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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown, our first show of December, our last week of season 90.
00:38Before next week, we do three regular shows and then on Thursday, the first quarter final.
00:43Very exciting indeed. How are you doing, Rachel?
00:46G'day, how are you?
00:47Yeah, good. It's World Computer Literacy Day, which has a really good story about it.
00:52It began a few decades ago in India and it was about gender disparity, the amount of men who were computer literate
00:58and the lack of women and children who were. That message then spread and it became a real force for good
01:03and now we use it more general about, like, you know, looking at it on a real global level about computer literacy.
01:10One thing for sure, I'm much better at it than my parents.
01:14My parents are much better at it than the grandparents.
01:17And I'm guessing no matter how hard you try, your kids are better at it than you.
01:20I mean, they're going to be, aren't they? Yeah.
01:22I mean, they're used to swiping since they were babies.
01:24It's crazy, right? Because we both were old enough when computers started, if you like, when they first came into the house
01:31and it became part of everyday life.
01:34But we remember to varying extents what it was like to start a computer game loading 20 minutes before you wanted to play it
01:41or what it was like to have a phone that didn't have apps, you know, all these things, MySpace, you know.
01:50Well, shouting down the stairs to get off the phone so you can go on the internet.
01:53Yeah. Let's get over to Dictionary Corner there.
01:57Listen, the Nokia wasn't even a thought when Susie Dent first appeared in Dictionary Corner
02:03and here she is, better than ever. How are you doing, Susie?
02:07Yeah, very well, thank you.
02:08Good. And when all those decades in Dictionary Corner, I think I wasn't far from being Countdown's biggest fan
02:15when I sat beside you. That mantle definitely belongs to the person who returns this week,
02:21the stand-up comedian and the person who messages me every week.
02:25Well, what a game it was today. Did you see that? I got the conundrum.
02:28He sends me a score. Stop it. It is Justin Murrow's.
02:32I'm looking at him not keen. You know, I'm unashamedly a fan, you know, I love this.
02:40Well, you're going to love this week. What a champion we have at the moment.
02:44Three wins for Chris Kirby and a total score of 3-3-3.
02:48I know you're a big cricket fan, so connect your total score so far to cricket.
02:52OK, come on. It's got to be Graham Gooch, 3-3-3.
02:55Yes. Against?
02:58India.
02:58Where was it? Lords? Lords.
03:00Oh, come on, that's too good. That deserves a round of applause.
03:02Oh, yes.
03:04Come on, well, listen, hoping to stump you today is Emma Etherington,
03:08who, well, lives in Leeds, but the accent gives it away.
03:11South Shields.
03:11Yes, yes, South Shields.
03:13Now, various jobs, you're a data fellowship coach.
03:18Yes.
03:19What is that?
03:20So, I support data apprentices who are data analysts in different companies,
03:25or they may be career starters,
03:28and I basically coach them through a data apprenticeship.
03:31So, no worries with your computer literacy there?
03:34No, hopefully not.
03:35But the most important thing is you used to be a maths teacher,
03:37so I've got high hopes for you, all right?
03:40We'll see. We shall see.
03:42All right, let's get this on.
03:44It's not a 20-20, it's a straight-up 15 round.
03:46So, let's do it. Emma and Chris.
03:48Nine letters, please, Chris.
03:51Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:52Good afternoon, Chris.
03:53Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:54Thank you. Start the week with C.
03:57And a vowel.
03:59E.
04:00A consonant.
04:01L.
04:02A vowel.
04:04A.
04:05A consonant.
04:07H.
04:09A vowel.
04:10I.
04:12A consonant.
04:14D.
04:15A vowel.
04:15E.
04:16A vowel.
04:16E.
04:19And a final consonant, please.
04:21A final R.
04:22At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:25A vowel.
04:26A vowel.
04:26A vowel.
04:27A vowel.
04:27A vowel.
04:28A vowel.
04:28A vowel.
04:29A vowel.
04:29A vowel.
