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00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on the third quarterfinal day of Series 76.
00:38And the excitement really is getting a firm hold on the studio here, I can tell you.
00:43But first, Countdown's all about words as well as numbers.
00:46And it was on this day 200 years ago, way back in 1817, that the painter and writer Branwell Bronte was born.
00:54And Branwell was the rather sort of unsuccessful only brother of Emily, Anne and Charlotte.
01:02And of course, they produced the great Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.
01:06And I began to think, have I ever visited the home of a famous writer?
01:11And I did find myself once taking the buses around Cuba, which was great fun.
01:16And I pitched up at Hemingway's home on the edge of the sea there in Cuba, where he wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
01:23And it was charming to see his old typewriter there in his old chair and desk and bed.
01:28Have you been to a famous writer's house that you particularly enjoyed?
01:32We did a tour of Bath as part of a hen do, and that's Austin country.
01:37So that was good fun.
01:38And we did some Regency dancing with all the Jane Austen-style clothing.
01:42It's an English country garden.
01:44I think I was Mr. Darcy in that arrangement.
01:47Yeah, it was nice.
01:47It was lovely.
01:48Beautiful part of the world.
01:49It is indeed.
01:50Perfect.
01:51Now, Rachel, we have the moose back.
01:54Moose Rosser has become a famous name in this country due to your last appearance.
02:00Fantastic head of risk management from Hulstead in Essex, became an octa champ at the end of last month as our number three seed and has the distinct, or the distinction, I should say, of achieving the highest game score of 132 points in this series.
02:16So well done.
02:17And welcome back.
02:18Well, you're joined by Wesley Jardine, a charity fundraiser from Darlington, Waste Goat Wes, we call him.
02:24And he finished his octave champ run back in February, amassing 753 points along the way to become our sixth seed.
02:32Welcome back.
02:33Welcome back.
02:34Love the waistcoat.
02:36All right.
02:36Let's have a big round of applause for our quarter finalists.
02:43Fantastic.
02:45And Susie's in the corner to keep us all in charge.
02:48And he's back.
02:49We always look forward to his great anecdotes.
02:51It's broadcaster Colin Murray.
02:53Welcome back.
02:54So excited.
02:54Welcome back.
02:59Lovely.
03:00Let's get down to business.
03:01Moose, you know the score.
03:03I do.
03:03Letters.
03:04Thanks very much.
03:05Hi, Rachel.
03:05Hi, Moose.
03:06Consonant, please.
03:08Start this quarter final with P.
03:10And a vowel, please.
03:13O.
03:14A consonant.
03:16V.
03:17A vowel.
03:19E.
03:21Consonant.
03:22R.
03:24Consonant.
03:25N.
03:27A vowel.
03:29U.
03:32Consonant.
03:34S.
03:35And a consonant.
03:37And lastly, D.
03:39And here's the countdown clock.
03:49And here's the countdown clock.
03:50Moose.
03:51Eight, I hope.
04:04Moose.
04:05Eight, I hope.
04:14And Wesley.
04:15Eight.
04:17Pounders.
04:17And there we go.
04:21I've got small writing.
04:22As long as it says.
04:25It's very neat.
04:26Now then, in the corner.
04:28Well, how exciting is this?
04:29Waistcoat wears against the Moose.
04:31It's like WWE wrestling, isn't it?
04:32It is.
04:33It is.
04:33And they're right.
04:34Absolutely.
04:35We're going to struggle, aren't we, against these two heavyweights.
04:37Definitely.
04:38We could add unproved in there as well.
04:39But two eights on the board to get us going.
04:41Well done.
04:42Well done indeed.
04:44Now then.
04:46Wes.
04:47Wesley.
04:47Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:48Good afternoon, Wes.
04:49Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:51You can, thank you.
04:52S.
04:53And another.
04:55M.
04:56And a vowel.
04:57A.
04:59And another.
05:01O.
05:02A consonant.
05:04R.
05:05And another.
05:07T.
05:09A vowel.
05:11E.
05:14Consonant.
05:16X.
