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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Countdown this Monday afternoon
00:34as I waste no time sprinting over to Rachel Riley,
00:38who will be passing the bat on to all throughout this programme.
00:41Let's just jump straight in with a hello. How are you?
00:43Are we talking about athletics?
00:45Yes. Well done.
00:47We're talking about 109 years ago today,
00:51the birth of one of the most important, I would say,
00:53athletes of all time, Jessie Owens.
00:56Ah, well, happy birthday.
00:5722 years later, Rich, of course, Berlin, 1936.
01:02He wins those four gold medals under the gaze of Adolf Hitler,
01:06putting paid his theories of Aryan superiority.
01:10And last to this day, that legacy.
01:13Well, his memory is definitely held up, hasn't it, today,
01:16remembered as a hero.
01:17That's exactly the point.
01:18So on that note, let's race over to Dictionary Corner.
01:20She's stretching her vowels.
01:22She's loosening up her consonants.
01:24It's Susie Downs.
01:27And another Dictionary Corner debutant, a big, big fan of the show.
01:31He has the same surname as Eddie, as Duncan, as Sean, as Jonathan,
01:36but he's rubbish at sports.
01:37It's presenter, Rick Edwards.
01:38So, to your champion, Joseph Bartram, three wins under his belt.
01:45The weekend, think about it.
01:46Hoping to stay top of the podium.
01:49You're not a big sports fan, but I wonder, is there an Olympian, though?
01:52Because that's different.
01:53Well, I suppose Mo Farmer was quite inspirational.
01:57Mo was a really good shout.
01:59Well, listen, hoping to dethrone you today.
02:02And let's face it, countdown's a marathon, not a sprint,
02:05is our challenger.
02:06Niall Waters from Dublin.
02:08Welcome, Niall.
02:09Well.
02:09You're more of a long-distance man, aren't you?
02:11That's right, yeah.
02:12I've run the Belfast Marathon twice in the last couple of years.
02:16So I enjoy the training and the effort.
02:19Well, the Belfast Marathon's one thing.
02:21Wonderful city.
02:22But tell me about Death Road.
02:24Death Road was something I signed up for,
02:27a bit like the marathon,
02:28without really thinking how much trouble it would bring.
02:30I did this in Bolivia a few years ago,
02:33and it's, like, supposedly the most dangerous cycle route in the world.
02:38And I just about stayed on my bike the whole way down,
02:40but I survived it anyway.
02:42Because from what I know of it,
02:43it's like 10 feet wide with sheer drops off the edge.
02:46Yeah.
02:46So do you just white-knuckle the whole way?
02:50Pretty much.
02:50And, like, the view is incredible,
02:52so you want to look at it,
02:54but you should probably keep your eye on the road.
02:55Yeah, exactly.
02:56Well, listen, Joseph, Niall, good luck to both of you today.
02:58APPLAUSE
03:00Right, let's see who's going to go in the B of the bang,
03:03as Limp for Christy used to say.
03:04Joseph, champion, your letters.
03:06Uh, consonant, please.
03:07Thank you, Joseph.
03:08Start the week with R.
03:10Vowel.
03:12A.
03:14Uh, consonant.
03:15K.
03:16Vowel.
03:18U.
03:19Uh, consonant.
03:21T.
03:22Vowel.
03:23I.
03:25Consonant.
03:26D.
03:27Vowel.
03:30E.
03:32And a consonant.
03:33And the last one.
03:34R.
03:35At Home Man in the Studio.
03:37Let's play Kindtime.
03:51Joseph?
04:08Seven.
04:09Good start.
04:10Niall?
04:10Six.
04:11The six is?
04:12Trader.
04:13Yeah, and Joseph?
04:14Tardier.
04:15Tardier.
04:16Right, let's get over.
04:17Untimed addiction, re-corner, Susie, Rick, what have you got?
04:20Tarried?
04:22The seven?
04:22Yep, now the seven, that's excellent.
04:24There you go.
04:25Good words to start off today.
04:27It is a marathon, not a sprint, though, as I said, don't worry at all, Niall.
04:30It's your first chance to say hello to Rachel.
04:32Hi, Rachel.
04:32Hi, Niall.
04:33Can I get a consonant, please?
04:34You can indeed.
04:35Start with B.
04:37And a vowel.
04:38A.
04:39And a consonant.
04:41S.
04:42And another consonant.
