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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Wednesday, January 17th.
00:35Outside, it's a hazy shade of winter, but here we are again in your room as the eternal flame of Countdown burns brightly once again.
00:43And Rachel Riley's here. How are you, Rich?
00:45I'm rather well. How are you?
00:46Yeah, those song references, maybe a little before your time.
00:49I didn't even catch that you were doing them that time. What have I missed?
00:52Three songs that were hits, one of them a Simon and Garfunkel cover from The Bangles.
01:00And it's Susanna Hoff's birthday today. I interviewed her for the first time recently.
01:03She's one of my all-time heroes, and I'll explain why.
01:07Apart from the fact I just loved her so much, and she was one of my first ever crushes.
01:11The Go-Go's, which was Belinda Carlyle, Jane Wheldon, who then went on for Rush Hour,
01:17they were just trailblazers. And shortly behind them came The Bangles.
01:20They were all female bands.
01:21The questions they were asked, Rachel, was stuff like, do you actually play those drums?
01:27Can you actually play guitar? Who wrote those songs?
01:30The Go-Go's sat in a room like any other band and wrote them.
01:33The Bangles co-wrote or wrote a lot of their songs.
01:35Also got stuff from, like, Prince did Manic Monday for them.
01:38So they faced all of these really bad questions, and they kind of, in a very male-dominated rock and roll world,
01:46blazed a trail in the 80s.
01:48Good for them.
01:48I remember actually watching, on the similar theme, the Spice Girls documentary.
01:52What was that, you know, 20 years ago when Victoria Beckham had just given birth,
01:56and a few months after giving birth, she was asked to step on the scales on live telly.
02:00Yeah.
02:01Oh, Susie's mouths are open. Yeah.
02:03Things have changed, thankfully.
02:05I should say, of course, Susanna Hoffs is only my second favourite Susie of all time,
02:10because my favourite one is sitting right over there,
02:12our Denticles, our guardian of the dictionary,
02:15and sitting beside her all week, the restaurateur, the presenter, the writer, Prue-Lise here.
02:23Lovely. And listen, we're playing musical chairs, aren't we?
02:26We lost our champion yesterday, replaced by Mark Finnerty,
02:30from Newry in County Down, over a century for his debut win.
02:34Teapot secured, how are you today?
02:35I am a little less nervous than yesterday.
02:38Yeah, it happens. It's just a sliding scale, sliding scale.
02:41Listen, you're a consultant psychiatrist,
02:44and you're going to have to explain this to me.
02:45Are you in a quiz team connected to psychiatry, or does that work?
02:48It's the Royal College of Psychiatrists decided to do a university challenge-style quiz
02:53for all the areas in the UK, so I got picked for the Northern Ireland team,
02:58which was only four people applied to be on the team.
03:02But somehow we managed to win the whole thing.
03:06Excellent.
03:07And this year we've just defended our title, so we're two times champion.
03:11I'm trying to think of a quiz with psychiatrists, like question number one,
03:15what's the capital of Bulgaria?
03:16Well, that's an existential question, isn't it?
03:18What is a question in the first place? Should we use question mark?
03:22Well, listen, it's more straightforward here, 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
03:25Let's see how you get on today.
03:26You're up against Georgina Heath from Reading,
03:29who definitely doesn't remember the bangles.
03:33How are you today?
03:34I'm very well, how are you?
03:34Yeah, really good. Thanks for asking.
03:36So you're training to be a maths teacher? Close?
03:39I'm going to start training in September.
03:40OK, and how long's the path then?
03:42Sort of a year, roughly.
03:44All right, excellent.
03:45Will you, Mark, watch out on the numbers today?
03:47That's a maximum of 40 points.
03:49And you play the sax?
03:51Yes, yeah, alto sax.
03:52I think the great sax players are all quite old, you know what I mean?
03:55Yeah.
03:55They're two greats, aren't they?
03:56Brilliant.
03:57Well, let's see if you're in tune today.
