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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34I read recently that those with pets are less likely to suffer from depression than those with no pets.
00:43Forget all the molting and the hairs everywhere and, you know, smelly dogs and all that carry on.
00:49Having a pet apparently reduces the risk of depression.
00:53What makes you laugh about your animals?
00:56Oh, everything. They're gorgeous. We've got three cats.
00:59Two are ragdolls and one's a ragdoll Maine Coon Cross.
01:02So they're enormous. Absolutely huge.
01:04This is Beastie.
01:06Beastie's just under eight kilos, which I think is two and a half times a normal cat.
01:11I mean, she's a big cat anyway, but she's obese.
01:14They're all rescued, so we got her like that. We didn't make her fat, but they're lovely.
01:17They are fun. We've got three cats.
01:19Yeah.
01:19We brought them in because we had a rat.
01:21Ours aren't working cats. They don't catch anything.
01:23The only thing mine have brought is about 12 live frogs, not a scratch on them, just hopping around the
01:28bedroom.
01:29Oh, really?
01:29And one plastic tyrannosaurus.
01:31Brilliant stuff.
01:33Who have you got with us today?
01:34We've got Chris Marshall, our number seven seed.
01:37Welcome back, Chris.
01:38Chris, you won a maximum of eight games in July, racking up a total score of 682 points.
01:44A very brave thing to do.
01:46An accountant from Brighouse in West Yorkshire.
01:49I remember you well, Chris.
01:50And you're joined by David Barnard, who is our number two seed.
01:55So look out there, Chris.
01:57A total of 771 points.
01:59Is that right?
01:59Yeah, that's right.
02:00Brilliant stuff.
02:01He was the last octochamp of the series, only completing his run just a few weeks ago.
02:06Brighouse is worth it.
02:08In and out of the Countdown Studio, like a yo-yo.
02:11Brilliant stuff.
02:12Shall we give our number two seed and our number seven seed a warm round of applause?
02:24Susie, any pets in the Dent household?
02:28No, our dogs died, very sadly.
02:30We had springer Spaniels, who were wonderful, and they lived to a ripe old age, but no more.
02:36You wouldn't consider having another one?
02:38It's not really fair, because we live in the town and working, and I think it's best to have a
02:43dog if you can really take it out and be with it a lot.
02:45Very generous of you.
02:46So what about our guest Dave Spiky, then?
02:48Any animals in the Spiky house?
02:49I used to have quite a menagerie.
02:50I used to have a bit of an animal sanctuary.
02:51I've got a cat now, so one cat and a bit of a hunter, as I was saying, brought a
02:56bat in the other day.
02:57And I was away, I was walking away, and the cleaner was in, in the morning, and obviously unaware that
03:01my cat has brought a bat in.
03:02So she's hoovering and whatever, and, you know, again, there'd be this...
03:07What was that?
03:08She's got ages to find it, then she freaks out, it's hanging upside down on the curtains.
03:12Brilliant stuff.
03:13But now it's time to get things underway.
03:15Chris, may I invite you to get proceedings underway with the Letters game?
03:19Hi, Rachel.
03:21Hi, Chris.
03:21Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:23You can, thank you.
03:24Start this quarterfinal with T.
03:27And another.
03:29Y.
03:30And a third.
03:32S.
03:33Vowel, please.
03:36E.
03:37And another.
03:38O.
03:39And another.
03:41I.
03:43A consonant.
03:45D.
03:46Vowel.
03:49U.
03:50And a consonant, please.
03:51And lastly.
03:53H.
03:53And here's the countdown clock.
03:55D.
03:56And this that's the one.
03:57And that's the one.
04:07And this that's the one.
04:12And here's the countdown clock.
04:18And here's the countdown clock.
04:25Yes, Chris? Seven. Seven, David? Seven, two.
04:29All right. Chris? Outside. Outside? Both outside?
04:35Yeah. Both outside and in the corner. Dave, Susie?
04:38I got a couple more sevens. Hideous. Yes.
04:42And similarly, tedious. Tedious. Very good.
04:45Yes, hoisted. Quite a few sevens there, actually. Very good.
