Thursday 30th March 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 58)

Round-by-round summaries of every game in recent series; for every series in the last 5 years, try cdb, the Countdown database. Obviously this forum contains spoilers!

Moderator: James Robinson

Post Reply
User avatar
James Robinson
Post-apocalypse
Posts: 10573
Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:38 pm
Location: Mirfield, West Yorkshire

Thursday 30th March 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 58)

Post by James Robinson »

Countdown recap for Thursday 30 March 2017.

C1: Champion Jeff Clayton (5 wins, 529 points.) A transport planner and FOCAL mastermind from Bournemouth, Dorset.
C2: Challenger Susan Rooke. A teacher from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. She likes to go cruising, which she says is cheaper than staying at home!! :shock: :o :P
DC: Susie Dent and Nina Hossain.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N K E A R O S G N
R02: S W T F X A O A N
R03: 5, 7, 8, 8, 2, 7. Target: 334.
TTT: FEARCURSE - "Show up again when it's time to repair the road."
R04: O R A P U D I A C
R05: Q S U E P I T R L
R06: 50, 6, 4, 3, 10, 6. Target: 308.
R07: P Y E A M O S H E
R08: B A R D O I W U R
R09: 25, 75, 100, 3, 4, 9. Target: 549.
TTT: NEILGRAVE - "Neil took the secrets to his grave without ever telling anyone."
R10: M I V D E I A T N
R11: S T I E R U L R S
R12: R A B E L V T U E
R13: N D I A L E D F H
R14: 25, 100, 9, 8, 10, 5. Target: 787.
R15: C R E A T A F I B (conundrum)


And now a brief interlude before our main feature:

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

Enjoy the show.

Round 1: N K E A R O S G N

Jeff: ORANGES (7)
Susan: canners
DC: NONAGE (6) NONAGES (7)
OT: ONAGERS (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)

Round 2: S W T F X A O A N

Jeff: SONATA (6)
Susan: WANTS (5)
DC: FATSO (5)
OT: AFTOSA (6) FATWAS (6) TAWAFS (6)
Score: 13–0 (max 13)

Round 3: 5, 7, 8, 8, 2, 7. Target: 334.

Jeff: 334. ((8 - 2) x 8 x 7) - (7 - 5) (10)
Susan: 335.
Score: 23–0 (max 23)

Teatime teaser: FEARCURSE -> RESURFACE

Round 4: O R A P U D I A C

Jeff: PROUD (5)
Susan: CUPID (5)
DC: PARODIC (7)
OT: ACAROID (7) PICADOR (7)
Score: 28–5 (max 30)

Round 5: Q S U E P I T R L

Jeff: TRIPLES (7)
Susan: LUSTIER (7)
DC: QUILTERS (8)
OT: QUIPSTER (8)
Score: 35–12 (max 38)

Round 6: 50, 6, 4, 3, 10, 6. Target: 308.

Jeff: 308. (50 x 6) + ((6 / 3) x 4) (10)
Susan: 308. (50 x 6) + 10 - (6 - 4) (10)
Score: 45–22 (max 48)

Nina talks about doing an ITN screen test with Mark Austin.

Round 7: P Y E A M O S H E

Jeff: SHAME (5)
Susan: SHAPE (5)
DC: POEMS (5) HOPES (5)
OT: EMPHASE (7) EMPHASY (7) YAMPEES (7)
Score: 50–27 (max 55)

Round 8: B A R D O I W U R

Jeff: ARDOUR (6)
Susan: BARROW (6)
DC: WARBIRD (7)
Score: 56–33 (max 62)

Round 9: 25, 75, 100, 3, 4, 9. Target: 549.

Jeff: 549. (75 x 9) - 100 - 25 - (4 - 3) (10)
Susan: 550.
Score: 66–33 (max 72)

Teatime teaser: NEILGRAVE -> REVEALING

Round 10: M I V D E I A T N

Jeff: DEVIANT (7)
Susan: INVITED (7)
DC: MEDIANT (7) VITAMIN (7)
OT: MINIATED (8)
Score: 73–40 (max 80)

Round 11: S T I E R U L R S

Jeff: SURLIEST (8)
Susan: trustier
DC: LUSTIER (7) RUSTLERS (8)
OT: SLURRIES (8) SULTRIER (8)
Score: 81–40 (max 88)

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "alchemy".

Round 12: R A B E L V T U E

Jeff: REVALUE (7)
Susan: TABLE (5)
DC: REVEAL (6) VAULTER (7)
OT: BATELEUR (8)
Score: 88–40 (max 96)

Round 13: N D I A L E D F H

Jeff: HANDLED (7)
Susan: FAILED (6)
DC: INHALED (7)
Score: 95–40 (max 103)

Round 14: 25, 100, 9, 8, 10, 5. Target: 787.

Jeff: 787. ((100 - (10 - 9)) x 8) - 5 (10)
Susan: 787. ((100 - (10 - 9)) x 8) - 5 (10)
Score: 105–50 (max 113)

Round 15: C R E A T A F I B

No one buzzes. The answer was FABRICATE.
Final Score: 105–50 (max 123)

Statistics Corner

Jeff:
Total score - 105
Raw score - 105
Total % of max - 85
Raw % of max - 85
Total average score per round - 7.0
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 8

Susan:
Total score - 50
Raw score - 80
Total % of max - 41
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 3.3
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 2

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=76
Post Reply