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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown as we walk the line again.
00:35Choices to be made, just breathe.
00:38But right now, man, I feel like a woman.
00:40And that woman is Rachel Riley. Hi, Rach.
00:43Shania Twain. Yes!
00:45Today is quirky country music song titles day,
00:48which even by the standards of silly days is really silly.
00:52But a good chance to have her first quiz of the week. Are you ready?
00:55Well, I mean, I've got some good backup if I need it, which I will.
00:58Yes. Well, listen, these are all good.
01:01I'll give you a song title.
01:02You have to tell me whether it's a real country song
01:04or have I made this up on the way to work this morning.
01:08All right. Real or fake?
01:09First up, Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart.
01:13Oh, please, no.
01:15It is a Johnny Cash song, which he performed live at Folsom Prison.
01:21Oh!
01:21Why?
01:22Yeah, I love it. I love it.
01:24Next one.
01:25I want my mullet back.
01:29That sounds like a, you know, Liverpool 1980s theme tune.
01:32Nice.
01:33I'm going to go, no.
01:35It's Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley's dad,
01:39from the 2006 album Wannabe Your Joe.
01:42Wow, OK, fair enough.
01:44Here we go.
01:44I hope my divorce is never granted.
01:47Oh, that's got to be a real one.
01:49It is!
01:49Way back to 1954 in Kitty Wells.
01:53And finally,
01:55if you leave me today,
01:56I'll party all night.
02:00That's so boring.
02:01Why would you make one up like that?
02:03I did make it up.
02:04We'll keep it country all day, Rachel,
02:05as we head over to our two islands in this stream
02:08for the next 45 minutes or so.
02:10Our guardian of the dictionary,
02:11Susie Dent.
02:12And the brilliant comedian,
02:14broadcaster and quizzer,
02:15Paul Sinna.
02:19Mr Sinna with us all day.
02:21And here all week so far has been
02:23Toby Byfield,
02:24our 28-year-old champion.
02:25Hey, Tobes,
02:26we know you love politics
02:27and you work in politics.
02:28We know you're passionate about mental health.
02:31So tell us a little bit about,
02:33right,
02:33the Byfield has a night off.
02:36You're going to turn the phone to silent.
02:38And you're going to just do,
02:39just have a nice night.
02:40What would you do?
02:41I'll watch catch-up on countdown.
02:43That is the correct answer.
02:45Thank you very much.
02:46And you wouldn't even know
02:47you were reading that off on AutoQ.
02:48That was very natural indeed.
02:51Five wins in the bag already.
02:52Hoping to make it six.
02:53Gerry Kelly from Dublin
02:54is hoping to stop you.
02:56Hi, Gerry.
02:56How you doing?
02:57Yeah, good.
02:58Listen, I could talk to you about loads.
03:00You're really into your Gaelic sports.
03:02You studied mathematics at Trinity College.
03:04And then,
03:05I heard you were on a TV show
03:07called Blackboard Jungle.
03:09Who does not want to know
03:10what Blackboard Jungle is or was?
03:13Come on.
03:14Yeah, it was a school's TV show
03:15in secondary school.
03:17So three members from the class,
03:20or not from the class,
03:20from the school,
03:21would just play against the other teams.
03:23So general knowledge quiz show.
03:25So we got to the semi-final.
03:26Is it embarrassing
03:27when you watch it back?
03:29My wife tried to get it
03:31for my wedding
03:31and it was unsuccessful,
03:33thank God.
03:34So, yeah.
03:35We have people that can do this.
03:37That sounds like a challenge
03:38to the Countdown Production team.
03:40If you win today,
03:41we will find it.
03:42And good luck to Gerry and Toby.
03:43APPLAUSE
03:44Can I still add this, Toby?
03:47Hi, Rachel.
03:48Hi, Toby.
03:48A consonant, please.
03:49You can.
03:49Thank you very much.
03:50Start today with N.
03:52And a vowel.
03:53I.
03:54And a consonant.
03:56T.
03:56And a vowel.
03:58A.
03:59And a consonant.
04:00G.
04:01And a vowel.
04:02E.
04:03And a consonant.
04:05R.
04:06And a vowel.
04:08O.
04:09And a final consonant, please.
04:12Looks like a good start.
04:13A final P.
