Rounds: Here.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I
did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
It's Anthony's third game tonight, and Richard returns to the topic of Anthony's running; as we heard before, Anthony will be running his 20th half-marathon this weekend. Richard asks how many full marathons Anthony has run, and it turns out that there was only one, a couple of years ago. There is reference to a joking comment that David made in an earlier game -- that Anthony could save time by doing ten full marathons instead of twenty half-marathons -- and Anthony points out that it does not work like that.
Tonight's challenger is Cathy Peck, a retired school teacher. This is not the first time that Cathy has been on television: Fifty years ago, she was on a show called Desmond Tester's Cabbage Quiz; as she explains it, if you got an answer correct then you got prizes. However, you had to stand and hold the prizes in your hand. If you dropped a prize, then you were given a cabbage in its place. And it was very difficult holding cabbages and prizes.
Anthony took the first letters round, but his invalid answer in round two let Cathy almost catch up. The points were shared in the first numbers round, but Anthony outscored Cathy in the next two letters rounds and it looked like he might run away with the match. Again the points were shared in the numbers round, and then Cathy found the best option in the last letters round to claw her way back into contention. Unfortunately, she made a simple error when writing her numbers answer in the last numbers round, and what should have been shared points again (and a chance for her to win if she solved the conundrum) turned into disaster. Neither contestant could solve the conundrum, and Anthony registered his third win, 51 to 32.
As usual, details after the jump.
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