03:58Thank you so much, Georgina and Mark.
04:00Good luck.
04:03Mark, you're picking the letters.
04:04Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:05Afternoon, Mark.
04:06Could I have a consonant, please?
04:07You can indeed.
04:09Start today with M.
04:10And another.
04:13T.
04:14And another.
04:16S.
04:18And a vowel.
04:20I.
04:22And a vowel.
04:24E.
04:25And another.
04:27A.
04:28And a consonant.
04:31T.
04:32And a consonant.
04:36F.
04:37And a vowel.
04:40And lastly, E.
04:42At home and in the studio.
04:44Let's play Kanto.
04:45Or, going to be the end.
04:51And a schreiben.
04:54And a consonant.
04:54I.
04:55And a vowel.
04:57And a consonant.
04:57And a vowel.
04:59And a vowel.
05:07And aton.
05:09And a vowel.
05:09And a vowel.
05:11And a vowel.
05:11And a vowel.
05:12Mark? Eight.
05:17Eight for you. And Georgina? Just a five.
05:20Just a five. It's an early round, don't worry about it. What did you get?
05:22State. And what have you got over there, Mark?
05:25Meteast. Oh, yes, good one for Prue-Lise.
05:27She would have got that after a second. Meteast, I'm sure.
05:30Very nice start, Prue, eh?
05:32Yep. And how about estimate?
05:35Estimate for another eight. Yes. Estimate for eight.
05:38Both get you eight points each. Well done, everybody.
05:40OK, Georgina, it's settling in period, so don't you worry at all.
05:44You're picking these letters.
05:46Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Georgina.
05:49N. And a vowel.
05:51O. And a consonant.
05:54B. And a vowel.
05:58I. And another vowel.
06:01E. And a consonant.
06:04Y. And a consonant.
06:08N.
06:09D. And a vowel.
06:12A. And a consonant.
06:14And lastly, D.
06:17And 30 seconds.
06:18E. And a consonant.
06:19E. And a consonant.
06:19E. And a consonant.
06:19E. And a consonant.
06:20E. And a consonant.
06:21E. And a consonant.
06:21E. And a consonant.
06:22E. And a consonant.
06:23E. And a consonant.
06:23E. And a consonant.
06:23E. And a consonant.
06:24E. And a consonant.
06:24E. And a consonant.
06:24E. And a consonant.
06:25E. And a consonant.
06:25E. And a consonant.
06:26E. And a consonant.
06:26E. And a consonant.
06:27E. And a consonant.
06:28E. And a consonant.
06:28E. And a consonant.
06:29E. And a consonant.
06:30E. And a consonant.
06:31E. And a consonant.
06:32E. And a consonant.
06:33E. And a consonant.
06:34E. And a consonant.
06:35Georgina.
06:49Just a five again.
06:50Five there.
06:51And Mark.
06:52Six.
06:52And a six, yeah.
06:53Tough letters, Georgina.
06:54Boney.
06:55Yeah, boney.
06:56And what have you got over there?
06:58Band.
06:59Band.
06:59B-A-N-N-E-D.
07:03Yes.
07:03I can't, unfortunately, spell the boney with an E.
07:06It looks like you can, but not there, unfortunately.
07:09Is that it?
07:09We did just stretch to a seven.
07:12With anodyne.
07:14Anodyne.
07:14Anodyne.
07:15Bland.
07:16Just one seven there.
07:17Yeah.
07:17Really difficult.
07:19All right, good start from a champion,
07:21but we'll move on to those numbers,
07:23which, as a buddy maths teacher, is good news for Georgina.
07:27Let's get the mark.
07:28Can I have one large, please, Rachel?
07:30You can indeed.
07:30One large, yes.
07:32And five little ones.
07:34And they are...
07:36Six, seven, five, four, eight.
07:41And the large one, 75.
07:43And the target, 415.
07:45415.
07:46Numbers up.
07:47truck.
07:48All right.
07:49All right.
07:50sur哦.