05:19And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
05:21And finish with A.
05:23Stand by.
05:27WESLEY.
05:55Seven.
05:56A seven moose?
05:57Seven.
05:58WESLEY.
05:59Maestro.
06:00Maestro and?
06:01Maestro also.
06:03They're going to be stuck together, these two, aren't they?
06:06Colin?
06:06If you hadn't have come to us so quick, I would have written down maestro so we could look really clever.
06:11We were on sixes.
06:12I'm so worried to be outdone.
06:14But we've got extras and aromas.
06:16Yes.
06:17Well done.
06:19Fifteen apiece.
06:20So let's see how we do with the numbers.
06:23Moose.
06:24One from the top, please, Rachel.
06:25Staying safe to start with.
06:27Thank you, Moose.
06:27One big, five, little.
06:30And the first numbers game of the day.
06:32Five, seven, eight, five, two, one hundred.
06:37And the target, four hundred and sixty-five.
06:41Four, six, five.
06:42Five, seven, eight, five, one hundred.
06:46Five, four, seven, eight.
06:47Five, five.
06:48Five, seven, eight, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine.
06:49Moose?
07:15Yep, 465.
07:16And Wesley?
07:17465.
07:18Moose?
07:19100 times 5.
07:21500.
07:235 times 75.
07:25Yeah, er, sorry.
07:265 times 7, I do apologise.
07:28I thought you might mean that.
07:29Yeah.
07:29Lovely.
07:30Well done.
07:30And subtract it.
07:32And Wesley, I took the 7 off first.
07:34Yeah, 93.
07:35Brilliant.
07:36Well done.
07:36So 25 apiece, close round thing here.
07:39As we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is Lee's Least.
07:44And the clue, Lee's got a lot of hang-ups about this job,
07:47but at least he's working.
07:49Lee's got a lot of hang-ups about this job, but at least he's working.
07:52Welcome back.
08:09I left you with the clue.
08:10Lee's got a lot of hang-ups about this job, but at least he's working.
08:15He's working in telesales.
08:18Telesales.
08:19Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
08:22you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application form
08:27or write to us at contestants' applications countdown leads LS31JS.
08:36So there we are, 25 apiece, and it's Wesley's letters game now.
08:40Wesley.
08:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:43Thank you, Wesley.
08:44T.
08:45And another.
08:47N.
08:48And a vowel, please.
08:50U.
08:51And another.
08:53I.
08:54A consonant.
08:56G.
08:58And another.
09:00S.
09:01A vowel.
09:04U.
09:06A consonant.
09:08D.
09:09And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
09:13And finish with S.
09:15Stand by.
09:16A consonant.
09:17A consonant.
09:18A consonant.
09:19A consonant.
09:19A consonant.
09:20A consonant.
09:20A consonant.
09:21A consonant.
09:21A consonant.
09:22A consonant.
09:22A consonant.
09:23A consonant.
09:23A consonant.
09:24A consonant.
09:25A consonant.
09:26A consonant.
09:26A consonant.
09:27A consonant.
09:27A consonant.
09:28A consonant.
09:29A consonant.
09:30A consonant.
09:31A consonant.
09:32A consonant.
09:33A consonant.
09:34A consonant.
09:35A consonant.
09:36A consonant.
09:37A consonant.
09:38A consonant.
09:39A consonant.
09:40A consonant.
09:41A consonant.
09:42A consonant.
09:43A consonant.
09:44A consonant.
09:45Wesley, I'll go for an eight.
09:51Moose?
09:51Yes, I'll go for the same eight, I guess.
09:54Possibly.
09:56Wesley?
09:57Dustings.
09:58Yes, dustings.
09:59Dustings?
10:01Erm, it's not there.
10:03It's not there as a noun, and obviously it has to be there as a noun in order to put the S on,
10:07so at least you both went for it, that's my consolation.
10:10Yeah, no problem.
10:11Yeah.
10:11No harm done.
10:12No harm done.
10:13All right, 25 apiece, and what could we have had?
10:18Well, I had dustings, but let's take the S off.