04:14Yes, indeed.
04:15At home and in the studio.
04:16Let's play Countdown.
04:48So, so much going on
04:49for the first round of the day.
04:50Toby.
04:51Nine.
04:52Gerry.
04:53Six.
04:54You want that to come
04:55in about six rounds from now,
04:56honestly, when you're settled in.
04:57Gerry, what's the six?
04:59Eating.
05:00He can ease into this show.
05:01Nine, Toby.
05:02Operating.
05:03On his own.
05:05APPLAUSE
05:05What an operator our Toby is.
05:09And what a start.
05:0918 points for his very, very special player.
05:12And the dictionary corner.
05:13Well, we can outdo him
05:15because we've got two.
05:16Yes.
05:16I say we've got two.
05:17I have no idea what the second word is.
05:19We have pignorate.
05:22Pignorate sounds like...
05:23Pignorate.
05:23Pig ignorant, shortened down.
05:25It does, isn't it?
05:26Yes.
05:26So, as well as operating,
05:28which I have to say Paul got.
05:30Yeah.
05:31Pignorate is from Roman law
05:33and it means to give or take as a pledge.
05:36Fantastic.
05:37Pignorate.
05:38But operating for Toby
05:39gets him the perfect start.
05:41Gerry, plenty of road left.
05:42Let's go.
05:43Consonant, please, Rachel.
05:45Thank you, Gerry.
05:46T.
05:47Consonant.
05:49G.
05:50A vowel.
05:52U.
05:53Consonant.
05:56S.
05:57A vowel.
05:58O.
05:59Consonant.
06:01R.
06:02Consonant.
06:03And lastly, P.
06:12And 30 seconds.
06:13We'll see you next time.
06:14We'll see you next time.
06:14We'll see you next time.
06:14We'll see you next time.
06:14We'll see you next time.
06:15We'll see you next time.
06:15We'll see you next time.
06:15We'll see you next time.
06:16We'll see you next time.
06:16We'll see you next time.
06:17We'll see you next time.
06:17We'll see you next time.
06:18We'll see you next time.
06:18We'll see you next time.
06:19We'll see you next time.
06:19We'll see you next time.
06:19We'll see you next time.
06:20We'll see you next time.
06:20We'll see you next time.
06:21We'll see you next time.
06:21We'll see you next time.
06:22We'll see you next time.
06:23We'll see you next time.
06:24We'll see you next time.
06:25MUSIC PLAYS
06:44Give me a number, Gerry.
06:45Erm, eight.
06:46Well done, and Toby? Yeah, eight. Eight as well, Gerry?
06:49Proudest. Proudest and Toby?
06:52Postured. And postured.
06:54Two fantastic eights. Well done.
06:56Great way to get off the mark, Gerry.
06:57Well done for bouncing back with that.
06:59And Paul and Susie?
07:00Clearly very good letters.
07:01Your third to add to that, which is sprouted.
07:04Sprouted, but no biggie.
07:06No back-to-back maxes.
07:07Slightly disappointed, I have to be honest.
07:10Damn that dictionary.
07:1226 plays eight, first numbers round of the day.
07:15We know what's coming, Toby.
07:16Four large, please.
07:17Thank you, Toby. Don't need to ask.
07:19Four large ones, two little ones, your favourite selection.
07:22And for the first time today, the little numbers are four and three.
07:26And we know the big ones.
07:2775, 50, 125.
07:32And your target, 259.
07:34259. Numbers up.
07:36Andemet muff Pictures.
07:3810 dolls.
07:386倒 fian
07:542, 158.
07:5621 humber
07:572, 151.
07:5722, 16銃.
07:5823 third, 152.
07:5922ねぇ.
08:0022.
08:0123 presumpaid.
08:0123, 20.
08:03237.
08:0323 percepções of the sondern через
08:0422んで.
08:052-5-9. The familiar four from our champion, Toby.
08:092-5-9, not written down. OK, and Gerry?
08:122-5-7. Two away.
08:14Toby's been rattled a bit by this, though. Off you go.
08:17100 plus 4. 104.
08:19Times 3. Times by 3, 312.
08:23And then take 50. Take 50 for 2-6-2.
08:27And 75 over 25 for the three to take away.