07:51All right.
07:51NY Go.
07:52All right.
07:52All right.
07:53For the rest of the morning,
07:54let's do it.
07:55Yeah, wonderful.
08:00Now.
08:01Let's do it.
08:01All right.
08:02Yeah.
08:03For the mechanics of Troja sir.
08:04MUSIC PLAYS
08:17415.
08:19Mark Finnerty?
08:20415.
08:22And Georgina Heath?
08:23410.
08:24410. Just missed it, Mark. Off you go.
08:2675 plus 8 is 83.
08:2883.
08:29Times 5.
08:30Perfect. 415.
08:31Well done.
08:32APPLAUSE
08:35It's a familiar sight, Georgina.
08:37Takes a little while to settle in.
08:38Don't you worry at all.
08:39Let's get our first tea-time teaser of the day.
08:41The afternoon's still young.
08:42And it's Melt Iris.
08:44Melt Iris.
08:46These help to keep the over-70s up to speed.
08:49These help to keep the over-70s up to speed.
08:53Nothing to do with age.
08:55Melt Iris becomes limiters.
08:56Limiters.
08:57Well, listen.
08:58The sky's the limit for you right now, Georgina.
08:59We put the first part behind us.
09:00Nerves settling down.
09:01Let's get more letters from you.
09:02Can I have a consonant, please?
09:03Thank you, Georgina.
09:04N.
09:05And a vowel.
09:06U.
09:07And another vowel.
09:08E.
09:09And a consonant.
09:10S.
09:11And a vowel, please.
09:12And a vowel, please.
09:13OK, so, let's get a little bit of a vowel.
09:14And then we'll get the first little tea-time teaser of this.
09:15These help to keep the over-70s up to speed.
09:16Nothing to do with age.
09:17Melt Iris becomes limiters.
09:18Limiters.
09:19Well, listen.
09:20The sky's the limit for you right now, Georgina.
09:21We put the first part behind us.
09:23Nerves settling down.
09:24Let's get more letters from you.
09:25Can I have a consonant, please?
09:26Thank you, Georgina.
09:27N.
09:28And a vowel.
09:30U.
09:31And another vowel.
09:33E.
09:34And a consonant.
09:36S.
09:38And a vowel, please.
09:40O.
09:41And a consonant.
09:43R.
09:44And another consonant.
09:46T.
09:47And a vowel, please.
09:50I.
09:51And a consonant.
09:52And lastly, M.
09:55OK, thank you, Rich.
09:57S.
09:58S.
09:59And a consonant.
10:00A consonant.
10:03We have everything done next.
10:04There is a-
10:09Now, P.
10:10From New Canadians.
10:12And a consonant.
10:13engineering defense.
10:14And anitary pers
10:25that's time georgina heath a seven yes come on mark it how dare you how very dare you a seven's
10:37impressive georgina what you get meteors meteors and what you get minuters minuters minute is in
10:43the dictionary in scot's law uh people presenting a minute to a court a legal uh minute can't have
10:49meteors unfortunately because you need to ease okay um but minuters yeah i'm surprised by that
10:53they are in there excellent anything beyond an eight or to match it not beyond an eight but susie here
10:59knocked up four eights four terminus manters routines and moisture fantastic work let's get back to the
11:08letters and mark um a consonant please thank you mark w and another g and another r and the vowel
11:20u and a vowel e and another a and a consonant t a consonant p and a final consonant and a final h
11:40i'm half a minute
11:42so
11:44so
11:49so
11:52so
11:54so
11:56MUSIC PLAYS
12:13Mark?
12:14Six.
12:15A six from Mark and Georgina?
12:16Six as well.
12:17Six. What is it, Mark?
12:18Reef?
12:19Come on, Georgina.
12:20Gather.
12:21APPLAUSE
12:23Yes.
12:24Off the mark, off the mark.
12:26Here we go. Pressure's off.
12:27A build each round until you get your first points.
12:30We know that all too well.