10:22Dusting?
10:23Dusting, yeah.
10:25You win.
10:25All right.
10:26So, 25 apiece, and it's Moose we turn to.
10:30Moose?
10:30Thanks.
10:31Vowel, please, Rachel.
10:32Thank you, Moose.
10:33I.
10:34Consonant.
10:36D.
10:37Consonant.
10:39B.
10:40Vowel.
10:42E.
10:43Consonant.
10:45C.
10:47Consonant.
10:48T.
10:50Vowel.
10:53A.
10:54Consonant.
10:56D.
10:58Consonant, please.
11:00And lastly, R.
11:02Countdown.
11:03We'll see you next time.
11:04We'll see you next time.
11:05We'll see you next time.
11:05We'll see you next time.
11:06We'll see you next time.
11:06We'll see you next time.
11:06We'll see you next time.
11:07We'll see you next time.
11:08We'll see you next time.
11:08We'll see you next time.
11:08We'll see you next time.
11:09We'll see you next time.
11:09We'll see you next time.
11:10We'll see you next time.
11:10We'll see you next time.
11:11We'll see you next time.
11:12Moose, seven.
11:35A seven, Wesley?
11:36Seven.
11:38Moose?
11:38Orbited.
11:39And braided.
11:41And braided.
11:43Very good.
11:44We happy with both?
11:45Ooh.
11:46Just checking.
11:47Arbited, actually.
11:48Sorry.
11:48Late in the day.
11:49I have arbiter, obviously.
11:51But arbited doesn't seem to be specified.
11:54I'm sorry, Moose.
11:55Doesn't matter.
11:55So I have to disallow that one.
11:57Of course.
11:57Now then, Colin.
11:59Well, we like catbird.
12:01Yes.
12:01Catbird is there.
12:03Yes.
12:03Very good.
12:03A long-tailed American songbird of the Mockingbird family.
12:07Really?
12:08That gives Wesley the lead, then.
12:1032 to 25.
12:12Wesley, your numbers game.
12:15Sorry to keep making you stretch, but can I have that bottom row, please?
12:17The bottom row.
12:19No problem at all for six more ones.
12:21Right.
12:22Upping the ante.
12:23Bottom row coming up.
12:25And they are nine.
12:26Another nine.
12:28Two.
12:29Ten.
12:30Four.
12:31And three.
12:33And the target.
12:35398.
12:36Three.
12:37Nine-eight.
12:37One-eight.
13:01Seven.
13:02Seven.
13:03One-four.
13:04Three.
13:04Wesley, 399.
13:11Moose, nowhere near as close as that.
13:13No.
13:14No.
13:14With Wesley, then.
13:16And nine times four.
13:18Nine times four, 36.
13:21Add the three.
13:2439.
13:25Times ten.
13:27390.
13:28Add the other nine.
13:29One away.
13:30Yeah, pretty good.
13:32But 398, Rachel, can you do it?
13:34Yes, so with this one, if you say ten times nine is 90,
13:39add the other nine for 99,
13:41times that by four for 396,
13:45and add the two, 398.
13:46Oh, well done.
13:46Fabulous.
13:51Well done.
13:52So, 39 plays 25,
13:54and Wesley on 39.
13:57Well done.
13:58Now let's turn to Colin.
13:59Now, Colin, what have you got for us today?
14:02Well, I'm hyperventilating here, as you know.
14:04As a Countdown fan, to be here for these five shows coming up.
14:07It's such a privilege.
14:08I asked Susie for a word.
14:09Apparently, I'm betwitted.
14:11Yeah.
14:11Which works well, because I'm already a twit,
14:13so I don't need to add a huge amount to it.
14:15So I thought I would see my titties around the occasion.
14:19So I looked at quarterfinals,
14:21and the first one's a really easy story for me,
14:24because it's one of my favourite stories in football ever.
14:27I'm going to take you to Chile, 1962,
14:30to the Estadio Sozolito,
14:33England playing against Brazil.
14:34And the most bizarre thing happened in that game.