04:30A vowel.
04:30A vowel.
04:31A vowel.
04:31A vowel.
04:32A vowel.
04:32A vowel.
04:33A vowel.
04:34A vowel.
04:35A vowel.
04:35A vowel.
04:36A vowel.
04:36A vowel.
04:37A vowel.
04:38A vowel.
04:38A vowel.
04:39A vowel.
04:39A vowel.
04:40A vowel.
04:40A vowel.
04:41A vowel.
04:41A vowel.
04:42A vowel.
04:42A vowel.
04:43A vowel.
04:43A vowel.
04:44A vowel.
04:44A vowel.
04:45A vowel.
04:45A vowel.
04:46A vowel.
04:46A vowel.
04:47A vowel.
04:48All righty, Chris.
05:02Seven.
05:02And for you, Emma?
05:03Yeah, seven as well.
05:04Well done. What have you got, Chris?
05:06Reached.
05:06And for Emma?
05:08Chaired.
05:09Chaired and reached.
05:12And Justin?
05:13It's a lovely eight-letter word, isn't it?
05:15There is.
05:16Yeah.
05:16Heraldic.
05:18Heraldic.
05:18Yeah, it's all to do with heraldry, obviously.
05:20Heraldic emblems, for example.
05:22I tried childer, someone who's had children, but apparently...
05:26Now, what a surprise.
05:28I think reached was a bit more obvious to go for.
05:31Emma, well done. Great start. Let's get your letters.
05:34Could I have a consonant, please?
05:36Thank you, Emma.
05:38M.
05:39And another.
05:41S.
05:42And another, please.
05:44T.
05:45And one more, please.
05:47F.
05:48Could I have a vowel, please?
05:50I.
05:52And another, please.
05:53E.
05:55And another.
05:56A.
05:58A consonant, please.
06:00N.
06:02Er...
06:03And go on another consonant.
06:06Lastly, B.
06:07And 30 seconds.
06:09And 30 seconds.
06:09And 30 seconds.
06:39Time's up, Emma.
06:41I've only got five.
06:42And for you, Chris?
06:43Seven.
06:43Yeah, the five, Emma.
06:45Feast.
06:46And for you, Chris?
06:47Ambient.
06:48Ambient temperature, very good indeed.
06:50She had to skip the IES and the IEST maybe to get that word,
06:54but I don't know.
06:55Justin?
06:56Well, if you took ambient music and you put it on in a kind of group setting
07:01with the former bass player of the Stone Roses,
07:04you could have a manifest.
07:06LAUGHTER
07:07Very good.
07:09Manifest.
07:10Brilliant.
07:11Let's get our first numbers.
07:12Chris?
07:13Can I have an inverted T, please?
07:14You can indeed.
07:15One from the top.
07:16Five little first numbers of the week are...
07:20Ten.
07:21Two.
07:22Five.
07:23Three.
07:25Eight.
07:25And the large one, 100.
07:27And you need to reach...
07:29374.
07:30Three, seven, four.
07:32Numbers up.
07:32Seven, 11.
07:34You know?
07:34Nine.
07:35Eight.
07:35Two.
07:35Two.
07:36Three.
07:44One.
07:44Three.
07:47Four.
07:47Two.
07:48Three.
07:48Two.
07:49Three.
07:49One.
07:50Three, two.
07:51Two.
07:51Two.
07:52Two.
07:53Three.
07:55Three.
07:56ون.
07:57The target is 3-7-4. Chris?
08:06Just 3-7-5.
08:07Missed it by one chance, Emma.
08:083-7-3.
08:103-7-3. One the other way. What drama!
08:13Go ahead, Chris.
08:14So, 8 over 2 is 4.
08:16Yep.
08:17100 over 4 is 25.
08:21And then times 5, times 3.
08:23Yep. One away, one above.
08:24Go on, Emma.
08:263 times 100 is 300.
08:28Yep.
08:298 times 10 is 80.
08:31Take off the 5, take off the 2.
