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00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33We're going to talk about feuds.
00:35Nothing like a good feud.
00:36There's one raging, apparently, between Canada and Norway,
00:40at least a particular town in Canada, and one in Norway.
00:42It's all about the size of their moose statues.
00:45They've both got, Rachel, a statue with a moose on top.
00:49Whose is the biggest?
00:50Now, apparently, it's the between...
00:53The fuse between Moose Jaw in Canada,
00:57which has had the biggest moose statue for 34 years,
01:01with Mike the Moose standing proud 32 feet tall.
01:04Anyway, apparently, the people in Stor Evdal in Norway
01:08really hacked off about this.
01:10They want theirs to be taller,
01:12and so they built one that's just 30 centimetres taller
01:15than that in Moose Jaw.
01:17Could you believe it?
01:18Anyway, time to grow up?
01:20I think this is a bit of a pathetic male occupation.
01:24There's a name for it.
01:26What's that?
01:26It's something to do with chickens.
01:28I'd have to ask Susie to anyone seeing which one's bigger
01:31and having a contest over it.
01:33Oh, it's all about size.
01:35It's all about size for some people.
01:38I think it's quality over quantity and that kind of thing.
01:42All that stuff.
01:43Size is not necessarily the most important factor.
01:46It's important to remember that.
01:49Let's see who's with us.
01:51Who's with us?
01:53That's Sandra Pilsen's back again after a quiet weekend, I trust.
01:57Looking fresh as a daisy, looking for your sixth win.
02:01Going to try.
02:02Fantastic.
02:03We've played really, really well.
02:04Now you're joined by Dan Paris.
02:06And Dan is a secondary school teacher from Polgate in East Sussex,
02:11and we're very proud of you, Dan,
02:12because apparently you teach or you work with your year eight students
02:17and you play Countdown every morning at 8.30 just to sharpen them up.
02:22Every morning at two at a time we do one puzzle, yeah.
02:24That's brilliant.
02:25And have you spotted any real good contenders yet?
02:28A couple of them.
02:30They get to the conundrum much quicker than I can, so possibly, yeah.
02:33Not easy.
02:34Not easy.
02:35Well, good for you.
02:36And you keep doing it,
02:37because we want all these young competitors and young countdowners.
02:40One day they too will be sitting where you are.
02:42Yeah.
02:43Anyway, thanks very much indeed for coming.
02:45Well, good luck to you both.
02:46Big round of applause now for Sandra and Dan.
02:54And Susie's over there.
02:56And so it's for the last time until we can drag him back again.
03:00He's that wonderful...
03:01Well, he's a real ambassador for good food and for cooking,
03:05and all that that embraces, really,
03:08is that fantastic chef, Brian Turner.
03:10Brian, welcome back.
03:14Now, when Sandra, off you go.
03:17Afternoon, Rachel.
03:18Afternoon, Sandra.
03:19And I have a consonant, please.
03:21Start the week with R.
03:23And another one, please.
03:25C.
03:26And another.
03:28C.
03:29Wow.
03:30And another.
03:32N.
03:33And a vowel.
03:35E.
03:36And a vowel.
03:38U.
03:40And a consonant.
03:42R.
03:44And a vowel.
03:46O.
03:51And a consonant.
03:53And lastly, M.
03:55Stand by.
03:57And a vowel.
04:15And a vowel.
04:16And a vowel.
04:16And a vowel.
04:16And a vowel.
04:16And a vowel.
04:16And a vowel.
04:16And a vowel.
04:27Sandra?
04:28Measley, five.
04:30Dan?
04:30Seven.
04:31Sandra?
04:32Oh, I've just seen it.
04:34Mourn.
04:36Is it Dan's you've got?
04:38Mourner.
04:39Mourner.
04:39Mourner.
04:40Very good.
04:42Now, open the corner, Brian.
04:44I've only got Concur here.
04:46Yeah, that's really good.
04:47Concur.
04:49Thanks for that.
04:50All right.
