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00:31Well, good afternoon, good afternoon. Noisy crowd in today. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown studio. Now, have you ever
00:37found animals in an unusual place? Maybe you have, but I wonder whether Rosalyn Edwards has you well and truly
00:46beat.
00:47She came home to find Rachel in her kitchen. Nine sheep, which her puppy, her collie, Rocky had guided them
00:57there, all busy and eager to please. And when she got home, there were nine sheep in there and Rocky
01:02keeping them in there.
01:03And they'd made such a terrible mess. Can you imagine? Yeah. But have you ever discovered creatures in an unusual,
01:10unpleasant, unlikely, interesting place?
01:13Never sheep. But when we went to the Galapagos over the summer, we went snorkeling every day and it was
01:18quite cold water, the kind of water that when you get in, you kind of give a little shriek off.
01:21So we'd already been once that day and they said, do you want to go again? To be honest, I
01:24don't think there's going to be anything in this spot. So we stayed on the boat.
01:27And lucky we did, because as we were on the boat, just sunbathing or, you know, relaxing, a sea lion
01:32actually came and jumped on board.
01:34You're kidding. So he actually came to us and stayed there for about half an hour, just drying itself off,
01:38having a little sunbathe.
01:39How big? Probably kind of man-sized, a lot fatter. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he thought it was a sort
01:47of place to go and have a sunbathe too?
01:49Yeah, well, I think it was probably an adolescent male because they kicked them out of the groups when they're
01:53a certain age.
01:54So he was probably just out on his own having a little swim and wanted to warm up. And he
01:58was pretty near you?
02:00Yeah. I mean, in the Galapagos, they're so close to you and they don't get hurt. They're protected. So they're
02:05not scared of humans.
02:05One lovely story. Lovely story. Thank you. Now, Rachel, we've got Zate's back. Zate Siempre. Great name.
02:14Marketing manager from Dadford. Three big wins for Zate. Fantastic. A hat-trick of centuries too.
02:22Thank you. Brilliant. Well done. And good luck to you today.
02:25Thank you very much. You're joined by Jonathan Stoneman, a freelance journalism trainer from Dartford, who's a keen musician.
02:32Now, what's this training that you do, freelance journalism trainer?
02:37Well, I show journalists how to find interesting stories hidden in spreadsheets, basically.
02:42There are loads of spreadsheets all over the Internet, many of them containing facts that people have overlooked.
02:47So I show people how to find them and how to dig them out.
02:51Now, you sort of stumbled on this once upon a time when you found a great story. Is that how
02:56it worked?
02:57Roughly, yes. I was helping somebody who'd put a load of data into a spreadsheet and didn't have a clue
03:03how to get it back out again.
03:04OK.
03:04So I decided, and I was already training journalists a bit, so I decided that was something that needed doing.
03:10I can understand now. It's a treasure trove of stuff if you've got the forensic ability to go digging in.
03:16Yes.
03:16And pulling it out. Fascinating.
03:18Well, it's a living.
03:19Yeah, good. And then when you're not doing that, you're blowing the French horn.
03:23Or blowing your own horn. Or trumpet. Something like that, anyway.
03:26Listen, let's have a big round of applause for Jonathan Nzate.
03:34And over in the corner, Susie, of course, joined for the first time. It's great to welcome her.
03:41Science, wildlife and natural history presenter, Liz Bonin. You're very welcome, Liz.
03:46Very pleased to be here. Thank you.
03:51Well, we hope you have a fun, fun time.
03:53I'm sure I will.
03:53All right. Zate, off we go.
03:56Afternoon, Rachel.
03:57Afternoon, Zate.
03:58Start with a vowel, please.
03:59Thank you. Start today with E.
04:01And a consonant.
04:03P.
04:04And another.
04:06S.
04:07And a vowel, please.
04:09U.
04:10And a consonant.
04:12N.
04:12And a vowel.
04:14A.
04:15And a consonant.
04:16T.
04:16And a vowel.
04:19I.
04:20And a final consonant, please.
04:23And a final D.
04:24And here's the countdown clock.
04:26H.
04:28H.
04:28H.
04:29Let's go.
04:39Let's go.
04:40Let's go.
04:57Now then, Zate.
04:59Pretty sure I've got a nine.
05:02Jonathan?
05:03Seven.