08:30Haven't used those. That'll do it. 2-5-9.
08:32APPLAUSE
08:35I say rattled. That is Toby. Rattled, if you haven't been watching this week.
08:40Let's get our first Teatime Teaser. It's be solved. Be solved.
08:44This can be solved easily if you think of those close to you.
08:48This can be solved easily if you think of those close to you.
08:52BELL RINGS
08:54MUSIC
08:59APPLAUSE
09:02Welcome back. This can be solved easily if you think of those close to beloveds.
09:11Beloveds. Well, they're best of enemies at the moment, Toby and Gerry.
09:15So let's get back to the game. Mr Kelly.
09:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:19Thank you, Gerry.
09:20C.
09:21A consonant.
09:23K.
09:24Another consonant.
09:26T.
09:27A vowel.
09:29I.
09:30A vowel.
09:31E.
09:33Consonant.
09:35D.
09:36Consonant.
09:38M.
09:39A vowel.
09:40A vowel.
09:41A.
09:42And a consonant.
09:43And, lastly, B.
09:45Thanks, Rich.
09:46MUSIC PLAYS
09:47MUSIC PLAYS
09:49MUSIC PLAYS
10:17Gerry.
10:18A risky seven.
10:20A risky seven.
10:21And Toby.
10:22Just the six.
10:23Just the six, which puts extra stress in that seven.
10:26Toby, the six.
10:27Ticked.
10:28What are you going to go for?
10:29Bad time.
10:30Let's see if we can give it a tick.
10:32Bad time.
10:33Oh, bedtime, but not bad time, I'm afraid.
10:36Sorry, Gerry.
10:37Bedtime is a bad time for many kids.
10:38It is.
10:39It's very true.
10:40Paul.
10:41Is dieback a word, as in the disease of the ashtray?
10:43We're all having a go.
10:44It is.
10:45It's amazing.
10:46Yeah, it is.
10:47Well done.
10:48That's excellent.
10:49APPLAUSE
10:50At 42 players it, more letters, Toby.
10:53Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:54Thank you, Toby.
10:55N.
10:56And the vowel.
10:57I.
10:58And a consonant.
10:59T.
11:00And the vowel.
11:01E.
11:02And a consonant.
11:03S.
11:04And a vowel.
11:05U.
11:06U.
11:07And a consonant.
11:08D.
11:09And a vowel.
11:10E.
11:11And a vowel consonant, please.
11:13A final C.
11:15Half a minute.
11:16Half a minute.
11:18I don't want to speak 무.
11:19And a vowel.
11:20The cognition is missing.
11:21You can logic.
11:22You can read it.
11:23Then.
11:26I won't be jakiś right in the зов.
11:29An vista.
11:30The inequities.
11:31You may have pinky Resp milyse.
11:33Out ninety or67.
11:35The first one that gets kinds of scary and marginalized.
11:36The next one who's referenced dead is destru beds.
11:38So you don't really have me.
11:40The lovingly have my other questions
11:42And evenings noon
11:44Tobey, how did you get on?
11:49A risky eight.
11:50A risky eight. So, Jerry?
11:52Seven.
11:53Oh, what have you got?
11:54Enticed.
11:55OK, might count. What are you going for?
11:57Dunciest.
11:59Dunciest.
11:59I don't think you can be dunci.
12:02Oh, you can.
12:03Well...
12:03Oh, you can definitely be dunci. Take it from me, Susie.
12:06Not in the dictionary, I'm afraid.
12:08Sorry, Toby.
12:10Dunciest does not count, which means enticed gets you the seven points.
12:14Jerry, big gap, but you've just closed it partly.
12:18Paul?
12:18We can only match that with dissent.
12:20D-E-S-C-E-N-T for seven.
12:22It looks like there should be an eight or nine there, doesn't it?
12:25But I can't see anything.
12:27Me neither.
12:27Well, you don't need to say it, because if you just glance over to the right,
12:32Rachael Riley has stolen the show.
12:34Oh, my goodness.
12:35Let's put her straight into the Hall of Fame.
12:38Oh, sorry, Rach, it's not in.
12:40Oh, it is.
12:42Oh.
12:43Very good.
12:45Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
12:46And you're up again.
12:47You can stay on your feet.
12:48It's numbers time and you're picking, Jerry.