04:51So, seven points to Dan, and it's Dan's follow-up letters game.
04:55Dan?
04:56Hi, Rachel.
04:57Hi, Dan.
04:57Can I have a consonant, please?
04:58We can indeed.
04:59V.
05:00Another consonant.
05:03R.
05:04Another consonant.
05:05S.
05:07Another consonant.
05:09T.
05:10One more consonant.
05:12M.
05:13A vowel.
05:15A.
05:16Another vowel.
05:17I.
05:18Another vowel.
05:20E.
05:21And a consonant, please.
05:23And the last one, S.
05:24And here's the countdown clock.
05:28MUSIC PLAYS
05:57Well done.
05:58Seven.
05:59Yes, Sandra.
06:00And seven.
06:02Ten.
06:02Masters.
06:03And?
06:03Misters.
06:05And the corner?
06:07Smarties.
06:08Yes.
06:09City?
06:10Work.
06:10Yes.
06:11Smarties and smarty pants.
06:13The plural of that is smarties, so I know it all.
06:15Um, and before then it meant a smart or fashionable person, but it's a bit of an insult these days.
06:22Thank you for that.
06:23Okay.
06:26So, 14 plays Sandra's seven, and it's Sandra's numbers game.
06:31Yes, madam.
06:32Thank you, Nick.
06:33Can I have, um, two from the top and four elsewhere?
06:36Sandra's special.
06:37Too large.
06:38Four little.
06:39First one of the week is...
06:41Four.
06:42Eight.
06:43Six.
06:44Nine.
06:4525.
06:46And 50.
06:48And the target?
06:49518.
06:50Five, one, eight.
06:53Five, one, eight.
07:22Five, one, nine.
07:23Five, one, nine.
07:24And?
07:25Five, one, seven.
07:26And five, one, seven.
07:28Sandra?
07:31Um, 50...
07:32Um, six plus four.
07:33Six plus four is ten.
07:35Um, times 50.
07:37500.
07:38Uh, add the 25.
07:39525.
07:41And minus the six.
07:42Minus...
07:43You've already used...
07:43I'm sorry.
07:45Uh, what did I declare?
07:47Five, one, nine.
07:50Oh, yeah, sorry.
07:52Sorry, Sandra.
07:53Oh, dear.
07:53Moving on.
07:55Dan.
07:56Much the same.
07:57Six plus four times 50 is 500.
07:59Plus 25 minus the eight for 517.
08:01Minus the eight, yeah.
08:03Oh, Sandra.
08:03It's OK.
08:06Let's, uh, let's clean this up now.
08:08Five, one, eight.
08:09Rachel?
08:10A couple of ways.
08:11You could have said six plus eight is 14.
08:15Um, nine plus four is 13.
08:1715 minus 13 is 37.
08:21And 37 times 14 is 518.
08:24Oh, it's tricky.
08:25But very good.
08:26Well done.
08:28Thanks, Rachel.
08:2921 to seven.
08:31Wow.
08:32Early lead for Dan there as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:35which is eased pork.
08:37And the clue, if you want your peas to be really mushy,
08:41make sure they're this.
08:43If you want your peas to be mushy, really mushy,
08:46make sure they're this.
09:03Welcome back.
09:04I left with a clue.
09:04If you want your peas to be really mushy,
09:07make sure they're this.
09:09Make sure they're pre-soaked.
09:11Pre-soaked.
09:12That's a good cooking tip there.
09:14So 21 plays seven, Dan in the lead.
09:18And it's, uh, it's Dan's letters game.
09:21Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:23Thank you, Dan.
09:24V.
09:24And another one.
09:27L.
09:28And another one.
09:30R.
09:31And another one.
09:33G.
09:35And another one.
09:37T.
09:38And another one.
09:40K.
09:40And a vowel.
09:43O.
09:44And another vowel.
09:45E.
09:46And one final vowel, please.
09:48And the last one.
09:49U.
09:50And it's Countdown.
