Ep 440: Rob Fischer, Nic Brown (May 4, 2012)

Rounds: Here.


Rob returns after last night's excellent game, but can he match that performance without the sibling rivalry factor?  Rob enters a lot of competitions -- "when he sees them come up" -- and he has won a few here and there.  He has won a trip and a camera, and some "more random" things like an esky.

Tonight's challenger is Nic Brown, who has recently graduated as a radiographer.  He is also involved in a band called Skunk Stomp ("just imagine kicking Pepé le Pew", he clarifies).  They play blues, rock, and funk; they call it "blockfunk".

(The web page linked above seems a bit out of date, as often happens.  They have a Myspace (remember that?) page with samples of their music here, but for some reason my browser and Myspace don't get along so I have not been able to listen to them.)


Rob found some decent words without hitting the high notes, but Nic could not quite match that and Rob soon had a 26 point lead.  The second numbers round reduced that to 16, and the one after could have reduced it further still.  Nic made an error, however, and Rob was safe going into the conundrum.  He buzzed in at the 25 second mark with an incorrect answer that should have given it away, but Nic was not able to capitalise on that.  All in all, a wobbly game sees Rob home by 44 to 21.

I was well off my previous good form tonight, only managing one maximal result on the letters (on the plus side, it was a word that eluded David) and doing rather poorly on one numbers round.  I was very slow to get the conundrum, but managed to do so just before Rob's incorrect attempt.  It was enough for a comfortable win, but stands in stark contrast with my recent form.  I hope to improve again next week.