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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio and welcome to our second quarter final match in Series 80.
00:40We're in the finals. Wow, it's amazing. Now, tomorrow, something else is happening in Manchester, Rachel. The Empress of Soul,
00:49Gladys Knight, starts her UK tour just down the road in Manchester. Fantastic.
00:53I wonder how many encores she'll give of that great midnight train to Georgia. Oh, she's just fantastic. What a
01:02voice. If you wanted to be a singer, whose voice would you like? Whose voice would you most crave?
01:09If I could choose anyone's voice. I like it when singers have completely different singing voices to their regular speaking
01:14voices like Adele. So I would choose Barry White.
01:19You cannot.
01:20That would be an amazing party trick if I spoke like this and started singing as Barry White.
01:25Brilliant. How wonderful. Now, Rachel, who's with us? We've got Mr. Sferis back. Dino Sferis, Mass Tudor from Rotherham, number
01:33two seed. Welcome back.
01:35Thank you, Nick.
01:35Did I get your pronunciation right? Sferis. Sferis, thank you. And you scored six centuries during your run in the
01:42heats and totaled 918 points. That's brilliant.
01:47Thank you. We're delighted to see you back here.
01:48I'm glad to be back.
01:49All right. And you're joined by Sandra, Sandra Pilsen, management consultant from Whiston near Rotherham, number seven seed, who picked
01:56up six good, good wins during your travels here.
02:00And here you are. Welcome.
02:02Thank you. And good luck to you both. Good luck to you. Big round of applause for Dinos and Sandra.
02:12Yeah. Over in the corner. Who's there? It's Rufus Hound and Susie Dent, of course. Rufus, welcome back.
02:20Thank you. Lovely to be here. Yeah. And a great guy, too. It's great to have you. Thanks very much.
02:27Thank you. Now, Dinos, off we go. Letters game.
02:31Hi, Rachel. Hi, Dinos. I'll start with the consonant, please. Thank you. Start this quarterfinal with W.
02:35And a vowel. E. A consonant. R. A vowel. O. Consonant. N. A vowel. I. A consonant. T. Vowel. A.
03:00And a final consonant, please.
03:03A final D. And here's the countdown clock.
03:07One, please.
03:10Three, four, six, six, ten, a vowel.
03:37Dinos.
03:39Eight.
03:40Sandra.
03:41Yes, eight.
03:42Dinos.
03:43Dane Wirt.
03:44And Sandra.
03:46Russian.
03:49Yes, Dwayne Dane Wirt is an Eurasian elder tree,
03:54I think, with a strong unpleasant smell and berries that give off a blue dye.
03:59Well done.
04:00Well done.
04:03Now, what in the corner there?
04:06Rufus.
04:07Yeah, rationed.
04:08You can put the D at the other end and have D ration.
04:10Yeah.
04:12And then downrate.
04:14Thanks.
04:14Thanks, Susie.
04:15All right.
04:16Eight apiece.
04:17Sandra, off we go.
04:19Valor, please, Rachel.
04:20Thank you, Sandra.
04:21E.
04:22And another.
04:23O.
04:24And another.
04:25U.
04:27And a consonant.
04:29R.
04:29And another.
04:31G.
04:32And another.
04:34M.
04:35And another.
04:36N.
04:38And a vowel.
04:41E.
04:43And a consonant.
04:45And lastly, C.
04:47Stand by.
04:49And a consonant.
05:07And a consonant.
05:08And a consonant.
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05:14And a consonant.
05:19Sandra?
05:20Just a six.
05:22A six and?
05:23Seven.
05:24And a seven.
05:25Sandra?
05:26Munger.
05:27A munger and mergen.
05:30Well then.
05:31Yes, it is in.
05:34And I have to say this is a new one on Medium Otis.
05:37A dialect term and it's for dirt, refuse, dregs or wet, peaty soil.
05:43Especially that used as manure.
05:46Very good.
05:47What else have you got there?
05:49Just a six is nothing.
05:50Munger, actually, I have to disallow.
05:53It's the rest of the only way I guess it's dish.
05:55But it's got a hyphen in front of it now.
05:57It didn't used to in the dictionary, but now it's just, it has to be with a cheese munger, fish
06:01munger, etc.
06:01So you can have it on its own, Sandra, sorry.
06:03If somebody sold snooker queues, would they be a queue munger?
06:06Because that's there for nine.
06:08Oh, that would be great.
06:10Yeah, in future.
06:11Okay.
06:13Fifteen plays eight.
06:15Dinos on fifteen.
06:16Numbers for you, Dinos?
06:18Can I have my favourite, please?
06:19Six small.
06:19You can indeed.
06:21Get these finals, the party finals started.
06:24Six little ones.
06:25And the first numbers of the day are eight, seven, three, one, four, and nine.
06:33And the target, one hundred and fifty-three.
06:36One five three.
06:36Two or three.
06:46Two of them.
06:47Three or two.
06:57Dupe, two.
07:00Three or four.
07:02Three or three.