08:33And the 5 and the 2 for the other way.
08:36Now, Rich, if you could go somewhere in between those two,
08:39that would make our afternoon.
08:40Well, kind of mixing this around a bit.
08:43100 minus 2 is 98.
08:45And then times that by 3 for 294.
08:48And then you can say 8 times 10 is 80.
08:51And add it on.
08:523-7-4.
08:53Right, first two-time teaser of the week.
08:58It's a lovely trip down memory lane.
09:00Shilu memories here.
09:01Bell wise.
09:02Bell wise.
09:03And the clue is,
09:04a small price to pay for the birds that won't fall down.
09:08A small price to pay for the birds that won't fall down.
09:11Welcome back.
09:28A small price to pay for the birds that won't fall down.
09:31Well, weebills, as in not much money, a small price.
09:35But weebills, spelt W-E-E-B-I-L-L-S,
09:39is, of course, the bird.
09:40But weebills, and they changed the spelling, B-L-E-S.
09:44Wobble, but they don't fall down.
09:46Yes.
09:46Oh, it's brilliant.
09:47But just to tell you about the weebills,
09:49they are small Australian warblers.
09:52Yeah, nice.
09:53Right.
09:53Let's get some letters.
09:55Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:56Thank you, Emma.
09:57N.
09:59And another, please.
10:00S.
10:01And another.
10:03W.
10:05And one more.
10:05A vowel, please.
10:10E.
10:11Another.
10:13A.
10:14And another, please.
10:16O.
10:18A consonant, please.
10:21C.
10:22And a vowel.
10:24And lastly, E.
10:26Right.
10:27Give her head a wobble.
10:51Bye.
10:54Bye.
10:56Emma.
10:59Risky seven.
11:00And for you, Chris?
11:02I'll stick on a seven.
11:03OK, what have you got, Emma?
11:05Wieners.
11:06And you're spelling that?
11:07W-E-A-N-E-R-S.
11:09OK, and Chris?
11:11Cornears.
11:12Yeah, both absolutely fine.
11:13Wieners are calves, lambs or pigs weaned during the current year.
11:16Seven points each then.
11:17Anything better from dictionary corner?
11:19No, we've got escrow for six.
11:21I like this word because it's always in, like, American sitcoms.
11:24That's going to go into escrow.
11:26And everybody goes, yeah, I don't know what it is.
11:28What is it?
11:28And in Murder, She Wrote, is a bond or deed or other document
11:31capped by a third party in legal terms?
11:34More letters, please, Chris.
11:35A consonant, please, Rachel.
11:37Thank you, Chris.
11:38L.
11:38And a vowel.
11:40O.
11:41Consonant.
11:42M.
11:43A vowel.
11:44I.
11:45Consonant.
11:46R.
11:48A vowel.
11:49O.
11:50A consonant.
11:52M.
11:54A vowel.
11:54E.
11:58And a final vowel, please.
12:03Final A.
12:05Let's play.
12:05R literal erzähl.
12:06Terrible.
12:07And a vowel.
12:15We popularly.
12:16Absolutely.
12:17Wir Vegas.
12:19Did we play it?
12:20Let's play it.
12:28We shabby.
12:29We Robot.
12:30We love you.
12:31We love you.
12:32We love you.
12:32Weet zeg.
12:32We love you.
12:33We love you.
12:34We love you.
12:34We love you.
12:34All right, Chris. Eight. Eight for you. And Emma? Seven.
12:39Oh, yeah, I know. The eye roll said it all. What's your seven?
12:43Lomia. Lomia. And for you, Chris?
12:47Memorial. What a spot. The brilliant spot, yes.
12:50APPLAUSE
12:52And is it in memoriam this round or anything?
12:54Well, there's a little addendum to memorial, which is mailroom is another word.
12:59And the mailroom memorial is what happens when my post goes missing.
13:02Yes. Right, back to the numbers. Our former maths teacher, Emma.
