Wednesday 15th June 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 8)
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:26 pm
Woah, it's amazing to think that we're already midway through June, but we are, but I'm still here to give a nice double bill of Robinson Recap goodness.
Enjoy.
Countdown recap for Wednesday 15 June 2011.
C1: Champion Graeme Cole (6 wins, 627 points.) An Apteforumite from Reading, Berkshire. As Jon has been pointing out, he does a very good Jools Holland impersonation.
He also likes to read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, as well as the Dirk Gently series of books, which were all done by Douglas Adams, of course.
C2: Challenger Justin Maelzer. A graphic designer from Bath, Somerset. He enjoys snowboarding, camping and playing the guitar. He was also an extra in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, playing an Uraki and a dead Rohan warrior.
DC: Susie Dent and Jon Culshaw.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: M N C O A E Y R E
R02: P N T O A I A L E
R03: S T T U I A G H I
R04: G S D O E I T M E
R05: 10, 5, 3, 4, 4, 2. Target: 989.
TTT: ODDPILES - "The odd piles are not stacked properly"
R06: A O I U D C S W E
R07: D R B O I E L Q E
R08: V D A E N F U I T
R09: N Z D A E E S G O
R10: 10, 4, 3, 7, 9, 2. Target: 540.
TTT: ICYMORNS - "Jobs for the boys, regardless of their abilities"
R11: R A B E S T I H M
R12: R J M E A E L P S
R13: R P N E U A D W I
R14: 2, 6, 3, 7, 5, 9. Target: 821.
R15: F O O L F A D E D (conundrum)
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Round 1: M N C O A E Y R E
C1: racemen
C2: ROMANCE (7)
DC: CEREMONY (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8)
Graeme's early gamble doesn't pay off, while DC show off with a brilliant opening CEREMONY.
Round 2: P N T O A I A L E
C1: POLENTA (7)
C2: PANTILE (7)
DC: PALATINE (8)
OT: TALAPOIN (8)
Score: 7–14 (max 16)
A couple of Countdown favourites picked out by the contestants, but DC excel themselves again with another 8.
A TALAPOIN is a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
Round 3: S T T U I A G H I
C1: TIGHTS (6)
C2: GAITS (5)
OT: AGUISH (6) HIATUS (6) HUTIAS (6) TAUGHT (6)
Score: 13–14 (max 22)
Graeme recovers some ground with his 6.
AGUISH is an adjective meaning producing, resembling, or resulting from ague.
A HUTIA is any of 26 living and recently extinct species of Caribbean rodents, including the dwarf hutia and the Desmarest's Cuban hutia.
Round 4: G S D O E I T M E
C1: MODISTE (7)
C2: DEMOTES (7)
DC: EGOTISM (7) MIDGETS (7)
OT: EDGIEST (7) TIMESED (7)
Score: 20–21 (max 29)
7's all round in this one.
Round 5: 10, 5, 3, 4, 4, 2. Target: 989.
C1: 990. (5 + 4) x ((4 x 2) + 3) x 10 (7)
C2: 996.
RR: 990. (7)
Score: 27–21 (max 36)
A tricky 6 small here, but Graeme gets as close as possible in this one.
Jon talks about the time he did a margarine advert with Ozzy Osbourne, where Ozzy thought he had gone high, when he thought he saw Jon washing a cow.
Teatime teaser: ODDPILES -> LOPSIDED
Round 6: A O I U D C S W E
C1: CAUSED (6)
C2: WIDES (5)
OT: EDACIOUS (8)
Score: 33–21 (max 44)
And Graeme's lead extends to double figures, as Justin even doubts the existence of WIDES, slightly strange, as he lives in Somerset, who have a very good cricket team at the moment.
Round 7: D R B O I E L Q E
C1: BOILED (6)
C2: BRIDLE (6)
DC: BROILED (7)
OT: ERODIBLE (8)
Score: 39–27 (max 52)
Oh dear, a slightly basic error by Graeme, but the darrenic 8 is missed again.
Round 8: V D A E N F U I T
C1: DEVIANT (7)
C2: FAINTED (7)
DC: VAUNTED (7) DEFIANT (7)
Score: 46–34 (max 59)
All 7's accounted for here.
Round 9: N Z D A E E S G O
C1: DOSAGE (6)
C2: SAND (4)
DC: GONADS (6)
OT: ANODES (6) DAGOES (6) DONEES (6) DONGAS (6) DOZENS (6) GENOAS (6) GEODES (6)
Score: 52–34 (max 65)
Plenty of 6's around, but Justin can't see past the SAND.
A DONEE is a person to whom a gift is made.
A DONGA is a small ravine with steep sides in an ice shelf.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of the TV shows, "The Old Grey Whistle Test", "The Sweeney" and "Crackerjack".
Round 10: 10, 4, 3, 7, 9, 2. Target: 540.
C1: 540. 9 x 3 x 2 x 10 (10)
C2: 540. Mistake in working.
