Countdown recap for Thursday 27 June 2019.
C1: #2 Seed Dinos "The Rotherham Rocket" Sfyris (9 wins, 1,036 points.) An Apteforumite and maths tutor from Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He won his quarter-final against #7 seed Sandra Pilson 118-71 last Friday.
C2: #3 Seed Brendan "The Sunny Hill Sabre" Whitehurst (9 wins, 877 points.) A home shopping colleague from Sunny Hill, Derbyshire. She won her quarter-final against #6 seed Steven Turnbull 58-57 on Monday.
DC: Susie Dent and Richard Arnold.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: S A L I F O L R A
R02: G E P U R E Z A D
R03: 10, 3, 1, 5, 7, 4. Target: 724.
TTT: SADRELICS - "Sadly, it became a relic when they invented the DVD."
R04: T I S O T E C O Y
R05: N I S A D E H I O
R06: 25, 100, 50, 4, 9, 9. Target: 454.
R07: N E K A R I S W T
R08: T E P O C A B I M
R09: 6, 7, 2, 10, 3, 5. Target: 507.
TTT: MOUSEMAUL - "The Taj Mahal might help you get the answer to this."
R10: N O T U L A D O H
R11: M E T A P O G S R
R12: W I G U S A M E R
R13: S U R E S I M A E
R14: 25, 75, 100, 50, 5, 3. Target: 632.
R15: R I P U P R O O T (conundrum)
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Round 1: S A L I F O L R A
Dinos: ROSALIA (7)
Brendan: SOLARIA (7)
DC: FLORALS (7)
OT: ALFISOL (7) AROLLAS (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)
Round 2: G E P U R E Z A D
Dinos: UPGRADE (7)
Brendan: PURGED (6)
DC: GRAZED (6)
OT: AUGERED (7) GUARDEE (7) PUGREED (7)
Score: 14–7 (max 14)
Round 3: 10, 3, 1, 5, 7, 4. Target: 724.
Dinos: 725. ((7 - 1) x 4 x 3 x 10) + 5 (7)
Brendan: -
Score: 21–7 (max 21)
Teatime teaser: SADRELICS -> LASERDISC
Round 4: T I S O T E C O Y
Dinos: OOCYTES (7)
Brendan: COOTIES (7)
DC: SOCIETY (7) COTTISE (7)
OT: COYOTES (7) OTOCYST (7) SCOTTIE (7) TOOTSIE (7)
Score: 28–14 (max 28)
Round 5: N I S A D E H I O
Dinos: ADHESION (8)
Brendan: ADHESION (8)
DC: HANDIES (7)
Score: 36–22 (max 36)
Round 6: 25, 100, 50, 4, 9, 9. Target: 454.
Dinos: 454. (((9 / 9) + 100) x 4) + 50 (10)
Brendan: 454. (50 x 9) + 4 (10)
Score: 46–32 (max 46)
Richard talks about doing the Midnight Gameshow section of Michael McIntyre's Big Show in Peter Andre's house.
Round 7: N E K A R I S W T
Dinos: SWANKIER (8)
Brendan: SWANKIER (8)
DC: WATERSKI (8)
OT: KNITWEAR (8) NARKIEST (8) WANKIEST (8)
Score: 54–40 (max 54)
Round 8: T E P O C A B I M
Dinos: METOPIC (7)
Brendan: COMBAT (6)
DC: POETIC (6) AMOEBIC (7)
OT: POEMATIC (8)
Score: 61–40 (max 62)
Round 9: 6, 7, 2, 10, 3, 5. Target: 507.
Dinos: 507. Mistake in working.
Brendan: 506. (10 x 5 x (7 + 3)) + 6 (7)
RR: 507. ((10 + 7) x 5 x 6) - 3 (10)
Score: 61–47 (max 72)
Teatime teaser: MOUSEMAUL -> MAUSOLEUM (Fun fact: the original scramble was MALEMOUSE, until someone in the audience (me
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)Round 10: N O T U L A D O H
Dinos: odontal
Brendan: HANDOUT (7)
DC: OUTLAND (7)
OT: AUNTHOOD (8) DUATHLON (8)
Score: 61–54 (max 80)
Round 11: M E T A P O G S R
Dinos: PORTAGES (8)
Brendan: GRATES (6)
OT: POSTGAME (8) POTAGERS (8) PTEROMAS (8)
Score: 69–54 (max 88)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of the names of some UK cities.
Round 12: W I G U S A M E R
Dinos: EARWIGS (7)
Brendan: IMAGERS (7)
DC: MIRAGES (7)
OT: MAUGERS (7) MAUGRES (7)
Score: 76–61 (max 95)
Round 13: S U R E S I M A E
Dinos: MASSEUR (7)
Brendan: MESSIER (7)
DC: MEASURES (8)
OT: REASSUME (8) SERIEMAS (8)
Score: 83–68 (max 103)
Round 14: 25, 75, 100, 50, 5, 3. Target: 632.
Dinos: 632. ((75 + 50) x 5) + (100 / 25) + 3 (10)
Brendan: 632. ((75 + 50) x 5) + (100 / 25) + 3 (10)
Score: 93–78 (max 113)
Round 15: R I P U P R O O T
Dinos buzzes on 3.75 seconds to say POTPOURRI which is correct.
Final Score: 103–78 (max 123)
A very tight affair in the end, after Dinos' mini stumble around the second break, but he showed why he was the #2 seed and was in pretty good form throughout, and Brendan did well after the scrappy quarter-final he endured with Steven on Monday.
So, tomorrow is the final that most people have been hoping for, as Elliott Mellor takes on Dinos Sfyris in a match that has all the hallmarks of being a classic.
Join me for that
Statistics Corner
Dinos:
Total score - 103
Raw score - 103
Total % of max - 84
Raw % of max - 84
Total average score per round - 6.9
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 11
Brendan:
Total score - 78
Raw score - 96
Total % of max - 63
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 5.2
Raw average score per round - 6.4
Number of maxes - 7
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=80