13:07I'm not going to risk small ones yet,
13:09so I'm going to go one large just to stay safe for now. Fair enough.
13:13A gentle approach. Build up to the six small.
13:16For this round, though, we have three, two, four, one, nine,
13:23and a large one, 25. And the target, 923.
13:27923. Numbers up.
13:29Music.
13:31Music.
13:32Music.
13:33.
13:34923 is the target, Emma.
14:03Yeah, 923.
14:04Well done, and Chris?
14:05923.
14:06Off you go for 10 points, say 10.
14:089 times 4 plus 1.
14:109 times 4, 36 plus 1, 37.
14:12Times 25.
14:13925.
14:14Take off 2.
14:15Well done, 923.
14:16And what way do you go, Chris?
14:18Add it differently, 25 times 9.
14:2025 times 9, 225.
14:223 times 2 is 6.
14:23Yeah.
14:24Add it on.
14:25231.
14:26Times 4.
14:274, 924.
14:29Then minus 1.
14:30Perfect, 923 once more.
14:3210 points.
14:34It's only six rounds then, Justin.
14:36It's 46.
14:3731.
14:38I told you it was a good week to be in Dixonry corner.
14:40Yeah, the real test for me is when that comes up and I looked over and about three seconds
14:45they were like that.
14:46Yeah.
14:47And I'm going, I don't know, where have they got to?
14:49They both went different ways.
14:50Love it.
14:51Absolutely love it.
14:52I'm going to love our chats this week, Nick.
14:53What are we talking about today?
14:54Oh, well, we've got a few things I've decided to talk about.
14:57When I know I'm coming on the show, I kind of hold off from texting Colin about anything
15:02other than, other than Countdown Scores.
15:05But I'm obsessed with Colin's new dog.
15:07Aw.
15:08And Colin, look at his face.
15:11Look at his face.
15:12He just saved the word dog to Colin.
15:14So Chris has got a confused dog.
15:16It's like a hundred breeds in one called Body as well.
15:19So we've both got bodies.
15:20So listen, this is what I want to talk about is that I'm a big dog lover.
15:24I love dogs so much.
15:26I took my little, I've got a little Cocker Spaniel.
15:29She's a rescue dog and I took her as a dog's trust through the day.
15:31She celebrated 25 years of this dog's trust being open near us.
15:34She cut the cake.
15:35Aw.
15:36I mean, I helped her.
15:37She's not that well trained.
15:38She was a smuggle.
15:39She was smuggled, this dog.
15:40This is what we told him.
15:42He said, you know what that means.
15:44It means that it's brought in by nefarious means to get there.
15:47And I told my friend, I said, she was part of a smuggling gang.
15:51That's how we found with a smuggling gang.
15:52And my mate said to me, amazing, isn't it, what they can train him to do now?
15:56I said, no, mate.
15:58I said, she was smuggled.
16:00She's not doing the smuggling.
16:02But a little bit of a sad side to the story is that I had two dogs.
16:06I had a Labrador as well.
16:07Yeah.
16:08And the clues in that I had and we lost her recently.
16:11Yeah.
16:12And she had to go and say goodbye.
16:14And we took her to the vets.
16:16A very kind thing to do, I think.
16:18It was a...
16:19When I tell this story now, I still...
16:21It makes me feel a bit weird about it.
16:23That she went to sleep and the vet advised us to bring our younger dog in,
16:27to have a sniff around and work out what's going on.
16:29Yeah.
16:30And she did.
16:31And then we went outside, me and my daughter and Polly, our Cocker Spaniel.
16:35And here's some advice for anybody listening.
16:38If you ever see a middle-aged man outside of vets crying,
16:41Yeah.
16:42Probably don't speak to him.
16:43Yeah.
16:44Especially if you are a fan of his work.
16:45Oh, no.
16:46So the box says to me, he goes, all right, mate.
16:49And I said, hello.
16:50He says, I thought you was a comedian.
16:52I said, I am a comedian.
16:54He said, you're more like a magician.