05:04And your seven?
05:06Dispute.
05:06Dispute.
05:07Now then, Zate.
05:08Supernated?
05:10Excellent.
05:10Yes.
05:11We don't hear it as much as pronated, but it's in the same family.
05:14It's to turn or hold a hand or a foot, so the palm or sole is facing upwards or outwards.
05:20Yes.
05:24Thank you, Zate.
05:24Supernated.
05:27Red hot there, Zate.
05:29Over in the corner, your nine?
05:32Same one.
05:33Yeah.
05:34Did you get it?
05:35Well, no, I didn't.
05:37Susie?
05:38Yes, that was there.
05:39Otherwise, we were down to sevens as well.
05:41Sapient panties, that kind of thing.
05:42Well done.
05:43All right.
05:44Thank you, Zate.
05:45Cracking start there.
05:46Now, Jonathan, your letters game.
05:48Afternoon, Rachel.
05:49Afternoon, Jonathan.
05:50Start with a consonant, please.
05:53Start with S.
05:54And another consonant.
05:56N.
05:57And another.
05:59M.
06:00And a vowel.
06:01O.
06:02And a vowel.
06:05E.
06:06A consonant.
06:08L.
06:10A vowel.
06:12I.
06:14A consonant.
06:16N.
06:17And a consonant.
06:19And lastly, H.
06:21Stand by.
06:54Jonathan.
06:55Six not written down.
06:56OK.
06:57And, Zate?
06:58Yes, six.
06:59Jonathan.
07:00Insole.
07:01Insole and?
07:03Solemn.
07:04Yes.
07:05Very nice.
07:06Can we match six?
07:07Can we beat six, even?
07:09All sorts of fruits.
07:11Yes.
07:11Lemons, melons, limes.
07:12That kind of thing.
07:14Yes.
07:15No higher than six.
07:16No higher than six.
07:17Nothing more.
07:18All right.
07:19So, Jonathan's off the blocks there.
07:21Six to twenty-four.
07:22And it's Zate's numbers game.
07:25Yes, sir.
07:27Backwards, Whitehall.
07:27Two, one, two, one, please.
07:29Two from the top.
07:30And four little.
07:31Thank you, Zate.
07:32First one of the day is five, three, six, five.
07:37And the big one's 150.
07:40And the target, 406.
07:434-0-6.
07:45And the target, 406.
07:45There's two, one, three, six, five, seven.
07:464-0-6.
07:46And the target, 406.
08:12What's the target, 406?
08:124-0-6.
08:124-0-6.
08:15Zate, 406
08:16Jonathan, 406
08:18Thank you, Zate
08:205 plus 3 is 8
08:22It is
08:22Times 50
08:23It is 400
08:24Plus 6
08:25Nice and simple
08:26And Jonathan
08:27Exactly the same way
08:28Very good
08:32So
08:3434 plays 16
08:36Zate on 34
08:37And it's time for our first tea time teaser
08:39Which is feed a crab
08:41And the clue
08:41He didn't wear a mask
08:43But he told lots of shameless lies
08:45He didn't wear a mask
08:47But he told lots of shameless lies
09:06Welcome back
09:07Welcome back
09:08I left with the clue
09:08He didn't wear a mask
09:10But he told lots of shameless lies
09:12Barefaced lies they were
09:14Barefaced
09:15Now
09:16Zate, 34
09:17Jonathan on 16
09:18And it's Jonathan's letters game
09:21Yes, Jonathan
09:22Right, let's start with a consonant please
09:24Thank you, Jonathan
09:25C
09:25And another one
09:27D
09:29And a vowel
09:30And a consonant
09:33L
09:34And a vowel
09:36E
09:37And a consonant
09:39N
09:40And a vowel
09:42A
09:44And a consonant
09:46R
09:48And a final consonant please
09:50And a final V
09:52Countdown
10:21Countdown
10:24Jonathan
10:25Jonathan
10:26Six
10:26Zate
10:27Seven
10:28No, Jonathan
10:29Craven
10:30Zate
10:31Unclear
10:32Very nice
10:33Yes
10:34Unclear
10:35And in the corner
10:36Another seven
10:38Yes
10:39Unlaced
10:40Unlaced
10:41That's good
10:41Susie
10:42Yep
10:42No, that was only seven
10:44Otherwise we were down to
10:44Cavern
10:45And other sixes
10:46Thank you
10:47Alright
