Friday 4 March 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 40)
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:53 pm
Countdown recap for Friday 4 March 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 40).
C1: Champion Michelle Nevitt (2 wins, 146 points.)
C2: Challenger Dave Roberts.
DC: Susie Dent and Mark Durden-Smith.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
It’s the weekend again already, and it’s nice to see a champion of the fairer sex in the chair for a change. Glaswegian Michelle, who has a nine-year old son(!) knocked out the coloured-capped, pink-wafer-dunking Nick Adigu-Burke on Wednesday and also saw off James ‘The Sturminator’ Sturman on Thursday. Can she see off Dave Roberts of Leicester (I wonder if he’ll be going to CoLei4?) to carry her bat into another week? Shall we find out? Why not...
R01: P O E T D A T O Q
R02: U A E W S F O D N
R03: V E I R C E D O S
R04: I A O G H R I T U
R05: 50, 75, 5, 9, 4, 7. Target: 930.
TTT: ITSAVICE - "The open spaces might belong to Phil."
R06: E E I R N L N O T
R07: M E U F T P E O G
R08: E I P T C A S Y A
R09: W I T R A L D U G
R10: 25, 2, 6, 5, 9, 4. Target: 733.
TTT: LEGALISE - "You can see them on the way to church."
R11: S A R B O E T Z I
R12: E U I B L K N A S
R13: M E J I R S O G L
R14: 100, 6, 1, 7, 9, 3. Target: 822.
R15: A N T I C A C T I (conundrum)
This week’s Countdown has been sponsored by the brain-enhancing Neurozan.
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The opening today centred around a report from the London School of Economics that suggested that good-looking people have higher IQs. This soon descended into an opportunity for Rachel to insult Jeff (as is often the case) by questioning whether the opposite was also true and Mr Stelling then went on to insult the entire audience!!! Time to start proceedings, I think...
Round 1: P O E T D A T O Q
C1: POTTED (6)
C2: TEAPOT (6)
DC: TEAPOT (6) POTATO (6)
OT: PATTED (6) TOOTED (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
Pity you can’t have POTATOED for eight; as it is, you’ll have to make do with one of the sixes.
Round 2: U A E W S F O D N
C1: ENDOWS (6)
C2: WOUNDS (6)
DC: FONDUES (7)
OT: SNAFUED (7)
Score: 12–12 (max 13)
DC are feeling peckish; at least they’ve not been SNAFUED.
Round 3: V E I R C E D O S
C1: DISCOVER (8)
C2: CRaVES
DC: DIVORCEES (18)
Score: 20–12 (max 31)
A good-looking (and Spanish-sounding) selection yields several eights (one of which is found by Michelle), but Durders and Susie are really on song with a niner.
Round 4: I A O G H R I T U
C1: TROUGH (6)
C2: GROAT (5)
DC: GUITAR (6) AUTHOR (6)
OT: AGOUTI (6) ARIGHT (6) GIAOUR (6) RAGOUT (6) RIGHTO (6) THORIA (6)
Score: 26–12 (max 37)
I had to listen a few times to check whether Dave said GROUT or GROAT, but I think I (and James) have got it right.
Round 5: 50, 75, 5, 9, 4, 7. Target: 930.
C1: -
C2: 930. ((9+4)x75)-50+5 (10)
Score: 26–22 (max 47)
Michelle has nothing to declare and suddenly it’s game on. A good solution from Dave, which I confess I only spotted after about 35 seconds.
Mark finishes his enjoyable stint alongside la Dent with a list of people he has been mistaken for – quite entertaining, a mon avis.
Teatime teaser: ITSAVICE -> CAVITIES
Round 6: E E I R N L N O T
C1: RELINE (6)
C2: RELENT (6)
DC: INTERNE (7) RETINOL (7) LEONINE (7)
OT: INTONER (7) LENIENT (7) TENONER (7)
Score: 32–28 (max 54)
A few sevens there, but our contestants score with six apiece.
Round 7: M E U F T P E O G
C1: TOUPEE (6)
C2: goute
OT: METOPE (6)
Score: 38–28 (max 60)
TOUPEE extends Michelle’s lead to ten points, while Dave declares a French word that isn’t allowed in English. In architecture, a METOPE is a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
Round 8: E I P T C A S Y A
C1: PACIEST (7)
C2: PACIEST (7)
DC: ASEPTIC (7)
Score: 45–35 (max 67)
Round 9: W I T R A L D U G
C1: TRAWL (5)
C2: TRIAD (5)
DC: GUITAR (6)
OT: RITUAL (6) TULWAR (6) TURGID (6)
Score: 50–40 (max 73)
DC spot GUITAR for the second time today, while TULWAR comes up in the selection for the second time in just over a week. TULWAR, incidentally, is one of those annoyingly-hard-to-find words in the ODE: it’s only listed under its alternative spelling of TALWAR. And in case you’re wondering, it’s a kind of sword.
OoW: Susie solves another ‘viewer’s query’ by telling us the possible origins of the word ‘malarkey’.
