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.
Rachel returns for her third night, and Richard asks her about her job of child speech pathology; in particular, he asks what kind of things she helps children with. Rachel answers that the most common issue is "sounds, errors with their sounds and making them clearer". She also sees many children that are not using a lot of words or do not have a great grasp of expressive language. Richard asks how difficult improving a child's speech can be, and Rachel responds that it can sometimes be quite difficult, but the earlier they work with them the better the outcome. They can even usefully start as young as ten months old.
When we had the long shot of the set at the start of the episode I thought that SBS had messed up and shown yesterday's game again. The reason is that tonight's challenger looks fairly familiar; in fact, it's Ajanthan's brother Anushan Jegatheeswaran, an accounting and sports management student. Richard points out the family relation, as you would expect, and asks if their is any sibling rivalry over the show at home. Anushan agrees.
It's a very close game tonight, and there's very little to choose between the contestants. Anushan missed his chance to jump to an early lead when he overlooked a simple extension to his word in round one. He finally got that lead in the first numbers round when Rachel was surprisingly far away, but then an invalid word from him allowed Rachel to narrow the gap. Rachel took the lead with an excellent solution in the second numbers round, only for Anushan to ties the scores in the last numbers round. I thought we were going to go to a tiebreaker, but Anushan solved the conundrum in the last second to become the new champion, 50 points to 40.
I had a good game to finish off the week, and I am particularly happy with my round 4 answer. That was the one that made me think I might be in with a chance of matching David and Lily, and I was able to keep up that form to do so. I've struggled all week to do that, but this time was finally able to solve the conundrum and get that precious result.
Brief details after the jump.
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Friday, 20 February 2015
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Ep 264: Rachel Furness, Ajanthan Jegatheeswaran (February 19, 2015; originally aired September 1, 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.
Rachel is back for her second night, and it is revealed that she has a young daughter called Lily; also a son named Noah, but that name lacks the obvious connection to the show. Both children are huge fans of Lily Serna, and (young) Lily told Rachel to be sure to let (older) Lily know that Rachel had her own little Lily at home. Phew, that's too many uses of "Lily" in the sentence, but there's only so much I can do.
Tonight's challenger is Ajanthan Jegatheeswaran, an architect whose ambition is to own his own company providing disaster relief housing. Richard notes the specificity of that ambition, and asks why that is so. Ajanthan explains that his family left a war-torn country to come to Australia, so wants to be able to give something back to people less fortunate than they were.
Ajanthan was the first to score, finding a nice word in the first round while Rachel lagged behind. She took the second round, though, reducing his lead to just a single point. Two shared rounds followed, but then Rachel really hit her stride, finding a good word and an exceptional numbers solution. Ajanthan's choice in the final letters round was invalid, and that guaranteed Rachel the win. Both solved the final numbers round, and the conundrum was too difficult for everyone, so the margin remained large in Rachel's favour: 54 points to 32.
I had an excellent game, hitting maximums in all of the main rounds. One of those was that same numbers round that Rachel did so well on, and as Lily faltered there I was actually ahead on the solo total going into the conundrum. All I needed to do was solve it to have that great rarity of the win against David and Lily... but for the fourth game in a row the conundrum was too difficult for me. Frustrating!
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.
Rachel is back for her second night, and it is revealed that she has a young daughter called Lily; also a son named Noah, but that name lacks the obvious connection to the show. Both children are huge fans of Lily Serna, and (young) Lily told Rachel to be sure to let (older) Lily know that Rachel had her own little Lily at home. Phew, that's too many uses of "Lily" in the sentence, but there's only so much I can do.
Tonight's challenger is Ajanthan Jegatheeswaran, an architect whose ambition is to own his own company providing disaster relief housing. Richard notes the specificity of that ambition, and asks why that is so. Ajanthan explains that his family left a war-torn country to come to Australia, so wants to be able to give something back to people less fortunate than they were.
Ajanthan was the first to score, finding a nice word in the first round while Rachel lagged behind. She took the second round, though, reducing his lead to just a single point. Two shared rounds followed, but then Rachel really hit her stride, finding a good word and an exceptional numbers solution. Ajanthan's choice in the final letters round was invalid, and that guaranteed Rachel the win. Both solved the final numbers round, and the conundrum was too difficult for everyone, so the margin remained large in Rachel's favour: 54 points to 32.
I had an excellent game, hitting maximums in all of the main rounds. One of those was that same numbers round that Rachel did so well on, and as Lily faltered there I was actually ahead on the solo total going into the conundrum. All I needed to do was solve it to have that great rarity of the win against David and Lily... but for the fourth game in a row the conundrum was too difficult for me. Frustrating!
As usual, details after the jump.
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Ep 263: Geoff Walker, Rachel Furness (February 18, 2015; originally aired August 31, 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.
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.
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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