16:55I said, what do you want about?
16:57He said, well, you went in there with a Labrador and you've come out with a Cocker Spaniel.
17:00And I wanted to stop him, but I thought, no.
17:05That's his moment.
17:06Let him have it and that's fine.
17:07Let him have it.
17:08Listen, we could talk dogs all week, can we?
17:10Thank you very much.
17:11At 46-31, the score has not been too rough for Emma.
17:18But, Chris, you're choosing these letters.
17:20Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:21Thank you, Chris.
17:22F.
17:23And a vowel.
17:24I.
17:25Consonant.
17:26W.
17:28Vowel.
17:29E.
17:30Consonant.
17:31C.
17:32A vowel.
17:33A.
17:34Consonant.
17:35R.
17:36Another consonant.
17:37D.
17:38And a final consonant, please.
17:51Final V.
17:52And start the clock.
17:53D.
17:54D.
17:55D.
17:56D.
17:57D.
17:58S.
18:07D.
18:08L.
18:11D.
18:22cession.
18:23D.
18:24Dave
18:26And for Emma?
18:26Six as well.
18:27Six as well.
18:28Good points, Chris.
18:29Fiacre.
18:30Spell that for us.
18:31F-I-A-C-R-E.
18:33And Emma?
18:34Carved.
18:35Yeah, don't need to spell that for us.
18:37Fiacre.
18:37Fiacre, yeah, small four-wheeled carriage in historical times.
18:42Public car, so it was a bit of a taxi.
18:44There you go.
18:45Yeah.
18:45Excellent, yeah.
18:46And for you, Justin?
18:48Cardi.
18:48That's all I came up with, Cardi.
18:50And that's it, yeah.
18:51Nothing better.
18:52It looks like it could have been a cracker, but it wasn't.
18:54Let's get more letters from you, Emma.
18:57Can I have a consonant, please?
18:59Thank you, Emma.
19:00T.
19:01And another.
19:03G.
19:04Another, please.
19:06D.
19:07And one more.
19:09N.
19:11Can I have a vowel?
19:12E.
19:13And another.
19:15U.
19:16And another, please.
19:18E.
19:21I'll have another vowel, actually, please.
19:24U.
19:24And a consonant.
19:27Lastly, T.
19:29We all know what you were trying.
19:30You did your best, Emma.
19:31Let's go.
19:31Thanks, everyone.
19:44I'll see you next week.
19:50That's time. Emma? Just a six.
20:04And for you, Chris? Yeah, just a six as well.
20:06What have you got, Emma? Gutted.
20:08Gutted, and Chris?
20:11Excellent. And on the begotten about, six points each again in that round.
20:15And did they find the best word?
20:17They found the most numbers, but they didn't find the best word, did they?
20:20No. Just sixes, again, for us.
20:23Dengue, as in dengue fever, that you might get in the tropics,
20:26but no more than that. And nutted.
20:28And nutted. There you go. No-one wants to be in the end of that.
20:32Let's get back to the numbers. And Chris?
20:34One large and five small, please.
20:36Thank you, Chris. One from the top five, little.
20:39Coming up. And for this round, they are 10, 2, 4, 10, 3 and 50.
20:47And the target to reach 647.
20:506, 4, 7. Numbers up.
20:52And the target to reach 647.
20:56And the target to reach 647.
20:57And the target to reach 647.
20:57And the target to reach 647.
20:58And the target to reach 647.
20:59And the target to reach 647.
21:00And the target to reach 647.
21:01And the target to reach 647.
21:02And the target to reach 647.
21:03And the target to reach 647.
21:04And the target to reach 647.
21:05And the target to reach 647.
21:06And the target to reach 647.
21:07And the target to reach 647.
21:08And the target to reach 647.
21:09And the target to reach 647.
21:10And the target to reach 647.
21:11And the target to reach 647.
21:12And the target to reach 647.
21:13And the target to reach 647.
21:14And the target to reach 647.
21:15And the target to reach 647.