04:48Well done. Seven all. David, would you be good enough?
04:52Letters game. Hi, Rachel. Hi.
04:54Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you. Start with...
04:58S. And never.
05:00R. And never.
05:04S. And never.
05:07N. And a vowel.
05:10A. And never.
05:13I. And never.
05:16E. And consonant.
05:19T.
05:20E. And a final vowel, please.
05:25And a final.
05:26A. Clock time.
05:28The N.
05:29So,
05:40T.
05:41And a more.
05:56The N.
05:58The N.
05:59Yes, David? Eight's not quite written down.
06:01All right, Chris? Seven.
06:04And your seven? Strains.
06:07Strains. David? Stainers.
06:10Stainers. Yes, I was just looking that up myself, actually.
06:13Yes, I don't know if it's people who make stained glass windows, perhaps,
06:15or something literally that makes a stain,
06:17but either way, it's there. Very good.
06:19All right, good enough.
06:21APPLAUSE
06:24OK, our number two seed has taken an early lead.
06:2715 to seven, but in the corner.
06:30Now then.
06:31I had strains as well, can't do better than that.
06:33One more eight was artiness.
06:36All right, OK, very good.
06:38Chris, would you be good enough? Letters game.
06:40Consonant, please. Thank you, Chris.
06:43P. And another.
06:46S. And another.
06:50D. And a vowel.
06:54I. And another.
06:56O. And another.
06:59U. Consonant.
07:03T. Vowel.
07:06E. And a consonant, please.
07:09And lastly, N.
07:12Stand by.
07:12T. Vowel.
07:14T. Vowel.
07:42Yes, Chris?
07:44Seven.
07:45David?
07:46Seven as well.
07:48All right, Chris is seven.
07:49Dispute.
07:50Dispute.
07:51David?
07:51Outside.
07:52Right, what else have we got over there?
07:54Dave?
07:55There's a few sevens outside we got as well.
07:58I think we had that earlier this week as well.
07:59Yes, very similar.
08:00Deposits.
08:01Yeah.
08:02I think you've got a couple.
08:04Tedious, spouted, but still stuck on sevens.
08:07All right, very good.
08:08Well done.
08:0922 plays 14.
08:11David in the lead, and it's your letters game, David.
08:15Could I have a consonant, please?
08:16Thank you, David.
08:17C.
08:18And another?
08:20G.
08:21And a never?
08:23N.
08:24And a never?
08:26L.
08:28And a vowel?
08:29O.
08:30And a never?
08:32A.
08:33And a never?
08:35E.
08:36And a consonant?
08:39S.
08:40And a final vowel, please.
08:42And a final.
08:44A.
08:44E.
08:44And it's Tik Tok.
09:15Yes, David. Eight. And Chris? Six. Six. And your six? Angles. Angles. David? Congeals. Congeals. A very good one. Well
09:27done. Very good. And in the corner? Yes, congeals for eight and lasagna for seven. Lasagna. Cold, concealed, congealed. Lasagna.
09:43Lasagna. Susie?
09:44No, lasagna for me too. Named after a chamber pot, as I always remind people. The original meaning of lasagna
09:51was a chamber pot. And then some Raymond must have made a very rude comment on someone's cooking.
09:56And over time, they came to me in a cooking pot.
09:59Will and Dave. Who'd have thought it? 30 plays, 14. Now then, Chris, numbers game.
10:05Three from the top and three from the bottom, please.
10:07Thank you, Chris. Three large ones and three small ones. And for this first numbers game, they are two, five,
10:17eight, and the large three. 25, 50 and 100.
10:22And the target? 479.
10:25479.
10:2645, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50,
10:3750, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50,
10:3750, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50,
10:3750, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50,
10:3850, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50,
10:4050, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50
10:56Now, then, Chris.
10:574, 7, 9.
10:584, 7, 9, David.
11:004, 7, 9 as well.
11:01All right. Chris?
11:03100 times 5.
11:05100 times 5, 500.
11:07Minus 25.
11:084, 7, 5.
11:098 over 2 is 4.