12:32Dictionary corner?
12:33We have uprate, which is for six.
12:35Yes, to increase the value of something.
12:37Good as it gets.
12:38We can't uprate that to seven,
12:40so we will move on to the numbers.
12:42Georgina?
12:43Can I have two large, please?
12:44Thank you, Georgina.
12:45Two from the top.
12:46And four not.
12:48And your four small numbers are three, one, seven and eight.
12:53And a large two.
12:54Seventy-five.
12:55And twenty-five.
12:57And the target.
12:58Six hundred and fifty-eight.
12:59Six-five-eight.
13:00Numbers up.
13:01Three.
13:02Six-five.
13:03Number is up.
13:04Two.
13:05Two.
13:06One.
13:07Two.
13:08Two-three.
13:09Two.
13:10Eight.
13:10Three.
13:11One.
13:12One.
13:13Two.
13:14Two.
13:15One.
13:15Two.
13:17Two.
13:17One.
13:18One.
13:19Two.
13:20One.
13:21Five.
13:22Two.
13:23Two.
13:23One.
13:24Two.
13:25Two.
13:25Five.
13:26Two.
13:26One.
13:26Maybe.
13:27Two.
13:27One.
13:28Two.
13:29Two.
13:29Eight.
13:306-5-8, the target, Georgina Heath?
13:34No, we're close.
13:35Don't worry, and Mark?
13:366-5-8.
13:38Ah, there you go, for 10 points, champ.
13:4075 plus 25 is 100.
13:42Yes.
13:43And then 8 minus 3 is 5, plus 1 is 6.
13:47Yep.
13:48100 minus 6 is 94, times 7.
13:52Perfect, well done, 6-5-8.
13:56OK, what a champion you're turned out to be, Mark.
13:58Let's take a little break and catch up with Prue Leith again.
14:01And yesterday you were telling us about your new show
14:03from your Cotswolds kitchen, which starts in February.
14:06But you also made little references to bird boxes
14:11and all sorts of gardening stuff.
14:14So tell us a little bit about the farm.
14:16Well, we've got this...
14:17It's a 50-acre farm, which is really not...
14:21It's never going to make any money.
14:22It's too small.
14:23But we thought we'd try and make it organic.
14:26And everything goes wrong.
14:30We decided, right, we'd have a wildflower meadow.
14:33All I can tell you is three years later,
14:35we still have a scrubby field.
14:38And, you know, you have to do...
14:40You have to scrape all the soil off
14:42and you have to scatter the seeds and roll them in
14:45and blah, blah, blah.
14:46And basically, people say sometimes it takes five years,
14:51sometimes it takes 15 years.
14:52But anyhow, we're keeping going.
14:54The bird boxes.
14:56Yes, we have lovely owls and barn owls and tits and things.
15:01But most of the boxes get filled with squirrels.
15:04Yeah.
15:05So you have to pitch...
15:06You know, it's all wildlife,
15:07but really I don't want squirrels in the boxes.
15:09And things like, you know,
15:14we had planted an apple orchard
15:16and we thought we'll do it right.
15:18We'll be...
15:19You know, we'll have a halo
15:20because we will save all these endangered species of apples.
15:24Yeah.
15:25Well, all I can tell you is I now know why they're endangered.
15:29Because they're tiny, scabby,
15:32because, you know, we're not spraying them
15:34so they get all scabby.
15:35They're too small to peel.
15:37They're sour as hell.
15:39Yeah.
15:39But we've got an orchard full of them.
15:40I'm thinking if you want to make money,
15:42just tarmac it, open a car park.
15:44That might do a job.
15:45A caravan park.
15:45A caravan park.
15:46A caravan park.
15:46That would do it.
15:47I can't help you with your squirrels
15:49and your bird boxes, though,
15:50because I have a few bird boxes.
15:52You can get...
15:53Instead of seeds for your birds,
15:54you can get cake.
15:56And there's chilli in the cake.