Score: 62–34 (max 75)
Within 5 seconds, both contestants are happy with themselves for solving such an easy 6 small selection.
45 seconds later.......: 7 x 9 x 10 = .............
Teatime teaser: ICYMORNS -> CRONYISM
Round 11: R A B E S T I H M
C1: MAESTRI (7)
C2: bristle
DC: BREATHS (7) BARMIEST (8)
Score: 69–34 (max 83)
Justin seems to be seeing things now, as a phantom L stops him from getting 7 more points.
Round 12: R J M E A E L P S
C1: REPEALS (7)
C2: resample
DC: SAMPLER (7) RELAPSE (7) AMPERES (7)
OT: LAMPERS (7) LEAPERS (7) PALMERS (7)
Score: 76–34 (max 90)
Yet again, Justin shows confidence in his 8, but it's blown out by Susie and Graeme wins the game.
LAMPERS (or LAMPAS) is congestion of the mucous membrane of the hard palate of horses.
A PALMER is a a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
Round 13: R P N E U A D W I
C1: UNPAIRED (8)
C2: WARPED (6)
Score: 84–34 (max 98)
A nice darren by Graeme to end today's letters rounds today.
Round 14: 2, 6, 3, 7, 5, 9. Target: 821.
C1: 819. 9 x 7 x ((5 x 2) + 3) (7)
C2: 819. (6 x 5 x 3 x 9) + 2 + 7 (7)
RR: 821. (((6 x 3) - 5) x 7 x 9) + 2 (10)
Score: 91–41 (max 108)
Another 6 small numbers, and if Graeme had made his 13 like Rachel, he'd have had the 2 left over to make 821. Well, at least it's not crucial.
Although, he does have a chance to get another century on the board.
Round 15: F O O L F A D E D
No one buzzes. The answer was OFFLOADED.
Final Score: 91–41 (max 118)
But neither he, nor Justin can solve it, and it's left to a woman from the audience to reveal all.
Slightly embarrassing miss when you consider that all you needed to do to solve it was switch the O's and F's around. (As you can tell, I didn't get it either....... )
Oh well, so Graeme actually finishes with his lowest score of his run so far, but tomorrow is the big one, as it's his chance to become an octochamp.
Join me tomorrow to see if he can be the first octochamp of Series 65.
So till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Graeme:
Total score - 91
Raw score - 91
Total % of max - 77
Raw % of max - 77
Total average score per round - 6.1
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 8
Justin:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 66
Total % of max - 35
Raw % of max - 56
Total average score per round - 2.7
Raw average score per round - 4.4
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65
Enjoy.
Countdown recap for Wednesday 15 June 2011.
C1: Champion Graeme Cole (6 wins, 627 points.) An Apteforumite from Reading, Berkshire. As Jon has been pointing out, he does a very good Jools Holland impersonation.
He also likes to read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, as well as the Dirk Gently series of books, which were all done by Douglas Adams, of course.C2: Challenger Justin Maelzer. A graphic designer from Bath, Somerset. He enjoys snowboarding, camping and playing the guitar. He was also an extra in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, playing an Uraki and a dead Rohan warrior.
DC: Susie Dent and Jon Culshaw.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: M N C O A E Y R E
R02: P N T O A I A L E
R03: S T T U I A G H I
R04: G S D O E I T M E
R05: 10, 5, 3, 4, 4, 2. Target: 989.
TTT: ODDPILES - "The odd piles are not stacked properly"
R06: A O I U D C S W E
R07: D R B O I E L Q E
R08: V D A E N F U I T
R09: N Z D A E E S G O
R10: 10, 4, 3, 7, 9, 2. Target: 540.
TTT: ICYMORNS - "Jobs for the boys, regardless of their abilities"
R11: R A B E S T I H M
R12: R J M E A E L P S
R13: R P N E U A D W I
R14: 2, 6, 3, 7, 5, 9. Target: 821.
R15: F O O L F A D E D (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Round 1: M N C O A E Y R E
C1: racemen
C2: ROMANCE (7)
DC: CEREMONY (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8)
Graeme's early gamble doesn't pay off, while DC show off with a brilliant opening CEREMONY.
Round 2: P N T O A I A L E
C1: POLENTA (7)
C2: PANTILE (7)
DC: PALATINE (8)
OT: TALAPOIN (8)
Score: 7–14 (max 16)
A couple of Countdown favourites picked out by the contestants, but DC excel themselves again with another 8.
A TALAPOIN is a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
Round 3: S T T U I A G H I
C1: TIGHTS (6)
C2: GAITS (5)
OT: AGUISH (6) HIATUS (6) HUTIAS (6) TAUGHT (6)
Score: 13–14 (max 22)
Graeme recovers some ground with his 6.
AGUISH is an adjective meaning producing, resembling, or resulting from ague.
A HUTIA is any of 26 living and recently extinct species of Caribbean rodents, including the dwarf hutia and the Desmarest's Cuban hutia.
