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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio. Do you know, we're celebrating something, at least Google is. They're celebrating their 20th anniversary, the 20th anniversary, Rachel, of Google being founded.
00:44If you remind yourself, you're a young girl then, of course, at school, back at school. Where would we be without those great search engines and Google? You know, my word, it's extraordinary.
00:55Do you know how many searches there are worldwide per day? It's 3.5 billion.
00:59But here in the UK, the most searched is, first of all, Meghan Markle, no surprise there, and Wimbledon, Wimbledon. So there we are. And finally, the most searched recipe, chili con carne.
01:12Isn't that amazing? I had a little spate last year of searching for baking recipes.
01:17None of which worked for me, I can tell you. Anyway, there we are. But, I mean, without those search engines, you know.
01:26I wonder how many people are searching for Nick Hewitt's baking recipes. Could be one of those nil hits.
01:31Exactly. Or people with very poor judgment. Rachel, who's with us? We've got Tony Manwani back with us, a training and HR consultant from Reading, who's now on his sixth win.
01:42Sixth win. Well done. Thanks, Nick. Good to see you back. Well done. Well done. You're joined by Sam Kleinberg, a liberal arts student at the University of Birmingham from Leeds.
01:51And soon you're off to South America, to Uruguay. Now, what's all this about? Sounds like a very interesting scam to me. What are you going to be doing down there?
01:59Indeed. I'll be studying for one year. I've been learning Spanish for a long time.
02:04Yeah. And I've got an offer at a university in Montevideo, which is the capital of Uruguay.
02:10Sure. And I'll be studying there for one year, so.
02:12That's brilliant. And you get some sort of credit for that when you come back and so forth.
02:16Yes, exactly, yeah. So, Spanish. But you're, it's a liberal arts degree, so essentially what, where'd you go at the end of all that? You're going into teaching or?
02:24Good question. I'll let you know when I've worked it out.
02:26All right. But your Spanish will certainly be, will be very proficient in Spanish at the end of all that.
02:31All right. Well, good luck to you. Good luck to you both.
02:33Big round of applause now for Tony and Sam.
02:37Tony and Sam.
02:39And over in the corner, Susie Dent, of course, and joined once again, and it's great to welcome him back, TV and radio sports broadcaster, Mark Pugach.
02:47Welcome back, Mark.
02:48Thank you, Mark.
02:49Lots to talk about, Mark, but let's get down to business first of all. Tony, so let us go.
02:57OK. Afternoon, Rachel.
02:58Afternoon, Tony.
02:59I'll start with the consonant, please.
03:00Thank you. Start today with P.
03:03And another one.
03:05D.
03:06And a third.
03:08T.
03:09And a vowel, please.
03:12U.
03:12And another.
03:15A.
03:15And a consonant.
03:19R.
03:20And another.
03:23S.
03:24And a vowel.
03:26I.
03:27And a final vowel, please.
03:30And a final E.
03:32And here's the countdown clock.
03:34And a vowel, please.
03:36And a vowel, please.
03:37And a vowel, please.
03:38And a vowel, please.
03:39And a vowel, please.
03:40And a vowel, please.
03:41And a vowel, please.
03:42And a vowel, please.
03:43And a vowel, please.
03:44And a vowel, please.
03:45And a vowel, please.
03:46And a vowel, please.
03:47And a vowel, please.
03:48And a vowel, please.
03:49And a vowel, please.
03:50And a vowel, please.
03:51And a vowel, please.
03:52And a vowel, please.
03:53And a vowel, please.
03:54And a vowel, please.
03:55And a vowel, please.
03:56And a vowel, please.
03:57And a vowel, please.
03:58And a vowel, please.
03:59And a vowel, please.
04:00And a vowel, please.
04:01And a vowel, please.
04:02Well, Tony?
04:05Eight.
04:06An eight.
04:07Sam?
04:07A seven.
04:08And your seven is?
04:10Spurted.
04:11Spurted.
04:12Tony?
04:13Traipsed.
04:14Traipsed.
04:14Yeah, very good.
04:16Nice word.
04:16Our old friend.
04:17Yeah.
04:18Mark and Susie?
