Thursday, 6th November 2008 (Series 59, Game 79)
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:31 pm
Countdown recap for Thursday 6 November 2008.
C1: Champion Martin Bishop (2 wins, 224 points.)
C2: Challenger Daniel Searle.
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: B P T E A U D F A
R02: T R S T R E O I O
R03: D L J T E I A Y A
R04: H R M N P O I E S
R05: 5, 9, 10, 7, 1, 4. Target: 568.
TTT: NILSUGAR - "One should help you get the answer to this"
R06: Q N W K N O I E A
R07: S T N E A I V R A
R08: S T L F N N E O E
R09: L P T O E U G N A
R10: 75, 7, 6, 5, 7, 4. Target: 839.
TTT: WETGRAIN - "If you want to wet the grain, get the can"
R11: L C M I E I G C A
R12: P D N D M S E U O
R13: T D S I U E L X A
R14: 75, 5, 6, 1, 8, 3. Target: 179.
R15: U N C L E I V I S (conundrum)
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Martin is a c4c-er who's been keeping himself to himself on the forum, but putting it about like a goodun on the show itself. He's notched up two wins so far with an average of 112 points, and both games have been littered with maxima on both the letters and particularly numbers which he certainly excels at (choosing 6 small takes some balls once you're sat in the chair!)
Today's challenger is Daniel Searle (any relation Lara?). He's a journalist from Brighton who sings and plays guitar in a band called Glen Belt. He's read the dictionary (I'm assuming ODE, but they're not specific about it) from cover-to-cover. GETTING SCARED BISHOP?
Round 1: B P T E A U D F A
C1: UPDATE (6)
C2: ABATED (6)
DC: BEAUT (5) TABUED (6)
OT: AUBADE (6) BATEAU (6) UPBEAT (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
Round 2: T R S T R E O I O
C1: TORTOISE (8)
C2: RIOTERS (7)
DC: ROOSTER (7) SOOTIER (7) ROISTER (7)
OT: ROOTIEST (8) ROOTSIER (8) RORTIEST (8)
Score: 14–6 (max 14)
Round 3: D L J T E I A Y A
C1: DETAIL (6)
C2: tealady
DC: DILATE (6) JILTED (6)
OT: TAILED (6) JAILED (6)
Score: 20–6 (max 20)
A big risk taken early on by Daniel (tea lady is two words) hands a large early advantage to the champ....
Round 4: H R M N P O I E S
C1: PROMISE (7)
C2: morphines
DC: HEROISM (7)
OT: MORPHINE (8)
Score: 27–6 (max 28)
D'oh! And another unnecessary risk. 'Morphine' is a fantastic spot but he undid all his hard work by pluralizing it. Without the risks he'd be level-pegging (assuming he had a 6 in the previous round behind tealady) rather than staring at a 21-point deficit which won't be easy to recover against a player of Martin's calibre.
Round 5: 5, 9, 10, 7, 1, 4. Target: 568.
C1: 568. (10-1)*9*7+5-4 (10)
C2: 568. (10*7+1)*(9-5+4) (10)
Score: 37–16 (max 38)
Teatime teaser: NILSUGAR -> SINGULAR
Round 6: Q N W K N O I E A
C1: KNOWN (5)
C2: AWOKEN (6)
DC: quoin
Score: 37–22 (max 44)
Oops! Susie finds a phantom U! Not often that happens.
Round 7: S T N E A I V R A
C1: VARIANTS (8)
C2: transive
DC: RAVINES (7) TAVERNAS (8)
OT: ANTISERA (8) ARTESIAN (8) SANTERIA (8) SANATIVE (8) VARIATES (8)
Score: 45–22 (max 52)
Round 8: S T L F N N E O E
C1: notelets
C2: FENNELS (7)
DC: ONESELF (7)
Score: 45–29 (max 59)
Hmm... Susie doesn't explain her logic here for allowing the mass noun fennel to be pluralised (she disallows 'clovers' ffs) but I imagine the word 'sympathy' may feature in it. No-one says 'a fennel'...
Round 9: L P T O E U G N A
C1: TANGELO (7)
C2: PLUNGE (6)
DC: POLENTA (7)
OT: APOLUNE (7) OPULENT (7)
Score: 52–29 (max 66)
Round 10: 75, 7, 6, 5, 7, 4. Target: 839.
