Ep 310: Alex van der Kooij, Sujaya Parvathi (November 4, 2011)

Rounds: Here.


In his third night, Alex is revealed to be a keen cyclist.  He's been cycling for 70 years, and like Crockett Cooke from episode 302, has done the Great Victorian Bike Ride -- although presumably not on a tricycle!

Challenging Alex tonight is Sujaya Parvathi, a software developer with a degree in microbiology and genetics.  Richard thinks that it is an interesting combination, with software dealing with non-living computers, whereas biology by definition deals with the alive.


On the personal front, it's been a bad day today, and I'm not feeling in great form for this game.  It shows a couple of times, but neither contestant is having a very good game -- there's three invalid words declared, and only one valid target number (even that was five away from the target) -- and I run out to a comfortable victory.

Sujaya may perhaps have been a little overwhelmed by the filming process, as her only points came from two of Alex's three invalid answers.  In a low-scoring game Alex gets the conundrum to bring some respectability to his total (35 to 12), but I don't think either would be particularly satisfied with their performance.

As usual, details after the jump.