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00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, if you look up over the next six months, you may well see a flashing speck sweeping across the twilight sky.
00:42Fantastic.
00:43And this is all because of a New Zealand rocket that sent up this, I suppose, satellite, really.
00:49It's called the Humanity Star.
00:50And what we're looking at is a very, very highly reflective sphere.
00:55It's made up of 65 planes, all right?
00:58And they're all designed to catch the sun as it dips below the horizon.
01:03And it's a wonderful thing.
01:04It's just an artistic chance for us to look at the sky, see it, and then keep our eyes glued on the sky.
01:11So it's wonderful that somebody should spend some money on an artistic thing of such a scale.
01:16So it's called the Humanity Star.
01:18I think it's a great idea.
01:19What do you reckon?
01:20Yeah, I think it travels quite quickly.
01:22Is it 90 minutes or something it takes to orbit?
01:24So I guess it's quite a good find, isn't it, for inspiring future astronomers and getting them to look up and ask questions and see how easy it is to get something up there.
01:32But apparently astronomers get upset if you put shiny things in the sky because there's not enough dark sky and all the rest of it.
01:39So I don't want to inflame any arguments on it there.
01:42I imagine that there were probably a few other sort of satellites sort of on the same sort of carriage.
01:48Brilliant.
01:48I love it.
01:49Well, good old Humanity Star.
01:50Look out for it.
01:51As Rachel says, every 90 minutes it dashes across the sky.
01:55Fantastic.
01:56Twilight sky.
01:57Now, Rachel, we've got Jason Palmer back, who snatched a victory.
02:01I think that's fair to say.
02:03You were trailing all the way and you came roaring back, took a lead, and then crashed through with a sort of a conundrum in record time, really.
02:11Brilliant stuff.
02:12I was pretty happy with that.
02:13I think you should be.
02:14You're joined, Jason, by Maria Ryan, a professional musician from Limerick, who's a violinist playing in a group, a band, called Strung.
02:25Tell us a little bit about it.
02:26How many of you are there for a start?
02:28There are four of us, two violins, cello and piano, and we're all Irish.
02:33And we play Irish folk music with a classical twist because we all have a classical music background.
02:40OK.
02:41And you've released an album called Strung.
02:45Yes.
02:45Excellent stuff.
02:46Thank you so much.
02:47Big round of applause now for Maria and Jason.
02:56Wonderful.
02:57And over in the corner, Susie, of course, joined once again by naturalist and presenter, the great Chris Packham.
03:03Welcome back, Chris.
03:08Now then, Jason, off we go.
03:10Letters again.
03:11Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:12Afternoon, Jason.
03:13Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:15Start today with D.
03:17And another one.
03:19M.
03:20And another one.
03:23G.
03:24And a vowel.
03:26E.
03:27And another vowel.
03:29O.
03:30Another vowel.
03:32E.
03:33A consonant.
03:35B.
03:37A consonant.
03:39F.
03:40And a final consonant, please.
03:43And a final P.
03:45And here's the countdown clock.
03:56Well, Jason?
04:18A five.
04:19A five.
04:20Maria?
04:21I'll risk a six.
04:23Jason?
04:25A moped?
04:25A six.
04:26No.
04:26Can you have pomed?
04:28P-O-M-E-D?
04:31No.
04:32OK.
04:33Bad luck, Maria.
04:33It was a good guess.
04:35Sadly, not in.
04:36And over in the corner.
04:38Podge?
04:40Yes.
04:41And bodge.
04:43Now then, Susie, anything else?
04:44No, just fives all the way.
04:46Five to Jason then.
04:47And Maria, it's your letters game.
04:49Hello, Rachel.
04:50Hi, Maria.
04:51Could I get a consonant, please?
04:52Start with V.
04:54And a vowel.
04:58A.
04:59And a consonant.
05:02T.
05:03Another.
05:06S.
05:07Vowel.
05:09E.
05:11Vowel.
05:13I.
