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00:30Hello, everybody.
00:31Tuesday afternoon.
00:32Thank you so much for tuning in to Countdown.
00:35Just sit down, tune out, hit the autopilot and cruise along with us until 3 o'clock.
00:40And riding shotgun, as always, Rachel Riley.
00:43We were chatting before we came on air about our driving tests.
00:48Not to embarrass you on air, but you were a bit of a Maureen.
00:51A Maureen?
00:52You remember the BBC show?
00:53Maureen, who took forever to pass her driving test.
00:57No, it didn't take forever.
00:58I just had three tests.
00:59Three tests.
01:00That one was a charm.
01:01Well, you're only 957 off the world record.
01:05Oh, my.
01:06South Korea.
01:07The wrongly named Cha Sa Soon took 960 times to pass her driving test.
01:15She passed the practical part of it on her 10th time and took another 950 after that to pass the theory.
01:23How old could she have been when she finally did it?
01:25I mean, perseverance or what?
01:26Unbelievable.
01:27You did.
01:28Decades.
01:29Yeah.
01:30Decades to pass.
01:30But she got there in the end.
01:32OK.
01:33Staring us through every word today on Countdown, our G of the D, Susie Dent.
01:38Right, well, alongside you again, is our two-time boxing world champion with a tremendous engine still.
01:46It's Car Frampton.
01:47And in the driving seat is our new champion, Ricky Murphy.
01:53Fantastic.
01:54Fantastic first appearance on Countdown.
01:56And we know all about your brain now, but I know you like to think with your feet as well.
02:00Um, if you're on about running, yes.
02:03Yeah.
02:04I do like to run a lot.
02:05Um, done a few half marathons, nothing fancy.
02:09Um, but I did do, um, I really raced, I think it's the world's largest actually, um, Hood to Coast.
02:16It's in Oregon, so I used to live in Portland, Oregon.
02:19If you live in Oregon, you're going to be into running.
02:21Yeah, exactly.
02:22That's pretty, pretty certain that's going to happen.
02:25Love it.
02:26Uh, Ricky Murphy, we're hoping to overtake you as our Welsh data science student and sci-fi obsessive John Aziz is here.
02:32Hi, John, mate.
02:33Hi, Colin.
02:34Nice to be here.
02:35You've actually written a couple of sci-fi books recently, hoping to get them published.
02:39Tell me about them.
02:39I've written a couple of sci-fi novels, yes.
02:42Stories about humans and the future living on different planets across the universe.
02:46So what planet are we going to once we finish ruining this one?
02:50Um, I think...
02:51I think, I think, I think we will live, we will have humans on Mars, you know, in the next 30 or 40 years.
02:57I think that would be really, really exciting.
02:59Or fix this planet first before we mess any others up.
03:02So we'll see, we'll see how that goes.
03:03But listen, try and bring our, our champion down to Earth today.
03:07Uh, Ricky Murphy and John Aziz, everybody.
03:11Right, let's do it.
03:12Champion always goes first.
03:13Ricky, let's get some letters.
03:15Yeah.
03:15Hi, Rachel.
03:16Hi, Ricky.
03:16Could I get a continent, please?
03:18Start today with S.
03:20And another.
03:21P.
03:23And another.
03:24W.
03:26And a vowel.
03:28A.
03:29And another.
03:30E.
03:31And another.
03:32O.
03:34Um, and a consonant.
03:37N.
03:38And another.
03:39S.
03:41And another, please.
03:43And lastly, R.
03:46For the first time today at home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:02MUSIC PLAYS
04:19John? Eight. And Ricky? An eight, I think.
04:24OK, what do you think? Spawners. Spawners. And John?
04:28Same. Spawners, just the same. Have a look there.
04:31Yes, in the dictionary. A fish or a frog, they are spawners.
04:35We had a slight twist on that, didn't we? Yeah, we had respawns.
04:39Yeah, which is video gaming.
04:41It's when a character is killed and then comes back to life, they respawn.
04:45Oh, I'd say it would be regenerating. Same thing.