10:47So 41
10:48Page 16
10:49Zate
10:50Here we go
10:52Consonant please, Rachel
10:53Thank you, Zate
10:54N
10:56And a vowel please
10:58I
10:59And a consonant
11:00D
11:01And a vowel
11:02E
11:03And a consonant
11:05J
11:06And a vowel
11:08U
11:09And a consonant
11:10D
11:12And a consonant
11:13Please
11:14R
11:16And a final
11:18Consonant
11:19Please
11:19And a final T
11:21Stand by
11:22We'll see you next time
11:24We'll see you next time
11:24We'll see you next time
11:53Yes, Zate
11:54Seven
11:55A seven
11:56Jonathan
11:56Six
11:57And that six
11:58Ruined
11:59Ruined and
12:00Injured
12:01Ruined and injured
12:03Liz
12:05We got an eight
12:06I say we
12:07Yes
12:08Intruded
12:09Thank you
12:11Thank you
12:12Very good
12:16Well done
12:17Now, Jonathan
12:18It's your numbers game
12:20Two from the top
12:22And four from the bottom
12:23Please
12:23Thank you, Jonathan
12:24Same again
12:25Two large
12:26Four little
12:26And this time
12:27They are
12:28Eight
12:29Seven
12:30Two
12:31Another seven
12:33And the large one's
12:33One hundred
12:34And seventy-five
12:35And this target
12:37Nine hundred and five
12:39Nine
12:39Oh five
13:11Jonathan
13:13Uh, nine hundred
13:15Nine hundred, Zate
13:16Fairly sure, nine oh five
13:17Let's try
13:19Uh, one hundred plus two
13:21One hundred and two
13:22Times eight
13:23Eight hundred and sixteen
13:24Add the seventy-five
13:25And the two sevens
13:26Well done
13:27Yep
13:27Add them all together
13:28Nine oh five
13:29Lovely
13:29Good man
13:30Well done
13:34Well done
13:35Fifty-eight to sixteen
13:36And we turn to Liz
13:38Liz, you want to talk
13:39Of wondrous creatures today
13:41Well, I'd like to
13:42If I may
13:42I've just spent
13:43Um, quite a
13:45Uh, a few months
13:46Filming, um
13:46Unusual and unexpected
13:48Behaviors in animals
13:49You, um
13:50You just wouldn't expect
13:51Would be quite so, um
13:52Interesting
13:53But also
13:55Resourceful
13:56Um, so
13:57We filmed
13:58A story about
14:00A little crustacean
14:01Called a boxer crab
14:02And it's
14:03It's called that
14:04For a very
14:04For a very good reason
14:05And it's about
14:05The size of a
14:06Of a five
14:07Pea piece
14:08And it lives
14:09In the corals
14:10Amongst the corals
14:11And
14:13It's called a boxer crab
14:14Because to defend itself
14:16It uses these two
14:17Tiny anemones
14:18In its claws
14:19They're only a couple
14:20Of millimetres across
14:21Um
14:22And these anemones
14:23They're relatives
14:23Of jellyfish
14:24And they've got
14:25A powerful cocktail
14:26Of toxins
14:27In their
14:27At the tips
14:28Of their
14:29Little tendrils
14:30Yeah
14:30And so
14:30If a puffer fish
14:31Comes along
14:31And looks at this
14:32Little tiny crab
14:33And thinks
14:33Hmm, dinner
14:34The crab
14:35Literally goes
14:36Like that
14:37With the anemone
14:38Which then
14:39Delivers a sting
14:40To the fish
14:40And the fish
14:41Retreats
14:41Which already
14:42Is pretty resourceful
14:44For a tiny thing
14:44You might just
14:45Look at when you're
14:46Swimming along
14:46And think
14:46You know
14:47It's a pretty simple
14:48Little creature
14:49But what's even
14:50More interesting
14:50Is what the boxer
14:52Crab has to do
14:53In order to keep
14:53These anemones
14:54In its claws
14:55Left to their own
14:56Devices
14:56They would grow
14:57To about
14:58Eight times
14:58Their size
14:59So the boxer
14:59Crab actually
15:01Starves them
15:02Takes the food
15:03Takes the food