Round 10: 25, 2, 6, 5, 9, 4. Target: 733.
C1: 735. (5x6x25)-9-4-2 (7)
C2: -
JS: 733. (5x6x25)-9-(4x2) (JS) (10)
Score: 57–40 (max 83)
This time, it’s Michelle’s turn to score on the numbers game. Jeff steals Rachel’s thunder by telling us how her solution can easily be turned into a ten-pointer.
Teatime teaser: LEGALISE -> GALILEES
Tough teaser!! For those not watching, a GALILEE is a chapel or porch at the entrance of a church.
Round 11: S A R B O E T Z I
C1: BOATERS (7)
C2: BOASTER (7)
DC: BEZOARS (7)
OT: BARITES (7) BITZERS (7) BOATIES (7) BORATES (7) OBITERS (7) OSTERIA (7)
Score: 64–47 (max 90)
Yesterday Michelle offered BOASTER(S); today she offers BOATERS. Bit of a pancaker this one, but not quite as flat as Round 4. Don’t forget: Shrove Tuesday’s almost here!! (This recap is sponsored by Jif lemon juice.)
Round 12: E U I B L K N A S
C1: UNALIKE (7)
C2: -
OT: SINKABLE (8)
Score: 71–47 (max 98)
As Susie points out, a good spot from Michelle. No one spots the darren.
Round 13: M E J I R S O G L
C1: SMILER (6)
C2: SMILER (6)
DC: GLORIES (7)
Score: 77–53 (max 105)
Darrenic work from MarkSusie, while Michelle wraps up another win.
Round 14: 100, 6, 1, 7, 9, 3. Target: 822.
C1: 824.
C2: 821. ((9-1)x100)+(7x3) (7)
RR: 822. ((100-7-1)x9)-6 (10)
Score: 77–60 (max 115)
Round 15: A N T I C A C T I
C2 buzzes on 11.25 seconds to say TACTICIAN which is correct.
Final Score: 77–70 (max 125)
An amusing scramble is unravelled by Dave, which means Michelle has yet to solve a conundrum. Despite that, she’ll be back on Monday to see if she can win her fourth game and – to some extent like Ned before her - it’s been refreshing to watch some games where you’re pretty unsure whether the champion will survive for another day. And I’m sure there’ll be quite a few people who will be pleased to see an attractive young lady in the champion’s chair for another day at least – well, attractive people are the ones with the highest IQs... apparently! Anyway, that’s enough from me for now. Make sure you tune in on Monday, when John Parrott returns to Dictionary Corner. And I’ll see you next weekend!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64
C1: Champion Michelle Nevitt (2 wins, 146 points.)
C2: Challenger Dave Roberts.
DC: Susie Dent and Mark Durden-Smith.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
It’s the weekend again already, and it’s nice to see a champion of the fairer sex in the chair for a change. Glaswegian Michelle, who has a nine-year old son(!) knocked out the coloured-capped, pink-wafer-dunking Nick Adigu-Burke on Wednesday and also saw off James ‘The Sturminator’ Sturman on Thursday. Can she see off Dave Roberts of Leicester (I wonder if he’ll be going to CoLei4?) to carry her bat into another week? Shall we find out? Why not...
R01: P O E T D A T O Q
R02: U A E W S F O D N
R03: V E I R C E D O S
R04: I A O G H R I T U
R05: 50, 75, 5, 9, 4, 7. Target: 930.
TTT: ITSAVICE - "The open spaces might belong to Phil."
R06: E E I R N L N O T
R07: M E U F T P E O G
R08: E I P T C A S Y A
R09: W I T R A L D U G
R10: 25, 2, 6, 5, 9, 4. Target: 733.
TTT: LEGALISE - "You can see them on the way to church."
R11: S A R B O E T Z I
R12: E U I B L K N A S
R13: M E J I R S O G L
R14: 100, 6, 1, 7, 9, 3. Target: 822.
R15: A N T I C A C T I (conundrum)
This week’s Countdown has been sponsored by the brain-enhancing Neurozan.
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The opening today centred around a report from the London School of Economics that suggested that good-looking people have higher IQs. This soon descended into an opportunity for Rachel to insult Jeff (as is often the case) by questioning whether the opposite was also true and Mr Stelling then went on to insult the entire audience!!! Time to start proceedings, I think...
Round 1: P O E T D A T O Q
C1: POTTED (6)
C2: TEAPOT (6)
DC: TEAPOT (6) POTATO (6)
OT: PATTED (6) TOOTED (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
Pity you can’t have POTATOED for eight; as it is, you’ll have to make do with one of the sixes.
Round 2: U A E W S F O D N
C1: ENDOWS (6)
C2: WOUNDS (6)
DC: FONDUES (7)
OT: SNAFUED (7)
Score: 12–12 (max 13)
DC are feeling peckish; at least they’ve not been SNAFUED.
Round 3: V E I R C E D O S
C1: DISCOVER (8)
C2: CRaVES
DC: DIVORCEES (18)
Score: 20–12 (max 31)
A good-looking (and Spanish-sounding) selection yields several eights (one of which is found by Michelle), but Durders and Susie are really on song with a niner.