04:48You know, same thing. So, another word for regenerating in computer games.
04:51OK, eight points each. What a cracking start.
04:53And for the first time, John, you get to say hello to our Rachel.
04:56Hello, Rachel. Hi, John. Please may I have a consonant?
04:59You may indeed. L. And another consonant, please.
05:03N. And a third.
05:06G. And a fourth.
05:09D. And a fifth.
05:13M. And a vowel, please.
05:17U. And another vowel, please.
05:19U. And another vowel, please.
05:20O.
05:21And another vowel.
05:23E.
05:25And a fourth vowel.
05:28And the last one, A.
05:3030 seconds.
05:33T.
05:38T.
05:39T.
05:41T.
05:43PEN'S DOWN, JOHN AZEES?
06:05Seven.
06:05RICKY MURPHY?
06:06Same, seven.
06:07Oh, going toe-to-toe.
06:09John, what's yours?
06:09Lounged.
06:10Lounged, and RICKY?
06:12Mangled.
06:13Yeah, I've mangled as well.
06:14What do you have for in Dexterity Corner, Carl?
06:15Mangled is all I've got here.
06:17Anything better?
06:18Nothing more than that.
06:19That's the better.
06:20Well, that's great.
06:20We'll just motor on.
06:21Fifteen apiece.
06:22First numbers, RICKY.
06:24Can I have one large and five little ones, please?
06:26You can, indeed.
06:28I think Colin's pleased about that.
06:29One large, five little, and for the first time today,
06:32the numbers are seven, five, another five, six, ten,
06:38and the large one, 50.
06:40And the target, 806.
06:42Don't push up.
06:43Don't push up.
06:43Don't push up.
06:43Don't push up.
07:14Ricky.
07:16805.
07:17John.
07:17806.
07:18Off you go, John.
07:19So it's 10 plus 6 is 16.
07:21Yep.
07:22Multiply by 50.
07:24800.
07:255 over 5 equals 1.
07:26It does.
07:287 minus 1 equals 6.
07:30806.
07:31Lovely.
07:32Well done.
07:34Brilliant first call to count down today.
07:37Have your first tea time teaser.
07:38Difficult one, this.
07:39Pie cloth.
07:40Pie cloth.
07:41The clue is, this clue might just give it away now.
07:46This clue might just give it away now.
07:58Welcome back, everybody.
08:06A musical theme to the tea time teaser.
08:09Fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be delighted at this.
08:12This clue might just give it away now.
08:15Give it away, a Red Hot Chili Peppers song.
08:18So pie cloth becomes chipotle.
08:20Now, if you would like to become a Countdown contestant,
08:23you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application form.
08:27Or you can write to us at contestantapplications, countdown, leads, LS3, 1, J, S.
08:35And as your challenger on fire, John has a 10 point lead over Ricky.
08:38And John, it's your letters.
08:40I have a consonant, please.
08:41Thank you, John.
08:42D.
08:43And another consonant, please.
08:46C.
08:47And a third, please.
08:48T.
08:49And the fourth.
08:51S.
08:53And the fifth.
08:55Y.
08:56A vowel, please.
08:58I.
09:00Another vowel, please.
09:01E.
09:03Another vowel, please.
09:05U.
09:07And another vowel, please.
09:08And the last one.
09:09I.
09:11Thank you, Rachel.
09:11Thank you, Rachel.
09:42Tricky one.
09:43Ricky.
09:44Seven.
09:45Wow.
09:45John.
09:46You're the same.
09:47Very good.
09:47Ricky.
09:48Dicey-est.
09:49John.
09:49I-C-E-est.
09:50Well, you just sighed, because I think you've realised at the same time as I've just realised.
09:54That's a six.
09:55That's a six, sorry.
09:56Dicey-est.
09:57The dictionary corner.
09:58Carl, anything jump out?
09:59We got a good, we got Dicey-est as well, a seven, and a good five in Detsy.
10:03Detsy.
10:04Is that an insult, or is it, I know it kind of means a little bit, kind of a way with the fairies,
10:10but it's quite a charming thing, I think, as well.
