Ep 418: Ben Fisher, Kylie Alexander (April 4, 2012)

Ben lived in the UK for a few years; I hope he watched Countdown there.  He explains that like many backpackers, or indeed other people who go there, he got his "Heathrow injection" and started putting on some pounds.  In that first winter there wasn't much to do so he decided that he would run the London Marathon.  Ben spent about four months training, and then come April he entered it.  He completed the event in four hours and seven minutes; he had hoped to do it in under four hours but hit a wall (figuratively, I assume) at around 22 miles.

Tonight's challenger is Kylie Alexander, who is studying to be a GP.  Kylie is currently a registrar, and as a registrar has worked in quite a variety of places.  She mentions Kakadu in the Northern Territory, the Riverland on the south coast of South Australia, and now in the Adelaide Hills.  As Richard points out, Kylie has been away from the cities; he asks if she intends to work in a regional area, and she responds that she does.


Ben is in good form again tonight, with some good results in both facets of the game.  An invalid word from him was a small blemish but the game was essentially won at that point.  He finished off the game with an excellent four-second solution to the conundrum, and a 63 to 21 win.

I had some good and some bad tonight.  I was just in time on the first letter round, a bit too slow on the second and third, but then found the elusive full monty in the fourth.  I was not quite equal to the challenge of a tough numbers round, and nowhere near solving the conundrum.  Nonetheless, some of those good results saw me comfortably home, and any day with a full monty is a good one.