Ep 312: Colin Jones, Natasha Podesser (November 8, 2011)

Rounds: Here.


Colin Jones returns for his second game, and we find out that he is quite the keen traveller; so far, he's visited 39 different countries!  Asked what has "scored the highest", he responds that he has been to Africa twice, and most recently to Botswana before the world cup soccer.  He found it beautiful, and makes specific mention of the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park.

In the challenger's seat today is Natasha Podesser, a university student majoring in criminology and Indonesian.  Richard asks where she thinks that her interest in criminology and law enforcement will take her; she's not sure yet, maybe forensics or corrections.  When queried about how Indonesian ties in, Natasha remarks that she's hoping that she'll find something that she's actually interested in during her university study.  Certainly university is the place to do that.


I recognise the signs of a Scrabble player, and settle in for a difficult game.  Natasha manages an early lead over Colin, but despite him declaring an invalid word she can't quite shake him; then she stumbles on the later numbers rounds to put him back in contention.  Colin ends up only one point behind at the conundrum, and a very quick answer gives him the victory, 56 to 47.

This was almost a perfect game for me; I missed one letters round (I was writing down the eight as time ran out), and was ever-so-fractionally behind Colin on the conundrum.  Superior results on the numbers games saw me comfortably home despite that, and again it's possible that I would have beaten David in a head-to-head, depending on his numbers performance.  That's a few good games in a row for me, so I'm happy.

As usual, details after the jump.