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Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:39 pm
by James Robinson
As our distinguished leader celebrates the quarter-century anniversary of his birth, we look below to the events in the
Countdown studios.
Our new champ is Mark Jones, who after almost blowing his lead away yesterday, managed to put in a good finish and will move over to the champions' chair today.
In his way today is part-time Apterite and even more part-time forumite, Ned Pendleton.
Join me for the Robinson Recap later.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:48 pm
by Joseph Krol
Good luck Ned, obviously the thought that series 64 would be apto-quiet is slowly being demolished.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:39 pm
by Matt Morrison
What's the record on disallowed words in the 15 round era? Not suggesting Ned will be close to it, just wondering as I expect/hope to beat it when I go on. Plus I reckon he'll win this anyway.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:52 pm
by Matt Morrison
Matt Morrison wrote:Plus I reckon he'll win this anyway.
Told yas. Nice one Pendles.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:53 pm
by Joseph Krol
Nice GERANIUMSesque conundrum there. Congrats Ned, you were up against a tough opponent, but you still came good despite the unlucky disallowances.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:55 pm
by Tom Barnes
Nice little smirk when Jeff said you'd scored 69 there.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:25 pm
by Ned Pendleton
Tom Barnes wrote:Nice little smirk when Jeff said you'd scored 69 there.
everyone's saying that but I wasn't, didn't even notice what the score was.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:17 pm
by Malcolm James
I know that 'rules are rules', but I was surprised that GOATIEST had to be specified. One-syllable adjectives and two-syllable adjectives ending in Y form the comparative and superlative using -ier and -iest (
http://www.grammar.cl/Intermediate/Comp ... atives.htm ). Other adjectives use 'more' and 'the most', although maybe this is gradually changing, because forms such as MATUREST have been allowed.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:34 pm
by Keith Bennett
A few years ago I arranged the Noel Coward song Mad Dogs and Englishmen which contains the line "Even caribous lie around and snooze, for there's nothing else to do". Unfortunately he was only doing it to achieve a suitable rhyme (I'll leave you to speculate what caribou might lie around and do....)
Brilliant spot, unlucky that Coward's alternative version of the plural never caught on enough to make the OED. Great comeback.
Can a recap be nominated for Game of the Week?
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:36 pm
by Marcus Hares
Really enjoyable ding-dong battle today - congrats Ned, glad you will only be choosing one 4-large from now on though!
I think EXOPLANET was available in the round before SENHORITA/HORTENSIA (possibly round 7).
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:37 pm
by Ryan Taylor
Thought some egghead would have got in before me since I've had chance to watch Countdown, The Chase and Eggheads but apparently not. So I had EXOPLANET in the round were Susie had ANTELOPE. And there was a nice little equaller of GARPIKE in one of the rounds too.
Edit: Wow. Fuck you Marcus.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:44 pm
by James Robinson
Is it me, or did anyone else think that the answer to the 2nd TTT was POOFTERS
CURIOSA in round 1 and SIDELESS in round 11.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:29 pm
by Adam Gillard
Had Mark declared LASSIES rather than LASSIE there would have been a second crucial conundrum (well, who knows how many?)
Well done Ned; good comeback after some bad luck early on.
Countdown S64 finalists prediction:
Adam
Ed
Ned
Ted
Fred
Jed
Ahmed
Alfred
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:40 pm
by Joseph Krol
James Robinson wrote:Is it me, or did anyone else think that the answer to the 2nd TTT was POOFTERS
I thought it was FOREPOST before remembering the solution must be a plural and then stupidly coming up with FOREPOTS.
Link between the TTT answer and Ned's numbers selections anyone?
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:05 pm
by Graeme Cole
James Robinson wrote:Is it me, or did anyone else think that the answer to the 2nd TTT was POOFTERS
CURIOSA in round 1 and SIDELESS in round 11.
Yep, seems to have been a
popular alternative answer.
Also I got the conundrum in a quarter of a second thanks to
MOAR SPOILERZ!
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:19 am
by Dan McColm
Good comeback there from Ned. Bet Mike will be gutted, as that game really should've been his. 20 points thrown away on 2 easy 4-large
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:38 am
by Matt Morrison
Matt Morrison wrote:What's the record on disallowed words in the 15 round era?
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:58 am
by Jon O'Neill
Matt Morrison wrote:Matt Morrison wrote:What's the record on disallowed words in the 15 round era?
I had 11 words disallowed in 11 shows.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:34 pm
by Mike Brown
Malcolm James wrote:I know that 'rules are rules', but I was surprised that GOATIEST had to be specified. One-syllable adjectives and two-syllable adjectives ending in Y form the comparative and superlative using -ier and -iest (
http://www.grammar.cl/Intermediate/Comp ... atives.htm ). Other adjectives use 'more' and 'the most', although maybe this is gradually changing, because forms such as MATUREST have been allowed.
In general, I'd agree with this, and indeed they did tend to be accepted on Countdown in the past (I'm going back to the old Concise days now). Having said that, some -Y words don't really lend themselves to the comparative and superlative: they either possess the quality being described or they don't.
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:54 pm
by Adam Gillard
Mike Brown wrote:Having said that, some -Y words don't really lend themselves to the comparative and superlative: they either possess the quality being described or they don't.
Yay, someone agrees!
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 17th 2011
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:43 pm
by Soph K
Jon O'Neill wrote:Matt Morrison wrote:Matt Morrison wrote:What's the record on disallowed words in the 15 round era?
I had 11 words disallowed in 11 shows.
So, 1 disallowed word in each game?