Round 4: I A O G H R I T U
C1: TROUGH (6)
C2: GROAT (5)
DC: GUITAR (6) AUTHOR (6)
OT: AGOUTI (6) ARIGHT (6) GIAOUR (6) RAGOUT (6) RIGHTO (6) THORIA (6)
Score: 26–12 (max 37)
I had to listen a few times to check whether Dave said GROUT or GROAT, but I think I (and James) have got it right.
Round 5: 50, 75, 5, 9, 4, 7. Target: 930.
C1: -
C2: 930. ((9+4)x75)-50+5 (10)
Score: 26–22 (max 47)
Michelle has nothing to declare and suddenly it’s game on. A good solution from Dave, which I confess I only spotted after about 35 seconds.
Mark finishes his enjoyable stint alongside la Dent with a list of people he has been mistaken for – quite entertaining, a mon avis.
Teatime teaser: ITSAVICE -> CAVITIES
Round 6: E E I R N L N O T
C1: RELINE (6)
C2: RELENT (6)
DC: INTERNE (7) RETINOL (7) LEONINE (7)
OT: INTONER (7) LENIENT (7) TENONER (7)
Score: 32–28 (max 54)
A few sevens there, but our contestants score with six apiece.
Round 7: M E U F T P E O G
C1: TOUPEE (6)
C2: goute
OT: METOPE (6)
Score: 38–28 (max 60)
TOUPEE extends Michelle’s lead to ten points, while Dave declares a French word that isn’t allowed in English. In architecture, a METOPE is a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
Round 8: E I P T C A S Y A
C1: PACIEST (7)
C2: PACIEST (7)
DC: ASEPTIC (7)
Score: 45–35 (max 67)
Round 9: W I T R A L D U G
C1: TRAWL (5)
C2: TRIAD (5)
DC: GUITAR (6)
OT: RITUAL (6) TULWAR (6) TURGID (6)
Score: 50–40 (max 73)
DC spot GUITAR for the second time today, while TULWAR comes up in the selection for the second time in just over a week. TULWAR, incidentally, is one of those annoyingly-hard-to-find words in the ODE: it’s only listed under its alternative spelling of TALWAR. And in case you’re wondering, it’s a kind of sword.
OoW: Susie solves another ‘viewer’s query’ by telling us the possible origins of the word ‘malarkey’.
Round 10: 25, 2, 6, 5, 9, 4. Target: 733.
C1: 735. (5x6x25)-9-4-2 (7)
C2: -
JS: 733. (5x6x25)-9-(4x2) (JS) (10)
Score: 57–40 (max 83)
This time, it’s Michelle’s turn to score on the numbers game. Jeff steals Rachel’s thunder by telling us how her solution can easily be turned into a ten-pointer.
Teatime teaser: LEGALISE -> GALILEES
Tough teaser!! For those not watching, a GALILEE is a chapel or porch at the entrance of a church.
Round 11: S A R B O E T Z I
C1: BOATERS (7)
C2: BOASTER (7)
DC: BEZOARS (7)
OT: BARITES (7) BITZERS (7) BOATIES (7) BORATES (7) OBITERS (7) OSTERIA (7)
Score: 64–47 (max 90)
Yesterday Michelle offered BOASTER(S); today she offers BOATERS. Bit of a pancaker this one, but not quite as flat as Round 4. Don’t forget: Shrove Tuesday’s almost here!! (This recap is sponsored by Jif lemon juice.)
Round 12: E U I B L K N A S
C1: UNALIKE (7)
C2: -
OT: SINKABLE (8)
Score: 71–47 (max 98)
As Susie points out, a good spot from Michelle. No one spots the darren.
Round 13: M E J I R S O G L
C1: SMILER (6)
C2: SMILER (6)
DC: GLORIES (7)
Score: 77–53 (max 105)
Darrenic work from MarkSusie, while Michelle wraps up another win.
Round 14: 100, 6, 1, 7, 9, 3. Target: 822.
C1: 824.
C2: 821. ((9-1)x100)+(7x3) (7)
RR: 822. ((100-7-1)x9)-6 (10)
Score: 77–60 (max 115)
Round 15: A N T I C A C T I
C2 buzzes on 11.25 seconds to say TACTICIAN which is correct.
Final Score: 77–70 (max 125)
An amusing scramble is unravelled by Dave, which means Michelle has yet to solve a conundrum. Despite that, she’ll be back on Monday to see if she can win her fourth game and – to some extent like Ned before her - it’s been refreshing to watch some games where you’re pretty unsure whether the champion will survive for another day. And I’m sure there’ll be quite a few people who will be pleased to see an attractive young lady in the champion’s chair for another day at least – well, attractive people are the ones with the highest IQs... apparently! Anyway, that’s enough from me for now. Make sure you tune in on Monday, when John Parrott returns to Dictionary Corner. And I’ll see you next weekend!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64