15:57The birds can't taste it,
15:58but all mammals can.
16:00So the squirrels will take a taste
16:02and they'll train themselves not to come back.
16:04You know what?
16:05You might just be my hero.
16:06But, you know,
16:09it is just such a joy when things go right.
16:12I mean, one of the things we did
16:13was make a sort of flat scrape in a meadow
16:17so that the...
16:18To attract birds, water birds, you know,
16:22waders and things.
16:24And, you know, within a week,
16:26we had a heron and mallard ducks.
16:29I mean, within a week,
16:31as soon as they saw the water, they're there.
16:32I love that.
16:34Beautiful to see.
16:35Beautiful to see.
16:36Thank you, Prue.
16:41OK, back to the game then.
16:43Let's get a couple more letters rounds in to start.
16:45And, Mark, you can go.
16:46Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:48Thank you, Mark.
16:49Excellent. Start the clock.
17:47Mark? Seven. And Georgina? Only six.
17:50Don't say only. Six is very good. What have you got?
17:53Stride. Yes, stride. And Mark?
17:55Steroid. And steroid. Yes.
17:58Wonderful. Anything else from Supra?
18:00Yeah, we've got soldier for seven.
18:03Yeah. Toilers. Nice.
18:05All right, Georgina, let's have fun, eh? Another round.
18:08Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Georgina.
18:10W. And a vowel.
18:13E. And a consonant.
18:14D. And a consonant.
18:19N. And a vowel.
18:21A. And a consonant.
18:25G. And another consonant.
18:28S. And a vowel.
18:31O. And another vowel.
18:34And a final E.
18:36And here we go.
18:37O. And a vowel.
18:38O. And a vowel.
18:39O. And a vowel.
18:39O. And a vowel.
18:40O. And a vowel.
18:40O. And a vowel.
18:41O. And a vowel.
18:41O. And a vowel.
18:42O. And a vowel.
18:42O. And a vowel.
18:43O. And a vowel.
18:43O. And a vowel.
18:43O. And a vowel.
18:44O. And a vowel.
18:44O. And a vowel.
18:45O. And a vowel.
18:45O. And a vowel.
18:46O. And a vowel.
18:46O. And a vowel.
18:47O. And a vowel.
18:47O. And a vowel.
18:48O. And a vowel.
18:48O. And a vowel.
18:49O. And a vowel.
18:50O. And a vowel.
18:50O. And a vowel.
18:51O. And a vowel.
18:52O. And a vowel.
19:07Georgina?
19:09Only a six. A six there. And Mark?
19:11Six. Six as well. What have you got, Georgina?
19:13Swanned. Swanned. And Mark?
19:16Nod. A nod. Let's just check a swanned.
19:19Got the double N? Yeah, I need a double N, unfortunately.
19:22I'm sorry, Georgina. All right, what else did we have?
19:24We had two more sixes. Dosage. Dosage.
19:28And endows. And endows. Right, shall we do the numbers again?
19:33Let's do that. And Mark? I'll have one large, please, Rachel.
19:36One large and therefore five knots.
19:41And this time your selection goes like seven, two, one, five, nine and 75.
19:51And the target, 928. 928. Numbers up.
20:06928.
20:09Difficult target, Mark?
20:11928.
20:12You've nailed it. Georgina? No.
20:15Yeah, difficult one. Off you go, Mark.
20:17And seven minus one is six.
20:20Times 75.
20:21450.
20:22Plus the nine, plus the five.
20:24464.
20:25Times two.
20:26Perfect. Well done. Good spot.
20:27Well done.
20:28Well done.
20:29Right, let's get another tea time teaser.
20:30Salt seed.
20:31Salt seed.
20:32Salt seed.
20:33He ran out of dried fruit, but I've no idea when.
20:35He ran out of dried fruit, but I've no idea when.
20:40He ran out of dried fruit, but I've no idea when.
20:42Perfect. Well done. Good spot.
20:45Well done.
20:46APPLAUSE
20:48Right, let's get another Tea Time teaser.