15:03Off them
15:03And feeds
15:04On the food
15:05Itself
15:06Not only that
15:07But because
15:07These anemones
15:08Only live
15:09In boxer
15:09Crab claws
15:10They're quite
15:11Coveted by
15:12Other boxer
15:12Crabs
15:13And so
15:13They're often
15:14Stolen
15:14By other crabs
15:15At which point
15:16A boxer
15:16Crab may be
15:17Left with
15:17Just one anemone
15:18But it's
15:19Not a problem
15:19It will tear
15:20An anemone
15:21In half
15:22These little
15:23Creatures
15:23Will regrow
15:24Perfectly
15:25Happily
15:25And will then
15:26Have two little
15:27Boxing gloves
15:27Again and will
15:28Carry on
15:28Defending itself
15:29With these
15:30Little pom-pom
15:30Things in its
15:32Claws
15:32I just think
15:33It's the most
15:33Extraordinary
15:34Behaviour
15:35Isn't it
15:36Isn't life
15:36Complicated
15:37Isn't life
15:38Beautifully
15:38Complex
15:39Extraordinary
15:40And also
15:40So surprising
15:41It's another
15:42Reminder of
15:42Of how
15:44Every single
15:45Living
15:46Species
15:46Living creature
15:47Plant
15:47Etc
15:48Has something
15:49Wondrous going
15:50On
15:50It's evolved
15:50Something incredible
15:51For it to
15:52Survive in its
15:52Environment
15:53And it's as
15:54Intelligent as it
15:54Needs to be
15:55In its environment
15:55And I think
15:57It's something
15:57We often overlook
15:58As we set
15:59Ourselves far
15:59Apart from the
16:00Rest of the
16:00Animal Kingdom
16:00So these are
16:01To me the most
16:03Fabulous reminders
16:03Of reminding
16:05Ourselves to be
16:06A little bit more
16:06Humble
16:07Absolutely
16:08Well you've
16:09Told it
16:09Beautifully
16:14Brilliant
16:15Brilliant story
16:15Thank you so much
16:16All right
16:17Zarte 58
16:19Jonathan on
16:1916
16:20And it's
16:21Zarte's letters
16:22Game
16:22Start with a
16:23Vowel please
16:24Rachel
16:24Thank you
16:25Zarte
16:25O
16:25And another
16:26I
16:28And a third
16:29Please
16:29E
16:30And a consonant
16:31B
16:33And another
16:34K
16:35And another
16:36T
16:37And a fourth
16:39Please
16:39L
16:40And another
16:43Please
16:43G
16:44S
16:45And finish
16:47With another
16:48Consonant
16:48Please
16:49And finish
16:49With M
16:50Stand by
16:51Time
17:05MUSIC PLAYS
17:22Zarte? Six.
17:24And Jonathan? Four.
17:26And that four? Time.
17:28Time and? Gimlet.
17:30Yes. Gimlet.
17:32Yes. We're just talking about that.
17:34Yep. Tricky enough. Anything beyond Gimlet?
17:37No, just another sixth goblet.
17:39But I like that Gimlet is not only a tool for boring holes,
17:42but it's also a really good cocktail of vodka and lime or gin and lime.
17:46You're familiar with this?
17:47Well, it's my kind of cocktail.
17:49Oh, right.
17:50I'm tempted to ask whether Rachel's come across a Gimlet.
17:54I think you know the answer to it.
17:56LAUGHTER
17:58Oh, dear. We spent hours discussing espresso martinis here.
18:03Now, 64, please. 16.
18:05Jonathan, your letter's going.
18:07Thanks, Nick.
18:08A consonant, please.
18:09Thank you, Jonathan.
18:10V.
18:11Another consonant.
18:13T.
18:15Another.
18:15S.
18:18A vowel.
18:19A.
18:20Another vowel.
18:22I.
18:23Another vowel.
18:25E.
18:26A consonant.
18:28R.
18:29A consonant.
18:30D.
18:32And a consonant, please.
18:34And lastly, Q.
18:37Stand by.
18:37A consonant.
18:39A consonant.
18:52A consonant.
18:53A consonant.
18:55A consonant.
18:55A consonant.
18:55A consonant.
18:55A consonant.
18:55A consonant.
19:08Jonathan.
19:10A six.
19:11A six, Zate.