04:19Traipsed, yes, we like, which I always think is an outstanding word.
04:22Very onomatopoeic, isn't it?
04:24You can, traipsing through the streets.
04:26Perfect.
04:27And Susie, anything else?
04:28A couple more weights for you, upraised and pastured as well.
04:34Thanks, Susie.
04:35Now, Sam.
04:37Sam, off we go.
04:38Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:39Good afternoon, Sam.
04:40Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:42Start with C.
04:44And a vowel?
04:46O.
04:47And a consonant?
04:49S.
04:50And another consonant?
04:53M.
04:54And a vowel?
04:56E.
04:58And a consonant?
05:00R.
05:02And a vowel?
05:04O.
05:06And a consonant?
05:09G.
05:11And a final consonant, please.
05:14And a final S.
05:15Stand by.
05:16I.
05:29i.
05:30I.
05:30I.
05:30I.
05:31I.
05:31And a consonant, please.
05:40I.
05:41yes sam a six tony yep six as well sam grooms yes same word yeah there we are mark and susie
05:56nothing more than six scores yes um and ogress female ogre ogress ogress thankfully one doesn't
06:06run into too many of those and ogress fourteen plays six tony on fourteen and it's tony's numbers
06:13game yes tony okay six more please rachel six other ones thank you very much tony and they are to start
06:20two three ten eight one and four and the target 132 one three two
06:32so
06:38so
06:42Yes, Tony.
07:04Yep, one, three, two.
07:05Thanks. And Sam, one, three, two.
07:07Now, Tony.
07:08Eight plus four plus one.
07:09Eight plus four plus one, thirteen.
07:12Multiply by ten.
07:14One hundred and thirty.
07:15And add on the two.
07:15Yep, straightforward that one.
07:16And Sam.
07:17Yeah, exactly the same way.
07:18Same way, just show it to Tony.
07:21Well done.
07:25So, Tony on twenty-four, and Sam sixteen as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which
07:30is on lunatic.
07:31And the clue, he ranted on and on like a lunatic.
07:35There was no sign of it stopping.
07:37He ranted on and on like a lunatic.
07:40There was no sign of it stopping.
07:42Welcome back.
07:59I left with the clue.
08:00He ranted on and on like a lunatic.
08:02There was no sign of it stopping.
08:05It was, in fact, continual.
08:07That's the answer, continual.
08:10So, twenty-four plays sixteen.
08:11Tony on twenty-four.
08:13Sam.
08:14Let us go.
08:14A consonant, please, Rachel.
08:16Thank you, Sam.
08:17D.
08:18And a vowel.
08:21I.
08:22And a consonant.
08:24W.
08:26And a vowel.
08:27A.
08:28And a consonant, please.
08:32N.
08:34And a vowel.
08:36E.
08:37And a consonant.
08:40R.
08:42And another consonant.
08:45B.
08:47And a final vowel, please.
08:50And a final E.
08:52Stand by.
08:53A consonant.
09:19E.
