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.
Geoff Walker gets his turn in the champion's seat, and Richard brings up the topic of Geoff's interest in bushwalking. In particular, that he has done some spectacular walks west of Alice Springs. Geoff agrees, and names the location: The West MacDonnell Ranges with the Larapinta Trail. He enthuses that it is a wonderful walk, even though it can be tough going. In particular, it is really nice when you are walking along the ridge tops, because you have long-distance views for kilometres around. "Absolutely beautiful", he finishes.
Taking up the challenger's position is Rachel Furness, a child speech pathologist. Apparently Rachel has a bucket list -- well, not so much a bucket list as a "pre-turning-forty list" -- that she is trying to get through. One of them is appearing on a TV show, so that one is satisfactorily taken care of. Richard asks what else is on the list, and Rachel mentions completing the Rubik's cube and learning to surf. She thought that Lily might be able to help her with those; Lily disclaims any ability with the Rubik's cube, but is confident about being able to help with the surfing.
Geoff got off to an unfortunate start with an invalid word; it's the sort of thing that some familiarity with the Macquarie would suggest avoiding, but of course contestants don't end up with a copy until they have already lost. He had two more invalid answers in the next three rounds, and was perhaps fortunate to only be 11 points behind at the halfway mark. Matters were a little more even thereafter, but a perhaps-tactical choice by Rachel of the rat pack in the last numbers round was too difficult for either to solve, and that guaranteed her the win. The conundrum went unsolved, and Rachel became the new champion with 35 points to 23.
I had some good results in the letters today, although I should have done better in the first round. I struggled a bit with the numbers, in contrast, needing extra time to find the best options in two of the rounds. It still seemed like decent results, although once again the conundrum was just too hard for me.
As usual, details after the jump.
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Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Ep 262: Cormac Murtagh, Geoff Walker (February 17, 2015; originally aired August 30, 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.
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.
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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