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.
On Cormac's second night, Richard asks him about the "multilinguist" term that was used in his description. Cormac explains that he knows four languages: English and Irish in high school, and he has picked up German and Spanish as well. Richard asks him to translate "letters and numbers" to a couple of languages of his choice; Cormac gives the Gaelic translation of "litreacha agus uimhreacha", and then Richard takes back the free choice by asking for it specifically in Spanish. That turns out to be the rather simpler "letras y nùmeros". German would have been more interesting ("Buchstaben und Zahlen").
Tonight's challenger is Geoff Walker, a bushwalker whose passions include bushwalking and the Argentinean tango. Richard seems impressed by the tango, and asks how Geoff got involved in it. Geoff explains that he was looking for something to occupy his spare time about ten years ago; he saw an advertisement for classes, went along, and loved it. But more than the dancing, he loves the music -- that's what really keeps him going in tango.
It starts off fairly evenly -- Geoff took the lead in the first round, two tied rounds followed, then Cormac tied it up at the halfway mark. But that was as good as it got for Cormac: Geoff outmatched him in the letters, and two poor numbers rounds saw Cormac slip out of contention. The conundrum was too hard for everyone, so Geoff became the new champion, 48 to 19.
I started off well, but once I missed a word I'd have liked to have found things unravelled a bit. My next declaration was invalid, and I was too slow to see the best option in the last letters round. The numbers went well, but once more the conundrum proved too difficult for me. I hope I get one soon!
As usual, details after the jump.
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Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Monday, 16 February 2015
Ep 261: Jodi-Ann Menzies, Cormac Murtagh (February 16, 2015; originally aired August 29, 2011)
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.
Jodi-Ann gets her turn in the champion's seat to start off the week. Richard notes that Jodi-Ann has swum with dolphins, and asks her what that was like. Jodi-Ann says it was fabulous, and that she has been very fortunate in that she has been able to swim with dolphins both in the wild and also in captivity. Richard then throws back to Lily, who surfs a lot, and asks her if she has encountered dolphins while doing so. Lily responds that she has, but it wasn't so nice at the time -- all she saw was a fin go past, so she and her surfing companion Anna were both scared for a while.
Tonight's challenger is Cormac Murtagh, described as an avid poker player and multilinguist. Richard asks how serious Cormac is about the poker, and Cormac explains that he started off just playing with friends but has since become more serious about it; he moved on to playing in tournaments, which he has really enjoyed. He has also been able to earn a bit of money doing it, which is good. He hopes to eventually "swim with the big sharks" in the poker game.
Jodi-Ann got off to a poor start with an invalid word, but it was not a very costly mistake. She took the lead in the second round, only for Cormac to gain it back and then further extend it in the next two rounds. Jodi-Ann struck back in the second numbers round, with her solution taking her to just a point behind Cormac. That point was significant, however, as Cormac was the one to solve the final numbers round; that put him eleven points ahead going into the conundrum. It was a hard conundrum, and no-one solved it; Cormac took the victory, 39 to 28.
As seems to be a bit of a running theme recently, I had good results but was just a little too slow in some of the initial rounds. Thereafter I found the maximums, before running into the brick wall of the conundrum. It was too tough for me also, but I still managed to reach the mid-sixties.
As usual, details after the jump.
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.
Jodi-Ann gets her turn in the champion's seat to start off the week. Richard notes that Jodi-Ann has swum with dolphins, and asks her what that was like. Jodi-Ann says it was fabulous, and that she has been very fortunate in that she has been able to swim with dolphins both in the wild and also in captivity. Richard then throws back to Lily, who surfs a lot, and asks her if she has encountered dolphins while doing so. Lily responds that she has, but it wasn't so nice at the time -- all she saw was a fin go past, so she and her surfing companion Anna were both scared for a while.
Tonight's challenger is Cormac Murtagh, described as an avid poker player and multilinguist. Richard asks how serious Cormac is about the poker, and Cormac explains that he started off just playing with friends but has since become more serious about it; he moved on to playing in tournaments, which he has really enjoyed. He has also been able to earn a bit of money doing it, which is good. He hopes to eventually "swim with the big sharks" in the poker game.
Jodi-Ann got off to a poor start with an invalid word, but it was not a very costly mistake. She took the lead in the second round, only for Cormac to gain it back and then further extend it in the next two rounds. Jodi-Ann struck back in the second numbers round, with her solution taking her to just a point behind Cormac. That point was significant, however, as Cormac was the one to solve the final numbers round; that put him eleven points ahead going into the conundrum. It was a hard conundrum, and no-one solved it; Cormac took the victory, 39 to 28.
As seems to be a bit of a running theme recently, I had good results but was just a little too slow in some of the initial rounds. Thereafter I found the maximums, before running into the brick wall of the conundrum. It was too tough for me also, but I still managed to reach the mid-sixties.
As usual, details after the jump.
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