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Wednesday 20th February 1991 (Series 21, Prelim 31)

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:10 pm
by James Robinson
Countdown recap for Wednesday 20 February 1991.

C1: Challenger Richard Foster. The show's first blind contestant. He used a Braille machine during the show.
C2: Champion Barry Grossman (4 wins, 228 points.)
DC: Alexandra Clayton and Richard Stilgoe.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: L O I L X O A T D
R02: Z M S E U S C E S
R03: B R D R E M A F I
R04: 25, 8, 1, 7, 2, 9. Target: 173.
R05: V G U E S W A N R
R06: T W Q E A T S O T
R07: P S N E A V T O G
R08: 50, 5, 10, 2, 10, 8. Target: 845.
R09: N A Z E L I F U N (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: L O I L X O A T D

C1: TALL (4)
C2: AXOLOTL (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: Z M S E U S C E S

C1: puss
C2: MESSES (6)
DC: CUSSES (6) MUSSES (6)
OT: CESSES (6)
Score: 0–13 (max 13)

Round 3: B R D R E M A F I

C1: FRAMED (6)
C2: MARRED (6)
DC: MARRIED (7) ADMIRER (7)
OT: BARMIER (7) FIREARM (7) MARDIER (7)
Score: 6–19 (max 20)

Round 4: 25, 8, 1, 7, 2, 9. Target: 173.

C1: 173. (25 x 7) - 2 (10)
C2: 173. (25 x 7) - 2 (10)
Score: 16–29 (max 30)

Round 5: V G U E S W A N R

C1: SUAVER (6)
C2: ARGUES (6)
OT: SEVRUGA (7)
Score: 22–35 (max 37)

Round 6: T W Q E A T S O T

C1: WATTS (5)
C2: SWEAT (5)
DC: ATTEST (6)
Score: 27–40 (max 43)

Round 7: P S N E A V T O G

C1: POSTAGE (7)
C2: SPONGE (6)
DC: TANGOES (7)
OT: NOVATES (7) ONSTAGE (7)
Score: 34–40 (max 50)

Round 8: 50, 5, 10, 2, 10, 8. Target: 845.

C1: 850.
C2: 842. ((10 + 5 + 2) x 50) - 8 (7)
CV: 845. (((2 x 8) + (10 / 10)) x 50) - 5 (10)
Score: 34–47 (max 60)

For the conundrum, Richard Whiteley phonetically read out the anagram for Richard Foster a second before the reveal.

Round 9: N A Z E L I F U N

No one buzzes. The answer was INFLUENZA.
Score: 34–47 (max 70)

Statistics Corner

Richard:
Total score - 34
Raw score - 45
Total % of max - 49
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 3.8
Raw average score per round - 5.0
Number of maxes - 2

Barry:
Total score - 47
Raw score - 53
Total % of max - 67
Raw % of max - 76
Total average score per round - 5.2
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=21

Re: Wednesday 20th February 1991 (Series 21, Prelim 31)

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:05 pm
by Johnny Canuck
James Robinson wrote:For the conundrum, Richard Whiteley phonetically read out the anagram for Richard Foster a second before the reveal.

Round 9: N A Z E L I F U N
What exactly did Whiteley do here? Did he spell it out? If he "phonetically" read it, Foster would have had no way of knowing if he meant NAZELIFUN or NASELIFUN or NAZOLOFUN or whatever.

Re: Wednesday 20th February 1991 (Series 21, Prelim 31)

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:52 pm
by Graeme Cole
Johnny Canuck wrote:
James Robinson wrote:For the conundrum, Richard Whiteley phonetically read out the anagram for Richard Foster a second before the reveal.

Round 9: N A Z E L I F U N
What exactly did Whiteley do here? Did he spell it out? If he "phonetically" read it, Foster would have had no way of knowing if he meant NAZELIFUN or NASELIFUN or NAZOLOFUN or whatever.
I don't know what happened in this episode, but I do remember watching this other one. Alison Moore was partially sighted. Richard simply pronounced "TEN MATTER" while starting the clock, after explaining to viewers that this is what they were going to do and that Alison was happy with it. Perhaps for this later episode they'd deliberately chosen a conundrum scramble which was unambiguous when pronounced.

Re: Wednesday 20th February 1991 (Series 21, Prelim 31)

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 1:24 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
They could have had a piece of braille made up by the production team, and someone would have to hide behind the desk covering it up until the time was appropriate.