Ep 25: Kashi Ross, Carol Campbell (August 10, 2012; originally aired September 3, 2010)

Rounds: Here.


Disclaimer: While I have not seen this episode before, I did play through the blue book (episodes 1 to 50) around ten months ago when I was scheduled to be a contestant on the show.  Additionally, I did a quick flick through it a few months back to collect words for my posts about word validity.


On Kashi's fifth night we find out that she is a competitive table tennis player; she has been playing for many years.  Last year she was a student at a university so she competed in the team and ended up coming second in the university championship.  But she's not likely to take it further -- it's more of a hobby; she has a table at home, though, and will happily play guests who like the game.

Tonight's challenger is Carol Campbell, a retired teacher.  Carol has lived in four different countries and had forty-two (!) different addresses.  Richard asks what her favourite address was, and Carol responds -- perhaps misinterpreting the question -- that it was Egypt.  There were fantastic opportunities there and the cultures are quite different, especially with regard to education.  They take a very top-down approach to education, whereas Carol tends to run a very cooperative and interactive classroom, and her students loved it.


It was a relatively low-scoring game, with the numbers providing only five points in total.  Carol was able to match Kashi several times in the letters but not outdo her, and Kashi had the game wrapped up before the conundrum.  Kashi completed the win by solving the conundrum first, and the final scoreline was 45 to 17 in her favour.

I had a good game except for once again missing a numbers option; it's really been a bad week on that front.  On the other hand, I did find the full monty which continues a good run of form from me on that front.  I solved the conundrum quickly and very nearly managed to keep both contestants scoreless, so it's a good way to end the week.