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.
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Monday, 16 February 2015
Friday, 13 February 2015
Ep 260: Emily Hawker, Jodi-Ann Menzies (February 13, 2015; originally aired August 26, 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.
Emily is back for her third night, after two strong games. Richard opens the chat by asking about her daughter, Ashley, who is 14 months old (at the time of filming, presumably). It turns out that they watch Letters and Numbers together (and it is the only show that they do). Richard enquires, a little optimistically, about whether Ashley is showing any signs of playing the game. Emily expresses her doubt about Ashley being able to solve the conundrum at any point in the near future, and on further questioning says that there are no signs as yet of Ashley having a preference for the letters or the numbers.
Tonight's challenger is Jodi-Ann Menzies, who apparently loves to sing. She guesses that enjoyment started at school, where she sang in the choir, and then she "graduated" into an adult choral group. She's now taking private singing lessons. Apparently her favourite place to sing is in the car; David interjects to point out that doing so is called "car-aoke". Oh, dear.
Emily took the early lead in round 1, but thereafter it was almost all Jodi-Ann's way. Emily's risky option in the second round was invalid, and Jodi-Ann managed to outdo her in the first numbers round to gain the lead. Jodi-Ann found good words thereafter, and went into the final numbers round an even 20 points ahead. Emily kept her hopes alive with a good solution in that round, but still needed to solve the conundrum in order to force the tiebreaker. It had all the setup for a major comeback, but the person who buzzed at the 30 second mark was not Emily, but Jodi-Ann, who came through with a 49 to 29 victory.
I had good results tonight, but twice had the disappointment of seeing a better word without having enough time left to get it down on paper. It's been a long week -- I'd forgotten how much time these posts take to write up. Fortunately there's the weekend to recover.
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.
Emily is back for her third night, after two strong games. Richard opens the chat by asking about her daughter, Ashley, who is 14 months old (at the time of filming, presumably). It turns out that they watch Letters and Numbers together (and it is the only show that they do). Richard enquires, a little optimistically, about whether Ashley is showing any signs of playing the game. Emily expresses her doubt about Ashley being able to solve the conundrum at any point in the near future, and on further questioning says that there are no signs as yet of Ashley having a preference for the letters or the numbers.
Tonight's challenger is Jodi-Ann Menzies, who apparently loves to sing. She guesses that enjoyment started at school, where she sang in the choir, and then she "graduated" into an adult choral group. She's now taking private singing lessons. Apparently her favourite place to sing is in the car; David interjects to point out that doing so is called "car-aoke". Oh, dear.
Emily took the early lead in round 1, but thereafter it was almost all Jodi-Ann's way. Emily's risky option in the second round was invalid, and Jodi-Ann managed to outdo her in the first numbers round to gain the lead. Jodi-Ann found good words thereafter, and went into the final numbers round an even 20 points ahead. Emily kept her hopes alive with a good solution in that round, but still needed to solve the conundrum in order to force the tiebreaker. It had all the setup for a major comeback, but the person who buzzed at the 30 second mark was not Emily, but Jodi-Ann, who came through with a 49 to 29 victory.
I had good results tonight, but twice had the disappointment of seeing a better word without having enough time left to get it down on paper. It's been a long week -- I'd forgotten how much time these posts take to write up. Fortunately there's the weekend to recover.
As usual, details after the jump.
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