Ep 361: Trevor Armstrong, Chris Miller (January 16, 2012)

Rounds: Here.


Richard talks a bit more about Trevor's swimming, and how he does it all over the world.  He asks why Trevor does that, and more or less gets a rehash of the first night's comments about what Trevor likes about swimming.  Trevor says that recently he went to Vanuatu, and at the capital (Port Vila) he swam around the Iririki island (a distance of about 3.2 kilometres).  Trevor adds: "29, 30 degree water temperature, coral fish, what more could you ask for?"

Tonight's challenger is Chris Miller, an accountant and keen traveller.  Chris hails from London, and did about two months of travelling around Australia when he first arrived here.  He spent a lot of time on the east coast of Queensland; in particular, driving from Brisbane to Cairns and swimming along the Great Barrier Reef.  He describes the experience as fantastic and amazing, and says that he met a lot of great people.


It's a very close game from both contestants: They have identical results in three of the five letters rounds, and anagrams in another.  They each get one of the numbers rounds, and then both miss the last completely, meaning that it's just a single round of difference going into the conundrum.  Trevor was ahead, and solves the conundrum quickly to get his third win, 53 to 37.

I did OK, but stumbled in the second round and then was just a touch slow on the conundrum so that Trevor just beat me to it.  The rest was good (just one letter short of optimal) and strong numbers results in particular saw me comfortably home.

As usual, details after the break.