07:02Thro jackSI.
07:03Thro jackSI.
07:08Dinos?
07:09Yeah, 153.
07:10And Sandra?
07:12No, I think I've got 154.
07:14Let's try for Dinos, then, first of all.
07:17Nine, take away the three and take away the one is five.
07:21Yep.
07:22Times four times eight is 160.
07:25And subtract the seven.
07:27And you have the seven left over.
07:28Well done.
07:29153.
07:29Well done.
07:34Well done, Dinos.
07:3525 place eight as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
07:39which is Mum Itches and the clue.
07:41Mum Itches to be friends with everyone.
07:44She's this sort of person.
07:46Mum Itches to be friends with everyone.
07:49She's this sort of person.
08:06Welcome back.
08:07Welcome back.
08:08I left with the clue.
08:09Mum Itches to be friends with everyone.
08:11She's this sort of person.
08:13She's just the chummiest.
08:17The chummiest of mums.
08:19Chummiest.
08:2025 place eight.
08:22Dinos on 25.
08:23Sandra, your letters came.
08:25Can I have a consonant, please?
08:27Thank you, Sandra.
08:27And another.
08:31X.
08:32And another.
08:34R.
08:35And a vowel.
08:36E.
08:38And another.
08:39I.
08:40And another.
08:42O.
08:44And a consonant.
08:46T.
08:48And another.
08:50D.
08:53And a vowel.
08:56Lastly, A.
09:00Standby.
09:00Dinosaur Bika.
09:02Dinosaur Bika.
09:03Dinosaur Bika.
09:11Dinosaur Bika.
09:15I am.
09:29And an associate.
09:31Sandra eight and eight and eight here as well eight from Dean or Sandra rationed again
09:38rationed and ordinate
09:40Thank you
09:42Happy enough very happy. Yes, you can also take the ED from the end of rations and have de ration
09:51That's a very small move and the else
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10:02More than it deserves to 33 plays 16 Dinos your letters game a consonant please Rachel
10:08Thank you Dinos ah and a vowel
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10:35A final a
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21:17Another. T. And another. S. And a vowel. E. And another vowel. And the last one, I. Standby.
22:07S. Sandra. S. Seven. And Dinos? Nine. You and your nines. S. Sandra.
22:17S. Rations. I can't wait for this. Dinos? I put A. E. on the front and got aerations.
22:27It's a mass now, Dinos. You can't put the S on it. I'm so sorry. It's F. Eight. But no.
22:33No plural. I'm sorry.
22:35Bad luck. We had aeration, too. Otherwise, without the S. Thank you. Well done. Bad luck there, Dinos.
22:41So, 53 plays 74. And it's a letters game for you, Dinos.
22:47Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Dinos. N. And a vowel.
22:53O. Consonant. D. A vowel. I. Consonant. S. And a vowel.
23:03E. Consonant. M. Vowel. U. And a final consonant, please.
23:18A final R. Standby.
23:51A final consonant, please.
23:53Dinos? Eight. And Sandra?
23:57Um, seven. And your seven?
24:00Mine does. Dinos?
24:02Nursedom. I think, Dinos, it's probably going to be right, because he knows his dictionary.
24:07Yes, it is in the realm of nurses. Nursedom. Very good.
24:18And Rufus. Oh, and?
24:20And dimeris, yes. Dimeris is termed from botany and zoology, meaning having parts arranged in groups of two.
24:27Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. 82 to 53.
24:33Good, uh, good lead there, Dinos, as we turn to Susie for her origins of words.
24:38Um, well, obviously, um, countdown is all about 30 seconds, um, on the clock.
24:45And I'm going to talk a little bit about measurements of time.
24:48Um, so in today's world, um, the most commonly used numerical system is decimal.
24:54So base 10, essentially. Um, and that's the system that probably originated because it made it easier for us to
25:00count on our fingers.
25:01So if you think we use the word digital today, digit goes back to the idea of fingers, um, originally.
25:07Um, and, um, the civilizations that first divided the down to smaller parts used lots of different numeral systems.
25:13So they didn't necessarily use that base 10.
25:16The Egyptians used what was called the duodecimal system.
25:18So that's the importance of the number 12.
25:20And that's usually attributed either to, um, lunar cycles in a year or, again, a nod to our hands.
25:28Not so much, uh, the number of fingers this time, but actually the number of finger joints on each hand.
25:34So, um, four times three, if you like, if you look at your four fingers.
25:38So that accounts for, um, for the number 12 and its importance for us.
25:43Because as early as 1500 BC, the Egyptians had, um, developed a more advanced sundial.
25:48They placed this kind of T-shaped bar on the ground, and it was calibrated to divide the interval between
25:53sunrise and sunset into 12 parts.
25:56And the astronomers also saw a set of 24 stars that divided the heavens into equal parts.
26:02So the passage of time could be marked by the appearances of these stars.
26:06And total darkness was marked by 12 of them in the skies, resulting in 12 divisions of night.