12:51One from the top and the other five.
12:53Thank you, Jerry.
12:54One large, five little this time.
12:57And the little numbers for you are one, nine, ten, seven, and eight.
13:03And the large one, 25, could be tricky.
13:05Let's see the target.
13:06We're at 612.
13:07612.
13:08Number's up.
13:09Number of —
13:10Two or five.
13:12One from the top and the top.
13:12Let's see.
13:14Oh.
13:17This is true.
13:17Give me arrangements for you.
13:18Two or six.
13:19One form.
13:21It's the only word.
13:22Give me security.
13:23See you.
13:25You better go.
13:26Uber.
13:27A long way to go to get there. Did you manage?
13:416.10. 6.10, two away, Toby? 6.10 as well.
13:456.10 as well. Off you go, Gerry.
13:4610 minus 7 is 3. Yes.
13:49Times 8 is 24.
13:51Times 25 is 600. 600.
13:55Plus 9, plus 1. 6.10, two below.
13:58Same way, Toby? Yeah, same way.
14:02Lovely. 7.8612.
14:05Rachel Riley off the back of a 9 that nobody else managed to get.
14:09Now the numbers. Well, slim pickings to times by 25 with no small numbers,
14:13but if you say 7 times 9 is 63, times that by 10 is 630,
14:19and then you can take away 25, 605,
14:21and you have an 8 minus 1 left over for another 7.
14:24Yes, nailed it. Brilliant.
14:26APPLAUSE
14:29I'm going to take a teapot home with you today.
14:31It's sensational stuff. You deserve it.
14:33At 49 plays 22, as we take a pause from a breastless game,
14:37to have another chat with our Paul Sinner.
14:39What are we talking about today?
14:40As you know, I've been trying to find facts about famous people
14:44whose birthdays it is on a particular day.
14:46This was a tough one, I'll be honest with you.
14:48I found a Brazilian model called Zuza,
14:50X-U-X-A, a model and actress whose claim to fame is remarkable
14:54in that she dated long-term both Ayrton Senna and Pele.
14:58Wow. That is quite a double.
15:00I've got the only man who ever held the positions of Prime Minister,
15:04Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary.
15:10Do you know who that is?
15:11I'll tell you who you should be asking, Toby Byfield.
15:14Give us it again.
15:15The four great offices of state, Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary,
15:18Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
15:20It's Ted Heath, isn't it?
15:22It's the one after, well, two after Ted Heath.
15:25It's James Callaghan.
15:26James Callaghan.
15:27And James Callaghan has something in common with E.L. James,
15:30who wrote Fifty Shades of Grey.
15:32And that is that they both changed their name to James from Leonard.
15:37E.L. James is called Erica Leonard in real life,
15:39and James Callaghan is called Leonard James Callaghan.
15:42So they both lost the Leonard and changed it to James.
15:45But luckily, there's a lot of, as you know, celebrations today.
15:49Yeah.
15:50It is International Spanish Paella Day.
15:52They specify Spanish.
15:54Let's be honest, an Indian paella is not a paella.
15:56It's a biryani.
15:57There's Manatee Appreciation Day.
16:01And at this point, don't get it mixed up with the dugong.
16:03You'll ruin the day.
16:05Yeah.
16:05It is International Appreciate Joe Day.
16:09If you have friends called Joe, today is the day to appreciate them.
16:13It is International Whiskey Day, which...
16:18It's every day, Paul.
16:19..which I think brings us really on to the quirky country music lyrics day.
16:23Yeah.
16:24I think they are very...
16:25And I've got a few to add to this.
16:25Yes.
16:26I'm so miserable without you, it's like having you here.
16:29LAUGHTER
16:32A song by George Strait, who cannot go to the Lone Star State,
16:35because as he sings in the song, all my exes live in Texas.
16:39That is one of my favourites.
16:40But my favourite is an absolute classic, which is a duet called
16:44You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly.
16:47LAUGHTER
16:49I love a poll.
16:50Keep it contrary.
16:51Thank you so much, mate.
16:52APPLAUSE
16:5449 players, 22 letters.
16:58Name of the game now.
16:59Toby.
17:00Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:01Thank you, Toby.
17:02W.
17:03And the vowel?
17:04I.