11:10Yeah.
11:11And added on.
11:11Well done. 4, 7, 9.
11:13And David?
11:15Certain effort.
11:16Yep.
11:17Sam Root, you happy, Chris?
11:19Well done.
11:24Well done.
11:25So the score's standing.
11:26David at 40.
11:27Chris at 24.
11:28It's over to Dave Spiky.
11:31Dave.
11:32Just continue with my fascination for words, really.
11:34I thought I'd look at professions, if you like.
11:36That's the right term.
11:37Of people who use words as tools of the trade,
11:39like poets and lyricists.
11:41I got into this by listening.
11:42I'm a big music fan and driving around on tour
11:45and listening to music all the time.
11:46And a lot of songs are beautiful songs.
11:49Very meaningful songs.
11:50But in the middle of them, there's just a line that makes you go,
11:52what?
11:53Whether you've just got a bit lazy or it just doesn't make a lot of sense.
11:56And the one that started me off was a song by Vanessa Williams called
11:58Save the Best Till Last.
11:59I don't know if you know it.
12:01It is quite popular.
12:02It was a hit.
12:03I think it was number one.
12:03And it's a song about unrequited love.
12:05How she loves this boy, but he's running around with other girls.
12:08And as she says in it, sometimes, sorry, how could you give your love to someone else
12:12and share your dreams with me?
12:14Sometimes the very thing you're looking for is the one thing you can't see.
12:17That's lovely.
12:18It's a nice ballad.
12:19It's going on quite nicely.
12:21Then I don't know if you know the next line, the next couple of lines,
12:23but they immediately start singing, sometimes the snow comes down in June,
12:27sometimes the sun goes round the moon.
12:29Whoa, hang on a minute.
12:31Vanessa, hang on a minute.
12:32I'm going to leave snow in June for now because I've got a problem with that, to be fair.
12:36Let's concentrate on that.
12:37Sometimes the sun goes round the moon.
12:39No, it doesn't.
12:39It's millions of miles away.
12:41What are you thinking of?
12:43And I mean, on top of that, what law of astrophysics is it that just sometimes,
12:48but no one again, occasionally, no one again, sun's going to go round the moon.
12:51It's going to be a scorcher that day, isn't it?
12:55You've got your P20 on barrel, you're going to need it.
12:57Sun's going, honest to God.
12:59And I just thought, what on earth is she talking about?
13:02Why has she come up with that?
13:03And all I can think is that she just got lazy and she wanted to rhyme for June.
13:07Yes.
13:08And it's an age-old rhyme.
13:09It's like in the number one book of lyrics, moon and June, June and moon.
13:13It's been done over and over again.
13:14I just think, make an effort.
13:16There's loads of things rhyme with June.
13:18You know, balloon, cocoon, spoon, baboon.
13:22Baboon would have been brilliant.
13:23If she could have got baboon in there, two more weeks at number one.
13:26Do you not think?
13:27Sometimes the snow comes down in June, sometimes a baboon runs off with a spoon.
13:31There you go.
13:32It could happen, couldn't it?
13:34It could happen.
13:35But that sort of got me listening too analytically to a lot of pop songs like, I'm sure you all
13:41know, Dr. Hook.
13:42Now, has a man ever said this to you, girls, ladies in the audience, Dr. Hook has a record called
13:48A Little Bit More.
13:49Very big hair, very popular.
13:51And he sings, when your body's had enough of me and I'm laying flat out on the floor, when you
13:57think I've loved you all I can, I'm going to love you a little bit more.
14:02No, he's not.
14:03He's not.
14:04No, he's not.
14:04He's lying flat out on the floor for a start.
14:06He can't even get up.
14:08It's ridiculous.
14:09And lastly, Roy Orbison, one of my all-time favourites, sings a song called I Drove All Night, which is
14:14a brilliant song, brilliant rock anthem.
14:16I drove all night, crept into your room, walk from your dreams to make love to you.
14:22Is that all right?
14:26Well, it's to be up so, Roy, isn't it?
14:30Just think about the lyrics is what I'm saying, because just now and again, they go wrong.