10:22Well done. Five. A five, Sandra? Six. And a six. Dan? Gruul. Gruul and Sandra? Grovel.
10:33Grovel. Yes, well done. And over in the corner there, Brian? We had, we didn't have Gruul,
10:38but we had grovel, but we've got Louvre. As in the Louvre window? Yes. Flashed window.
10:45Louvre. Okay. Anything else, Susie? No, six was tops. It was a difficult one, that one.
10:49Thank you. 21 plays 13. Dan's still in the lead. Now then, Sandra, your chance to even things out a
10:57bit.
10:57Your letters again. Consonant, please. Thank you, Sandra. R. And another. Y. And another. T. And another. S.
11:09And a vowel. A. And another. I. And another. E. And, um, a vowel. O. And, and consonant.
11:27And the last one, J. Stand by.
11:30J. Stand by.
12:01Well, Sandra?
12:03Um, I'll stick with six. Dan? Just a five.
12:08And your five is? Story.
12:11Sandra? Story with an E. Yes.
12:15Yes, story of the building. Indeed.
12:17Thank you. Third story. Now, Brian?
12:20Well, we had both stories, but the even better story is we have roasties.
12:24Roasties. Without an S.
12:27Roasty.
12:28Seriously, anything else?
12:29Single roast potato.
12:30Yeah.
12:30No, we like that one.
12:3221 plays 19.
12:34Sandra's hauling him in.
12:36And it's Dan's numbers game now.
12:38Dan?
12:39Could I have one big and five small, please, Rachel?
12:41You can, indeed.
12:42One from the top.
12:43Five little.
12:44Thank you, Dan.
12:45This time they are seven, seven, two, eight, nine, and 50.
12:52And this target, 249.
12:55Two, four, nine.
12:56Two, four, nine, and 50.
13:28Dan?
13:29249.
13:30And Sandra?
13:31Yes, 249.
13:32Off we go, Dan.
13:33OK, so you do seven minus two for five.
13:35Seven minus two, five.
13:3650 times five is 250.
13:39Minus a nine plus the eight for 249.
13:41Perfect.
13:42Well done.
13:43And Sandra, same way.
13:45There we go.
13:46All right.
13:51So, really much neck and neck.
13:5331 plays 29 as we turn to Brian.
13:56Brian, you want to finish off with a few light-hearted cookery titbits, I think.
14:02Well, it's interesting what we should call them.
14:04But, yes, they're slightly more light-hearted than we have been last week.
14:09First, I want to talk about Melba toast.
14:12Now, Melba toast, you're far too young to remember Melba toast.
14:15But Melba toast, in the good old days, early 60s, in all the top restaurants and hotels, was the only
14:22bread that they actually really served.
14:24And there was an art to making Melba toast.
14:27Very thin, crunchy toast.
14:30The art was to take, this was sort of invented because Dame Nelly Melba had a diet problem while she
14:39was ill in the 1890s.
14:41And so, Escoffier, the great chef, invented this making of this toast for her.
14:46So, you take a cut loaf, you take a slice, and you toast it, both sides, not too much, then
14:53take it out.
14:53You cut off the crusts, and then very carefully, horizontally, cut between the two slices.
15:00You get two very thin slices.
15:02Now, the trick now is to take, in my book, the back of a knife, and just scrape it on
15:07carefully.
15:07And all the bits of dough will come out and have this really flat, thin, toasted piece of bread back
15:15under the grill to toast.
15:17And it started to curl up a wee bit, and then just serve that.
15:21And it gave the effect of feeling that you weren't really eating much bread.
15:27So, I'd just like to finish with a little limerick that I found.
15:31There was an old gourmand of credit on, who ate patty de foie gras, having spread it on.
15:38A chocolate biscuit?
15:40He boomed, hell, I'll risk it.
15:42Now his tomb bears the date that he said it on.
15:46There you have it, sir.
15:47Oh, excellent. Well done.
15:49Well done.
15:55You go with a napkin tucked in.
15:57Absolutely.