17:05And the consonant?
17:06Q.
17:07And the vowel?
17:08O.
17:09And the consonant?
17:10O.
17:11And a consonant?
17:12H.
17:13And a vowel?
17:14U.
17:15And a consonant?
17:16R.
17:17And a vowel?
17:18E.
17:19And a vowel consonant, please.
17:20And a final, M.
17:21And start the clock.
17:22B.
17:23And a consonant.
17:24What do you want to say to stop a consonant, please?
17:25And to find a consonant, please.
17:26And a final, M.
17:29And start the clock.
17:31And a final, M.
17:32And start the clock.
17:37And start the clock.
17:41TOBY
17:56I'll try a six. OK, and Gerry?
17:59Five. A five. What is the five?
18:02Choir. It might count because Toby's only trying this.
18:05Homia? Yes, it means the same pretty much in American English as homilia.
18:10And choir, obviously, five for five.
18:13Four sheets of paper folded to form eight leads.
18:16You'll find them in medieval manuscripts.
18:18Anything better than that, Paul? The exact same word from Susie.
18:21I was in the middle of saying anything better than that.
18:23You'd already started the clap, so I got the idea you didn't.
18:26So well done to you, Toby. Well done.
18:28We'll move on, we'll get more letters. Gerry?
18:30Consolant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Gerry.
18:32L. Consolant.
18:35P. Consolant.
18:38S. Vowel.
18:41O. Vowel. E. Consolant.
18:46L. Consolant.
18:49S. Vowel.
18:52U. Consolant.
18:55And lastly, M. And here we go again.
18:59We'll see you again.
19:00We'll see you again.
19:01We'll see you again.
19:02We'll see you next time.
19:03Time plays�から.
19:06Sit down on J.
19:17avons1 l Sur.
19:19Tennis Ou.
19:21As they notice.
19:22Now you're listening.
19:23I have to read it.
19:24You see us today.
19:25I'll see you.
19:27And here we go.
19:29Let's tie him up. Gerry, what did you spot?
19:33A five. A five from you. And Toby?
19:35A six. Well, Gerry, what is the five? It might still count.
19:38Polls. Polls. And what about you, Toby? Possum.
19:41Ah, he's playing possum. We know that counts. No worries at all.
19:44Six points there. And to Dixon, we corner.
19:46Susie has an excellent, if rather rarely used eight.
19:50Very rarely used. Yeah, from the 1700s,
19:54a plum pudding apparently could be plumless
19:57if you followed a particular recipe. So, yeah, without plums.
20:01How would that not just... Excuse my ignorance.
20:03How would that not just make it a pudding?
20:05I agree, but this is what a recipe from 1785 tells us.
20:10It says, here is the plumless plum pudding.
20:12Plum would be a good origin. The words have so many uses for plum lines.
20:16That's true. Plumbing. That sounds fantastic.
20:19When you think of all the great words that have been turned down over the years.
20:22And you have this word, which means a pudding that's meant to have plums,
20:26doesn't have plums. And if you had a penny for every time you heard that used,
20:30you would have one penny right now, cos that was the first and only.
20:33Right, 61-22. Third numbers round of this day.
20:38I hope you're hanging on at home if you're playing along.
20:41And it's you, Toby. Four large, please.
20:43Four large. No debts plums with the four big ones right up the top.
20:46Two little ones coming up. And they are ten and five.
20:50And then we know 25. One hundred. Fifty. Seventy-five.
20:55And this target, 351.
20:58Three, five, one. Numbers up.
21:0000, Numbers up.
21:0100, Numbers up.
21:19THEY CONFER
21:313.51.
21:33Toby?
21:34Just 3.50, not written down.
21:35OK, and Gerry?
21:363.50.
21:37Toby, you can go then.
21:385 times 75.
21:4075 times 5, 3.75.
21:42Minus 25.
21:43Yeah, there you go.
21:44Didn't take long, eh, Gerry?
21:4675 divided by 25.
21:493.
21:50Times 100.
21:52300.
21:53Plus 50.
21:54350, again, one away.
21:56Now, Rachel, you've already had a show for the ages today.
22:00I'm going to say you cannot get that one.
22:03You cannot get that one, Riley.
22:05Well, you're going to have to leave it with me,
22:07because you can get it, I just haven't found it yet.