04:44P.
04:45And a vowel.
04:46O.
04:47Consonant.
04:49T.
04:50And a vowel.
04:52E.
04:53And another vowel.
04:55Another E.
04:56And a consonant.
04:58And lastly, X.
05:0030 seconds.
05:01We'll see you next time.
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05:12Nile, how did you get on?
05:32Six.
05:33Six for Nile and Joseph?
05:34Seven.
05:35It's gone big at the start.
05:36Nile, what's your six?
05:38Expose.
05:39And Joseph?
05:40Boaties.
05:41Let's cross over.
05:42With the double E, it's not in, I'm afraid.
05:44I did check that, Joseph.
05:45Apologies.
05:46Rick.
05:47Well, what do you think about expats?
05:50Expats, very good.
05:51Yeah, that's good.
05:52No hyphen in there.
05:53Anything better?
05:54That is brilliant.
05:55Well, a little whisper to my right came across of sexpot for six.
06:00But actually, the US version of that is a sexboat,
06:03which will get you to seven.
06:04Explain the meaning of sexboat?
06:05Very attractive person.
06:07You would call them a sexboat?
06:08Well, I think you'd have to tread carefully.
06:10Right.
06:11Absolutely.
06:12Yes.
06:12OK, let's get our first numbers off today.
06:14Joseph, of course, you're picking him.
06:15One large, please.
06:17Thank you, Joseph.
06:18Keeping it straight forward as possible on this show.
06:22First one of the week.
06:23Three, six, seven, six, nine.
06:27And the large one, 100.
06:29The target to reach 636.
06:32Six, three, six.
06:34Numbers up.
06:34Two, nine, two, three.
06:55Two, three, six, seven.
06:57sitting idly for 28 seconds each here uh just confirm it niall 636 yeah and joseph 636
07:12okay niall off you go my friend 100 plus 7 100 plus 7 107 and multiply that by 6
07:20multiplied by 6 642 and then subtract the tree take the three and they've gone wrong sorry mistake
07:30you're going to kick yourself when you see this joseph off you go um 100 plus 6 106 times 6
07:37now do not fret first number jitters i say it all the time so don't worry about it all decent start
07:47for you but our champions in the lead as i give you our first tea time teaser of the day sumo head
07:54sumo head the place was an uproar about a double one the place was an uproar about a double one
08:00welcome back sumo head was the
08:17tea time teaser the place was an uproar about a double one quite a confusing clue unless you're
08:24a darts fan because the answer is madhouse which is what we call it when you end up on double one
08:30when you're playing which is why you should always start on double 16 because you can go eight
08:34i'm boring you let's get on with the game let's get some more letters now here's now
08:38a consonant please thank you now l and a vowel o another vowel a consonant m and a vowel u a consonant s
08:54consonant c and a consonant n and a final vowel and a final a thank you rachel
09:06so
09:13we've had better letters but let's see how you've managed to get on joseph seven very good now six
09:34okay now what's the six on cam on cam and joseph manuals let's cross over to dictionary corner uh he
09:50said that like a question rather than a statement so i'll check with susie absolutely fine absolutely
09:55fine uh rick edwards how'd you get on uh i've got seven i think columns yes excellent that is all there
10:02what about mucosal yes not quite so nice that one um relating to the mucous membranes the mucos i
10:08yeah my favorite membranes of course only those ones um but yeah really good seven mucosal very good
10:15listen the seven's doing it so far for joseph and it's your turn to pick more letters consonant please
10:20thank you joseph thank you joseph s a vowel a consonant q a vowel e consonant r vowel i consonant n
10:40vowel you uh consonant and lastly l here we go
10:49so
10:55so
10:59so
11:01so
11:02so
11:07so
11:13Intrigued to find out, Niall?
11:22Seven.
11:23And Joseph?
11:24Seven.
11:25OK, what's yours, Niall?
11:26Urinals.
11:27Same word.
11:28And the same word.
11:29All right, a couple of urinals.
11:31Happy with that?
11:31Yep, add a urinal as well.
11:33And insula?
11:34Yep, very good.
11:36Yep.
11:36Sevens once again.
11:37Excellent.
11:38Niall, wonderful.
11:39Settling in your first seven of the game.
11:40Seven points each.
11:41And you get to pick the numbers.
11:43So let's see what your strategy is.
11:44Could I go for six small, please, Rachel?