20:50Salt Seed, Salt Seed.
20:52He ran out of dried fruit, but I've no idea when.
20:55He ran out of dried fruit, but I've no idea when.
20:58APPLAUSE
21:14Hello again. Very clever Tea Time teaser.
21:16He ran out of dried fruit.
21:18The dried fruit dates, but I've no idea when.
21:21Dateless. Dateless.
21:23Right, here we go.
21:24Let's enjoy every single round we've got left.
21:26There's six of them, Georgina.
21:28Lovely to have you here. Let's get more letters.
21:30Can I have a consonant, please?
21:31You can indeed. Thank you, Georgina.
21:33T.
21:34And a vowel.
21:35U.
21:36And a consonant.
21:38R.
21:40And a vowel.
21:41E.
21:43And a consonant.
21:44K.
21:45And a vowel.
21:47I.
21:48And a consonant.
21:50L.
21:51And a vowel.
21:53O.
21:54And a final consonant.
21:56And a final P.
21:58Let's play.
21:59That's all.
22:04Okay.
22:05Let's get started.
22:08The Americans.
22:09D
22:26What's time, Georgina?
22:31Only a five.
22:32Yeah, and Mark?
22:33Seven.
22:33Seven there, Georgina, what's the five?
22:35Pilot.
22:36Yeah, and Mark?
22:38Poulter.
22:39Poulter.
22:39Poulter, yes, it's the same as a poulterer, so paltry keeper.
22:43You have a livery company of poulters.
22:45Golf fans are thinking about the postman himself, Ian Poulter,
22:48but so many surnames come from professions.
22:51Professions.
22:51Another example of that.
22:53Prue-Leath.
22:53We have another for seven.
22:56Which is aft-liar.
22:57Always good to pick out the O-U-T and see what you can come up with.
23:01All right, 78 plays six.
23:02One more letters round before we get our origins of words.
23:05And it's on you, Mr Finney.
23:07A consonant, please.
23:08Thank you, Mark.
23:09M.
23:10And another.
23:12J.
23:13And a third.
23:15T.
23:17And a vowel.
23:18E.
23:19And another.
23:20I.
23:22And another vowel.
23:24E.
23:25A consonant.
23:27V.
23:30A vowel.
23:32I.
23:33And a consonant.
23:35Lastly, C.
23:37Kind down.
23:37And a thorny earphone.
23:50Remember her?
23:55I.
23:56I.
23:56I.
23:57I.
23:57I.
23:57I.
23:58I.
23:58I.
23:58I.
23:59I.
24:00I.
24:00I.
24:00I.
24:01I.
24:01I.
24:01I.
24:02I.
24:02Mark?
24:09Six.
24:09A six from you, well spotted.
24:11Georgina?
24:12Six.
24:12Six as well, brilliant.
24:13Mark?
24:14Emetic.
24:15And Georgina?
24:16Victim.
24:17And victim, Susie?
24:18Yes, victim.
24:19Very good.
24:19And emetic is a substance that induces vomiting, so used in medical.
24:24Nice, nice.
24:25There you go.
24:26Double the score, Georgina.
24:27And let's break four rounds still to go.
24:29And we get our origins of words for today.
24:33Susie, what are we saying?
24:35I should want to talk about metaphors, some of my favourite metaphors.
24:39And they're everywhere.
24:40We use them all the time.
24:41We use a metaphor to symbolise something else,
24:44and it becomes this really vivid, evocative symbol, as I say,
24:48of, you know, an emotion or a situation predicament
24:52that one finds oneself in.
24:54Some of them are really obvious.
24:55You might plant a seed of doubt.
24:57That's a metaphor.
24:58But some lie so hidden that I think, unless you do a lot of digging,
25:03you probably won't realise that what you're using when you use that word
25:08is actually a lovely metaphor.
25:09And a scrupulous is an example of that.
25:12Because for the Romans, a scrupulous was a rough pebble.