05:13Consonant.
05:15N.
05:20Consonant.
05:22P.
05:24And a final consonant.
05:27And a final W.
05:29Stand by.
05:31One to two.
05:42Pointing.
05:42Maybe.
05:44Pod.
05:45Two.
05:52Five.
05:53Six.
05:53Five.
05:54Five.
05:54Six.
05:56Five.
05:56Five.
05:56Five.
05:57Three.
05:57Five.
05:58Five.
05:58Maria.
06:03I have a seven not written down.
06:05A seven and?
06:06Seven.
06:07Maria.
06:08Panties.
06:09Panties, indeed.
06:11And vainest.
06:12Yep, absolutely fine, both.
06:13Happy with both?
06:14Yes.
06:14Anything to add?
06:16We had panties for seven.
06:17Yes.
06:18And natives, but also sapient.
06:20Sapient.
06:23Now, 12 plays seven.
06:25Jason on 12, and it's Jason's numbers game.
06:28Could I have an inverted T, please, Rachel?
06:30You can, indeed.
06:31Thank you, Jason.
06:32One from the top row, and five little ones.
06:35And for the first time today, your numbers are three, six, three, ten, seven.
06:41And the big one, 75.
06:43And the target, 672.
06:46672.
06:47682.
06:48682.
06:50672.
06:50682.
06:50682.
06:52672.
06:52682.
06:54683.
06:56632.
06:57682.
06:59644.
07:0161.
07:01682.
07:02691.
07:02692.
07:03691.
07:04лемendo.
07:0469.
07:05692.
07:05792.
07:0570.
07:06804.
07:06692.
07:0770.
07:0840.
07:09782.
07:09692.
07:12692.
07:12702.
07:1560%.
07:15902.
07:16Well, Jason?
07:196, 7, 2.
07:20Maria?
07:216, 7, 2.
07:22Yes, Jason?
07:24So, 6 plus 3 is 9.
07:26Yep.
07:27Times the 75.
07:286, 7, 5.
07:29And minus the 3.
07:30Perfect, 6, 7, 2.
07:31Maria?
07:32Yes.
07:32Same way?
07:33There we go.
07:34Yep.
07:35Well done.
07:38And now it's time for our tea time teaser, which is one tom sum.
07:43And the clue?
07:43They went out for Chinese food to celebrate a very special occasion.
07:48They went out for Chinese food to celebrate a very special occasion.
08:08Warm welcome back.
08:09I left you with the clue.
08:10So, they went out for Chinese food to celebrate a very special occasion.
08:16In fact, it was a momentous occasion.
08:19Momentous is the answer to that one.
08:21Momentous.
08:2222 plays 17.
08:23Jason on 22.
08:25Maria?
08:26Let us go.
08:26Can I begin with a consonant, please?
08:30Thank you, Maria.
08:31H.
08:32And a vowel?
08:34E.
08:35And a consonant?
08:38P.
08:39And another?
08:42R.
08:43And another?
08:45L.
08:46A vowel?
08:48U.
08:50Another?
08:50O.
08:51O.
08:54Um, a consonant?
08:57R.
08:58And a final vowel, please.
09:02And a final E.
09:05Stand by.
09:06A vowel, please.
09:07A vowel, please.
09:07A vowel, please.
09:08A vowel, please.
09:08A vowel, please.
09:09A vowel, please.
09:09A vowel, please.
09:10A vowel, please.
09:10A vowel, please.
09:11A vowel, please.
09:11A vowel, please.
09:11A vowel, please.
09:12A vowel, please.
09:12A vowel, please.
09:12A vowel, please.
09:13A vowel, please.
09:13A vowel, please.
09:14A vowel, please.
09:15A vowel, please.
09:15A vowel, please.
09:16A vowel, please.
09:16A vowel, please.
09:17A vowel, please.
09:18A vowel, please.
09:19A vowel, please.
09:20A vowel, please.
09:21A vowel, please.
09:22A vowel, please.