11:46You can indeed.
11:48Does that mean you like the numbers?
11:50We shall see.
11:51Six little ones coming up.
11:52They are nine, four, one, seven, eight and five.
11:59And the target to reach 912.
12:02Big one.
12:02912 numbers up.
12:11Nine, one, two.
12:35Joseph?
12:36Nine, one, four.
12:37Two away.
12:38Niall?
12:39I have 920 not written down.
12:40Joseph, it won't matter if you've nailed the 914.
12:44Well, eight plus five is 13.
12:46Eight plus five, 13.
12:48Multiply by seven.
12:4991.
12:51Nine plus one is ten.
12:52Yep.
12:5491 times ten.
12:56900.
12:56And you have a four.
12:58And you have a four for two away.
13:00914.
13:01914.
13:02Rich?
13:02I found a way.
13:04Yeah.
13:04If you say eight times seven is 56.
13:08Add one for 57.
13:11And then nine minus five is four.
13:13Times the four for 16.
13:15And times those two together.
13:17912.
13:21Absolute scenes.
13:22Wonderful.
13:22So hard to get.
13:23If you got that at home, well done indeed.
13:25Joseph's got 38.
13:26Niall's got 13.
13:28But it's settling in quite nicely, I think.
13:30So let's see what's still to come.
13:31But we'll take a pause.
13:32And we'll talk to Rick Edwards.
13:34Rick?
13:34Yes.
13:35Now, I don't know whether it's now you're doing, you know, speech radio and you're doing a breakfast show on BBC Five Live.
13:40But I've seen you've chosen the word glasses today.
13:42Yes, I have.
13:42Is this in an attempt to fool the public to come across as maybe more intelligent?
13:47That is exactly it.
13:48Yeah.
13:48Guilty.
13:49And it's working, isn't it?
13:50Well, the thing is...
13:52Can't see a thing.
13:52The thing is, though, Rick, I've been listening to your science podcast and I was thinking, if you don't mind, telling us a bit about that in our first chat.
14:00Yeah, so, I mean, this is part of the same thing, really, which is, you know, in our slightly odd careers, you don't just get to do whatever you want.
14:07Although you do quite a good job of it.
14:10And so I'm really interested in science.
14:12So I started doing a science podcast where I could just chat about the stuff that I found interesting with my friend, who is, like, a legitimate, very smart man.
14:21He's a quantum physicist, called Dr Michael Brooks.
14:24And we just sort of...
14:26We chat about interesting science questions or science questions that fascinate us and then talk to experts and try and get to the bottom of them.
14:33It's really the ultimate vanity project for me.
14:36What is the...?
14:37And do I wear my glasses?
14:38Of course I do.
14:39Even in an audio medium.
14:41Do you ever take them off to make a salient point?
14:43Yes.
14:44So you have seen some of the clips, then?
14:45Yeah.
14:46Will you do that at some stage in this episode?
14:48When I say something that I think is particularly pertinent or clever, yes.
14:52So no guarantees.
14:53Maybe by Friday.
14:54What is the...?
14:55Because it's Eureka.
14:56It's called Eureka.
14:57Eureka.
14:57What is your favourite Eureka moment so far?
15:00I suppose it's probably...
15:01We did an episode about how long you might be able to live if you were born this year.
15:07Like, what's the longest someone might live from this point?
15:10And there's some fascinating science in it.
15:12And there's a lot of people in Silicon Valley spending a lot of money.
15:15Because they're massive sort of narcissists, they want to live forever.
15:19So the money is getting piled in.
15:21There's some very interesting research.
15:23But the most fascinating thing I found is that statistically...
15:26And it does make sense when you think about it.
15:28If you can get through your 70s and 80s,
15:30you become less likely to die in any given year.
15:33For somebody born in 2021, 2022, what is the life expectancy?
15:37It obviously varies according to where you're born.
15:40Yeah.
15:40But I think in the UK, it's in the 80s now.
15:43Fantastic stuff.
15:44Do you want to live to your 80s, Cole?
15:46I'd take 65 if you give it to me now.
15:48It's not an offer, is it?
15:49Yeah.
15:50I can't see you making 60.
15:51You know what?
15:51Live each day as if it's your last.
15:53That's my view.
15:54And here I am on Countdown.
15:55Exactly.
15:55Loving it.
15:56If this was your last day, you'd go out a happy man.