10:12I suppose so.
10:13I think if you call yourself Detsy, that's one thing.
10:15If you call someone else Detsy, or a Ditz, not so good.
10:18And always apply to women.
10:19You never call a man Detsy, do you?
10:20Yeah.
10:21Yeah.
10:22There are many other words to describe men, but Detsy isn't one of them.
10:26Right, let's get back to the game.
10:28And Rikki, you're on a roll.
10:29Let's get your letters.
10:30Can I have a consonant, please?
10:32Thank you, Rikki.
10:33N.
10:34And another.
10:36R.
10:37And another.
10:39G.
10:40And another, please.
10:43H.
10:44And a vowel.
10:46A.
10:47And another.
10:48I.
10:51And another.
10:52O.
10:54A consonant.
10:57S.
10:58And another vowel, please.
10:59And lastly, A.
11:02Here we go.
11:03A consonant.
11:04A consonant.
11:05A consonant.
11:06A consonant.
11:07A consonant.
11:08A consonant.
11:09A consonant.
11:10A consonant.
11:11A consonant.
11:12A consonant.
11:13A consonant.
11:14A consonant.
11:16A consonant.
11:17A consonant.
11:18A consonant.
11:19A consonant.
11:20A consonant.
11:21A consonant.
11:22A consonant.
11:23A consonant.
11:24A consonant.
11:25A consonant.
11:26A consonant.
11:27A consonant.
11:28A consonant.
11:29A consonant.
11:30A consonant.
11:31A consonant.
11:32OK, John, how'd you do?
11:35A seven.
11:35And Ricky?
11:36And just a five.
11:38What's the five?
11:38Rings.
11:39Rings, definitely.
11:40And John?
11:41So it's sharing.
11:42Sharing.
11:42You've got to kick yourself there, Ricky.
11:44The ING was there, and there's probably a few sevens, I think, Susie and Carl.
11:48There's a good seven here in Sangria.
11:50Oh, wonderful.
11:51You like a bit of Sangria.
11:52Yes, well, as a Liverpool fan, I mean, Rachel, I hate this, but, yeah,
11:57Luis Garcia, he drinks Sangria.
11:59He came from Barca to bring us joy.
12:01That was one of her songs, so there you go.
12:03A goodie, though.
12:05Brilliant word, orangish.
12:08Orange-ish?
12:09I know.
12:10It sounds ridiculous, doesn't it, but it's in the dictionary.
12:13Wonderful.
12:14Right, round six, John, your turn to pick the numbers.
12:16Can I have six small, please, Rachel?
12:18You can, indeed.
12:20Thank you, John, I like a six small round.
12:22I don't know if Ricky does, but let's see.
12:24Here we have one, six, ooh, another one, ten, five and three.
12:32And the target, 372.
12:34Numbers up.
12:35Three and two.
12:36Thanks, John.
12:37Bye-bye.
12:45Devilish. Ricky?
13:08No way.
13:09John?
13:10I think I've got 3-7-0.
13:12Go for it.
13:13So, 6 plus 1 is 7.
13:15Yes.
13:177 fives of 35.
13:1835.
13:20Plus 3.
13:2238.
13:23Minus 1.
13:24Minus the second one, 37.
13:26Multiply by 10.
13:27Yep. Gets you to 2 away.
13:28There you go.
13:30Now, it kind of beats on you, Rachel.
13:32Yes, a couple of ways.
13:33One, you could have said, 3 times 10 is 30.
13:37Add 1 for 31, and then add the rest together.
13:416 plus 5 plus 1 is 12.
13:43And times them together.
13:44Oh!
13:48Well, a big seven points for a challenger, John.
13:51Time to just take stock and take a breath as we head to Dictionary Corner.
13:56And I know, Carl, from knowing you for a long time now.
14:00Fans in your career, sports stars say it all the time.
14:04I'm not sure I believe them all the time.
14:06But for you, fans really were the centre of everything.
14:09And even if they had to travel to fights, you would always buy your fans a drink.
14:13And I'm talking, that's a lot of people.