25:17And as pebbles can be quite sharp, you wouldn't want one in your shoe,
25:22because the idea is that it's a cause of anxiety.
25:25It kind of might rub up against you in the wrong way.
25:28So it's as if you're trying to walk with a sharp pebble in your shoe.
25:31If you walk scrupulously, you are walking very carefully indeed,
25:35or gingerly, because of that sharp pebble.
25:37Similarly, if someone is unscrupulous, they don't care.
25:40They ride roughshod, another metaphor.
25:42Literally, they don't forgo the pain,
25:44and they will just trample on anybody and anything.
25:48So I just love that idea.
25:49But scrupulous also became a unit of weight,
25:52equivalent to 20 grains.
25:54So it was used by apothecaries when they were dispensing medicine.
25:58In fact, over its lifetime,
25:59it's had so many different numerical appearances.
26:02It's been a Roman land measure of 10 feet,
26:041 60th of an hour, so a minute,
26:071 12th of an inch, and so on and so on.
26:09And all of them look back to the idea of something really small,
26:12like that tiny, teeny pebble.
26:15And when Rachel is calculating at the board,
26:17just to add another stony story,
26:19you also are looking at the Latin calculus,
26:22which is a small pebble,
26:23because these were used on the abacus traditional method of counting.
26:26So that one's not quite a metaphor.
26:28But scrupulous I just love,
26:30because just the very idea of trying to walk, as I say,
26:33with something sticking up in your shoe
26:35is a really vivid one, I think, for me.
26:37Wonderful. Stone me.
26:38Thank you very much.
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27:04Four rounds left to go today.
27:05Georgina Heath is going to lead the way.
27:08Can I have a consonant, please?
27:09Thank you, Georgina.
27:10Is it going to be a T?
27:30And a consonant.
27:36And a vowel, please.
27:38And lastly, O.
27:41Good luck, everybody.
28:12OK, Georgina.
28:15Just a five.
28:15A five there.
28:16And Mark?
28:17Seven.
28:18And a seven.
28:18Georgina, what's the five?
28:20Sound.
28:21Yeah.
28:21And what's the seven?
28:23Pardons.
28:24Pardon?
28:25Yeah, pardons.
28:26Fantastic.
28:27We'll forgive you that.
28:28We'll give you the points.
28:29To Dictionary Corner, Sue Prue?
28:30Nothing more.
28:31No, that was exactly ours as well.
28:33There you go.
28:33So he's top scoring, you see, Georgina.
28:35He's doing as well as the two great minds
28:37in Dictionary Corner in 30 seconds.
28:40Very, very special champion.
28:41And Mark, you're choosing the last letters round.
28:45Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:46Thank you, Mark.
28:47N.
28:48And another.
28:50B.
28:51And another.
28:53T.
28:54And a vowel.
28:57E.
28:58And another.
28:59A.
29:00And another vowel.
29:03E.
29:04And another vowel.
29:07E.
29:08And a consonant.
29:11L.
29:12And a consonant.
29:13E.
29:15And a consonant.
29:16And a consonant.
29:16T.
29:17And a consonant.
29:17And a consonant.
29:18Mr. Mark.
29:48Er, seven.
29:49Georgina?
29:50Six.
29:51And a six.
29:52The six is?
29:53Beta.
29:54Beta.
29:55And for you, Mark?
29:56Eternal.
29:57Eternal.
29:58We had the bangles at the start.
29:59Now we've got our eternal flame.
30:01Brilliant.
30:02Well done to you.
30:03Susie and Prout.
30:04Susie, you have to explain this one because I don't know what it is.
30:06I know.
30:07Eternal is beautiful.
30:08This one isn't, but it will get you to a nine.
30:11Enterable.
30:12So you might have a data grid, for example, on a spreadsheet
30:17where data is enterable.
30:18It's just enterable.
30:19Inputable.
30:20It's the same sort of thing.
30:21Yeah.
30:22A very sort of word of just process, but fantastic.