09:19well Sam a seven and seven Sam brained yes you're both brained yeah cool now Mark Mark Susie
09:35yes brained over here as well which I wasn't convinced was a word but obviously it is absolutely
09:41fine a couple more sevens for you bandier and bendier thank you anything else no just we're
09:46done all right 31 plays 23 Tony's on 31 Tony let us go okay consonant please Rachel thank you Tony
09:53n and another s and a third m and a vowel please u and another o and a consonant
10:07t and another b and a vowel e and a vowel to finish please and finish o stand by
10:23so
10:29Tony a six Sam yeah also a six and Tony mounts Sam same word
10:51look at you two yep now Mark and Susie Mark yes you had you had mounts didn't you and an interesting
11:07seven beautiful seven yeah love this word um moon set uh the time of setting of the moon below the
11:13horizon the moon set moon set why not sunset moon set moon set thank you 37 to 29 now Sam it's your
11:22numbers game good luck thank you can I have one big and five small please Rachel you can indeed thank
11:28you send one large five little coming up and this election is six one five three another six and 100
11:38and the target 593 593
11:43so
11:47so
11:50so
12:04well Sam
12:14five nine three and Tony yep 593 off we go Sam uh so 100 times six six hundred uh minus six minus one
12:23yeah simple there we go and
12:25well we give you a bit of a rest now as we turn to uh to Mark you can talk about etiquette
12:36and sportsmanship yes particularly in modern day sport where there's so much money and the desire
12:43to win and the need to win seems to override everything so there's no room for this anymore
12:47uh certainly in terms when it comes to the teams just just a couple of things that occurred to me
12:52in cricket when you edge the ball as a batsman the wicket keeper catches it in the old days you would
12:58walk I was brought up by a father who once didn't talk to me all afternoon because I didn't walk you
13:02know he really believed in these things leads to the old gag in Australia because they don't believe
13:07in that sort of thing there that Australian only walks when his car runs out of petrol so they don't
13:12really believe in that but there was that and also the other game I used to play with them a lot
13:16was billiards which you don't really see very much you see bar billiards and pool and snooker
13:20we're not billiards you are allowed to pot your opponent's uh white ball but my my father wouldn't
13:26let me do that he'd say you can't do that that's really bad sportsmanship and I'd say well that's
13:31that's daft it's in the rules he'd said it's bad sportsmanship it's also puts you at a disadvantage
13:36because if you pot your opponent's white and billiards that ball does not reappear for the rest
13:41of the break so you immediately halve your opportunities of scoring so he'd say there's a method here to my
13:47saying that's bad sportsmanship and the third thing I was thinking about was got the Ryder Cup in a few
13:51weeks time now the Ryder Cup has got quite heated over the last few years and in 1999 there was an
13:57infamous moment a golfer from America called Justin Leonard hold a putt from 40 feet and the American
14:03team completely forgot what they were doing and they ran onto the green the players officials wives
14:09everybody and afterwards even the Americans knew they'd gone too far the Los Angeles Times said the
14:14entire US team violated every principle of proper golf decorum and decent manners could you be much
14:20more on sporting probably not so they learned their lesson there and I just thought I'd finish by saying
14:26there's sportsmanship and there's etiquette and in my world there's the etiquette of taking turns of who
14:31does an interview first and there's one famous day on a Friday where somebody said to me do you mind if I
14:37interview the manager before you even though you're supposed to go first I'd say no he said this is not my
14:42proper job this I'm actually moonlighting doing this radio work I said I'll let you go first on the
14:47condition you tell me what your proper job is he said well I'm an undertaker and I need to get to
14:53the town's hospital to pick up a body so please could I do the interview first so for that reason you
14:59certainly can oh brilliant well done very good
15:02that's hilarious Tony you're on 47 Sam's on 39 and it's Tony's letters game Tony
15:11consonant please Rachel thank you Tony H and a second
15:15g and a third t and a vowel please a and another e and a consonant f and another
15:29h and a vowel o and a final vowel please and a final e come by
15:41thank you
15:52you
15:54Well, Tony?
16:12Just a five.
16:13Sam?
16:14A six.
16:15Right, Tony.
16:16Heath.
16:17Sam?
16:18Goaty?
16:19Goaty.
16:20Excellent.
16:21Yeah, very, very good.
16:22Well, spotted.
16:23Yes.
16:23Mark and Susie.
16:24Mark?
16:25Well, I should have got that as I own three of them, but goaty is very good.
16:29Yes.
16:30Yeah.
16:30That was the best we could do as well.
16:32You've got three goats or three goatees?
16:34Yes.
16:35Three goats.
16:36Why?
16:37Why not?
16:38Do you milk them or do you milk them?
16:40No, they're just the best, most relaxing, wonderful pets.
16:46We used to have them at home.
16:47My dad used to milk them.
16:48Yes?
16:49He'd be up there.
16:50You have to have a three-legged stool and the hind legs have got to be higher than the
16:54front legs.
16:55It's pretty interesting.
16:55You've obviously done a fair bit, yeah.
16:58And the fridge was full of goat's milk until we thought, what's going on here?
17:02There was room for nothing else and eventually, I can't remember what happened, we probably
17:06ate it.
17:06I don't know.
17:1047, please.
17:1145.