14:38Excellent stuff, excellent stuff.
14:41And here's a tea time teaser.
14:42Cider tin, and the clue, you won't be allowed to score from this sort of kick.
14:47You won't be allowed to score from this sort of kick.
15:05Welcome back.
15:06I left you with the clue, you won't be allowed to score from this sort of kick, and this sort
15:10of kick is an indirect free kick.
15:12Indirect is the answer to that.
15:14Now then, David, it's your letters game, and where are you?
15:18You're ahead 40 to 24.
15:19Well done.
15:20OK, Clare, a consonant, please.
15:22Thank you, David.
15:24L.
15:24And another one.
15:26T.
15:27And another one.
15:29S.
15:30And another one.
15:33P.
15:34And a vowel.
15:35E.
15:37And another one.
15:38A.
15:39And another one.
15:41O.
15:42And a consonant.
15:44D.
15:46And a final vowel, please.
15:47And a final I.
15:50Here's the clock.
15:51Bye.
15:52For a snack.
16:08Bye bye.
16:10Bye.
16:12Bye.
16:13Bye.
16:14Bye.
16:16Bye.
16:17Bye.
16:19Bye.
16:22Yes, David?
16:23Eight.
16:24Chris?
16:24Your seven.
16:25And your seven?
16:26Dopeist.
16:27David?
16:28Dioptase.
16:29Well, now, we'll have to discuss that with Susie.
16:32Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is going to be fine.
16:35It is... Well done, David.
16:36It's a rare mineral occurring as emerald green or blue-green crystals.
16:40Lovely.
16:41Oh!
16:46Of course it is.
16:48What else have we got there?
16:49Dave?
16:50I didn't get that.
16:52I've got an eight, though, isolated.
16:54Very good.
16:54Excellent.
16:55Very good.
16:56Susie?
16:56Tadpoles.
16:57Another sweet eight.
16:58Tadpoles.
16:59Tadpoles.
17:00Well done.
17:0048 to 24.
17:02Chris, off you go.
17:03Letters game.
17:04Consonant, please.
17:05Thank you, Chris.
17:07B.
17:08And another.
17:10V.
17:11And another.
17:14M.
17:15Vowel.
17:17E.
17:18And another.
17:20A.
17:21And another.
17:23U.
17:24Consonant.
17:26T.
17:28Vowel.
17:30E.
17:31And a consonant, please.
17:33And the last one.
17:34R.
17:35Stand by.
17:36Vowel.
17:37Vowel.
17:40Vowel.
17:50Vowel.
17:51Vowel.
17:55Vowel.
17:56Vowel.
17:57Vowel.
17:58Vowel.
17:59Vowel.
18:01Vowel.
18:01Vowel.
18:01Vowel.
18:02Vowel.
18:03Vowel.
18:03Vowel.
18:04Vowel.
18:04Vowel.
18:05Vowel.
18:05Vowel.
18:07Chris? Six. A six. David? And six for me as well. All right. Chris? Mova. David? Berate. Berate.
18:16What else have we got over there? Dave? I've got a beaver. Well done. Beaver, don't you?
18:23Excellent. And? I had Mova as well, as well as bute, one of your favourite words, I think.
18:30A bute. A little Aussie bute. It's a real bute. A little bute of a beaver. Perfect.
18:34Excellent stuff. 54 to a 30. Now then, David, what are you going to do for us?
18:38OK, Clive, a consonant, please. Thank you, David. W. And another one.
18:45L. And another one. N. And another one. G. And vowel. A. And another one.
18:55O. And one more. E. And a consonant. N. And a final consonant, please.
19:06And a final J. Clock time.
19:09O. And another one.
19:40Yes, David.
19:41Seven.
19:42Seven. Chris?
19:43Six.
19:44And your six?
19:45Djangle.
19:46Djangle.
19:47David?
19:48OK, I'm not trying to pronounce it.
19:50Gal-john.
19:51How would you like to spell it?
19:52G-A-L-J-O-E-N.
19:56Let's discuss that with Susie Dent.