14:37They had to stop for a dog on the field.
14:39All of these players try to catch it,
14:41and nobody can.
14:43And from nowhere,
14:43Jimmy Greaves goes down on his knees,
14:46and like some sort of sorcerer,
14:48beckons the dog to him.
14:50And the dog stops,
14:52and walks straight into Jimmy Greaves' arms.
14:55Now, the little-known fact about this,
14:57is the dog was so petrified,
14:59it was like Susie Dent at an all-night rave.
15:01You know, it just...
15:03It urinated all over Jimmy Greaves,
15:07and all over his shirt.
15:09Now, it was back in the days
15:10when you didn't have a top to change into.
15:12So Jimmy had to play the rest of the game
15:16covered in the dog's urine.
15:17And he quipped, of course,
15:18it was the only thing that kept the Brazilian defenders
15:20away from him,
15:21which was the smell.
15:23And that's a fairly well-known story,
15:24but my favourite part of the story,
15:26which I just love,
15:27is Garencia,
15:28one of the greatest Brazilians of all time.
15:30He adopted the dog,
15:33and that dog lived as Grinch's best friend
15:35for the rest of his natural life.
15:38So, guys, anyone releases a dog into the studio today,
15:40stay in your seats.
15:41Stay in your seats.
15:43Oh, bravo.
15:44Well done.
15:48Lovely.
15:4939 plays, 25.
15:51Wesley in the lead,
15:51and it's Moose we turn to.
15:53Come, Moose.
15:54A consonant, please, Rachel.
15:56Thank you, Moose.
15:57L.
15:58And a vowel.
16:00O.
16:01A consonant.
16:03S.
16:04And a vowel.
16:06A.
16:07Consonant.
16:09M.
16:10Consonant.
16:12R.
16:14A vowel.
16:15I.
16:17A vowel.
16:21O.
16:24And a consonant, thank you.
16:26And the last one, D.
16:29Stand by.
16:30A vowel.
16:31A vowel.
16:31A vowel.
16:31A vowel.
16:32A vowel.
16:32A vowel.
16:32A vowel.
16:33A vowel.
16:33A vowel.
16:33A vowel.
16:33A vowel.
16:34A vowel.
16:34A vowel.
16:34A vowel.
16:35A vowel.
16:35A vowel.
16:35A vowel.
16:35A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:38A vowel.
16:38A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:43A vowel.
16:43A vowel.
16:44A vowel.
16:44A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:47A vowel.
16:47Yes, Moose?
17:02Seven that's slightly dodgy.
17:04And Wesley?
17:05A six.
17:06And your six?
17:08Radios.
17:09How dodgy is it, Moose?
17:10Milords.
17:12Oh.
17:12Oh.
17:15It keeps on your feet, does it?
17:16It is that dodgy, Moose, actually.
17:18It's not.
17:19It's there as an hour.
17:20Oh, well done.
17:20Very, very well done.
17:24Oh, well done.
17:28Very well done.
17:28Well done.
17:30So, 39, page 32 now.
17:33What does the corner have to say?
17:35Yeah, there is another seven there.
17:36Auralism.
17:37The system of teaching profoundly deaf people to communicate by lip reading rather than sign language.
17:41Oh, I see.
17:42Auralism.
17:43OK.
17:4439, page 32.
17:45Wesley?
17:46Letters for you.
17:47A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:49Thank you, Wesley.
17:50L.
17:51And another.
17:54B.
17:55And a vowel.
17:57U.
17:58And another.
17:59E.
18:00A consonant.
18:03F.
18:04And another.
18:06G.
18:08A vowel.
18:09A.
18:10A.
18:11A consonant.
18:12A consonant.
18:15L.
18:19And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
18:21And finish with H.
18:24Stand by.
18:24A consonant.
18:42And a or.
18:42A consonant.
18:43And if you do, you know, it doesn't matter.
18:46A consonant.
18:47How to a consonant.
18:48Wesley, I'll go for a seven.
18:59Moose, I have a seven, I hope.
19:02And Wesley?