22:08No!
22:09Wow.
22:10I'm surprised at that, Toby, eh?
22:12Went 100 different ways.
22:14Well, we'll see.
22:15Thank you, Rachel.
22:16Looking forward to that.
22:17Let's get another Tea Time teaser.
22:19It's Hustling.
22:20Hustling.
22:21Hopefully, lots of this to look forward to in the coming months.
22:25Hopefully, lots of this to look forward to in the coming months.
22:29Here's to that.
22:30As we get back to the game.
22:31Not much light at the end of the tunnel for our Gerry,
22:32but you're facing a great champion, hopefully enjoying your day.
22:34Yeah.
22:35And the afternoon's still young.
22:36So, let's get more letters.
22:37Constance, please, Rachel.
22:38Thank you, Gerry.
22:39Erm, Constance, please, Rachel.
22:40Thank you, Gerry.
22:41B.
22:42A vowel.
22:43A.
22:44Constance.
22:45N.
22:46Consonant.
22:47G.
22:48A vowel.
22:49O.
22:50Consonant.
22:51Consonant.
22:52Consonant.
22:53Tend it.
22:54Tend it.
22:55We're back to the game.
22:56Not much light at the end of the tunnel for our Gerry, but you're facing a great champion.
22:58Hopefully, enjoying your day and the afternoon's still young.
22:59So, let's get more letters.
23:00Erm, Constance, please, Rachel.
23:02Thank you, Gerry.
23:03B.
23:04A vowel.
23:05A.
23:06Consonant.
23:07N.
23:08Consonant.
23:09G.
23:10A vowel.
23:11O.
23:12Consonant.
23:13N.
23:14Consonant.
23:15N.
23:16Consonant.
23:17Tend it.
23:18Tend it.
23:19Consonant.
23:20Sending a message here.
23:21R.
23:22Foul.
23:25E.
23:26And a consonant.
23:27And a final.
23:28T.
23:29Good luck, everybody.
23:31Good luck, everybody.
23:32Good luck.
24:03Seven, I think.
24:04And Toby?
24:05Yes, seven.
24:06What do we think of Gerry?
24:07Baronet.
24:08Baronet.
24:09And Toby, same word?
24:10Yes, same.
24:11Well done, both of you.
24:12Fantastic spot.
24:13Seven-point seats.
24:14And we'll cross over to Susie and Paul.
24:16Nothing bigger, but we do also have negator for seven as well.
24:20Another seven.
24:21Top drawer stuff from champion and challenger.
24:23And Toby, you're picking the next nine letters.
24:26Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:27Thank you, Toby.
24:28L.
24:29Annabelle.
24:31I.
24:32And a consonant.
24:33Y.
24:34And a vowel.
24:35O.
24:36And a consonant.
24:37G.
24:38And a vowel.
24:39A.
24:40And a consonant.
24:41P.
24:42And a vowel.
24:43E.
24:44And a consonant, please.
24:45And a vowel.
24:46And a vowel.
24:47R.
24:48Let's play.
24:49Let's play.
24:50.
24:51.
25:00.
25:01MUSIC PLAYS
25:21Toby? I'll try a risky seven. Why not? Jerry?
25:24Seven. Seven from you. Note, the lack of the word risky.
25:28Toby? A galloper?
25:30Galloper. Save his houses, Jerry. What have you got?
25:33Oh, sorry. It's a six.
25:34Oh, no! Willow is the other way around!
25:36It was a six. What was a six? Player.
25:39Player. Well, you played yourself there, mate,
25:41because I would have needed you to declare a six for that.
25:44Is Galloper in?
25:46Only with a double L, I'm afraid.
25:48I think it might just be US spelling if it had one L,
25:51but definitely not here.
25:53What a round that is. Sorry.
25:55What a round that is. Goodness me.
25:57Sextry corner, open goal.
25:59Three football terms, player, goalie, replay.
26:02Yeah.
26:03But Susie's gone one better with pergola.
26:05Pergola.
26:06Yes, the beautiful arch structure you might have in your garden.
26:08Or not, as the case may be.
26:10Susie, let's stay with you.
26:12More origins of words.
26:13Yes, more origins of words.
26:15And I'm going to stay with food, because I told you some yucky stories yesterday.