14:15Yeah, no, that's right.
14:15I think it's one of my proudest achievements, really, and the fan base that I had.
14:19And thousands of people used to travel across to the States and other parts of the world to come and support me.
14:25So I always like to stick a few pounds behind a bar afterwards, just and hope that they all got a drink.
14:33Worth every dollar, by the way, to honour those fans who travelled.
14:36But I know there's a particular story you love about a fan who actually travelled from England to see you fight in Northern Ireland.
14:42And the result was spectacular.
14:44Yeah, no, this guy was, I think he was at Jordy, and I bumped into him.
14:48He was doing security at Sainsbury's.
14:51And just talking to him, he came over for the fight, met a girl, and nine months later, a little baby came along.
14:59And he's still hanging around Belfast.
15:01He came to watch you fight and never went home.
15:04Never went home.
15:05Well, I don't know, I'm not sure, maybe he went home, got a phone call to say, you have to come back.
15:10Who knows what happens, but that's the story.
15:13Listen, I'm going to ask the question that the entire nation are thinking now.
15:16Was it a boy, and was he called Carl?
15:19I asked that question, and no, it wasn't.
15:21I think it was a boy, and he didn't call it Carl, though.
15:24How disrespectful.
15:25Carl is a terrible name.
15:26Carl is a terrible name.
15:29What a story, what a story that is.
15:31A whole life changed by just coming to see you fight.
15:33Wonderful, thank you very much.
15:35And thanks for all the drinks.
15:38Right, champagne on ice at the moment for our challenger, John Aziz, but a long, long way to go.
15:45And, Rikki, share your letters.
15:47Can I have a consonant, please?
15:49Thank you, Rikki.
15:50T.
15:51And another.
15:51D.
15:53And another.
15:55R.
15:57And another, please.
15:59C.
16:00And a vowel.
16:02O.
16:03And another.
16:04I.
16:05And another.
16:07A.
16:09And another.
16:11E.
16:12And another consonant, please.
16:15Last one, S.
16:17Start the clock.
16:18Start the clock.
16:49Possibilities. John?
16:50I'll stick with an eight.
16:52Ricky?
16:52Oh, it's a risky seven.
16:54OK, what's the risky seven?
16:56Scarted.
16:56And what's the eight that you stuck with?
16:59Caratids.
17:00OK, it's got a dictionary corner.
17:02Susie, going to put this on you.
17:03OK, so the first one was scarted, not in, I'm afraid.
17:07I'm sorry, Ricky.
17:08And, John, can you tell me your word again, sorry?
17:10Caratids.
17:11Yeah, so how are you spelling that?
17:12C-A-R-O-T-I-D-S.
17:16It is as a noun, and you can put the S on, so that's brilliant.
17:19Caratid arteries.
17:20Well done.
17:22Anything better than that in dictionary corner?
17:26I've got a neat here, but it's a good eight,
17:27and I was very fond of these people as a kid going to Butlins.
17:30Redcoats.
17:31Wow, redcoats.
17:32Heidi, hi, campers.
17:34Yeah.
17:35Fantastic.
17:36Good round for you as we move on to more letters and you, John.
17:39Um, a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:42Thank you, John.
17:43M.
17:44Another consonant, please.
17:46B.
17:47And another consonant.
17:48Q.
17:50And another consonant, please.
17:52T.
17:53And the vowel, please.
17:55O.
17:56Another vowel.
17:57I.
17:58Another vowel, please.
18:00E.
18:01Um, a consonant, please.
18:03T.
18:05And a vowel, please.
18:08And the last one.
18:10E.
18:11All right, he's done.
18:42Need a big round here, Ricky.
18:43How'd you do?
18:44Um, a six, I think.
18:46Pretty good, given the letters, John.
18:48I've got a six, too.
18:49OK, let's have Ricky's.
18:50Boty.
18:52Boty.
18:52Like a child's word for a bum.
18:54OK, and John?
18:56Um, I'm worried I'll mispronounce this.
18:58It's bo-ty.
18:59How are you spelling it?