17:11Two points in it.
17:13And Sam, your letters again.
17:15Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:17Thank you, Sam.
17:18T.
17:20And a vowel?
17:22I.
17:23And a consonant?
17:26L.
17:28And another consonant?
17:30D.
17:30And a vowel?
17:34A.
17:35And another vowel?
17:37U.
17:39And a consonant?
17:41P.
17:43And another consonant?
17:45L.
17:48And a final vowel, please.
17:51And a final I.
17:54Stand by.
18:00What, Sam?
18:26A seven?
18:28No, Tony.
18:28I'll stick with a, say, five then, I think.
18:32I won't wish the six anymore.
18:33Tony?
18:33Adult.
18:34Sam?
18:35Applaud it.
18:37Wow.
18:37Yeah.
18:38Very good.
18:45Well done.
18:4652 to Tony's 47.
18:48Tony, you're going to have to protect your six wins, Tony.
18:51Let's go to the corner and see what you've been up to over there.
18:53Susie?
18:54Well, just so he was looking at applaud it, to see whether he could have a singular.
18:57It's usually a plural noun, but it does also mention it can be in the singular, because
19:01I was a little bit worried about that, but it's absolutely fine.
19:03Applaud it.
19:03Yeah.
19:0452, as I say, to 47.
19:06Sam in the lead now.
19:07Tony, your numbers game.
19:09Six more, please.
19:10Thought you might say that.
19:11Oh, we'll go from the bottom ones to try and regain your lead.
19:14Thank you, Tony.
19:14Six little ones coming up.
19:15And this time, they are six, one, ten, four, nine, and another one.
19:25And this target, 914.
19:27Nine, one, four.
19:28Nine, one, four.
19:59Yes, Tony?
20:00Nine, eleven.
20:01Nine, eleven.
20:02Sam?
20:03I think I've got nine, one, six, but not written down.
20:07Well, let's have a go.
20:09So, nine times ten is 90.
20:13Nine times ten, 90.
20:15Add the one.
20:1691.
20:16Yep.
20:17Then four plus six is ten.
20:19Nine, one, one, four.
20:20Multiply.
20:21Oh, no, I've gone wrong, sorry.
20:23You used one of them twice.
20:24Yeah, I used the six twice.
20:26Yeah, unfortunately.
20:27Tony?
20:28Okay.
20:29Six plus four is ten.
20:30Six plus four.
20:31Multiply by the nine.
20:33Let's give 90.
20:34Add the one.
20:3691.
20:36And multiply by ten.
20:38And add the one that's left.
20:39Yep.
20:40Nine, one, one.
20:41Well done, sir.
20:43Well done.
20:44Put you two points in the lead.
20:46Back in the lead there, Tony.
20:47But over to Rachel.
20:48Nine, one, four.
20:49How tricky is that?
20:50It was impossible, this one.
20:51Yeah, you could have got to two away.
20:53All right.
20:53Very good effort with three away.
20:55So, well done.
20:55All right.
20:56So, 54 plays 52.
20:59As we turn to our second tea time teaser, it's Love Teddy.
21:03And the clue, the little girl loved her teddy and cuddled it this way every bedtime.
21:07The little girl loved her teddy and cuddled it this way every bedtime.
21:17Welcome back.
21:30I left with the clue, the little girl loved her teddy and cuddled it this way every bedtime.
21:35She cuddled it devotedly.
21:38Devotedly is the answer to that.
21:4054 to 52, Tony in the lead.
21:43Sam, your letters again.
21:45Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:46Thank you, Sam.
21:48N.
21:49And a vowel.
21:52A.
21:53And a consonant.
21:55S.
21:57And another consonant.
21:59K.
22:00And a vowel.
22:03E.
22:04And a consonant.
22:07X.
22:08And another consonant.
22:11S.
22:11A vowel, please.
22:17I.
22:17And a final consonant, please.
22:21And a final T.
22:23Stand by.
22:23And a vowel, please.
22:25And a vowel, please.
22:25And a vowel, please.
22:26And a vowel, please.
22:26And a vowel, please.
22:27And a vowel, please.
22:28And a vowel, please.