19:03Bullage.
19:05Moose, baleful.
19:10Baleful is in, meaning sorrowful or mournful.
19:13That's very good.
19:13There is no bullage, I'm afraid, Wesley.
19:16I'm sorry.
19:17Not in.
19:18Bad luck.
19:19It puts you back to where you started.
19:2139 apiece, even, Stephen.
19:24And it's now numbers, a numbers game for Moose.
19:28One from the top, please.
19:29Still playing it relatively safe.
19:31Thank you, Moose.
19:31One large one.
19:32Five little ones, see if this will break the deadlock.
19:35They are a ten, three, another three, seven, five, and fifty.
19:43And the target, 182.
19:45One, eight, two.
19:46One, eight, four.
19:47Exactly.
19:47Three.
19:48One, eight, three, nine, six, six.
20:02Two, eight.
20:04Four, seven, six.
20:05One, eight, nine, seven, five.
20:08Four, seven, nine.
20:09One, eight.
20:10Two, seven.
20:12And the three.
20:13Moose?
20:17Yep, 182, I'm pleased.
20:18Wesleyan, 182.
20:20Let's go.
20:20Moose?
20:2150 plus 10.
20:2360.
20:24Multiplied by 3.
20:25180.
20:267 minus 5.
20:28Yep, 182.
20:29And Wesleyan?
20:3150 plus 5.
20:3255.
20:34Times 3.
20:35Is 165.
20:37Add the 10 and the 7.
20:38Yep, tons of ways for this one.
20:41OK, well done.
20:43APPLAUSE
20:43There we've got the 49ers.
20:4749er piece as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser,
20:50which is Anger, Grin and the Clue,
20:53collecting lots of information about the actor James.
20:56Collecting lots of information about the actor James.
21:00APPLAUSE
21:01Welcome back.
21:16I left you with the Clue,
21:17collecting lots of information about the actor James.
21:21And the answer to that is garnering lots of information.
21:26James Garner, of course.
21:27Great actor, James Garner.
21:2849er piece and Wesley.
21:31Off we go.
21:33Consonant, please.
21:34Thank you, Wesley.
21:35S.
21:36And another.
21:39T.
21:40And a vowel.
21:42O.
21:43And another.
21:44I.
21:46Consonant.
21:48L.
21:49And another.
21:51F.
21:53Vowel.
21:55E.
21:58Consonant.
22:00V.
22:01And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
22:04And finish with N.
22:07Stand by.
22:07End.
22:09I.
22:09Eerteid.
22:10I.
22:11Eền.
22:12Eir.
22:12Eery.
22:13Eey.
22:13Eey.
22:23Eey.
22:24Eey.
22:25Eey.
22:25Eey.
22:26Eey.
22:28Eey.
22:30Eey.
22:36Eey.
22:37Yes, Wesley.
22:39Eight.
22:41Moose?
22:41No, seven.
22:43That's seven.
22:44Violet.
22:45No, Wesley.
22:46Novelist.
22:48Well done.
22:48Excellent.
22:51Bravo.
22:55Very good.
22:56Can we match it?
22:57Yeah, we'll just that, which is good.
22:58Ties into the start of the show, of course, with the Bronte.
23:01So, yeah, novelist is as high as you can go,
23:05but you could add violent in there as well, obviously, as a seven.
23:08Well done.
23:09Thank you, Colin.
23:10So, 57 plays 49.
23:12Moose, we're with you for another Letters game.
23:15Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:16Thank you, Moose.
23:17C.
23:18And a vowel.
23:20I.
23:21Consonant.
23:23S.
23:25And a consonant.
23:28T.
23:29A vowel.
23:31E.
23:32Consonant.
23:35N.
23:36Consonant.
23:37T.
23:39Vowel.
23:41I.
23:43And a consonant, please.
23:46And lastly, H.
23:49And the clock starts now.
23:50T.
24:03Moose, I'm going to be hanging for a sheep as a lamb. I'm going to go for a dodgy nine.
24:26Wesley, I'll stick with an eight.