26:18Yeah.
26:19So hopefully some sweeter ones for you today.
26:21And I'm actually going to start with pie, because we all love a good pie,
26:24whether a sweet one or a savoury.
26:26And actually it's got a lovely origin.
26:27It goes back to the Latin pica, which meant a magpie.
26:30And the idea is that the various combinations of ingredients in a pie,
26:35because you can put all sorts in, were similar to the random objects
26:38that a magpie might collect on its flight, which I think is lovely.
26:42Most of us know that the coffee in a tiramisu gave the pudding its name,
26:46because it comes from Italian for pick or pull me up.
26:49We love a tiramisu.
26:51Also from Italy is the giubata, lovely bread.
26:55And the name of that literally means slipper.
26:59So they obviously concentrate on shape.
27:02Among my favourite foodie origins is the word pretzel,
27:06because it rather beautifully, through lots of different mutations,
27:09comes from the Latin for folded arms, thanks to its twisty shape.
27:13And it's actually said that this lovely doughy treat
27:16was designed by European monks as a symbol of arms folded in prayer.
27:21which I think is gorgeous.
27:23And it always strikes me as being a little bit ironic,
27:25given the number of cereals that we have available to us today.
27:28But actually all of them give a nod to Ceres,
27:32who was the goddess of agriculture,
27:34who would inspire lots of chariot races and huge celebrations.
27:38So think of that next time you're having your Rice Krispies.
27:41And to butter someone up, this is a bit of an odd one,
27:44to flatter someone if you're being a little bit obsequious.
27:48And it may be an odd to an ancient Hindu tradition
27:51of throwing balls of ghee, clarified butter,
27:54at statues of deities at the time of asking for favours.
27:59So it was almost a symbol of prayer.
28:01And finally, cordon bleu, which was really big in the 70s and 80s,
28:05translates as blue ribbon.
28:07And that blue ribbon once signified the highest order of chivalry
28:11in the reign of the Bourbon Kings.
28:13Bourbon Kings, rather.
28:14So in cooking, it denotes first-class cooking.
28:16Thank you, Susie.
28:18APPLAUSE
28:20Right, four rounds left of today's countdown
28:23and Gerry Kelly, our challenger, undeterred with more letters.
28:26Consonant, please.
28:28Thank you, Gerry.
28:29J.
28:30F-L.
28:31I.
28:32Consonant.
28:34D.
28:35Consonant.
28:37T.
28:39F-L.
28:40U.
28:41Consonant.
28:42S.
28:43Consonant.
28:45T.
28:46Consonant.
28:47N.
28:48And a vowel.
28:49And lastly, E.
28:50Countdown.
28:51ia!
28:52So, it's not a vowel.
28:53R.
28:54D.
28:55And lastly, a.
28:56E.
28:57Countdown.
28:58E.
28:59T.
29:00E.
29:01And lastly, E.
29:06Kinddown.
29:07MUSIC PLAYS
29:25Gerry?
29:27My six.
29:28Six there.
29:29And Toby?
29:29Yes, six.
29:30Six as well, Gerry?
29:31On ties.
29:32Toby Byfield?
29:33Unites.
29:34And Unites, same for you.
29:35Well done, both of you.
29:36Dictionary Corner, Susie and Paul.
29:38Er, I think there's a seven there.
29:40Stunted.
29:41Very nice.
29:42Indeed.
29:43Fantastic.
29:43Well, it's beaten them, isn't it?
29:45Anything else to beat them?
29:46Er, just a dentist.
29:47Yeah, I got it.
29:48Yeah, that'll be the best one.
29:49Susie's gladiator name.
29:51LAUGHTER
29:51Excellent.
29:54Excellent.
29:54Final letters round.
29:56You're picking Toby.
29:57Consonant, piece of actual.
29:58Thank you, Toby.
29:59T.
30:00And the vowel.
30:02O.
30:03And a consonant.
30:05S.
30:06And a vowel.
30:07A.
30:08And a consonant.
30:10T.
30:11And a vowel.
30:13E.
30:14And a consonant.
30:15D.
30:16And a vowel.
30:18I.
30:19And a final consonant, please.
30:22Promising start.
30:23And a final F.
30:25And last letters.
30:26And a vowel.