C1: 839. (6+5)*75+7+7 (10)
C2: 839. (6+5)*75+7+7 (10)
Score: 62–39 (max 76)
Teatime teaser: WETGRAIN -> WATERING
Round 11: L C M I E I G C A
C1: MALICE (6)
C2: gaelic
DC: ICICLE (6)
OT: CILICE (6) MILAGE (6)
Score: 68–39 (max 82)
Round 12: P D N D M S E U O
C1: POUNDED (7)
C2: POUNDED (7)
DC: SOUNDED (7)
OT: DESPOND (7) MENUDOS (7) MOUNDED (7) SPUMONE (7) UNPOSED (7)
Score: 75–46 (max 89)
Round 13: T D S I U E L X A
C1: DILUTES (7)
C2: EXALTS (6)
OT: DETAILS (7) DILATES (7) DUALISE (7) DUALIST (7) LUXATED (7) LUXATES (7) SALUTED (7)
Score: 82–46 (max 96)
Round 14: 75, 5, 6, 1, 8, 3. Target: 179.
C1: 179. (5*3+75)*(8-6)-1 (10)
C2: 178.
Score: 92–46 (max 106)
Round 15: U N C L E I V I S
C2 buzzes on 3 seconds to say INCLUSIVE which is correct.
Score: 92–56 (max 116)
Well, a comfortable win in the end for Martin, but one which his opponent may look back on and wonder what might have been - not only did he have the misfortune to come up against a very formidable opponent, he took too many risks too early on IMO and this ultimately cost him the game (yes, I can't be bothered to go back and work out how the scoring might have gone had he adopted a more cautious strategy). Nonetheless, he probably made Susie work harder than any other contestant this series, and it seemed to take its toll on her brain; she saw a phantom 'U', allowed a rubbish mass noun plural, and also embarrassed herself during Paul Zenon's show closing trick (for those that didn't see, she was told to look into Paul's eyes and concentrate to try and guess a particular card, during which he donned a pair of comical "spade" spectacles such that each lens was blatantly a massive spade symbol - ie, 2 of spades. Susie offered "Jack of Diamonds". Oh dear!)
Congratulations Martin on a third victory, and I'm fairly confident that in a week's time I'll be recapping the end of your octochamp run which will position you in one of the top two seed spots. You v Reams already looks like being a likely (and awesome) final. Yes I'm getting waaay ahead of myself here, and many have crashed and burned when I've made similar predictions, so if that happens you can blame me!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=59
C1: Champion Martin Bishop (2 wins, 224 points.)
C2: Challenger Daniel Searle.
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: B P T E A U D F A
R02: T R S T R E O I O
R03: D L J T E I A Y A
R04: H R M N P O I E S
R05: 5, 9, 10, 7, 1, 4. Target: 568.
TTT: NILSUGAR - "One should help you get the answer to this"
R06: Q N W K N O I E A
R07: S T N E A I V R A
R08: S T L F N N E O E
R09: L P T O E U G N A
R10: 75, 7, 6, 5, 7, 4. Target: 839.
TTT: WETGRAIN - "If you want to wet the grain, get the can"
R11: L C M I E I G C A
R12: P D N D M S E U O
R13: T D S I U E L X A
R14: 75, 5, 6, 1, 8, 3. Target: 179.
R15: U N C L E I V I S (conundrum)
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Martin is a c4c-er who's been keeping himself to himself on the forum, but putting it about like a goodun on the show itself. He's notched up two wins so far with an average of 112 points, and both games have been littered with maxima on both the letters and particularly numbers which he certainly excels at (choosing 6 small takes some balls once you're sat in the chair!)
Today's challenger is Daniel Searle (any relation Lara?). He's a journalist from Brighton who sings and plays guitar in a band called Glen Belt. He's read the dictionary (I'm assuming ODE, but they're not specific about it) from cover-to-cover. GETTING SCARED BISHOP?
Round 1: B P T E A U D F A
C1: UPDATE (6)
C2: ABATED (6)
DC: BEAUT (5) TABUED (6)
OT: AUBADE (6) BATEAU (6) UPBEAT (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
Round 2: T R S T R E O I O
C1: TORTOISE (8)
C2: RIOTERS (7)
DC: ROOSTER (7) SOOTIER (7) ROISTER (7)
OT: ROOTIEST (8) ROOTSIER (8) RORTIEST (8)
Score: 14–6 (max 14)
Round 3: D L J T E I A Y A
C1: DETAIL (6)
C2: tealady
DC: DILATE (6) JILTED (6)
OT: TAILED (6) JAILED (6)
Score: 20–6 (max 20)
A big risk taken early on by Daniel (tea lady is two words) hands a large early advantage to the champ....
