Ep 369: John O'Connor, Nick Mann (January 26, 2012)

Richard tries to draw a parallel between John's old job (chief purser on a cruise ship) and his current one (primary school teacher); John remarks that the antics of some of the six- and seven-year olds are similar to those he has experienced with passengers in the past.  Nonetheless, John is very happy with his late career shift to teaching.

Challenging John is Nick Mann, a personal injury lawyer.  He says that there's a lot of medicine in the area of law that he deals with, so he has gone back to university for further study; he has just started a masters degree in health and medical law.


John finds a couple of excellent words tonight, but gives back most of that ground in other letters rounds.  The first numbers round proves difficult for both but Nick has just the better of it, while the others do not distinguish between the contestants; the net result is a slender two-point lead for Nick going into the conundrum.  John solves it reasonably quickly, and gets his second win with a score of 49 points to 41.

I was slightly behind where I would have liked to be on both types of game, but still managed to forge a decent lead.  I solved the conundrum very quickly for a change, for a workmanlike win.

As usual, details after the jump.