15:58I genuinely would, actually.
15:59My wife would be fuming, but I'd be happy.
16:01Rick, thank you.
16:05Wonderful.
16:05Back to the game.
16:07Joseph's looking to have eight lives.
16:09He's got three wins so far on his way to hopefully becoming an octo champ.
16:12And it's your letters.
16:13Consonant.
16:14Thank you, Joseph.
16:16T.
16:17Vowel.
16:18O.
16:20Consonant.
16:21S.
16:22Vowel.
16:24E.
16:25Consonant.
16:26G.
16:28Vowel.
16:30I.
16:31Consonant.
16:33M.
16:34Vowel.
16:35Vowel.
16:36O.
16:38Consonant.
16:39And the last one.
16:40R.
16:41Good luck.
16:41Vowel.
16:42Vowel.
16:43Vowel.
16:43Vowel.
16:44Vowel.
16:44Vowel.
16:45Vowel.
16:45Vowel.
16:46Vowel.
16:46Vowel.
16:47Vowel.
16:47Vowel.
16:47Vowel.
16:47Vowel.
16:48Vowel.
16:48Vowel.
16:48Vowel.
16:49Vowel.
16:49Vowel.
16:49Vowel.
16:50Vowel.
16:50Vowel.
16:51Vowel.
16:51Vowel.
16:52Vowel.
16:52Vowel.
16:53Vowel.
16:53Vowel.
16:54Vowel.
16:54Vowel.
16:55Vowel.
16:55Vowel.
16:56Vowel.
16:56Vowel.
16:57Vowel.
16:57Vowel.
16:58Vowel.
17:11What are you going to go for, Niall?
17:14An eight.
17:15Wonderful. Joseph? Eight.
17:17Right, what's the eight, Niall?
17:18Roomiest.
17:19And is it the same?
17:20Motivise.
17:21Susie, I'm not even going to check it with you.
17:23I'm going to go straight to Rick Edwards.
17:25Yeah, I had those.
17:28It's hard to get above that.
17:29The only word we could check, which we know doesn't exist,
17:31but wouldn't it be great if it did,
17:33three or four weddings going on at the same time,
17:35who's the most keen?
17:36Groomiest.
17:37Groomiest.
17:37I'm the most groomiest, which of course exists.
17:40We don't say anything.
17:41OK, we'll move on.
17:42No, no chance, right?
17:43No chance.
17:44No chance at all.
17:45Lovely idea.
17:46All right, now, here we go.
17:47Not wanting to be the bridesmaid today,
17:49so let's get some points up.
17:50Your letters.
17:51Consonant, please.
17:52Thank you, Niall.
17:53Z.
17:54And a vowel.
17:56A.
17:57And another vowel.
17:58E.
17:59And a consonant.
18:01B.
18:02And a consonant.
18:03T.
18:04And a vowel.
18:06E.
18:07Consonant, please.
18:09R.
18:09And a consonant.
18:11L.
18:12And a final vowel.
18:15A final O.
18:16Countdown.
18:17changing the language.
18:19And a vowel.
18:20To...
18:20room...
18:21We're going to be другой.
18:23We'll be here to the 1953profit News.
18:30And a vowel.
18:32So...
18:32independence...
18:34op song.
18:35And a vowel.
18:36We're going to be near further so we round out.
18:38And the vowel...
18:39We'll be right past this.
18:41We're going to be near the 무ite.
18:42We're going to be near theobi//
18:44High standard today. Niall, how have you got on?
18:50I'll try a seven.
18:51Trying a seven. Not entirely confident. Joseph?
18:54Seven. OK, more confident. So, Niall, I'll get yours first.
18:57Bloater. Bloater should be fine. Joseph?
19:00I'll get bloater. There you go.
19:02That makes me think it's definitely fine, because the champ has it.
19:05But let's just check with Susie.
19:06Yeah, it's a cured herring. Lightly smoked.
19:09Wonderful. Rick Edwards, can you better it?
19:11I can't better it, but I have got the American spelling of lobster.
19:14I don't get it. What is it? Lobster.
19:17Lobster? Yeah, the American spelling. That's right, isn't it?
19:20No. OK. That would have been fine with a crowd, I think.
19:24Right, let's get some more numbers.
19:26One large, please. Thank you, Joseph.
19:28One from the top row, five not from the top row.