30:24Yeah.
30:25Enterable for nine.
30:26Well done.
30:30All right.
30:31Listen, Georgina, I haven't looked at the score in half an hour.
30:33Don't worry about it.
30:34Let's do the numbers.
30:35Can I have two large, please?
30:36You can indeed.
30:37Two from the top row and four little uns.
30:40And for this round, they are ten, nine, nine, two, 75 and 50.
30:49And the target, 392.
30:52Three, nine, two.
30:53Last numbers.
30:54The square foot's group.
30:55First chapter one.
30:56Two from the高 legislator.
30:57Three, seven.
30:58Two.
30:59Two.
31:01Two from the bottom.
31:03They are ten.
31:05Two from the top.
31:06Two from the bottom.
31:07Two.
31:09Three, seven.
31:10Three.
31:13And the oh.
31:14Come here to work.
31:15The point.
31:17Four, five, five, five.
31:20Now.
31:223-9-2 the target. Georgina?
31:28No, we're close.
31:29Mark?
31:293-9-2.
31:313-9-2. Off you go for 108.
31:339 times 50.
31:359 times 50.
31:36450.
31:36450.
31:37Take away 75.
31:393-7-5.
31:41And add...
31:43Oh, I've got it wrong. I've written it down wrong.
31:463-9-2, Rich, it's all yours.
31:47I mean, you could have carried on from there,
31:49but you could also have said 9 over 9 is 1,
31:5250-1, 49.
31:5410-2 is 8.
31:55And times them together, 3-9-2.
31:57Nice. Well done.
32:00Excellent. All right, Mark.
32:01Well, there's always something to do,
32:03and you haven't managed to get 100 like you did in your debut.
32:05So let's see if you can do that in the very final round,
32:08or can Georgina add 10 points to her score?
32:11Fingers on the buzzers as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:15Fingers on the buzzers as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:17Fingers on the buzzers as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:18Fingers on the buzzer as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:30Mark.
32:31Critiqued.
32:31Fantastic. Let's take a look. Yeah.
32:37Most of us have quiet and then we're trying to work out the rest of the letters,
32:40so well done to you. Puts you on 108, gets your second one.
32:43We'll come back to that in a second, but I want to tell you about
32:46young Georgina Heath, right? She has a master's degree.
32:49She has a passion for ancient Greece. She plays the alto sax and has an IQ of 142.
32:56That clock claims the best of them, Georgina.
32:59It is so different when you sit there, isn't it?
33:02It really is. My mind just went blank on the whole thing.
33:04I know. It happens. It happened to me when I was on.
33:06But you'll go back home and you'll play tomorrow and you'll be like,
33:09oh, yeah, oh, yeah. But that's the pressure being on.
33:12But for anyone who worries they're going to come on and,
33:14oh, I might only score six or 12, how's your day been?
33:17Oh, it's been brilliant. I scored something.
33:18Good crack, right? Yeah, definitely.
33:20Exactly. Good luck with everything. Thank you very much.
33:22The kids will be lucky to have you when you qualify as a maths teacher.
33:25Thank you, Georgina.
33:27Now, let's talk to our champion.
33:29You got off the mark yesterday with your first win.
33:33You got your second win today.
33:35So you could say your two-win Finnerty and beyond.
33:40I have no words, Colin. Leave it at that.
33:46Still like you. Still like you.
33:48Prue, Sue, Sue, Prue, I'm trying to develop some sort of thing going on.
33:51You're like Brangelina and that type of thing.
33:53I'm trying to get it.
33:54You are wasted on this show, Colin.
33:56Wasted.
33:57Only on a Friday. Only on a Friday.
33:59I try and stay sober for the rest of the week.
34:02Thank you, Prue. Thank you, Susie.
34:05And all done. He's some champion, isn't he?
34:07He's not bad, even with the puns.
34:09Right, we will be back tomorrow to tell another story.
34:13More puns guaranteed.
34:14Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:16You can count on us.
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