Rounds: Here.
Robert Jackson gets his turn in the champion's seat tonight, and Richard asks further about his music. Robert says that at the moment he is playing guitar for a band called The Legless Lizards. They tend to play music with an environmental bent -- he calls it a sort of Indian-influenced jazz -- and they try to highlight the plight of the legless lizard, which is a threatened species around Melbourne.
Tonight's challenger is Leif Cooper, a senior chemist who has completed a bachelor of science and a masters in forensic science; in the next few years he hopes to complete a PhD in environmental forensics. Richard asks what kind of work a senior chemist does, and Leif explains that a lot of his focus is on environmental forensics. In particular, oil spills are a problem both in Australia and around the world, and how the oil interacts with the environment makes up a lot of his work.
Leif signalled his abilities early with a couple of excellent eight-letter words, and ending up scoring unanswered points in every letters round. As you might imagine, that was too much of an obstacle for Robert to overcome; Robert did win some points back in the numbers (although not all of them), but it was not enough. The conundrum proved difficult; Robert's guess was invalid, but Leif was not able to solve it either. Still, Leif took the win, 42 to 17.
I had an excellent game, except for the conundrum. I'm a bit disappointed over that; I saw the right beginning but then went away from it, and the conundrum went unsolved. I'd have had a maximum game if not for that, alas. Still, I had some decent answers in the main rounds, and overall it was a game to be happy about.
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Friday, 2 November 2012
Ep 84: Nick Carr, Robert Jackson (November 1, 2012; originally aired November 25, 2010)
Rounds: Here.
This is Nick Carr's third night, and Richard mentions that Nick is used to being in a TV studio. Nick agrees, stating that he was lucky enough to "dabble in a bit of television" a few years back. He goes on to explain that he was doing medical stories on the ABC with George Negus; they used to give good health information about stories on subjects like asthma and diabetes. Nick would talk to people "out in the fields" and sometimes he would also be the expert on the couch there in the studio with George.
Tonight's challenger is Robert Jackson, a musician and composer who plays guitar and saxophone; he is also a painter and an actor. Richard asks about these many facets, and Robert responds that you get a lot of time to practise different things over the years. He says that he is mostly a musician, and has come to acting "through the back door" -- doing theatre shows and getting a small part here and there, and then one thing led to another.
It might not have seemed it towards the end, but this was a fairly close game. It turns out that the damage was done in the first round, where Nick stretched too far and ended up with an invalid word. The numbers went a bit each way but slightly in Robert's favour; Robert also managed to pick up quite a few useful points in the letters, albeit with a slightly risky play in one round. Nick ended up solving the conundrum quickly again, but Robert had the win, 50 to 39.
I could have had an optimal game here if I had been a bit faster. As it was, I overlooked two better options until after time. They were findable; I think this was just the effects of some recent sleep deprivation kicking in. The numbers were a pretty bland bunch today so it was all about the letters, and I was pleased to find some good answers. Coupled with a fast conundrum solution this pushed my score up into the seventies again at last.
This is Nick Carr's third night, and Richard mentions that Nick is used to being in a TV studio. Nick agrees, stating that he was lucky enough to "dabble in a bit of television" a few years back. He goes on to explain that he was doing medical stories on the ABC with George Negus; they used to give good health information about stories on subjects like asthma and diabetes. Nick would talk to people "out in the fields" and sometimes he would also be the expert on the couch there in the studio with George.
Tonight's challenger is Robert Jackson, a musician and composer who plays guitar and saxophone; he is also a painter and an actor. Richard asks about these many facets, and Robert responds that you get a lot of time to practise different things over the years. He says that he is mostly a musician, and has come to acting "through the back door" -- doing theatre shows and getting a small part here and there, and then one thing led to another.
It might not have seemed it towards the end, but this was a fairly close game. It turns out that the damage was done in the first round, where Nick stretched too far and ended up with an invalid word. The numbers went a bit each way but slightly in Robert's favour; Robert also managed to pick up quite a few useful points in the letters, albeit with a slightly risky play in one round. Nick ended up solving the conundrum quickly again, but Robert had the win, 50 to 39.
I could have had an optimal game here if I had been a bit faster. As it was, I overlooked two better options until after time. They were findable; I think this was just the effects of some recent sleep deprivation kicking in. The numbers were a pretty bland bunch today so it was all about the letters, and I was pleased to find some good answers. Coupled with a fast conundrum solution this pushed my score up into the seventies again at last.
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