19:32And for the third time today, your numbers are two, three, six, one, two,
19:38and a large 175. This target, 216.
19:42216, numbers up.
19:44Oh, man.
19:53Oh, man.
20:04Oh.
20:05Right, real variation of numbers today.
20:17A lower one this time, Niall.
20:182-1-6.
20:19And Joseph.
20:20Yeah, 2-1-6.
20:21OK, Joseph, I'll let you do this one.
20:2375 times 3.
20:2575 by 3, 2-2-5.
20:28Minus 6 and the 2 and the 1.
20:31Lovely, well done.
20:322-16.
20:33And Mr Waters?
20:34The very same.
20:35The very same.
20:36Great minds think alike.
20:38Well done.
20:40Right, 63 plays 38.
20:43After a bit of a slow start, a challenge is very much in this game.
20:46But let's take our second break and our second tea time teaser.
20:49Bless sea.
20:51Bless sea is in the ocean.
20:53No make-up on?
20:54Surely that's not factually correct.
20:56No make-up on?
20:57Surely that's not factually correct.
21:05You know me so well.
21:19Let's get on with the game.
21:20Bass-less.
21:21No idea.
21:22Rachel, why is bass-less connected to make-up?
21:25Bass is another word for your foundation.
21:28I know you're more of a, you know, blusher and mascara kind of guy,
21:31but some of us need a bit more work.
21:32You know me so well.
21:33Let's get on with the game.
21:34Some more letters.
21:36Let's start with a vowel, Rachel.
21:37Thank you, Niall.
21:37Promising one.
22:00And a final Y.
22:01Indeed, Einstein.
22:02We'll see you next time.
22:02We'll see you next time.
22:32OK, pens down.
22:33Joseph?
22:34Eight.
22:35Niall?
22:35Eight.
22:36Good on you.
22:36What is it, Niall?
22:37Lionised.
22:38Might have matched each other again.
22:40Look at that.
22:40Same word.
22:41Wow, numbers and letters.
22:43A lot of similar thinking going on here.
22:45Let's get over to the dictionary corner.
22:47I don't think we'll be doing any better than that.
22:49Don't think so.
22:49No, just doilies for seven.
22:51Right, let's get some more letters now.
22:53Joseph, it's you.
22:54Consonant.
22:55Thank you, Joseph.
22:56S.
22:57Vowel.
22:59O.
23:00Consonant.
23:00M.
23:03Vowel.
23:04E.
23:05Consonant.
23:07G.
23:08Vowel.
23:10A.
23:12Consonant.
23:13T.
23:15Vowel.
23:17I.
23:18And a consonant.
23:20And the last one.
23:21L.
23:2230 seconds.
23:23F
23:36Vowel.
23:41F
23:42It's been quite a competition, hasn't it, Niall?
23:56Seven.
23:57And Joseph?
23:57Try a nine.
23:59Niall, what's your seven?
24:00Goalies.
24:01Joseph, you said you'll try, you're not 100%.
24:03What have you got?
24:04Gloomiest.
24:05Gloomiest.
24:06Let's go straight to Susie Dent.
24:07Oh, I have to say, Rick was showing me exactly the same word
24:11at the same time.
24:11And gloomiest and loomiest, but not a combination of the two.
24:15I'm sorry.
24:16The real pain of gloomiest is I was absolutely ready
24:18for the glasses to.
24:22We've got all week, it'll happen at some stage, I'm sure.
24:25Was there a nine?
24:26No nines that we could find, and as I say,
24:28if you knock off the G, you can have loomiest.
24:30Well, it's the seven that counts.
24:32Perfect timing, just to take a little break
24:34and get some origins of words.
24:37Susie, what have we got today?
24:38Yes.
24:38Oh, well, I'm harking back to the Olympics today.
24:41Because we're talking about that at the top of the show.
24:44Obviously, in its modern incarnation, 1896,
24:47but in ancient Greece, from 776 BC,
24:52the Olympic Games were held every four years.
24:54And you're talking not just sport,
24:55but also literary and musical participation as well,
25:00which was quite brilliant.
25:00Now, the athletes that compete and competed then in ancient Greece as well
25:06goes back to the Greek, athlon, which meant a prize.
25:10So, decathlon, obviously, ten prize.
25:12It has ten events, hetathlon, et cetera, following the same sequence.