Round 4: G S D O E I T M E
C1: MODISTE (7)
C2: DEMOTES (7)
DC: EGOTISM (7) MIDGETS (7)
OT: EDGIEST (7) TIMESED (7)
Score: 20–21 (max 29)
7's all round in this one.
Round 5: 10, 5, 3, 4, 4, 2. Target: 989.
C1: 990. (5 + 4) x ((4 x 2) + 3) x 10 (7)
C2: 996.
RR: 990. (7)
Score: 27–21 (max 36)
A tricky 6 small here, but Graeme gets as close as possible in this one.
Jon talks about the time he did a margarine advert with Ozzy Osbourne, where Ozzy thought he had gone high, when he thought he saw Jon washing a cow.
Teatime teaser: ODDPILES -> LOPSIDED
Round 6: A O I U D C S W E
C1: CAUSED (6)
C2: WIDES (5)
OT: EDACIOUS (8)
Score: 33–21 (max 44)
And Graeme's lead extends to double figures, as Justin even doubts the existence of WIDES, slightly strange, as he lives in Somerset, who have a very good cricket team at the moment.
Round 7: D R B O I E L Q E
C1: BOILED (6)
C2: BRIDLE (6)
DC: BROILED (7)
OT: ERODIBLE (8)
Score: 39–27 (max 52)
Oh dear, a slightly basic error by Graeme, but the darrenic 8 is missed again.
Round 8: V D A E N F U I T
C1: DEVIANT (7)
C2: FAINTED (7)
DC: VAUNTED (7) DEFIANT (7)
Score: 46–34 (max 59)
All 7's accounted for here.
Round 9: N Z D A E E S G O
C1: DOSAGE (6)
C2: SAND (4)
DC: GONADS (6)
OT: ANODES (6) DAGOES (6) DONEES (6) DONGAS (6) DOZENS (6) GENOAS (6) GEODES (6)
Score: 52–34 (max 65)
Plenty of 6's around, but Justin can't see past the SAND.
A DONEE is a person to whom a gift is made.
A DONGA is a small ravine with steep sides in an ice shelf.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of the TV shows, "The Old Grey Whistle Test", "The Sweeney" and "Crackerjack".
Round 10: 10, 4, 3, 7, 9, 2. Target: 540.
C1: 540. 9 x 3 x 2 x 10 (10)
C2: 540. Mistake in working.
Score: 62–34 (max 75)
Within 5 seconds, both contestants are happy with themselves for solving such an easy 6 small selection.
45 seconds later.......: 7 x 9 x 10 = .............
Teatime teaser: ICYMORNS -> CRONYISM
Round 11: R A B E S T I H M
C1: MAESTRI (7)
C2: bristle
DC: BREATHS (7) BARMIEST (8)
Score: 69–34 (max 83)
Justin seems to be seeing things now, as a phantom L stops him from getting 7 more points.
Round 12: R J M E A E L P S
C1: REPEALS (7)
C2: resample
DC: SAMPLER (7) RELAPSE (7) AMPERES (7)
OT: LAMPERS (7) LEAPERS (7) PALMERS (7)
Score: 76–34 (max 90)
Yet again, Justin shows confidence in his 8, but it's blown out by Susie and Graeme wins the game.
LAMPERS (or LAMPAS) is congestion of the mucous membrane of the hard palate of horses.
A PALMER is a a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
Round 13: R P N E U A D W I
C1: UNPAIRED (8)
C2: WARPED (6)
Score: 84–34 (max 98)
A nice darren by Graeme to end today's letters rounds today.
Round 14: 2, 6, 3, 7, 5, 9. Target: 821.
C1: 819. 9 x 7 x ((5 x 2) + 3) (7)
C2: 819. (6 x 5 x 3 x 9) + 2 + 7 (7)
RR: 821. (((6 x 3) - 5) x 7 x 9) + 2 (10)
Score: 91–41 (max 108)
Another 6 small numbers, and if Graeme had made his 13 like Rachel, he'd have had the 2 left over to make 821. Well, at least it's not crucial.
Although, he does have a chance to get another century on the board.
Round 15: F O O L F A D E D
No one buzzes. The answer was OFFLOADED.
Final Score: 91–41 (max 118)
But neither he, nor Justin can solve it, and it's left to a woman from the audience to reveal all.
Slightly embarrassing miss when you consider that all you needed to do to solve it was switch the O's and F's around.
(As you can tell, I didn't get it either....... )Oh well, so Graeme actually finishes with his lowest score of his run so far, but tomorrow is the big one, as it's his chance to become an octochamp.
Join me tomorrow to see if he can be the first octochamp of Series 65.
So till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Graeme:
Total score - 91
Raw score - 91
Total % of max - 77
Raw % of max - 77
Total average score per round - 6.1
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 8
Justin:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 66
Total % of max - 35
Raw % of max - 56
Total average score per round - 2.7
Raw average score per round - 4.4
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65