19:00So it's, uh, B-O-E-T-I-E.
19:03Absolutely brilliant, yeah.
19:04It means a brother, simply.
19:05South African slang for brother.
19:06Well done.
19:07Boty, and we must talk about botty.
19:09I'm afraid that was the very first thing that I looked up, and it's not in the dictionary.
19:12No.
19:12I'm so sorry.
19:13Well, not spelt that way, anyway.
19:15I think it's there with a double-ty, but not I-E at the end.
19:18OK, we like that word.
19:19We love it.
19:19But didn't get you any points, Ricky.
19:21No.
19:21A lot to do to get back into this, and not just be a one-time champion.
19:26But let's see how it goes as we move on to numbers.
19:29And, Ricky, you get the control list?
19:30Yeah, just the usual one large and five anywhere.
19:33Thank you, Ricky.
19:34One from the top.
19:35And five knots coming up for you.
19:37And this time around, they are one, five, three, four, another one, and 100.
19:45And the target, 806.
19:48Numbers up.
19:48And the target, 806.
20:18806.
20:21Ricky Murphy.
20:23801.
20:24801.
20:25John.
20:26806.
20:27Off you go, John.
20:28So it would be three plus five.
20:30Three plus five, eight.
20:32And multiply by the 100.
20:33800.
20:34Then add the four and the one and the one.
20:36Yeah, well done, 806.
20:38There you go.
20:38Kicking the shelf, Ricky?
20:43Oh, yeah.
20:44At 41 points in it as we add our second tea time teaser.
20:48Slug boar.
20:50Slug boar.
20:51A slug is this, but a boar definitely isn't.
20:53A slug is this, but a boar definitely isn't.
20:56A slug is glabrous.
21:05Well, at the back, how do you do at home with the tea time teaser?
21:14Slug boar.
21:15A slug is this, but a boar definitely isn't.
21:17A slug is glabrous.
21:19Susie, regale us with glabrous.
21:22Well, it simply means free of hair, smooth.
21:24So if you were glabrous as a person, you are almost certainly bald.
21:29My favourite moment of the week so far in terms of words.
21:32Right.
21:32You're a long way from glabrous, aren't you, John?
21:36That's for sure.
21:37Don't you worry about that, son.
21:38Let's get your letters.
21:39Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:41You can indeed, John.
21:43L.
21:44And another consonant, please.
21:46P.
21:47And another consonant, please.
21:49X.
21:50And another consonant, please.
21:52L.
21:54And a vowel, please.
21:57U.
21:58And a vowel, please.
22:01O.
22:02And a vowel.
22:04I.
22:06And a consonant.
22:08N.
22:10And another consonant.
22:12And the last one, F.
22:14Start the clock.
22:19RICKY.
22:20RICKY.
22:21Rikki?
22:46Six.
22:47John?
22:47I've got four.
22:48Oh, yeah.
22:49Listen, join the club.
22:51John?
22:52Pill.
22:53Rikki, what's this six?
22:54It's probably dodgy.
22:55Unfill.
22:57Unfilled, I think, but not unfill.
23:00On its own, I'm sorry.
23:02Sorry, Rikki.
23:03Rikki, running on empty at the moment, our champion.
23:07Car, any better?
23:09I got another one, the idea of four.
23:10Foil.
23:11Right.
23:12But there's a six here.
23:14Influx.
23:16Oh, an influx.
23:16How did we not say it?
23:18There you go.
23:18Fantastic word.
23:19Lovely.
23:19There's a seven there as well, actually.
23:21Can you, can this, we'll spoil it here.
23:23Oh, it's a term for maths.
23:25It's fluxion, and it's a function corresponding to the rate of change of a variable quantity.
23:30Rachel will know all about this.
23:32Wonderful.
23:32Dictionary corner playing a blinder there.
23:34Rikki, your letters.
23:34Um, can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:37Thank you, Rikki.
23:38J.
23:39J.
23:39And another.
23:40R.
23:42And another.
23:43F.
23:45And a fourth, please.
23:47S.
23:49And a vowel.
23:50A.