25:16But an athlete was originally just one of the competitors
25:19in the physical exercises rather than the literary and the musical ones
25:22that formed part of those ancient games in Greece itself.
25:27Now, agony, it might be for anyone who's competing
25:30and doesn't reach their target.
25:33And agony actually was very much tied up with these Olympic Games
25:37because it goes back to agon, which is the Greek for a contest.
25:41It gave us agonise as well.
25:43And it was struggle for victory, really, in the Games
25:46because that struggle, obviously, was sometimes quite painful.
25:49It gave us the sense of this anguish.
25:51Eventually, it was mental anguish, but originally very much physical.
25:55It also gave us protagonist and antagonist
25:58and lots of other words in English.
26:00We also have the mile in the Olympic Games
26:04in terms of the measurement.
26:05That, for the Romans, was 1,000 paces.
26:08It was mille passes, 1,000 paces.
26:10That was later shortened to simply mille and eventually our mile.
26:14And they simply thought that take any set of disciplined troops
26:18and get them to do 1,000 paces
26:20and it would be the distance that could then be competed over
26:24in those Olympic Games.
26:25And finally, and this is one of my favourite,
26:28if a bit gruesome, etymologies, and it's arena.
26:32Obviously, we are watching these things in the arena
26:34as well as the stadium.
26:35And that goes back to the Latin for sand
26:37because it was originally used in places like the Coliseum
26:41where blood, unfortunately, from the gladiatorial games
26:45and those agons, if you go back to the Greek,
26:48a lot of blood was spilt
26:50and essentially that sand was there to soak up the results.
26:53So arena goes back to sand.
26:54What a way to end.
26:55Yeah, sorry.
26:56Right, well, we're into the home straight on today's countdown
27:03and we're still none the wiser.
27:05Four rounds to go.
27:07Big one, Niall.
27:07Every round's big from here on in.
27:09It's your letters.
27:10A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:12Thank you, Niall.
27:13N.
27:13And a vowel.
27:15U.
27:16Consonant.
27:16H.
27:18Another consonant, please.
27:20M.
27:21A vowel.
27:22O.
27:23Another vowel.
27:24E.
27:25Consonant, please.
27:27R.
27:28And a consonant.
27:30S.
27:31And a vowel, please.
27:32And lastly, O.
27:3530 seconds.
28:06Nile. An eight, I think. Wow. Joseph. Eight.
28:10Nile, what's your eight? Mushroom. Mushroom. And Joseph.
28:14Mushroom. Wow. There you go. Magic from both of them.
28:18Not magic, unfortunately, because there's any one M.
28:21I must have been hallucinating, so no points whatsoever.
28:25So, literally, three letters get you the points here, Rick,
28:28but how well did you do? Onerous for seven.
28:31Excellent. Burdensome. Yeah, that's brilliant.
28:34Anything else, Susie?
28:35Yes. There are some lovely eights there, Elizabeth.
28:38One lovely eight describing a lovely thing.
28:40Moorhens. Moorhens. Yes. Beautiful.
28:43Joseph, nine letters. Quite tense here.
28:46No score for both of you in the last round. Let's go.
28:50Consonant. Thank you, Joseph. G.
28:52Vowel. E. Consonant. V. Vowel. I.
29:00Consonant. T. Vowel.
29:04E. And a consonant. Lastly, N.
29:18Last letters.
29:19No score for both of you in the last little sector.
29:20Let's go.
29:21No score for us.
29:22Do55.
29:23Yes.
29:24No score for us.
29:24No score for you in the lastoptimary.
29:25For a multiple这里.
29:25Toad in there.
29:26In this case.
29:27Don't get us.
29:28No score for us.
29:28No score for us.
29:29No score than anywhere.
29:29No score.
29:30More than one or two minutes.
29:31No score for us.
29:33Toad in there.
29:33The blues.
29:34Roid in the eder הפence.
29:34The blues.
29:36The blues.
29:36Monå·ž.
29:37The needle.
29:38West.
29:39For me.
29:39I.
29:39Oh.
29:40The blues.
29:41You should.
29:41Don't get us.
29:43This is a goodишь.
29:44And there are some machining.
29:45Joseph?
29:51Eight.
29:52Niall?
29:53Eight.
29:53Wow.
29:54Joseph?
29:55Negative.
29:55Niall?
29:56Vintaged.
29:57Vintaged and negative.
29:59Positive about one of those, but let's just check vintage.