09:23A vowel, please.
09:24A vowel, please.
09:25A vowel, please.
09:26Maria.
09:38Just a five.
09:39A five.
09:40Jason?
09:41A six.
09:42Maria.
09:43Ruler.
09:44And helper?
09:46Helper.
09:47And helper.
09:48Absolutely fine, yes.
09:50Can we match or beat it?
09:51We've got loop with five and poorer with six.
09:56Yes.
09:57Poorer.
09:57Poorer.
09:5928 plays 17.
10:01Jason, your letters game?
10:02Could I start with a consonant, please?
10:04Thank you, Jason.
10:05D.
10:06And another one.
10:08S.
10:09And another.
10:12F.
10:13And another.
10:15R.
10:16And a vowel.
10:18U.
10:19Another vowel.
10:21E.
10:22And another.
10:24I.
10:25And a consonant.
10:26D.
10:28And a final vowel.
10:31And lastly, another U.
10:35Countdown.
10:36And another vowel.
10:45And an envelope.
10:45Easy.
10:46And another vowel.
10:46And a vowel.
10:46And another vowel.
10:47And another vowel.
10:48And that vowel.
10:50An open vowel.
10:50And a vowel.
10:50And that vowel.
10:51And let me know.
10:52Now that который tattoos diabetics are going on,
10:52the sad considere.
10:53These are two.
10:54And another vowel.
10:55But this one kills me.
10:56And another vowel.
10:56And this one kills me.
10:56Second wheel.
10:57And another vowel.
10:57Yes, Jason?
11:08I'll try a seven.
11:10Maria?
11:11I'll try a seven as well.
11:13Jason?
11:14Fuddier.
11:14Maria?
11:15And I'm trying suddier.
11:17Let's have a word with the guru.
11:20Well, I looked up fuddier, actually, and sadly not there.
11:23It can be faddier and you can be a fuddy-duddy, but not fuddier.
11:25And I think it's sudsier rather than suddier, Maria.
11:30It is sudsier, not suddier.
11:32Sorry.
11:32It's a draw, then.
11:33It's a draw, then.
11:33It is, yes.
11:35Now, Chris?
11:36Susie?
11:36Chris?
11:37Seven with ruddies.
11:40Ruddies.
11:41What would ruddies be?
11:42Well, to make ruddy.
11:44Oh, really?
11:45In the sense of colouring, I presume.
11:47In colouring, yeah.
11:47So you could ruddy your cheeks by running up the hill.
11:50Yeah, or putting rouge on them, I suppose.
11:52Yeah.
11:53Susie, what have you got?
11:54That was the best we could do for seven.
11:56That's it.
11:56Ruddies.
11:57Thank you very much.
11:5828 plays 17, Jason on 28.
12:00Maria, numbers game for you.
12:02Could I get two large and four small, please?
12:06You can indeed.
12:07Thank you, Maria.
12:07Two large ones, four little ones coming up.
12:10And the four smalls for you.
12:11One, seven, ten, and five.
12:14And then the two big ones, 50 and 100.
12:18And the target, 625.
12:20Six to five.
12:21Two large ones game for you.
12:24One, ten, and five.
12:25One, ten, and two.
12:26One, ten, and nine, five.
12:27Four, one.
12:28Nova, ten, and five.
12:30And the other kid doesn't have fun.
12:33Yeah.
12:33One, ten, and five.
12:37Oh, ten, and five.
12:39One, ten, and ten.
12:42Two, four, one.
12:42ber, three, one, ten, and five, one
12:43Maria.
12:53625.
12:54625.
12:55Jason.
12:56625.
12:58Maria.
12:59And 7 minus 1 is 6.
13:036 multiplied by 100 is 650.
13:07150 divided by 5 is 25.
13:12And 50 divided by 5 is 10, I'm afraid.
13:16Oh, sorry.
13:17Sorry, Maria.
13:19Oh, Jason.
13:22100 minus 10.