21:16THEY CONFER
21:22Chris? Yeah, six, four, seven.
21:24Emma? Yeah, six, four, seven.
21:25Brilliant. Off you go, Chris.
21:26Ten plus three. Ten plus three is 13.
21:30Times 50. 650.
21:32And ten minus four is six.
21:34Yeah. Divide by two is three.
21:36And take it away. Well done.
21:38Six, four, seven. Emma, did you do it the same way?
21:41Pretty much the same way, apart from I got the three the other way round.
21:44We'll make you pass it over to Chris just to double-check.
21:47Happy days. Yeah.
21:49Done. Lovely. Well done.
21:50APPLAUSE
21:51Stay with us cos Tram Vibe is your tea-time teaser.
21:55Tram Vibe.
21:56He was consumed by the doing word, and you can quote me exactly.
22:01He was consumed by the doing word, and you can quote me exactly.
22:06MUSIC PLAYS
22:14He was consumed by the doing word, and you can quote me exactly on that,
22:27because you will be quoting me verbatim, verbatim.
22:31And you can quote me on this.
22:32Emma's done so well so far to just hang in close to Chris,
22:36who's a brilliant champion.
22:37So let's get going again.
22:38Emma, your letters.
22:39Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:41Thank you, Emma.
22:43G.
22:44And another.
22:46T.
22:47And another.
22:48S.
22:50And another, please.
22:52Z.
22:53Oh, lovely.
22:54A vowel, please.
22:56E.
22:57And another.
22:58A.
22:59And one more, please.
23:01I.
23:02A consonant, please.
23:04D.
23:05And go on another consonant, please.
23:08That's the last one.
23:09Lastly, R.
23:10Let's play.
23:11Let's play.
23:12MUSIC PLAYS
23:15E.
23:42Emma.
23:43Just a sex.
23:44Six there, and Chris? Seven.
23:46Seven. Tiny margins, Emma, what's the six?
23:49Grated. Grated. And for you, Chris?
23:52Tirades. Tirades.
23:54Very good word, yes. Justin?
23:56There's quite a few sevens knocking about, isn't there?
23:58Is gaiters a good word? Very good word.
24:00I've got some gaiters. Yes.
24:02Gaiters are what you put at the end of your trousers and above your shoes, aren't they?
24:05Yeah, to keep them tucked in.
24:06Nice word to find. We've got a lot of old-y words today, Abelme.
24:09Yeah, it's nice.
24:11To be fair, we're doing every single kind of dialects of being the English language.
24:15Chris, let's get more letters. Can I have a consonant, please?
24:18Thank you, Chris.
24:19S. And a vowel.
24:22A. Consonant.
24:25P. Vowel.
24:27E. Consonant.
24:29T. A vowel.
24:32I. A consonant.
24:35B. Another consonant.
24:38N.
24:41And a final vowel.
24:45Final O.
24:47Every choice is vital, isn't it? Good luck.
24:50Perfectly.
24:52A word of it.
24:55It's finding that it's not enough to help us.
24:57We can find the same opening.
24:59It's statistically important.
25:00But we've made the same...
25:02What are we going to do?
25:03When we're talking about it, our responsibility is really hard.
25:05That's why we're talking about it.
25:06I'm not sure.
25:07We're talking about it.
25:08We're talking about it.
25:09We're talking about how we work, right?
25:10We're talking about it.
25:11We're talking about it.
25:12And two of us.
25:13We're talking about it.
25:14The only thing that we put an organization on all of the properties
25:17So much going on there. Chris?
25:22I'll stick with an eight. OK, and Emma?
25:24Seven. The seven is? Bastion.
25:27The eight is? Botanise. Botanise?
25:29Yes, study plants and their natural habitat.
25:32Pray tell, Justin and Susie.
25:35Well, I was unsure about botanise, I thought I had a Z, but it is an S.
25:40Interchangeable, you can have it either.
25:42Z is the Oxford way, not just the American way.