19:12Seven.
19:13And a seven.
19:15Jonathan.
19:16Divest.
19:17Divest, adverts.
19:18And adverts from Zate.
19:20Yes.
19:21Nice.
19:22Any more sevens?
19:23Quite a few there, actually.
19:25Strived.
19:26Yes.
19:27A stride.
19:28Yep.
19:29Diverts.
19:30It's a pocket of sevens.
19:31A pocket of sevens.
19:33Yes.
19:34All right.
19:35And now, Zate, it's numbers for you.
19:38Two, one, two, one again, please.
19:40Thank you, Zate.
19:41Two from the top.
19:41And four little again.
19:43And this time around, your selection is nine.
19:46Another nine.
19:47Five.
19:48Seven.
19:50One hundred and seventy-five.
19:52And this target, 331.
19:54Three, three, one.
20:26Yes, Zate?
20:273-3-1.
20:283-3-1.
20:29Jonathan?
20:30Er, no, nothing.
20:32No.
20:33Zate?
20:3475 take 7.
20:3668.
20:37Times 5.
20:38340.
20:39Take 9.
20:40Very well done, 3-3-1.
20:41Well done.
20:46Time for our next tea time teaser.
20:49It's ended bird and the clue.
20:51He ended his hobby of bird watching when he could no longer get up.
20:56He ended his hobby of bird watching when he could no longer get up.
21:28Welcome back.
21:30And it's Jonathan we turn to.
21:32Yes, Jonathan.
21:33Letters game.
21:33Er, consonant please, Rachel.
21:35Thank you, Jonathan.
21:36F.
21:37And another.
21:39T.
21:40And a vowel.
21:42O.
21:43A consonant.
21:45C.
21:45A vowel.
21:47I.
21:49A consonant.
21:50S.
21:51Another consonant.
21:53P.
21:54Er, vowel.
21:57U.
21:57And a consonant, please.
22:00And lastly, N.
22:02Stand by.
22:04A consonant.
22:07A consonant.
22:19A consonant.
22:20A consonant.
22:20A consonant.
22:20A consonant.
22:20A consonant.
22:20A consonant.
22:21A consonant.
22:21A consonant.
22:21A consonant.
22:21A consonant.
22:21A consonant.
22:21A consonant.
22:21A consonant.
22:35Now, Jonathan, seven.
22:37Seven and?
22:39Also seven.
22:40Yes, Jonathan, suction.
22:41Suction and?
22:43Both of you?
22:45Any more suction?
22:46Yes.
22:48Anything beyond suction?
22:50No.
22:51No?
22:54You're at seven.
22:5588 to 23.
22:56Zate, letters game for you.
22:59Vowel, please, Rachel.
23:00Thank you, Zate.
23:01A.
23:02And a consonant, please.
23:04T.
23:05And another.
23:06P.
23:07And a third.
23:10H.
23:11And a vowel, please.
23:13I.
23:14And a consonant.
23:16R.
23:17And a vowel.
23:19A.
23:19And a consonant, please.
23:23L.
23:24And a final consonant, please.
23:28And a final R.
23:30Countdown.
23:32And a consonant, please.
23:35And a consonant, please.
23:37And a consonant, please.
23:42And a consonant, please.
23:45And a consonant, please.
23:45And a consonant, please.
23:46And a consonant, please.
23:46And a consonant, please.
23:47And a consonant, please.
23:47And a consonant, please.
23:49And a consonant, please.
23:49And a consonant, please.
23:50And a consonant, please.
23:50And a consonant, please.
23:51And a consonant, please.
23:52And a consonant, please.
23:53And a consonant, please.
23:55And a consonant, please.
24:01Yes, Zate. Seven. Jonathan. Five. And that five is? Trial. Trial. And Zate? Partial. Partial. Yes. Partial for seven. Any
24:13more? No other sevens. No other sevens. We had patia. Yes. A sweet and sour Indian dish for six. That's
24:23it. That's it. Thank you. Now, ninety-five. Look at you, Zate.
24:28My word. Susie. Let's give them a rest. It's now Susie's wonderful origins of words. You'll enjoy this, Liz. We
24:36all enjoy this. We learn a great deal.