15:59Very good. Thank you, Brian.
16:01Now, 31, please.
16:0329, Sandra, 29, obviously.
16:05And it's Sandra's letters game now.
16:07Yes, Mum.
16:08Consonant, please.
16:09Thank you, Sandra.
16:10F.
16:11And another.
16:13And another.
16:14And another.
16:15R.
16:17And another.
16:19T.
16:20And a vowel.
16:22I.
16:23And another.
16:24A.
16:25And another, please.
16:27I.
16:29And a vowel.
16:31E.
16:32And a consonant.
16:34And the last one.
16:35W.
16:36Stand by.
16:37And a vowel.
16:43And a vowel.
16:54And a vowel.
16:55And a vowel.
16:55And a vowel.
16:55And a vowel.
16:58And a vowel.
17:08Sandra?
17:09Seven.
17:10Dan?
17:10Six.
17:11And your six is?
17:13Waiter.
17:13Yes, waiter and?
17:15Fainter.
17:16Fainter, absolutely fine, more faint, yeah.
17:18Well done, well done.
17:20Brian?
17:21We had to mention waiter, of course, absolutely right.
17:23Tinware?
17:24Tinware, yes.
17:26Inertia?
17:27Yes.
17:27And you just mentioned fainter.
17:29Well done, three in all, excellent.
17:31And Sandra has clambered over Dan now, 36 to 31.
17:37Dan, don't let her run away.
17:38It's your letters game.
17:41A consonant, please.
17:42Thank you, Dan.
17:43S.
17:43And another one?
17:45Z.
17:46And another one?
17:48T.
17:49And a vowel?
17:51A.
17:52And a consonant?
17:54P.
17:55And a vowel?
17:56I.
17:57And a vowel?
17:59E.
18:00And a consonant?
18:02R.
18:03And a vowel?
18:05And the last one?
18:07I.
18:08Stand by.
18:29Thank you, Dan.
18:35We are going to try it and
18:35And a vowel?
18:36And a vowel?
18:36And a vowel?
18:36Whoa.
18:38Here we go, boy.
18:38And a vowel?
18:38well then I've got a seven Sandra and a seven Dan parties and pirates no what
18:49over the corner Brian well we're going to pinch a little bit of theirs and go
18:52for piratizers yeah it's very rare it's from the 17th century and it means to
18:58steal or loot something as well as to commit an act of piracy
19:08so 43 to 38 Sandra your numbers game the usual Rachel please to use too large
19:17for little thank you Sandra and this time we have three nine four ten and the
19:24large ones one hundred and twenty-five and the target nine hundred and eighteen
19:29nine one eight
19:33so
19:34so
19:36so
20:07yes
20:09Sandra nine times one hundred nine hundred plus twenty-five ninety-five
20:14minus the four and three nine one eight and down same there we go
20:23so 53 plays 48 as we turn to our second tea time teaser which is busy balls and the
20:30clue if you fancy something naughty in the kitchen get the cream out and start
20:35whipping if you fancy something naughty in the kitchen get the cream out and start
20:41whipping
20:57now welcome back I left with the clue if you fancy something naughty in the kitchen
21:01and get the cream and get the cream out and start whipping and the answer to that is
21:07syllabubs so 53 plays 48 and it's Dan's letters game Dan
21:12uh consonant please thank you Dan T and a vowel A and a consonant Q and a vowel I and
21:25a consonant T and a vowel E and a consonant H and a vowel A and a consonant
21:36and lastly D and it's standby
21:39now
22:07it's a
22:10Yes, Dan.
22:11Kind of a risky six.
22:13What about Sandra?
22:14I'll risk that six as well.
22:15OK. Dan?
22:17Tived.
22:17And?
22:18Oh, hatted.
22:20OK.
22:21Tived is very good.
22:23It is a verb meaning to pay or give as a tithe or a tax.
22:28That's really good.
22:29I think hatted should be fine as long as it's not in combination.
22:32It is. It's there on its own, wearing a hat.