25:46That was our eight. We had baptised otherwise.
25:48Eight it is, that's all. We could find 30 points in it now.
25:52But Emma, you keep the faith. Four rounds to go.
25:54After we get our origins of words from Denticles, what are we doing?
25:59Yeah, well, Carol Field has emailed us to ask about the name Gordon Bennett.
26:04Why do we use that as an exclamation?
26:06She said, I grew up with a Gordon Bennett on my road,
26:09but I'm pretty sure it wasn't him.
26:10I had to tip to the Scotsman who have a lovely article on this
26:16because it does involve a Scotsman born near Banfshire,
26:21as was in north-eastern Scotland.
26:25So it really can be traced back to a small 18th-century farm near there.
26:29And it involves James Gordon Bennett,
26:32who, in the 18th century, he just wanted to make it big.
26:36He had these dreams of becoming an entrepreneur
26:38and to make something of himself.
26:41And he chose to follow a friend to North America
26:44when he was 24 with £5 in his pocket.
26:48And he took on lots of copywriting and editing jobs,
26:51wanting to make it big in the newspaper world.
26:53And by 1835, so we're talking 40 years later,
26:58so it took some time,
26:59but he had founded the New York Herald newspaper,
27:03a budget of just $500,
27:06and he produced it from a cellar in the city.
27:09So he was still giving it his all.
27:12So it worked.
27:13Magic happened, distribution soared,
27:16and you had rail and steamship,
27:18and all of that helped the circulation of papers.
27:21But it's not actually him.
27:22Who inspired the inspiration.
27:25It was his son who took all of this fortune,
27:28and rather than continue to work incredibly hard and industriously,
27:33he blew it all on planes, on fast cars,
27:37and it was he who really kind of propelled the name Gordon Bennett
27:40into the popular imagination.
27:42And because of that, his name, as I say, stuck,
27:46but it was really because it was quite a useful euphemism for God.
27:50So Gordon Bennett is like, oh, my God.
27:53And so it became an exclamation of disbelief or surprise, etc.
27:58But it should really be his dad,
28:00whose legacy we are paying tribute to today,
28:02rather than his son.
28:04Fantastic Origins Awards.
28:05Thank you, Susie.
28:06You're welcome.
28:07APPLAUSE
28:07At 30 points of difference,
28:10four rounds to go.
28:13One at a time, please, Emma, your letters.
28:15A consonant, please.
28:16Thank you, Emma.
28:17G.
28:18And another.
28:19T.
28:21And another.
28:23G.
28:24And another.
28:26H.
28:28A vowel.
28:29A.
28:30And another.
28:32E.
28:33And another.
28:35I.
28:37A consonant, please.
28:39P.
28:40And another vowel, please.
28:43Lastly, O.
28:44All right, countdown.
29:07MUSIC PLAYS
29:17Emma. Six.
29:18Six from you. And Chris?
29:20Yeah, just six as well. Emma.
29:21Oh, no. I've realised I've done something wrong. Sorry.
29:24And Chris? Opiate.
29:26Opiate is there. Yes.
29:28So how did you fare in Dictionary Corner?
29:30We can't always say... I think Hoggett is another one.
29:33Opiate's in there.
29:34And whenever I ever see this word, I go, Countdown.
29:38Potage.
29:39There it is. Yeah.
29:41And that'll get us a... Six.
29:42So just a six is N, even with an old Countdown faithful.
29:46So let's get the last letters now. Chris?
29:48Can I have a consonant, please?
29:50S. And a vowel.
29:52E. A consonant.
29:54N. A vowel.
29:56O. A consonant.
29:59M. A vowel.
30:01E. A consonant.
30:04S.
30:06Another consonant.
30:08T.
30:11And a final consonant, please.
30:16Final S.
30:17And the last letters.
30:18T.
30:20And the last letter.
30:22T.
30:22And a vowel.
30:25Am I?
30:25T.
30:27And the last letter...
30:27T.
30:28To.
30:29T.