22:28And a vowel, please.
22:29And a vowel, please.
22:29And a vowel, please.
22:29And a vowel, please.
22:30And a vowel, please.
22:30And a vowel, please.
22:31And a vowel, please.
22:31And a vowel, please.
22:32And a vowel, please.
22:32And a vowel, please.
22:33And a vowel, please.
22:34And a vowel, please.
22:35And a vowel, please.
22:36And a vowel, please.
22:37And a vowel, please.
22:38And a vowel, please.
22:39And a vowel, please.
22:40And a vowel, please.
22:41And a vowel, please.
22:42And a vowel, please.
22:43Well, Sam, an eight.
22:56And Tony?
22:57Just a seven.
22:58Your seven is?
22:59Intakes.
23:00Sam?
23:01Snakiest.
23:02Snakiest.
23:03You certainly can be the snakiest person in the room.
23:06You wouldn't want to be, but you can be.
23:08Very, very good.
23:08Well done.
23:13It can mean venomous in this country,
23:18but in Australia and New Zealand it means angry or irritable.
23:21So what are you so snaky about is a little bit less of a sting, I suppose.
23:26Now, what have we got in the corner?
23:28That was it.
23:29That was our best two.
23:3160 plays 54.
23:32Sam's back in the lead.
23:34Tony, your letters game.
23:35Yeah, consonant, please, Rachel.
23:37Thank you, Tony.
23:38L.
23:39And another.
23:42L.
23:42And a third.
23:43D.
23:46And a vowel, please.
23:47E.
23:48And another.
23:50A.
23:51And a consonant.
23:53V.
23:54And another.
23:58P.
23:59And a vowel.
24:02I.
24:03And a vowel, please.
24:04And lastly, E.
24:07Countdown.
24:08C.
24:21And a vowel.
24:22C.
24:24C.
24:26Yes, Tony?
24:39I'm going to try a six.
24:40Sam?
24:41A six.
24:42Tony?
24:43I'm hoping I'm not making this up at Pallid, P-A-L-L-I-D.
24:46Why not?
24:46Sam?
24:47Paled?
24:48Paled with an I.
24:50Um, hmm.
24:52Um, I think Sam is only there as a noun.
24:58Um, it's not there as a verb or an adjective, I'm afraid.
25:01I'm sorry.
25:02Bad luck.
25:03Yeah, it's bad luck.
25:04Mark and Susie, Mark.
25:05Veiled, as in a veiled threat.
25:07Oh, you need, oh, yes, she is.
25:09Very good.
25:09That's excellent.
25:10That's another six.
25:10Well done.
25:11I'm sorry, I was with Pallid as well.
25:13Yeah.
25:14That's it?
25:14Yeah.
25:15Sixty apiece.
25:16Close run thing here.
25:17Susie, let's give them the rest.
25:19Your origins of words.
25:20What have you for us today?
25:22Uh, I have some after effects of drinking.
25:25Um, because I had an email in from, uh, Sylvia Fine, who sent a few queries, actually, but
25:31one of them was the word hangover, because she said she came across, uh, an explanation
25:35that in Victorian times, drunks were literally draped over, uh, a rope to sleep off their drinking
25:42from, uh, the night before.
25:44And, uh, if you look at the lexicon of hangovers, um, right across Europe, there's some wonderful,
25:49colourful expressions.
25:50Um, not all of them in English, I have to say.
25:53Um, so in Germany, you might say you have a touch of Katzenjama, which means wailing
25:57cats, because that's what it sounds like in your head.
26:00Um, the Swedes are smacked from behind.
26:02Uh, the French have hairache, which I think is great, because that is exactly what it feels
26:07like.
26:07And the Danes have carpenters in their foreheads, uh, which I think is another good one.
26:12But back to, uh, hangover, and, uh, if you look at, um, George Orwell's Down and Out
26:17in Paris and London, which was written in the 1930s, uh, you'll find this description of
26:24the, uh, the two-penny hangover, uh, which is a place where lodgers would sit in a row on
26:30a bench with a rope in front of them, and they lean on this as they're leaning over a fence.
26:34A man, this description, humorously called the valet, cuts the rope at five in the morning.