23:52And another.
23:53A.
23:54And another.
23:56O.
23:58And can I have a consonant, please?
24:00G.
24:02And another vowel, please.
24:04And the last one.
24:05E.
24:0630 seconds.
24:07G.
24:08G.
24:09And another vowel sound.
24:11비�XTed.
24:13Looks comme ça.
24:25John. I've got seven. And Ricky. Seven. What's your seven, Ricky? Forages. John, what have you
24:44got? Exactly the same. Two foragers. Yeah, excellent. Wonderful. Anything else? Can't
24:49better that. No, can't better that, right? Forage is absolutely fantastic. Seven points
24:55apiece as we head over for origins of words. It's going to be hard to be glabrous. It is
25:00a very useful word. Well, today's word is a very common one, and that is thesaurus. And
25:07most of us routinely turn to online spell checkers and thesauri, et cetera, just to make
25:13our language more correct, if you like, or more expressive. But some of us have got some
25:18very well-thumbed, well-leafed, printed books, and particularly, for me, printed thesauri.
25:24And probably first and foremost among them is Roger's thesaurus, which those of a certain
25:30age will remember. It used to be the thesaurus. But rather than being listed alphabetically,
25:37each word was actually arranged according to themes. So I thought I'd tell you a little
25:41bit about the man behind it. It was Peter Mark Roger, and this is in the 1850s. He was
25:46a doctor of medicine, and he literally spent his life collecting words and then cataloguing
25:51them and classifying them according to the themes that he thought most matched the human
25:57brain's method of word association. So it's a wonderful, wonderful book, very, very different
26:03from the way that we would look something up these days. But he would have been very, very
26:06well aware of the etymology of thesaurus, and this is the best bit of it, I think. It was
26:13borrowed from the ancient Greek, went into Latin as well, in which meant a treasure or
26:19a storehouse. So it was used quite literally for goods that were considered to be very
26:24valuable, even as a sort of arsenal, if you like, as well, but like a magazine. And it
26:29described an ancient treasury. And I love that, that these books, particularly Roger's
26:35stories, are like treasuries of words or information about the particular field. I don't think we'll
26:39ever have such a book again. But if you do find a copy, definitely have a delve, because
26:44it is most wonderful. Beautiful.
26:49Right, Ricky could do with it right now. Let's get back to the game. And John, it's your letters.
26:54Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel? Thank you, John. E.
26:57And another vowel, please. E. And a third. I. And a fourth. U. A consonant, please. H. Another
27:10consonant. T. A third. S. A fourth. R. And a fifth. And lastly, G. Good luck.
27:27G. Good luck.
27:57Seven. And John? Risky seven. What's a risky seven, Aziz?
28:01Gushier. Gushier should be fine, Ricky.
28:05Hursuit? Yes, the opposite of glabrous. Hursuit. Very good. And I'm pleased to say gushier
28:11is also in the dictionary. Can't believe her suit came out after glabrous. So happy about
28:16that. Anything else, Carl? Yeah, we got hursuit as well, but we also got citer.
28:21Oh, and you and I and everyone in Northern Ireland know what you mean right now. Nobody
28:25else does. Yeah. Citer. Yeah. Yeah, because they all think you just said cider as in the
28:30drink. But is that a citer as in getting a cider of a gun? Yeah, exactly. Lots of different
28:35uses, but it's something that helps you see, essentially. Absolutely, Bryn. All right,
28:38let's get down to it. Ricky, your letters. A consonant, please. Thank you, Ricky. T. And another.
28:46V. And another. T. And another, please. D. And a vowel. E. And another. O. And another.
28:59E. And a consonant, please. N. And another vowel. Lastly, I. Last letters.
29:12A consonant, please.
29:42How'd you get on, Ricky? I think eight. And John? Seven. Okay, the seven is? Nittoed.
29:49And Ricky? No, I've used the N twice. Oh, okay. So there's a seven, Stan, Susie?
29:55What was yours again? Sorry, John. It's Nittoed. N-I-T-T-O-E-D.