30:30T.
30:30C.
30:30And the last letter.
30:31T.
30:32I can't have an accent.
30:33T.
30:33And now we have to be labelled.
30:35Of course.
30:36T.
30:37And the last letter...
30:37To.
30:38T.
30:38To.
30:38T.
30:39And the last letter.
30:40And the last letter...
30:40T.
30:41To.
30:41The last letter.
30:42And the last letter's letter.
30:42There's a verb.
30:42나와.
30:44And time's up, Chris?
30:50Seven.
30:51And Emma?
30:52Six.
30:53The six is?
30:54Stones.
30:55And seven?
30:56Tonemes.
30:57Tonemes, what a spot from Chris.
31:00Explain everything, Suze.
31:01Yes, this is a phoneme, so that's a distinct unit of sound
31:05that is differentiated from another by its tone.
31:08So you'll find that in tone languages, like Cantonese, for example.
31:11So you had to go there to get that length of word.
31:15Was there even anything to match it, Justin?
31:16Nothing at all, only brand names, which I'm not allowed.
31:19No, we are not, so we're going to move on from that.
31:2296.53.
31:23You were talking about maybe going with the six small in the last round.
31:27It's over as a contest, but you could have some fun.
31:29It's up to you.
31:31Yeah, I might as well.
31:32Why not?
31:32Let's just go six small.
31:34You're only here once.
31:35This is about as much fun as you can have when the numbers are round.
31:37Six little ones.
31:38Lovely choice.
31:39Final numbers of the day.
31:40Five, two, eight, three, one, and four.
31:47Fairly small.
31:48The target, 329.
31:50329.
31:51Numbers up.
32:053-2-9, Emma.
32:25I got 3-30.
32:26One away, Chris.
32:27Just 3-2-8.
32:28Well, one the other way.
32:30We're going to do it again, aren't we?
32:31All right, Emma, one above.
32:33Yes, OK, so I did five times two,
32:35for ten.
32:36Five times two, for ten.
32:38Eight times four, for 32.
32:40Add the one.
32:42And then multiplied those together.
32:44330.
32:45And for you, Chris, one below.
32:46I'd probably massively overcomplicate this,
32:48but four times two, times five.
32:50Four times two, times five.
32:5340.
32:54Plus one.
32:5541.
32:55Times eight.
32:56Yep.
32:57So, yet again, they've fallen one either side,
33:00but can't we get to 3-2-9?
33:02Well, eventually, one way,
33:05you can say, well, I'm sure there were more,
33:07but I just saw one.
33:08Three plus eight is 11.
33:10Four plus two is six.
33:13Times that by five for 30.
33:15Then you can times those together for 330,
33:17with the one left over.
33:19And lots of dead ends.
33:20Two.
33:20Brilliant.
33:20Right, 103 plays.
33:23An excellent 60 today.
33:25Ten more points up for grabs.
33:27So, Chris and Emma, fingers on those buzzers.
33:30Let's reveal our Monday afternoon countdown conundrum.
33:36Straight in, Chris.
33:38Fertility.
33:38One second.
33:40It is!
33:43Well done, Chris.
33:44Halfway to becoming an octo champ.
33:46Yes.
33:47Emma, you should be so pleased with that performance
33:49against this hot shot over here.
33:52It's very tough going.
33:53Well done.
33:54Great to have you.
33:55Thank you so much.
33:57And Justin here for the whole week.
33:59What an exciting week it could be.
34:00We'll see you tomorrow.
34:01See you tomorrow.
34:02Can't wait.
34:03Bye, Susie.
34:03Goodbye.
34:04See you tomorrow.
34:04And on World Computer Literacy Day,
34:07that's another episode of Countdown
34:08that your dad can put in the spreadsheet.
34:11He still does it.
34:1316 years later.
34:14Brilliant.
34:15There you go.
34:16No worries there with Mr Riley.
34:18We will be back tomorrow.
34:19Rachel, Susie and I, you can count on us.
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