26:40I had never been there myself, but Bozer had been there often, and I asked him whether
26:43anyone could possibly sleep in such an attitude, and he said it was much more comfortable than
26:47it sounded, and at any rate, better than the bare floor.
26:51So quite a long description of this, and in fact, Orwell does refer to this method as
26:55hangover, uh, because that is exactly what the drunkards were.
26:58They were hung over this, or they hung themselves over this rope.
27:02Balzac mentions it as well, so if you go back to the 19th century, you'll find, uh, more
27:07references to this, uh, tuppany, uh, hangover, or tuppany rope that was used.
27:12So it all sounds very convincing, until you look at the Oxford English Dictionary, and I'm
27:16always, uh, the party pooper.
27:18Um, whilst this was, uh, a practice, and as I say, we have that documented, the evidence
27:23is simply that, uh, it's the idea of something that remains, or that is left over, in other words,
27:28the headache, or whatever the symptoms are, from, uh, the alcohol the night before, the
27:33after-effects that linger and hang over.
27:35Uh, but for all of that, I love the colourful story of the rope, and as we say, it is partly,
27:40uh, you know, it is partly explanatory for the idiom, because it certainly happened, these
27:44tuppany ropes, uh, so next time you're very drunk, Nick, which only doesn't happen very
27:47often, you can hang yourself over one and tell us if it works.
27:50Thank you very much.
27:55Thank you, Susie, and it's 60 apiece, and it's Sam's letters game.
28:00Sam, can I start with the consonant, please?
28:02Thank you, Sam.
28:03T.
28:04And a vowel.
28:07A.
28:08And a consonant.
28:10D.
28:12And a vowel.
28:15E.
28:17And a consonant.
28:19R.
28:20And another consonant.
28:24Y.
28:26And a vowel, please.
28:29O.
28:31And another vowel.
28:33A.
28:35And a final consonant, please.
28:38And a final G.
28:40Stand by.
28:40And a vowel.
28:42And a vowel.
28:42And a vowel.
28:42And a vowel.
28:43And a vowel.
28:43And a vowel.
28:44And a vowel.
28:44And a vowel.
28:45And a vowel.
28:45And a vowel.
28:46And a vowel.
28:46And a vowel.
28:46And a vowel.
28:46And a vowel.
28:46And a vowel.
28:47And a vowel.
28:47And a vowel.
28:47And a vowel.
28:47And a vowel.
28:48And a vowel.
28:48And a vowel.
28:48And a vowel.
28:49And a vowel.
28:50And a vowel.
28:50And a vowel.
28:51And a vowel.
28:52And a vowel.
28:52And a vowel.
28:52And a vowel.
28:54And a vowel.
28:54And a vowel.
28:54And a vowel.
28:55And a vowel.
28:56And a vowel.
28:56and a vowel.
28:56Yes, Sam, I'll try a risky seven.
29:15Tony?
29:16I'll stick with six.
29:17And your six is?
29:18Grated.
29:19How much of a risk is this, Sam?
29:21Groted.
29:23Susie?
29:23I think it's going to be another case where it's just a noun and nothing else.
29:29Yeah, it's just there as groat.
29:30I'm sorry.
29:31Mark and Susie?
29:32Tragedy.
29:33Yes.
29:34Yes.
29:34Yes.
29:35And that's got a goat connection as well, because the origin of tragedy is the Greek for goat song,
29:40because goats were often sacrificed at or at least pledged to the gods during drama and Greek times.
29:46Thank you for that.
29:46We should have both known that, shouldn't we?
29:49Indeed.
29:5066 to 60.
29:52Now, Tony?
29:53Last letters game.
29:56Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:57Thank you, Tony.
29:59T.
29:59And another.
30:02Q.
30:02And a third.
30:06L.
30:07And a vowel, please.
30:10I.
30:11And another.
30:13U.
30:14And a consonant.
30:15D.
30:16And a vowel.
30:17And a vowel.
30:18E.
30:19And a consonant.
30:22F.
30:24And a vowel, please.
30:25And lastly, A.
30:27Stand by.
30:28And a vowel, please.
