Ep 322: Daniel Chua, Sandy Clarke (November 22, 2011)

Rounds: Here.

Disclaimer: I attended the filming of this show some months back; obviously this may lead to me recollecting some solutions that eluded me at the time, and my scoreline is not necessarily a fair one.


Tonight we find out that Daniel is a twin, and when he and his twin were babies they were apparently able to communicate in their own babble that they understood.  (Or, the cynical part of me says, they believed that they understood.)

The challenger for this episode is Sandy Clarke, a statistical consultant; this means that she helps to interpret data from various projects, determining what results are meaningful.  She gives an example of a recent project on music therapy, where they were looking at physiological changes in response to musical stimulus and deciding if outcomes were likely to be more than just chance.


I got to interact with Sandy somewhat at the filming, too.  My recollection is that she was personable and pleasant to chat with, and she certainly seemed to enjoy her work.


It's a very close game tonight; in fact only the first round separated the contestants.  If Sandy had been a bit more familiar with the "retsina mix" then she would probably have tied that one up as well.  There was another chance to get clear, in a numbers round that oddly neither contestant managed to get anything for, but the opportunity was lost and Daniel was ahead going into the conundrum.  It was still anyone's game, but with the conundrum proving elusive Daniel lived to play another day, 53 to 45.

Obviously my performance is suspect here, but I think that only shows up in the conundrum.  If memory serves me correctly I managed it relatively quickly back then, but not nearly as quickly as this time around.  Aside from that, I'd managed to get ahead in enough rounds for a comfortable win, which again matches my recollections of performance on the day.

As usual, details after the jump.