22:34Suited, booted and hatted.
22:35Very good.
22:36Very good.
22:37Brian?
22:38Fred couldn't beat that.
22:39I only got hated and I lost the t in hatted, so it's well done you.
22:43Anything else, Susie?
22:44No, nothing beyond six, I'm afraid.
22:46All right, so it's 59, please.
22:4854.
22:50Sandra on 59.
22:51Sandra, your letters game.
22:52Off we go.
22:53Consonant, please.
22:54Thank you, Sandra.
22:56G.
22:56And another.
22:58S.
22:59And another.
23:01F.
23:01And another.
23:03G.
23:05Vowel.
23:06E.
23:07And another.
23:08A.
23:09And another.
23:11O.
23:12And a consonant.
23:15S.
23:16And another consonant.
23:17And lastly, L.
23:19Countdown.
23:20S.
23:21And another.
23:21And another.
23:48And another.
23:50Sandra I'll go just a five a five down seven and a seven
23:57Sandra a gloss now then goalless
24:02Goalless you need two L's unfortunately
24:05For that
24:07Just two hours. Yeah, sorry done. What are we doing in the corner? We've got fogless a
24:14Day when there was no fog
24:15Oh, right. Mmm
24:17Also, if you look through its history, you'll find an ad for a remarkable fogless mirror
24:23So one that doesn't fog or steam up. Well, that's clever. That could be quite useful. Yeah, very
24:28particularly in the bathroom 64 to 54 Sandra ten points in the lead and it's Susie we turn to yes,
24:35Susie
24:35Origins of words time
24:37Yes, well, I'm turning to Cameron McEwen who asks if I know the origin of the American derogatory term for
24:44a woman abroad
24:45Not completely sure about this and it first pops up in that sense in the kind of late
24:511900s really and the best series that we have as to its origin is if it's simply referencing a woman's
24:58broad hips is if you look in slang dictionaries
25:01You will find references to a brace of broads
25:04Meaning to two very broad hips usually on a woman said that's the best guess that we have
25:11But actually if you look back at the Oxford English Dictionary, you can see the journey
25:15That a lot of similar words have made starting off as quite neutral terms for a woman and then eventually
25:21getting quite negative
25:22Over time and I think this is the way that broad has gone
25:26Is it's an adjective meaning plain spoken
25:29originally so not minting your words and then course or vulgar because somebody perhaps it was quite loud or outspoken
25:36was considered to be
25:37Not particularly polite then dialect for example if you had a broad Yorkshire accent that again was seen as being
25:44fairly coarse unfairly obviously
25:46And and then eventually it was applied to women and it was applied to women who were seen as being
25:51low or vulgar
25:52Or he had loose morals and eventually to a prostitute so that was the journey that broad took and I
25:58think probably there's a link there between the
26:00Prostitute sense and a broad and in the kind of detective fiction with a sort of a board is not
26:05a particularly
26:07High-class woman. I think it's a sort of implication there
26:09They got me thinking about a lot of other words for women who followed a very similar route
26:14So harlot the first harlots were villains they were men they were
26:19Impudent bold daring if you like and then before too long it was applied to women and their impudence was
26:25seen as being
26:27promiscuous so again it kind of took took that journey and finally dame
26:32Followed exactly the same route was incredibly quite classy to be a dame obviously a
26:38Wife or mistress of a household and then eventually it took on the meaning of housewife and then because the
26:44housewife was seeing as being
26:45sort of quite low-trodden like a hussy which started off as being a housewife it came to be
26:50synonymous with a sort of a woman in the sense of a broad really again not particularly
26:56Flattering I would say to be called a dame in quite a lot of us detective fiction
27:00So sorry that they were left to them
27:02It's really interesting to see the way that these words have gone and it's always for women anyway towards the
27:08negative
27:09Fascinating
27:09You're right I mean dame and broad it's real sort of Humphrey Bogart. Yeah, you know 40s movies isn't it?