30:00Ah, okay, that's excellent. This is new to me. It's there as a verb, and it's criminal
30:07slang, which is really fascinating. To keep still or quiet, to stop. And John, you know
30:12the rule. If you come up with a word that Susie's never heard of, you replace her in Dictionary
30:17Corner. Yeah, John, so well done. We'll see you in Dictionary Corner.
30:20Right, 88 plays 36. We're going to have a new champion. Interesting to see if John can
30:28break the hundred, though. Let's do our last numbers, and John, you get to choose it.
30:32Rachel, please may I have one large and five small?
30:35You may indeed. You're going for the points here. One large, five little. Finish the day
30:39off numbers-wise, and the last selection is five, seven, ten, four, four, and the large
30:47one, 50. And the target to reach 885. Go.
31:05Rikki?
31:23Um, 880, not written down. And John?
31:26895, not written down. Rikki, go.
31:29Um, 7 plus 5 is 12. 7 plus 5 is 12.
31:35Times it by the 50. Times the 50 is 600.
31:40Oh, no, I'm totally off then. No.
31:42John, 895. So, um, 10 plus 7.
31:4610 plus 7, 17.
31:47Uh, 4 over 4 is 1. Yep.
31:50Add that on to the 17. 18.
31:53Uh, multiply the 50. 900.
31:56And then subtract the 5.
31:584, 10 away. Yep.
32:00Rachel, this seems impossible to me, is it?
32:03Well, I was about to tell you I didn't have it, and then I'm cheating. I'm standing here
32:06and I've just got it. So, if you say 4 times 4 is 16. Take away 7 for 9. Add that to 50
32:14for 59. And then 10 plus 5 is 15. And you can times them together. 885.
32:21I can't imagine more than 1% of Britain managed to get that. Really, really difficult. Well done
32:30at home if you managed to get it. Well, here we go again. As a challenger, we'll be moving
32:34to the champions chair. John will be replacing Rikki. But Murphy, let's stop him getting 100.
32:39Let's see what happens. Fingers on the buzzers.
32:41It's time for today's Countdown Conundra.
32:49John? Let's apologize.
32:51Let's see.
32:56Well, no apologies needed. One fur and square today. John a centurion on his debut performance.
33:02But Rikki, I feel like you've gone too soon. We haven't been able to talk about your family
33:07cookbooks. I've been able to talk about how you've lived all over the world and worked
33:12in Amsterdam all sorts. So, I feel like we've lost a chance. It's been great to have you,
33:15though.
33:15Oh, good. Thank you. It's been great to be here.
33:17Well, listen, John, you're guaranteed a teapot.
33:20I love tea.
33:21Yeah, but there you go.
33:22That's good.
33:22That's a perfect thing. Well, I promise you for every win, I know you're a big sci-fi fan.
33:26Your favourite show is Star Trek. I'll give you a quote every time you win. And for your
33:31first win, as Spock said, logic is the beginning of wisdom. And this is the beginning, I think,
33:36of a long-running countdown for you. Well done, John.
33:41Susie, closing credits for you until tomorrow. Thank you so much.
33:45You a sci-fi fan, Rich?
33:47Not particularly.
33:49Do you remember Quantum Leap?
33:50No.
33:51It's a show from, I think, the 70s, 80s. And this guy, Sam, used to jump into different
33:56people's bodies. He used to travel back in time and forward.
34:00If you could live in somebody else's body in history for one day, who would it be?
34:05I think, can I just pick Jurgen Klopp and bring you guys down from the inside?
34:09You'd ruin us. You'd ruin us from the inside.
34:11Absolutely.
34:12It'd be great, though, if you could be in the body of, you know, a president on
34:14Inauguration Day.
34:16Yeah.
34:16Or you could be all these Gunnar Solskjaer on the European Cup final.
34:20Yeah, it would be more fun to just bring you lot down, wouldn't it?
34:22Well, we'll stick with our own bodies, which is better news for Rachel and Susie than
34:26it is for me. Be back tomorrow. You can count on us.
34:28You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com or write to us at
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34:52in Wales and the West at nine.
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