19:58It sounds Spanish to me, but I have to say I haven't heard of it before.
20:04But it does sound like David has.
20:06Um, yeah, it's a deep-bodied marine fish with a spiny dorsal fin.
20:10And it actually comes from Afrikaans.
20:13Well done.
20:18Well done.
20:19Now then, beat that, Dave Spiky.
20:22Nah.
20:23I'm back to my sixes.
20:24Nonnage?
20:25Yes.
20:25Your youth or immaturity is your nonnage, as opposed to your dotage.
20:28Excellent.
20:29Emils?
20:29No.
20:30Hey nonny nonny.
20:32Yeah, hey nonny nonny, exactly.
20:33Yeah, very good.
20:3461 to 30, David and Lee, as we go into a letters game.
20:38Chris, oblige us.
20:40Consonant, please.
20:41Thank you, Chris.
20:43R.
20:43And another.
20:45P.
20:46And another.
20:49S.
20:50A vowel.
20:52O.
20:53And another.
20:55E.
20:55And a third.
20:57A.
20:59Consonant.
21:00T.
21:02Vowel.
21:04I.
21:05And a consonant, please.
21:06And finally, R.
21:09Stand by.
21:10Is.
21:11Is.
21:13Is.
21:25Is.
21:39Is.
21:40Yes, Chris? Eight.
21:42Eight, David? Eight for me, too.
21:44OK, Chris? Pro-rates.
21:46Pro-rates. David? Pastory.
21:49Pastory. Susie?
21:50Yes, it's where a South African
21:52minister of the church lives.
21:53It's an Afrikaans word. Very good.
21:59OK, rubbish.
22:00Susie? Well, there is a nine
22:02there, actually, and it's
22:04to do with the male head of a house or group
22:06of houses of certain religious orders.
22:08It's a priorate.
22:10And you can put an S on it, so priorate
22:12is there for nine. Well done.
22:14Well done.
22:16Priorate.
22:19Surprised you didn't get that, David.
22:21Now then, Susie,
22:22what have you got to talk to us about in your
22:24Origins of Words slot?
22:27Well, I was just talking
22:28earlier about chamber pots
22:30and lasagnas, and
22:32that's a really good example of a word that has
22:34undergone quite radical change
22:36in meaning over the centuries, and there are
22:38so many words in English, and I've often
22:40said this before, which once meant something
22:42entirely different to
22:44its current sense.
22:46So I thought I'd give you today and tomorrow just a few examples
22:48of my favourite ones.
22:51If you look at the Oxford English
22:52dictionary, we'll chart the whole story of it
22:54for you. So you'll see that a pedant in the
22:5616th century was a schoolmaster
22:59where strong and vigorous
23:00was one of the earliest meanings of nervous
23:02because it meant full of nerves or sinews
23:04if you like.
23:06Promiscuous
23:06used to mean confused
23:08or undistinguished, and the first
23:10punk in the 16th century was a prostitute.
23:13The original
23:14muggers were sellers of mugs,
23:16earthenware mugs, and we talk
23:18about mug today to mean a face.
23:20Well, that came about because those drinking mugs
23:22that most of us will be familiar with
23:24used to represent a grotesque
23:26human face, and they were very, very common
23:28in the 18th century, and so mug became
23:30interchangeable with the idea of face,
23:32and to mug someone was to hit them in the mug
23:34in the face. And to call someone a bully
23:36in the 16th century was to say
23:38good fellow or darling, Shakespeare uses
23:40it in that way, and eventually
23:42it became somebody who showed off how good they were,
23:44and so they became the braggart, and the not very
23:46nice person we know today.
23:47And finally for today, an idiot once meant
23:50a very private person, rather than a fool,
23:53and it's related to idiom, which once meant
23:55private property, including your language.
23:58Amazing. So true.
24:04Nothing changes but change itself, really.
24:07Brilliant stuff. 69 to 38
24:10as we go into a numbers game.
24:11David, it's your game.
24:13Could I have one large and five small, please?
24:15You can, thank you, David. Keeping it simple.