24:30And your eight?
24:32Chitties.
24:33Now, Moose.
24:35Ethnicist.
24:37Moose, it's in.
24:38Oh, get out of here.
24:39Whoa!
24:40Whoa!
24:41Whoa!
24:48You've sprung to an unlikely 10-point lead, 67 to Wesley.
24:52Brilliant.
24:5357.
24:54Well done.
24:55Just to tell you, it's an expert or student of ethnology or ethnicity.
24:58Fantastic.
25:00So, Susie, what have you got for us?
25:03And your wonderful origins of words.
25:06Well, I'm not going to be able to live up to that.
25:08But I'm going to go back to the services slang of the early 20th century.
25:12And there was a particular expression that was used, as one glossary at the time put it, for the member of a gang or party who fetches the beer for all and then has the melancholy task of returning the empty.
25:23And the job of carrying the group's ration of beer, as you can imagine, was a hugely important one, but also quite a perilous one, because it would lay you open to a lot of criticism or jives if you spilt a little bit of the precious liquid or, worse still, dropped it altogether.
25:37However, the beer was carried in a keg, as you might expect, was also known as a can, even though it was a lot bigger than the tin cans we know today.
25:45And this is how we came to our modern expression of carrying the can, transferred nowadays to anyone who's left to do an unwelcome task or to take the blame if something goes wrong,
25:54even if it's no longer applied to dropping some valuable alcohol on the floor.
25:59And to finance that carrying of the can or the can itself, we might also have a whip round.
26:05It's another expression that might seem a little bit curious.
26:08That's a phrase that also began in the services.
26:10A wine or a beer whip was one to which everyone contributed.
26:13So they would put a shilling in a glass, the money was pooled and they would get the next round.
26:18Why a whip?
26:19Well, for that, we need to turn to fox hunting, the British Army and Parliament.
26:22In 19th century fox hunting, people were employed to stop the hounds from straying, unfortunately using whips to keep them in place.
26:30And these people were known as whippers in or simply whips.
26:33The term was transferred to the House of Commons for the officers whose job it was to guide in straying MPs,
26:39take them into the voting lobbies to whip up enthusiasm for a particular vote and for the name of the coercion process as well called the whip.
26:46And it was from there that it crept into the world of alcohol.
26:50And again, to those people who carried the literal can in the olden days.
26:53Well done.
26:54Lovely.
26:59A whipper in, yeah.
27:01Very good.
27:0267 to 57.
27:04Wesley, letters.
27:06A consonant, please.
27:08Thank you, Wesley.
27:09M.
27:10And another.
27:12T.
27:13And a vowel.
27:14E.
27:16And another.
27:17A.
27:19A consonant.
27:21K.
27:23And another.
27:26Q.
27:28A vowel.
27:30I.
27:33A consonant.
27:35N.
27:37And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
27:40And finish with D.
27:42Stand by.
27:44And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
27:54둘.
28:04And.
28:05To, for this one, we're first a jeep.
28:06Once aые.
28:07Then we're coming to talk in a nutshell.
28:08To.
28:08We're hopefully.
28:08As we'reon.
28:09To be honest with you.
28:09Wesley.
28:15Just a six.
28:17Moose?
28:18Seven.
28:19Sir Wesley.
28:20Intake.
28:21And?
28:23Mediant.
28:24Mediant.
28:25Yeah, well done.
28:26Third note of a musical scale.
28:28Yeah.
28:28Very good.
28:29Well done.
28:33Colin, anything else?
28:34Yeah, as soon as you got the seven, but I said there's loads of sixes in there, minted
28:39and inmate, but all bested by Mediant.
28:43Well done.
28:43All right.
28:44Seventy-four, please.
28:45Fifty-seven.
28:46Moose, final letters game for you.
28:49A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:51Thank you, Moose.
28:52T.
28:53And a vowel, please.
28:55E.
28:56Consonant.
28:57L.
28:59Consonant.
29:01W.
29:02Vowel.
29:04O.
29:06Consonant.
29:08P.