24:39Well, we had a nice email in, Nick, from Doug Sanders, who says, in a recent crossword, I had a
24:45clue, Smart Alec, with the solution Clever Clogs. I don't know the derivation of these. Perhaps you can provide an
24:51explanation. So, I will. I'll start with Smart Alec.
24:56A bit of a know-it-all, really. And English is littered with phrases that use a person's name to
25:01express a certain attribute. So, we have Contrary Mary, Clever Dick, Billy No-Mates, etc., all examples of those.
25:09And so, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Smart Alec fits into that category, too. It goes all the way
25:14back to 1865. And, as I say, it's just got that horrible smugness about it.
25:19You do not want to be a Smart Alec. But, for years, we thought that Smart Alec was the cousin
25:24of a clever dick.
25:25But, in fact, a lot of research has been done on this. And somebody called Gerald Cohen, who's quite a
25:30good digger of etymologies, thinks that he has found the answers, the original Alec.
25:35And he was, in fact, an Alex. And he was a celebrated thief in New York in the 1840s.
25:42He was actually Alexander Hogue in full. And he worked in tandem with his wife, who was a prostitute.
25:47She was called Melinda. And they also had an accomplice with the wonderful name of French Jack.
25:52And together, they were a formidable trio.
25:54They would fleece unsuspecting visitors to the city and then share the loot with two police officers who were in
26:01on the racket.
26:02And who, in turn, gave them protection in case they were caught.
26:06So, what happened was, it's all recounted in an article that was written by somebody who shared a cell with
26:13Alexander Hogue in the infamous New York prison called The Tombs.
26:16And he wrote that Melinda would make her victim lay his clothes as he took them off upon a chair
26:21at the head of the bed near the secret panel.
26:23And then taken to her arms and closely draw the curtains of the bed.
26:27As soon as everything was right, the traitorous would give a cough and the faithful Alec would slyly enter, rifle
26:34the pockets of every farthing or valuable thing, and finally disappear as mysteriously as he entered.
26:39And Hogue would then make the customer scarper by banging really loudly on the door and pretending to be Melinda's
26:45husband.
26:45In fact, he was, in fact, her partner.
26:48But, he was very ambitious, he did very, very well, but this is also his hubris, because he tried to
26:53cheat the police out of their share of the loot.
26:57He would lie in wait over a wall.
26:59Melinda would come out, throw the money over a wall, and he would make a quick getaway without telling the
27:04police department.
27:05And so, inevitably, they were arrested and incarcerated, as I say, in the tombs.
27:10So, smart Alec, Alec was the nickname, it was a shortening of the word Alexander, may well go back to
27:16this man who spent the rest of his life in a cell, thanks to being a little bit too smart
27:22for his own good.
27:23And it said that smart Alec became a nickname amongst the police forces for someone exactly like that.
27:28Doug very quickly asked about clever clogs as well.
27:30The answer to that is a lot simpler.
27:32It's just alliteration, coined at a time when clogs were regularly worn in factories, and clever clogs simply sounds good.
27:38But there you go, smart Alec, you wouldn't want to meet him.
27:41Absolutely not.
27:42Don't lie.
27:46What a story, my word.
27:4895 to 23.
27:51Jonathan, your letters came.
27:52A consonant, please.
27:54Thank you, Jonathan.
27:55T.
27:56And another consonant.
27:58W.
27:59And another.
28:01L.
28:02A vowel.
28:04I.
28:04Another vowel.
28:06O.
28:06Another vowel.
28:07I.
28:09Consonant.
28:10M.
28:11A consonant.
28:12S.
28:13And a vowel, please.
28:15And lastly, O.
28:17Countdown.
28:18A vowel.
28:19A vowel.
28:32A vowel.
28:36A vowel.
28:36A vowel.
28:49Oh, Jonathan.
28:51Five.
28:52A five.
28:53Six.
28:54And a six.
28:56Jonathan.
28:57Wilts.
28:57Wilts and?
28:58Limits.
28:59And limits.
29:01Yes.
29:02Can we beat that?
29:03Tricky little selection, actually.
29:06No, we can't.
29:07That's it.
29:08Limits.
29:09Yeah, we had limits.
29:10Moyles is there for five to work hard or to move around in a sort of blustery way, but
29:16no better than...
29:17Moyle.
29:17To moil, yes.
29:18If a crowd is moiling, it's in some agitation.
29:22Hmm.