30:29And a vowel, please.
30:30And a vowel, please.
30:30And a vowel, please.
30:31And a vowel, please.
30:32And a vowel, please.
30:32And a vowel, please.
30:33And a vowel, please.
30:34And a vowel, please.
30:34And a vowel, please.
30:35And a vowel, please.
30:35And a vowel, please.
30:36And a vowel, please.
30:36And a vowel, please.
30:37And a vowel, please.
30:37And a vowel, please.
30:38And a vowel, please.
30:38And a vowel, please.
30:39And a vowel, please.
30:40And a vowel, please.
30:41And a vowel, please.
30:42And a vowel, please.
30:43And a vowel, please.
30:44And a vowel, please.
30:45And a vowel, please.
30:46And a vowel, please.
30:47And a vowel, please.
30:48Tony?
31:01A seven.
31:02Sam?
31:02Yeah, also a seven.
31:04Tony?
31:04Yeah, quilted.
31:05Yes?
31:06One word.
31:06Just show that to Tony.
31:08And over in the corner, Mark and Susie?
31:11Well, I got a six, which I'm sure a lot of people did dilute.
31:15Yes.
31:16Which really you should use for a seven.
31:17Which is good for you.
31:19Tequila.
31:20But actually, and you've got an eight.
31:23There is an eight, yes.
31:24Liquated.
31:24It's a term for metal making.
31:26And to liquate is to separate or purify a metal by melting it.
31:33Liquated.
31:35Thank you very much.
31:3673 to 67.
31:38Look at this.
31:39Sam.
31:39Numbers game.
31:40Can I have one big one and five small ones, please, Rachel?
31:43You can indeed.
31:44Possibly playing it safe for a crucial conundrum.
31:47Let's find out.
31:48Thank you, Sam.
31:49The last numbers are six, four, five, nine, two, and the big one, 25.
31:55And the target, 393.
31:58393.
31:59Orch시다, 393.
32:12Every word.
32:19For strenghto.
32:20Oh, come to school.
32:21We'll be with you.
32:22We'll be with you.
32:25We'll be with them.
32:25Well, Sam?
32:313, 9, 4.
32:34And Tony?
32:35Yeah, 3, 9, 4 as well. Not written down, no.
32:37Oh, let's hear from you.
32:399 plus the 5 plus the 2.
32:4216.
32:43Multiply by the 25.
32:44400.
32:45And take away the 6.
32:461 away.
32:48Sam?
32:48Yeah, same way.
32:51Rachel.
32:523, 9, 3?
32:53A couple of ways.
32:54You could have said 25 times 5 is 1, 2, 5.
33:00Add 6, 4, 1, 3, 1.
33:02And then 9 minus the 4 and minus the 2 is 3 and times them together.
33:07Perfect.
33:07Perfect.
33:11Thank you, Rachel.
33:14So here we are.
33:1580 plus 74 means only one thing.
33:18We've got a crucial conundrum on our hands.
33:20Fingers on buzzers.
33:22Good luck to you both.
33:22Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:29Tony, so fast.
33:30Yes?
33:31Believing.
33:32Believing.
33:33And you're nodding.
33:34Sam's nodding there.
33:35Let's see whether you're right.
33:37Believing.
33:38Well done.
33:38Well done.
33:43I'll come back to you, Tony, in a minute.
33:45That was fast.
33:46And you were there, weren't you?
33:47You were there.
33:48You were there.
33:49But you travel safely.
33:51Thank you very much.
33:51Knowing that you played a blinder.
33:54And you held up our seven times winner here to the very last minute.
33:59So well done.
33:59And you take this goodie bag.
34:01Brilliant stuff.
34:01Well done.
34:02We shall see you tomorrow, young man.
34:04Look forward to it.
34:05Well done, Tony.
34:06And we'll see Mark tomorrow.
34:07And Susie, too, of course.
34:08Yeah, see you then.
34:09Well done.
34:09Two good players.
34:11Oh, I think a best of five match was in order.
34:13I think so.
34:13Yeah, very good.
34:14Excellent stuff.
34:15We'll see you tomorrow.
34:15See you tomorrow.
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