30:02Vintage is in as a seven, but not with a D at the end, I'm afraid.
30:06I did check that, but we have a spare D going,
30:11which might get you to a nine with negatived.
30:14Ah.
30:14Yeah, as in, he knows.
30:19Great stuff, but with only numbers in the conundrum to go,
30:22maximum 20 points.
30:24We know Joseph, just because of that one-letter difference there,
30:26is now a four-time champion.
30:29But let's go out with a bang now, get some numbers.
30:31I'll try four large, Rachel.
30:33Why not?
30:34Thank you, Niall.
30:34Four large ones to get our brains working.
30:37Two little ones, another chance for Rick to take his glasses off.
30:39Final numbers are one, seven, and the big ones,
30:42one hundred, fifty, seventy-five, and twenty-five.
30:46Target to reach...
30:47Oh!
30:48Eight hundred and sixty-three.
30:50Good luck.
30:50Eight, six, three.
30:52Last numbers.
30:53Okay.
30:53Three, four, five...
30:54things you're right.
30:56Two things you're right.
30:58One thirteen, four...
30:58pork...
30:59One infrastructure...
31:008-6-3, Joseph?
31:25No, sorry.
31:27Niall?
31:27I think of 8-6-8.
31:29Oh, fantastic.
31:30I'll get some points on the board if you do.
31:32Let's have a go.
31:32So, 100 plus 25.
31:34Yes, 100 plus 25.
31:361-2-5.
31:37Minus 1.
31:39Minus 1, 1-2-4.
31:40And multiply that by 7.
31:42Times that by 7 for 868.
31:46Yeah, well done to you.
31:47Well done.
31:49Right.
31:50Well, sometimes I think impossible,
31:53and then Rachel proves me wrong.
31:55I mean, surely no.
31:57Well, if you get your 125 with these two,
32:00you can then take away four to get one away,
32:02but this one was impossible.
32:03One away was the best you could have done.
32:04One away was the best.
32:05So, if you're one away at home,
32:06that is as good as it gets.
32:0879 for Joseph.
32:10Niall's got 60.
32:11Really good score for a challenger.
32:13A chance to make it 70,
32:14and to go out in a blaze of glory.
32:16Fingers on buzzers.
32:17Joseph and Niall.
32:19Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:21MUSIC PLAYS
32:35Joseph?
32:36Deepener.
32:37Deepener.
32:38Let's have a look.
32:39That's incorrect.
32:41Rest of the time to you, Niall.
32:43Enjoy it.
32:43MUSIC PLAYS
32:46Time is up.
33:02Rick.
33:03No idea.
33:04You know Susie, obviously.
33:06I don't know this one.
33:07Put us out of our misery.
33:08I don't know.
33:09Let's have a look.
33:11Reprehend.
33:12Reprehensible that nobody got that in the studio.
33:14So, no points in here.
33:1679, though, for Joseph means four-time champion.
33:20This could be the week.
33:21On Friday, we could be crowning you an octochamp.
33:25And Niall, I must ask you,
33:26what's more scary?
33:29Death Road are appearing on countdown.
33:32Countdown probably shades.
33:33It's very nerve-wracking,
33:35but that big clock over your shoulder.
33:36But fun?
33:37Do you enjoy it?
33:37Yeah, very much so.
33:38Good to have you.
33:40Safe back to Dublin.
33:41You'll take the goodie bag with you.
33:42Rick, another chance tomorrow
33:44for the glasses.
33:45Different glasses tomorrow, I think.
33:47It's the glasses that are the problem.
33:48Comedy ones with googly eyes.
33:50That's what we all want to see.
33:51Spinning bow tie.
33:52Thank you, Rick.
33:53Thank you, Susie.
33:54We'll see you tomorrow.
33:55Rich, at the top of the show,
33:56we were talking about the great Jesse Owens.
33:59We had an Olympic theme as well,
34:01and their origins of words.
34:03You must have been a good student athlete.
34:06Barra champion at hurdles,
34:07but guess what field event I used to do?
34:09I'd say javelin.
34:10No.
34:11Any idea, Rick?
34:12Shot put.
34:13Yeah, it actually genuinely was shot put.
34:15There you go.
34:15You learn something every single day.
34:18Olympic effort today from Joseph.
34:20He'll be back tomorrow, Susie.
34:22Rachel and I will be as well.
34:24You can count on us.
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