29:23That's new.
29:25What's not new is that Zati's crashed quietly through the century with 101.
29:30Well done, Zati.
29:31It's your letters game now.
29:32Thanks, Nick.
29:33Start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
29:34Thank you, Zati.
29:36M.
29:36And another.
29:38G.
29:39And a vowel.
29:41A.
29:42And another.
29:44E.
29:45And a consonant.
29:47N.
29:48And another.
29:50F.
29:51And a vowel, please.
29:53E.
29:55And another vowel, please.
29:57U.
29:58Consonant, please.
29:59And a final L.
30:02Standby.
30:04Standby.
30:11THE END
30:12THE END
30:43THE END
30:44ZATE, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? MELANGE?
30:47MELANGE, LOVELY, YES, MIXTURE OF THINGS
30:50MANAGE IS ALSO IN, AS IS MENAGE
30:53MANAGE IS AN ENCLOSED AREA IN WHICH HORSES AND RIDERS ARE TRAINED
30:57WELL DONE, 108 ZATE
30:59AND IN THE CORNER, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?
31:02LIZ AND SUSIE
31:05WE HAD GAMEFUL FOR SEVEN
31:07PLAYFUL, SPORTIVE, LIGHT-HEARTED
31:12ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU
31:14108-23 ZATE, YES, THERE HE IS AGAIN
31:18AND IT'S JONATHAN'S NUMBERS GAME
31:20JONATHAN
31:21THANKS NICK
31:222 FROM THE TOP, 4 FROM ANYWHERE ELSE, PLEASE
31:24SAME AGAIN, THANK YOU, JONATHAN
31:26TOO LARGE FOR LITTLE
31:27AND THE FINAL NUMBERS GAME OF THE DAY
31:29IS SIX
31:31NINE
31:31ANOTHER NINE
31:33FIVE AND A LARGE
31:35250
31:35AND 100
31:36AND THIS TARGET
31:38216
31:39216
31:40227
31:41216
31:42226
32:1024
32:1024
32:1024
32:1024
32:11Jonathan, miles away.
32:13Miles away. How about Zate?
32:15216.
32:15How did you get there?
32:1750, take the 9 and the 5.
32:1950 minus 9 minus 5, 36.
32:22Multiplied by the 6.
32:23Multiplied by the 6.
32:24Well done.
32:25Well done indeed.
32:27Takes you up to 118.
32:31Fantastic.
32:32So, final round, it's conundrum time.
32:34Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:36Let's keep an eye on that clock.
32:38Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
32:46Yes, Zate.
32:47Botanical?
32:49Botanical.
32:49Let's see whether you're right.
32:52Botanical.
32:52High fitting.
32:54Well done.
32:58Amazing, 128.
32:59Jonathan, you had the misfortune to pitch up on the wrong day.
33:04I had a funny feeling that was going to happen.
33:05I mean, he's been tremendous.
33:08Zate, what's your highest score been so far?
33:10That's it.
33:11That's it, 120.
33:12It's fantastic.
33:13Jonathan, thank you so much for coming.
33:15And you take this back to Dartford and good luck with your training.
33:18And indeed with your horn playing.
33:21Thank you so much for coming.
33:23Well done.
33:24Zate, I'm not going to spend too much time on you.
33:27I'll see you tomorrow.
33:27You have a restful night.
33:29Thank you very much.
33:30Well, Liz, your baptism at Countdown, you come across a player like this.
33:34I know.
33:35Fascinating.
33:36Extraordinary.
33:36Loving that.
33:37How quick that brain is.
33:38My brain doesn't work that quickly at all.
33:40Me neither.
33:41We'll see you tomorrow with Susie too, of course.
33:44See you then.
33:44Brilliant.
33:44So, Rachel, what a guy.
33:48Yeah, he's like a boxer crab with loads of anemones.
33:50He kept punching Jonathan.
33:52Very, very mean.
33:54He'd be nicer tomorrow, Zate.
33:56Okay.
33:56I think the word is deadly, actually, isn't it?
33:58Deadly, yes.
33:59Those are stings.
34:00See you tomorrow.
34:01See you tomorrow.
34:01All right.
34:01Join us there and see what Zate is up to tomorrow.
34:04As though there'll be any difference.
34:06Same time, same place.
34:07You'll be sure of it.
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