Round 4: H R M N P O I E S
C1: PROMISE (7)
C2: morphines
DC: HEROISM (7)
OT: MORPHINE (8)
Score: 27–6 (max 28)
D'oh! And another unnecessary risk. 'Morphine' is a fantastic spot but he undid all his hard work by pluralizing it. Without the risks he'd be level-pegging (assuming he had a 6 in the previous round behind tealady) rather than staring at a 21-point deficit which won't be easy to recover against a player of Martin's calibre.
Round 5: 5, 9, 10, 7, 1, 4. Target: 568.
C1: 568. (10-1)*9*7+5-4 (10)
C2: 568. (10*7+1)*(9-5+4) (10)
Score: 37–16 (max 38)
Teatime teaser: NILSUGAR -> SINGULAR
Round 6: Q N W K N O I E A
C1: KNOWN (5)
C2: AWOKEN (6)
DC: quoin
Score: 37–22 (max 44)
Oops! Susie finds a phantom U! Not often that happens.
Round 7: S T N E A I V R A
C1: VARIANTS (8)
C2: transive
DC: RAVINES (7) TAVERNAS (8)
OT: ANTISERA (8) ARTESIAN (8) SANTERIA (8) SANATIVE (8) VARIATES (8)
Score: 45–22 (max 52)
Round 8: S T L F N N E O E
C1: notelets
C2: FENNELS (7)
DC: ONESELF (7)
Score: 45–29 (max 59)
Hmm... Susie doesn't explain her logic here for allowing the mass noun fennel to be pluralised (she disallows 'clovers' ffs) but I imagine the word 'sympathy' may feature in it. No-one says 'a fennel'...
Round 9: L P T O E U G N A
C1: TANGELO (7)
C2: PLUNGE (6)
DC: POLENTA (7)
OT: APOLUNE (7) OPULENT (7)
Score: 52–29 (max 66)
Round 10: 75, 7, 6, 5, 7, 4. Target: 839.
C1: 839. (6+5)*75+7+7 (10)
C2: 839. (6+5)*75+7+7 (10)
Score: 62–39 (max 76)
Teatime teaser: WETGRAIN -> WATERING
Round 11: L C M I E I G C A
C1: MALICE (6)
C2: gaelic
DC: ICICLE (6)
OT: CILICE (6) MILAGE (6)
Score: 68–39 (max 82)
Round 12: P D N D M S E U O
C1: POUNDED (7)
C2: POUNDED (7)
DC: SOUNDED (7)
OT: DESPOND (7) MENUDOS (7) MOUNDED (7) SPUMONE (7) UNPOSED (7)
Score: 75–46 (max 89)
Round 13: T D S I U E L X A
C1: DILUTES (7)
C2: EXALTS (6)
OT: DETAILS (7) DILATES (7) DUALISE (7) DUALIST (7) LUXATED (7) LUXATES (7) SALUTED (7)
Score: 82–46 (max 96)
Round 14: 75, 5, 6, 1, 8, 3. Target: 179.
C1: 179. (5*3+75)*(8-6)-1 (10)
C2: 178.
Score: 92–46 (max 106)
Round 15: U N C L E I V I S
C2 buzzes on 3 seconds to say INCLUSIVE which is correct.
Score: 92–56 (max 116)
Well, a comfortable win in the end for Martin, but one which his opponent may look back on and wonder what might have been - not only did he have the misfortune to come up against a very formidable opponent, he took too many risks too early on IMO and this ultimately cost him the game (yes, I can't be bothered to go back and work out how the scoring might have gone had he adopted a more cautious strategy). Nonetheless, he probably made Susie work harder than any other contestant this series, and it seemed to take its toll on her brain; she saw a phantom 'U', allowed a rubbish mass noun plural, and also embarrassed herself during Paul Zenon's show closing trick (for those that didn't see, she was told to look into Paul's eyes and concentrate to try and guess a particular card, during which he donned a pair of comical "spade" spectacles such that each lens was blatantly a massive spade symbol - ie, 2 of spades. Susie offered "Jack of Diamonds". Oh dear!)
Congratulations Martin on a third victory, and I'm fairly confident that in a week's time I'll be recapping the end of your octochamp run which will position you in one of the top two seed spots. You v Reams already looks like being a likely (and awesome) final. Yes I'm getting waaay ahead of myself here, and many have crashed and burned when I've made similar predictions, so if that happens you can blame me!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=59