26:13So once both the light and dark hours were divided into 12-hour parts, if you like, the 24-hour
26:18day was in place.
26:19But this is all coming to seconds and minutes in the linguistic, um, side of things.
26:23Obviously the division of the hour.
26:25And it goes back to the expressions that were first used to divide them.
26:28So the hour was divided into 60 parts once, and that created prima pars minuta, which meant the first diminished
26:35part.
26:36And that gave us minute, prima pars minuta.
26:39And then it was divided again for the seconds, for the second pars minuta, which was the second diminished part.
26:46And eventually, over the centuries, those names are shortened to minute and second.
26:50Brilliant.
26:55Perfect. Thank you, Susie.
26:57Thank you very much. 82 to 53.
27:01Sandra, your letters game.
27:02A vowel, please, Rachel.
27:04Thank you, Sandra.
27:05A.
27:06And another.
27:07O.
27:08And another.
27:09E.
27:10And a consonant.
27:12T.
27:13And another.
27:15L.
27:16And another.
27:17N.
27:19And another.
27:22S.
27:23And another.
27:26K.
27:29And a vowel.
27:31And lastly, I.
27:34Stand by.
27:36And a vowel.
27:54And a vowel.
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28:06Sandra?
28:07I'll try an eight.
28:09Thank you. And Dinos?
28:10Eight. Sandra?
28:13Lankiest. And?
28:14Toenails.
28:18Yes, I prefer lankiest, I think.
28:20It's in the dictionary. Very, very good.
28:21Very good.
28:27Long shanks.
28:29Yeah, lankiest.
28:30And Rufus?
28:32Lankiest and toenails from us, I'm afraid.
28:34That's it.
28:34Susie?
28:35Yeah.
28:3790 to 61.
28:39Into the final letters game.
28:41Dinos?
28:42A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:43Thank you, Dinos.
28:44S.
28:45And a vowel.
28:46A.
28:47Consonant.
28:49M.
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28:57And a vowel.
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29:18There.
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29:37AAME.
29:39A consonant.
29:39A diyor.
29:43Aอก湾.
29:44Dinos? 9. You're a character. Sandra? Give me a break, 6. And you're 6, Sandra? Famous. Thank you. Dinos? Farmhouse.
30:00There you go. Well done. Oh, well done. 108, well done. Farmhouse. 108 plays 61. Sandra, your numbers game.
30:17I think it's going to be my last game, so can I have my normal two top four small?
30:22You can indeed. Thank you, Sandra. Two large, four little. And the final one of this quarterfinal is 1, 4,
30:301, 7. And the large two, 100. And 25. And this target, 793.
30:39793.
31:10Yes, Sandra?
31:13Ah, yes, 793.
31:15Yes?
31:16793.
31:17Sandra?
31:19100 minus 1. 99. Times 7. Times 7. 693. 4 times 25. Here's your 100. And add them on. 793.
31:28Well done.
31:29Well done. Dinos?
31:30I did it differently. I did 7 add 1 is 8. 7 plus 1, 8. 100 take 4 is 96.
31:36Yep. Multiply them together.
31:38Multiply them together for... 7, 6, 8. And then add the 25. Well done.
31:44Well done.
31:45Well done.
31:49So, 1, 1, 8. Well done, Dinos. 1, 1, 8 plays Sandra. 71. It's a good score, Sandra. So, final
31:58round.
31:59Fingers on buzzers. Let's roll today's Countdown Conuntrum.
32:34Do you know us?
32:35Total guess, Prizolvic.
32:38Prizolvic?
32:41All the rest of the time, Sandra, is down to you.
32:49I'm sorry. Bad luck, guys.
32:52Well played, both of you. But you were Fox. That means that some genius in the audience, if they've got
32:57it really, will get a roar of approval. Do I see a hand? You, sir, young chap.
33:03Is it coverslip, Nick?
33:05Coverslip. Let's see whether you're right.
33:08Carver's good. Well done.
33:16Well done. Now, Sandra, well played. Well played. It's been great having you back. Thank you.
33:23You take this piece of perfect kryptonite and make sure you show to everybody. Thank you.
33:28And you can take it into the office on a daily basis if you want to. You should be proud
33:32of it. Thank you very much.
33:35Well done. And we shall see young Dinos now next week in our second semi-final.
33:42Can I just say it's a pleasure to play a fellow Rothermer just round the corner from me.
33:47Indeed. That's right.
33:48Yes.
33:48Well, you can play together when you get home.
33:50Anyway. We'll see you next week and you can tell us all about it.
34:01So, Rufus, see you on Monday.
34:04Yes.
34:05We're taking the weekend off.
34:06I popped a little sleeping bag under the desk so I'll be rested for you.
34:09Lovely. We look forward to that. All right. And Susie too, of course.
34:13Happy weekend.
34:13All right. Rachel?
34:15Yep. A whole weekend of no work or play.
34:17Brilliant. What could be better? See you on Monday.
34:20See you then.
34:20Join us then. Same time, same place. You be sure of it. Very good afternoon.
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