.Countdown recap for Thursday 25 February 2010.
C1: Champion Clarke Carlisle (1 win, 89 points.) Plays Premier League football for Burnley, who according to Damian, plays his home games at "Turd Moor".
His favourite place in the world is Antigua, where has family roots and got married there. He also won Britain's Brainiest Footballer a few years ago.C2: Challenger Alexander "Alex" Johnston. He is a graduate and Apterite from Wimbledon, London. His hobbies include singing, acting and playing lacrosse, hence the "Bristol Lacrosse" shirt he's wearing. He'd most like to meet Cheryl Cole. (clearly not live
) He also sang with the Pet Shop Boys on the last ever TFI Friday, as part of his school choir. His nickname is Bitesize, because of his height.DC: Susie Dent and Jenni Falconer.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L N T U O E S P D
R02: A E T M G N I S U
R03: D L R A E O D K Y
R04: U E A T D L T I R
R05: 50, 1, 3, 6, 2, 9. Target: 851.
TTT: SIPSMALT - "In order they can read, you have to give them a hand"
R06: E I E S P T Q D A
R07: S R L O E A T R B
R08: I E U G P D H F R
R09: S C R A I O V W I
R10: 25, 8, 2, 4, 10, 5. Target: 290.
TTT: WANTPAIR - "You usually fight and make up, but this time, it's make up and fight"
R11: N S T A E E V M O
R12: O E A Z G R N L J
R13: S X H E I E N G C
R14: 75, 7, 2, 5, 6, 1. Target: 970.
R15: I S M Y S L A V E (conundrum)
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Round 1: L N T U O E S P D
C1: OUTSPEND (8)
C2: SPOUTED (7)
OT: POSTLUDE (8)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
And Burnley take an early lead in this match.
A POSTLUDE is a concluding piece or movement of music.
Round 2: A E T M G N I S U
C1: AUGMENTS (8)
C2: STEAMING (8)
OT: MUTAGENS (8) MANGIEST (8) SAUTEING (8)
Score: 16–8 (max 16)
Round 3: D L R A E O D K Y
C1: LADDER (6)
C2: RELOAD (6)
DC: LOADER (6) ORDEAL (6) DARKLY (6)
OT: ADORED (6) DEODAR (6) DEADLY (6) DEARLY (6) KAYOED (6) OKAYED (6) LARDED (6) RADDLE (6) LARKED (6) LOADED (6) LORDED (6) YARDED (6) YOLKED (6) YORKED (6)
Score: 22–14 (max 22)
2 flat rounds keep Burnley's advantage, as well as a max game possibility.
Round 4: U E A T D L T I R
C1: duralite
C2: LATITUDE (8)
DC: ALTITUDE (8)
OT: DETRITAL (8)
Score: 22–22 (max 30)
Oh, and there's the equaliser, as Clarke's word is blocked out by Susie in the DC nets.
DETRITAL is the adjective of DETRITUS, which is any sort of disintegrted material or debris.
Round 5: 50, 1, 3, 6, 2, 9. Target: 851.
C1: 851. ((9 + 6 + 2) x 50) + 1 (10)
C2: 851. ((9 + 6 + 2) x 50) + 1 (10)
Score: 32–32 (max 40)
Jenni talks about her upcoming wedding and how to arrange a good wedding.
Teatime teaser: SIPSMALT -> PALMISTS
Round 6: E I E S P T Q D A
C1: DESPITE (7)
C2: PASTED (6)
DC: PESETA (6) PASTIE (6)
OT: IDEATES (7)
Score: 39–32 (max 47)
Round 7: S R L O E A T R B
C1: BOLSTER (7)
C2: BLEATS (6)
DC: BLOATERS (8) REALTORS (8)
OT: RETABLOS (8) SORTABLE (8) STORABLE (8) RELATORS (8)
Score: 46–32 (max 55)
A quickfire double by Carlisle gives Burnley a bit of breathing space.
Round 8: I E U G P D H F R
C1: PURGED (6)
C2: PUDGIER (7)
OT: FIGURED (7)
Score: 46–39 (max 62)
But, Johnston pulls one back for Bristol Lacrosse.
Round 9: S C R A I O V W I
C1: VICARS (6)
C2: WARS (4)
OT: SCORIA (6)
Score: 52–39 (max 68)
A tricky formation stops the Bristol Lacrosse advance, as Burnley regain the momentum.
SCORIA is either a metallurgical term for the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal, or a geological term for a cinderlike basic cellular lava.
Susie's Guess The Origin returns with Jeff in the hotseat, but in a little twist, Jeff has to guess which phrase is the oldest, and is still used in language today.
Is it:
a) "A needle in a haystack" - Originally "a needle in a bottle of hay" ("bottle" originally meaning bundle), first coined by Sir Thomas More.
b) "Woe is me" - Originally found in the Job in the Old Testament in the Bible, originally depicted as "woe unto me".
c) "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me", usually an expression of indifference or a verbal insult.
Jeff dismissing b) for being too obvious, goes with a) and Jenni jumps in with c), but the answer was b).
Round 10: 25, 8, 2, 4, 10, 5. Target: 290.
C1: 290. (25 + 4) x 10 (10)
C2: 290. (25 + 4) x 10 (10)
Score: 62–49 (max 78)
Teatime teaser: WANTPAIR -> WARPAINT
Round 11: N S T A E E V M O
C1: MEANEST (7)
C2: MEANEST (7)
DC: NOVATES (7)
OT: MOVANTS (7) TEMENOS (7) TONEMES (7)
Score: 69–56 (max 85)
A TONEME is a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language.
Round 12: O E A Z G R N L J
C1: LONGER (6)
C2: ANGLER (6)
DC: GLAZER (6) JANGLE (6) ORANGE (6) grange GAOLER (6)
OT: GALJOEN (7) ONGLAZE (7)
Score: 75–62 (max 92)
NOTE: There was inly 1 G in the selection, so Jenni's GRANGE is a no-no.
Round 13: S X H E I E N G C
C1: HINGES (6)
C2: EXCISE (6)
DC: CHEESING (8) SIX (3)
Score: 81–68 (max 100)
Both players seem cheesed off at not going for CHEESING.
Round 14: 75, 7, 2, 5, 6, 1. Target: 970.
C1: 970. ((7 + 6) x 75) - 5 (10)
C2: 970. ((7 + 6) x 75) - 5 (10)
Score: 91–78 (max 110)
And Burnley seal the game with a minute to spare.
Round 15: I S M Y S L A V E
C1 buzzes on 6 seconds to say MASSIVELY which is correct.
Score: 101–78 (max 120)
And there's the century for Carlisle
Wait, that's cricket But, either which way, Clarke has definitely dispelled the "dumb footballers" myth in impressive fashion.Alex was a good opponent, but Clarke just had the edge with those letters and definitely has a favourable chance of achieving octochampdom.
I'll be back on Thursday with a double bill, as I'm off to Wembley on Wednesday to see England (or rather what's left of them) play Egypt in that friendly.
So, until then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Clarke:
Total score - 101
Raw score - 107
Total % of max - 84
Raw % of max - 89
Total average score per round - 6.7
Raw average score per round - 7.1
Number of maxes - 10
Alexander:
Total score - 78
Raw score - 101
Total % of max - 65
Raw % of max - 84
Total average score per round - 5.2
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 8
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62