Ep 355: Kerin White, John Day (January 6, 2012)

Rounds: Here.

The SBS website continues to be fast for me today; this is reassuring!


Tonight it's mentioned that Kerin makes platelet and plasma donations regularly.  Unlike whole blood donations, the red blood cells are returned during the process which enables donors to give much more frequently; Kerin donates every fortnight.  More information about the different types of donation may be found on the Red Cross blood donation website.

(I could swear that one of the contestants that I met during my time on the show also talked about this, but it may not have made it to air.  I think it was Tim Clay, if so.)

Tonight's challenger is John Day, an analyst for a national food company who loves "the great outdoors".  He had an unusual experience a few years back when he was scuba diving in New Zealand.  The group he was in surfaced, and about a hundred metres from the boat was a pod of killer wales that just swam past them.  That sounds awe-inspiring, and perhaps somewhat frightening.


It's another very close game tonight; the contestants each concede a round of each type to the other, but the difference is in the details: Kerin came out the better in the exchanges, giving her a precious four point lead going into the conundrum.  The conundrum eludes both contestants, and Kerin survives to play another day, with a winning score of 46 to 42.

I had a shocking game tonight, missing several easily found words and deciding against the full monty.  Combining those with an accidental early buzzer press on the conundrum made it a dire day for me on the words.  The one small positive was getting the numbers correct each time, and that enabled me to limp home safely for an unconvincing win.

As usual, details after the jump.