24:18Possibly. One large one
24:19and five little ones, and they
24:21are 10, 8,
24:249,
24:263, 6,
24:27and the large one, 75.
24:29And your target, 219.
24:32219.
24:34The, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the.
25:03Yes, David. 219.
25:06219. And Chris? 219.
25:08All right, David. 75 times 3 is 225.
25:1275 times 3, 225.
25:14And then take the 6. Very straightforward, 219.
25:17Yeah. Same way. Same way. Exactly. Happy.
25:20Well done. So, 79 plays 48 as we go into a tea-time teaser,
25:25which is I eat mint.
25:28And the clue, eat a mint to freshen breath before getting this.
25:32Eat a mint to freshen breath before getting this.
25:49Welcome back. I left you with the clue,
25:51eat a mint to freshen breath before getting this.
25:54Before getting what? Before getting intimate.
25:57Intimate.
25:59David, 79 to Chris is 48.
26:01Chris, your letters go.
26:04Consonant, please.
26:05Thank you, Chris.
26:07M. And another.
26:10W. And another.
26:13C. Vowel.
26:16A.
26:17And another.
26:19E.
26:20And another.
26:22I.
26:24Consonant.
26:26T.
26:27Vowel.
26:29A.
26:31And a consonant, please.
26:32And the last one.
26:34C.
26:35T.
26:36T.
26:36One more time.
26:37T.
26:38T.
26:38T.
26:38T.
26:39T.
26:39T.
26:42T.
26:43T.
27:07Yes, Chris?
27:08Five. David? Five as well.
27:11Chris? McCall.
27:13McCall. And a weight. Thank you.
27:16What do we think about that?
27:17Yeah. Happy with McCall? Very happy.
27:19Doesn't need a capital M or a name? No, it doesn't.
27:21And in the corner, Dave, Susie?
27:23Well, I got an eight, which I was pretty elated about,
27:25and the eight is emaciate.
27:27Ah. But there's two E's in it, aren't there?
27:30So that's not right.
27:31You're not allowed that, then?
27:32Not allowed that A anymore.
27:33Aw. I think it's a shame.
27:36And I thought I had a six with acetic,
27:38but unfortunately it needs to be acetic acid.
27:41Right.
27:41So we failed in this corner.
27:42You did? Poor show. Don't you agree, David?
27:45Chris? Shameful.
27:4784 plays 53.
27:48David, letters game.
27:49OK, can I have a consonant, please?
27:51Thank you, David.
27:53M.
27:53And another one?
27:55R.
27:56And another one?
27:58C.
27:59And another one?
28:01V.
28:03And one more?
28:05S.
28:07And a vowel?
28:08E.
28:10And another one?
28:12I.
28:13And another one?
28:15U.
28:17And one more vowel, please.
28:20And the last one.
28:21O.
28:23Stand by.
28:24Now we'll see you next time.
28:39Bye.
28:40Bye.
28:40Bye.
28:41Bye.
28:49Bye.
28:52Bye.
28:53Bye.
28:53Bye.
28:53Bye.
28:55Yes, David? A seven.
28:56Seven, yep. Six. And a six. Your six?
28:59Movies. Movies, David.
29:02Mousier. Mousier.
29:04Very good. Very good.
29:05What else have you got in the corner?
29:07There's a few sixes out there movers.
29:09Have you got...?
29:11Yeah, Mousier was the top we could find.
29:13Very good. Well done. Mousier.
29:16Chris, letters game.
29:18Consonant, please.
29:19Thank you, Chris. X.
29:21And another.
29:23L. And another.
29:26F.
29:28Vowel, please.
29:30E. And another.
29:34O. And a third.
29:36I. Consonant.
29:39R. Vowel.
29:43A. And a consonant, please.
29:46And the last one.
29:47D. Countdown.
29:49R. Vowel.
29:51R. Vowel.
29:53R. Vowel.
30:02A. And a consonant.
30:11R. Vowel.
30:11R. Vowel.
30:11R. Vowel.
30:20Yes, Chris?
30:21Seven.
30:21A seven, David?
30:22A seven for me, too.
30:23All right, Chris?