27:22Yeah
27:22Thank you for that 10 points in it's 64 to 54 down
27:28Your letters game good luck a vowel please Rachel. Thank you Dan
27:31E and another
27:34A and another
27:37O and another
27:40U and one more
27:43E a consonant B and another W and another n and the final one, please and the final d
27:53Countdown
28:23Dan six
28:26Sandra six off we go down weaned and
28:31Abound and abound and abound very good both sixes and in the corner we had abound but if I we've
28:40now found unbowed
28:42Yes, I'll give you seven excellent. Well done. Thank you
28:46Still ten points. So this game is not over 70 plays 60 down on 60 Sandra's letters game
28:53Consonant please Rachel. Thanks, Sandra and and another
28:58D and another
29:01X and another
29:04C and a vowel I
29:08And another you and another a
29:14And a consonant L
29:18Another consonant and lastly s and here's the countdown clock
29:55Sondra
29:56Yes six
29:58Dan just a five and
30:01Your five down schooled
30:03Thank you, Sandra and sad and
30:07Unsaid yes, very good five and a six can we beat it we can share and beat it I think
30:13unlaid yes
30:14but even better
30:16Sundial sundial
30:18Oh, well done. Very good
30:20That's it Susie. That's it best we could do all right 76 to 60 into the final
30:26Numbers game down good luck one big and five small please you sure I just have to point out 16
30:32points behind
30:34Yeah, one large and five small, okay?
30:37Let's see if you get a tricky enough one to hold off Sandra final numbers are three two ten
30:43Five eight and the large one 25 and a target 834
30:49834
31:21Yes, Dan no I near it too far Sandra I'm gonna say eight three four
31:29So
31:30Sandra
31:32I
31:33Think I've lost it um
31:35Have to hurry you
31:37No, I am
31:41Rachel Rachel
31:42Rachel eight three four and
31:44Don't you have to leave it with me Nick certainly will certainly will so 76 to 60
31:50Into the final round
31:52Now then fingers on buzzers ready let's roll today's countdown conundrum
31:57And
31:57Nope
31:59They
32:00They
32:11They
32:12They
32:14They
32:15They
32:16They
32:29Nope. Nope, nope, nope.
32:32Now, who in the audience... I'm going to take this on.
32:37Madam.
32:38Tearfully.
32:39Said with confidence. Let's see whether you're right.
32:43Well done.
32:47Well done.
32:49Well done.
32:51So, Sandra takes today. Dan, you played very well. You had her on the road.
32:55You were leading for quite a long way, which is something nobody else has done.
32:58But she overhauled you in the end.
33:01Her lowest score to date, so well done. That's down to you.
33:0476 to your 60, so good for you.
33:08And take this back to your class.
33:10Yep.
33:11And, you know, they'll be proud of you too.
33:13I think my kids are going to teach me how to spell goalless now.
33:17Don't worry. Thanks very much indeed for coming.
33:20Well done indeed. All right. Look at this.
33:23You're sixth. Well done. All right. We'll see you tomorrow.
33:26He gave you a bit of a scare, didn't he, earlier on?
33:29Oh, man, of course. It was a white knuckle ride at the end.
33:32It was a bit. Listen, we'll see you tomorrow. Well done. Well done.
33:35We will not be seeing you until you come back and see us again. It's been a real pleasure.
33:39Thank you, sir.
33:40First time on Countdown, and you were a joy, and you taught us a lot.
33:43You were very kind.
33:44Well, it's been great fun.
33:45Thanks for coming.
33:48Susie, see you tomorrow.
33:49You will. See you then.
33:50All right.
33:51Now then, Rachel, what have you been up to?
33:52Well, I don't want homework, Nick.
33:53So, if you say 8 minus 5 is 3, add 25 is 28, times by 10 is 280, minus 2
34:04is 278, and times
34:07it by 3, and we can all go home.
34:09That's easy.
34:10Yeah, fantastic. Well done.
34:13Well done.
34:16Excellent, Rachel.
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