
Ned once again triumphs on the numbers, but we need Rachel to show us how to get maximum pointage.
Teatime teaser: SPUDROOT -> DROPOUTS
Round 11: R I W O E S P M L
C1: IMPLORES (8)
C2: limpers
DC: WIMPLES (7)
Score: 72–35 (max 86)
A plausible seven is offered by Jon, but it’s not in. No matter, as Ned has an eight anyway.
Round 12: N C S J A E A R L
C1: LANCES (6)
C2: CLEANS (6)
DC: RASCAL (6) ARSENAL (7)
OT: JACALES (7) LANCERS (7)
Score: 78–41 (max 93)
Perhaps surprisingly, Ned doesn’t offer LANCERS. Maybe hadn’t seen it, or maybe he thought it was a dodgy agent noun (or maybe something else). A JACAL (plural JACALES) is nothing to do with Frederick Forsyth novels; it’s a Mexican wattle-and-daub hut.
Round 13: T I N E A H D T X
C1: HINTED (6)
C2: HATTED (6)
DC: TAINTED (7)
Score: 84–47 (max 100)
“As in Tainted Love,” quips Jeff. At least he didn’t start singing it...
Round 14: 25, 3, 3, 1, 9, 4. Target: 339.
C1: 337. ((9+3+1)x25)+(4x3) (7)
C2: 331.
RR: 339. (((25+3)x4)+1)x3 (10)
Score: 91–47 (max 110)
A bit of a repeat of Round 10: Jon chooses the numbers; Ned gets the closest (I know it should be ‘closer’, but it sounds wrong) and scores seven points; Rachel takes it to the max.
Round 15: O V A L Y T U R N
C2 buzzes on 16.5 seconds to say VOLUNTARY which is correct.
Final Score: 91–57 (max 120)
Perhaps surprisingly (Part 2): it takes sixteen seconds for someone to unravel the conundrum. Perhaps unsurprisingly (Part 1): it’s Jon who does so, as Ned has only spotted one during his time on the show so far, a fact which may blight him come the quarter-finals in June. He’s also yet to achieve a century. Will his superior numbers performance allow him to achieve ‘octochampdom’ on Monday, something he now confesses is ‘within reach’, or will the challenger have other ideas? Tune in at 3.10 to find out, when Mark Durden-Smith will be making his debut appearance in Dictionary Corner. See you next month!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64