29:10Consonant.
29:12T.
29:13Vowel.
29:15I.
29:16And a consonant, please.
29:18And lastly, R.
29:21Tone-tone.
29:21Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone, Tone-tone.
29:51Yes, Moose?
29:53Um, only a seven, I'm afraid.
29:57Wesley?
29:58Seven.
30:00Moose?
30:01Criplet.
30:02Now then, Wesley, politer.
30:05Yeah, very good.
30:08So we're still at a standstill, 81 to 64, but in the corner.
30:11Colin?
30:12Yeah, potty, or you could add for seven as well.
30:14It's funny how there's different words.
30:15You can have a beautiful word and then have such a horrible word connected to it.
30:19Because buttercup is just stunning, isn't it?
30:21It is.
30:21But it's also a pilewort, which is there for eight.
30:26Well done.
30:26That's a horrible word.
30:28Very clever, well done.
30:30All right.
30:3181 to 64, into the final numbers game for Wesley.
30:35Bottom row.
30:36Bottom row, please.
30:37To save this quarter, final can still be done.
30:40Thank you, Wesley.
30:40Six little ones, the final challenge.
30:43Four, eight, two, two, six, and an odd one, nine.
30:51And the target, 706.
30:53Seven, oh, six.
30:54Seven, oh, six.
31:25Wesley.
31:27702.
31:28Moose?
31:29No, I've got no in here.
31:31All right, Wesley.
31:33Nine times eight.
31:35Nine times eight, 72.
31:37Take a two.
31:38Take away two, 70.
31:40Six plus four is ten.
31:42Yep.
31:44Multiply them.
31:45700.
31:46And add the other two.
31:47And you're still in the game.
31:50Well done indeed.
31:5271 to 81.
31:55It's going to be a close run thing.
31:56Rachel, unscramble that for us, would you?
31:59Yes, this was possible.
32:00If you say six plus four is ten.
32:04Times nine is 90.
32:06Less two is 88.
32:08Times eight is 704.
32:10And you have two left over.
32:12706.
32:13Well done.
32:13Well done.
32:17So we're going to the final round of this quarterfinal.
32:21As a proper countdown quarterfinal to 71 to 81.
32:25Fingers on buzzers for this crucial countdown conundrum.
32:32Yes.
32:33Bye.
32:34I don't know.
33:04I don't know.
33:05I don't know.
33:06I really have no idea.
33:07The rest of the time is down to the moose then.
33:11Nope, nor have I.
33:14Neither have you.
33:17Well, it's been a great game.
33:19Let's roll in and see what you missed.
33:22There it is.
33:25Pretty crucial.
33:28Susie?
33:29It describes a bird that is hatched in a state that it's able to feed itself almost immediately.
33:34So quite an advanced state of development.
33:36Well, well.
33:38All right.
33:39Listen, let's turn to these two wonderful players.
33:41Wesley, our sixth seed.
33:44It was great having you here.
33:45It really was.
33:47You take this goodie bag and this piece of kryptonite home with you back to Darlington with our very
33:51best wishes.
33:52A great player.
33:53Thank you so much for coming.
33:55All right.
33:56And Moose, well done.
33:57We had you on the ropes for a while, didn't we?
33:59Yeah.
34:00On the canvas, I should have said.
34:01On the canvas then.
34:02All right.
34:03We'll see.
34:04We'll see you on Thursday.
34:05Yeah.
34:06Well done.
34:07Well done indeed.
34:08So, see you both tomorrow.
34:09Well done.
34:10Excellent.
34:11Great game, wasn't it?
34:12Amazing.
34:13Picking themselves off the floor.
34:14Wow.
34:15Fantastic.
34:16All right.
34:17See you then.
34:18See you then.
34:19What do you reckon, Rachel?
34:20Well, nice that a nine letter word won it.
34:21The epitome of countdown-ness.
34:22Absolutely.
34:23Ten points in it.
34:24Well done.
34:25That was a very good quarter-final.
34:26Spot on.
34:27All right.
34:28See you tomorrow.
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