30:24Relaxed.
30:25Relaxed.
30:25David?
30:26Exordia.
30:27Exordia.
30:29Exordia is brilliant.
30:30You need two E's for relax, so you have to say that.
30:32Oh, bad luck.
30:33Exordia?
30:34What does that mean?
30:34I'm not sure, but Susie's going to tell us.
30:36I can tell you.
30:37An exordium is the opening part of a lecture, for example,
30:40or a treatise of some kind.
30:43And actually, you could put the...
30:45I'm sorry, exordia is the plural,
30:47but you can actually put the L on for exordial,
30:49which is the adjective relating to exordium.
30:52Very good.
30:52Well done.
30:54Well done, David.
30:55Anything else, Susie?
30:57No, that exordial would be eight, actually.
30:58Yeah, very good.
31:00And now, the final numbers game, and it's David's.
31:04So, Rachel, wait for your instructions there.
31:07OK, Clive, one large and five small again, please.
31:10Putting words in my mouth again.
31:11Thank you, David.
31:12One large one and five small in our own time.
31:15And for the last time today,
31:17the numbers are three, eight, ten,
31:22one, four,
31:23and the large one this time, 25.
31:25And your target, 315.
31:28Three, one, five.
31:29MUSIC PLAYS
32:00Yes, David?
32:01315.
32:02Very good. Chris? 315.
32:04Very good. David's 315.
32:06I did 4 plus 8 plus 1 is 13.
32:084 plus 8 plus 1, 13.
32:10Multiply it by 25, 325.
32:12325.
32:13Then take the 10.
32:15Yep, very straightforward.
32:17Very good indeed. Chris?
32:18I did 4 times 3 plus 1 to get the 13.
32:21Same way.
32:22Yeah, lots of different ways for this one.
32:24Jolly good. Well done.
32:26And so it is, David, 108.
32:29Well done to Chris's 63 that we've reached the final stage.
32:33Conundrum time.
32:34Fingers on buzzers, please, and let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:49BELL RINGS
32:51Yes, Chris? Recipient?
32:54Recipient. Let's see whether you're right.
32:55No, not quite. Here we go.
33:12BELL RINGS
33:14BELL RINGS
33:16Well.
33:17So, our number two and our number seven seed are foxed and outwitted by today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:24But surely somebody in the audience has got an answer.
33:27Do I see any hands? A forest of hands? Not one? Not a single one? No?
33:31So let's see what it is. What is today's Countdown Conundrum?
33:36Epicentral.
33:37APPLAUSE
33:41David, 108. Well done. Worthy winner.
33:44We shall see you soon again, not tomorrow, because there's a racing at Cheltenham.
33:47And Chris. Chris, well done. We're sending you home, but not empty-handed. You've got a goodie bag and you've
33:53got this magnificent piece of kryptonite here to take home with you as a memento of your success here in
34:00this series.
34:01Excellent. Thank you.
34:01Thank you very much indeed. Well done. And we shall see you soon again. Soon again. Have a very pleasant
34:08weekend. We're not on the air tomorrow because of racing. Are you a racing man?
34:12I am. I love a bit of racing, yeah. Yeah. Racing at Cheltenham, that sounds fun. Cheltenham's a fabulous course,
34:18yeah.
34:18Should you go to the festival? Big ball. No, it's too busy. Much too busy at Cheltenham Festival, yeah.
34:22Well, the whole of Ireland pours in, doesn't it? Yeah. With lots of money. Priests with £1,000 sticking out
34:28of their pockets.
34:29Yeah, yeah. Extraordinary. Yeah. Good fun, though, nonetheless. So have a lovely and pleasant weekend.
34:35Rachel. Yep. Have a pleasant weekend. You too. So we've got two of the semi-finalists. Yep.
34:40Need another two next week. Looking forward to that. Yep. Looking forward to that.
34:43Be with us. Be sure of it. Absolutely. See you there.
34:47You'll be looking forward to seeing who's on show next week. In the meantime, see you then. You be sure
34:54of it. Good afternoon.
34:55APPLAUSE
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