Rounds: Here.
David Waddell gets his turn in the champion's seat tonight, and Richard reveals that it is David's wedding anniversary tonight. (I'm guessing that was the airdate rather than the date of filming, although they would have been fairly close at that point -- the show's organisers only found out quite late that they were being renewed after the end of the first series.) Four years ago he married "[his] lovely wife Jen". He proposed to her during a climb of the Sydney harbour bridge, right at the top of it.
Tonight's challenger is Jodi Knight, a radiography student and education worker who describes herself as "sports crazed". Jodi plays basketball and tennis, and coaches cricket. That's all we find out -- it was a strangely short introduction.
To avoid confusion between the Davids, I will be referring to David Astle as DA for the rest of this writeup.
Jodi took a small risk in the first round that paid off, and then the next round was split. Both contestants rather strangely ended up with invalid answers to the first numbers round, but then Jodi stretched her lead with an excellent find in round 4. Shared rounds followed -- the remaining numbers rounds were too easy to be useful -- and again both contestants had invalid answers in round 7. Jodi was safe going into the conundrum, and with neither solving it the scoreline remained at 48 to 33 in her favour.
I was not able to find my best options that well, and only those invalid answers from Jodi kept me close. Thanks to those I was just a point behind going into the conundrum, and fortunately managed to solve it to scramble home to the win. Phew!
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Saturday, 21 May 2016
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Ep 107: Kathryn James, David Waddell (May 19, 2016; originall aired December 28, 2010)
Rounds: Here.
It's Kathryn James' third night on the show, and we find out that she likes to read. And in particular, she recently bought a copy of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Remember that fad? It will certainly provide her with a lot of suggestions for upcoming reading material, although Kathryn indicates that it will not be the entirety of her reading list.
Tonight's challenger is David Waddell, a secondary school teacher who is currently studying a masters of divinity. In response to Richard's questioning, David explains that it is a graduate degree in theology for someone with a degree in a different discipline. He intends to use it to go over to Africa and do some aid and development work in Malawi, Mozambique, or Tanzania.
As a minor policy change from previous writeups, I'll be referring to David Astle as DA in the rest of this writeup to avoid confusion over which David is meant.
It was a close game tonight, with some good back-and-forth from the contestants. David took the first advantage, but Kathryn struck back in the second round to take the lead, then extended it in the numbers. Both contestants did well in the next letters round, and David managed to close the gap to just one point in the following one. A couple of matched efforts followed, then Kathryn extended her lead on the last numbers round, putting her eight points ahead going into the conundrum. It was a good position to be in, but not quite good enough: David solved the conundrum first, sneaking home for victory, 38 to 36.
I dropped a few maxima tonight, but it was the numbers ones that made me unhappy. They were findable, and I solved both of them shortly after time. I just need to be a bit faster! If I had found the solutions I would have outpointed DA and Lily -- a very rare occurrence!
It's Kathryn James' third night on the show, and we find out that she likes to read. And in particular, she recently bought a copy of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Remember that fad? It will certainly provide her with a lot of suggestions for upcoming reading material, although Kathryn indicates that it will not be the entirety of her reading list.
Tonight's challenger is David Waddell, a secondary school teacher who is currently studying a masters of divinity. In response to Richard's questioning, David explains that it is a graduate degree in theology for someone with a degree in a different discipline. He intends to use it to go over to Africa and do some aid and development work in Malawi, Mozambique, or Tanzania.
As a minor policy change from previous writeups, I'll be referring to David Astle as DA in the rest of this writeup to avoid confusion over which David is meant.
It was a close game tonight, with some good back-and-forth from the contestants. David took the first advantage, but Kathryn struck back in the second round to take the lead, then extended it in the numbers. Both contestants did well in the next letters round, and David managed to close the gap to just one point in the following one. A couple of matched efforts followed, then Kathryn extended her lead on the last numbers round, putting her eight points ahead going into the conundrum. It was a good position to be in, but not quite good enough: David solved the conundrum first, sneaking home for victory, 38 to 36.
I dropped a few maxima tonight, but it was the numbers ones that made me unhappy. They were findable, and I solved both of them shortly after time. I just need to be a bit faster! If I had found the solutions I would have outpointed DA and Lily -- a very rare occurrence!
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