30:27And a vowel.
30:28And a vowel.
30:28And a vowel.
30:29And a vowel.
30:29And a vowel.
30:30And a vowel.
30:30And a vowel.
30:30And a vowel.
30:31And a vowel.
30:31And a vowel.
30:32And a vowel.
30:32And a vowel.
30:32And a vowel.
30:32And a vowel.
30:32And a vowel.
30:33And a vowel.
30:33And a vowel.
30:33And a vowel.
30:33And a vowel.
30:33And a vowel.
30:34And a vowel.
30:34And a vowel.
30:34And a vowel.
30:34And a vowel.
30:35And a vowel.
30:35And a vowel.
30:36And a vowel.
30:36And a vowel.
30:36And a vowel.
30:36And a vowel.
30:37And a vowel.
30:38And a vowel.
30:38And a vowel.
30:38And a vowel.
30:39and a vowel.
30:39And a vowel.
30:57Toby? Seven.
30:59And Gerry? Yeah, seven as well.
31:00OK, Toby? Toasted.
31:02Yeah, and Gerry? Yeah, toasted as well.
31:04Yeah, absolutely.
31:05There's not often you look crestfallen at a seven,
31:08but given that everyone in the world had toasted,
31:11nearly come out as a natural seven as well.
31:13What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
31:14I've got a much cleverer word, toasty.
31:17LAUGHTER
31:18As well as foisted and fatties.
31:20Right, and all there, four sevens, nothing above.
31:24So, we will move on to the last numbers round of the day.
31:27And the honour is all yours, Gerry.
31:30Um, upside down T, please.
31:32Inverted T, one from the top five little to finish the day off.
31:36And they are one, two, four, six.
31:42Another one, and 50.
31:45And the target, 647.
31:47Six, four, seven.
31:50One, two, four, seven u sachs.
32:146-4-7, the target.
32:23Did you manage to land it, Gerry?
32:24I think so, yeah.
32:25Yeah, and Toby?
32:26Yeah, 6-4-7.
32:27Well done, off you go, Gerry.
32:282 times 6 is 12.
32:30Yep.
32:30Plus 1.
32:3213.
32:33Times 50.
32:346-50.
32:35And 4 minus 1.
32:364 minus the second one, perfect.
32:38Take a wait.
32:38Well done.
32:39Nice one, Toby?
32:40Yeah, same way.
32:4010 points each.
32:47Look at that.
32:48I tell you what, the standard of opponent you've had this week
32:50has actually been high, Toby, but that says a lot about you.
32:53There you are on 98, looking to notch up another century.
32:57Gerry, fantastic on 59.
33:00Could get that to 69.
33:01Let's find out.
33:02Fingers on the buzzers.
33:03It's not crucial, but still very important.
33:05Let's reveal this Wednesday afternoon, Countdown Conundrum.
33:10Come on, Toby.
33:12Infatuate.
33:13It is indeed.
33:15Congratulations.
33:18100, not your highest score so far, but that's saying something.
33:22Well done to you.
33:23I did tell Paul Sinna when he arrived on Monday,
33:25you might be seeing the same face every day this week in the Champions chair.
33:29It's proven that way so far.
33:31We'll see you back here tomorrow.
33:32See you tomorrow.
33:33And, Gerry, the only question is, Countdown Blackboard Jungle,
33:36what was the best experience?
33:37Eh, yeah, Countdown now.
33:40I can't remember Blackboard Jungle.
33:42The difference is this one's available for everybody to watch whenever they want
33:45and you certainly didn't embarrass yourself.
33:47Well done to you.
33:49Paul, Susie, delight as always.
33:51We'll see you tomorrow.
33:52Yes.
33:52Lovely.
33:53And, Rachel, got some more true country song titles for you before we go,
33:58because today's all about quirky country song titles.
34:01If French Fries Were Fat Free, that's by Alan Jackson.
34:06There's the Kenny Chesney classic, She Thinks My Tractor Sexy.
34:10And my favourite one that I found in all my looking,
34:14and it was a bit of a rabbit hole.
34:15From Bobby Bear, The Immortal,
34:18Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the Goalposts of Life.
34:22What a song title.
34:24Sounds catchy.
34:25It is indeed.
34:26That's all from us.
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