13:2490.
13:25Times 7.
13:27630.
13:28And take away the 5.
13:29And take away the 5.
13:30Yeah, well done.
13:32Well done.
13:32OK.
13:37So a bit of an early lead there for Jason.
13:3938 to Maria.
13:4017.
13:40As we turn to Chris today.
13:42I'm excited today because I'm going to banish a term from common parlance.
13:47And the term is bird brained.
13:49And I've always been offended by it because I like birds very much, like many other people.
13:53And when we think about their cognitive abilities, their intelligence, if you like,
13:57very often they match or surpass mammals.
14:00They can use tools.
14:03They can solve problems sort of by thinking them through.
14:08The crows and the parrots have the ability for vocal learning and can even communicate with humans.
14:15So they are up there with the primates, with the monkeys and the apes, sometimes even surpassing them.
14:23And I think the term bird brain probably came into use because they do have quite small brains.
14:28Now, for many years, scientists have used something called the encephalization quotient to measure animals' ability cognitively.
14:37And this is how big the brain is relative to the body size.
14:41And they draw a line.
14:43And if you're above that line, then you are above average intelligence, as is expected.
14:48And we are clearly above the line, as are the crows and as are the chimpanzees.
14:53So how are they achieving it?
14:56How is it that these animals, which have much smaller brains, are matching the mammals with much larger ones?
15:02Well, some scientists decided to investigate.
15:07And they got out their isotropic fractionator.
15:10We've all got one of those in the kitchen.
15:12And they looked at 28 different types of bird at the cellular structure of their brain.
15:18What they found was that the birds had up to double the number of neurons, the cells that make the brain function, in the same volume.
15:29So despite the fact they've got much smaller brains, they have a much greater density of neurons in those brains.
15:37So I don't think that we can any longer say that birds are bird-brained.
15:43And in fact, I think we should call people that are slightly dim-witted, simium brain.
15:48Excellent stuff.
15:49Very good, Chris.
15:52Very good.
15:55Thank you, Chris.
15:5638, please.
15:5717, Marie on 17.
15:59And it is Jason's letters game.
16:02Could I start with a vowel, please, Rachel?
16:04Thank you, Jason.
16:05A.
16:06And another one?
16:08I.
16:08And another?
16:10E.
16:11And a consonant, please.
16:14J.
16:15Another consonant.
16:17L.
16:18Another consonant.
16:20T.
16:21And another?
16:24W.
16:26A vowel.
16:28A.
16:29And a final consonant.
16:32And a final N.
16:34Stand by.
16:35OK.
16:43Well, Jason.
17:07Just a five.
17:08A five.
17:09And Maria?
17:10Just a five.
17:11Jason.
17:12Await.
17:13And Maria?
17:14Latin.
17:18What was it, Maria?
17:19Latin.
17:19How are you spelling that?
17:20L-A-T-I-N.
17:22Oh, Latin.
17:23OK, sorry.
17:23That has definitely got a capital L, I'm afraid, in every sense.
17:28I can't have it with a small L.
17:29I'm sorry.
17:30No problem.
17:30Sorry.
17:31And in the corner, Chris and Susie, we come up with a seven jawline.
17:36Oh, yeah.
17:36Jawline.
17:37A firm jawline.
17:39Susie, anything else?
17:40That was good for seven.
17:41Very good, seven.
17:4243 to 17.
17:43And it's Maria's letters game.
17:45Maria?
17:45Could I start with a consonant, please?
17:48Thank you, Maria.
17:49And a vowel, I.
17:54And a consonant, D.
17:57And another, R.
18:01And another, C.
18:03And a vowel, A.
18:08Another vowel, E.
18:12And a consonant, T.
18:17And a vowel, please.
18:21And lastly, O.
18:24Stand by.
18:25And a vowel, please.
18:55Maria?
18:57Six.
18:58Six and?
19:00Seven.
19:01And a seven.
19:01Maria?
19:02Coated.
19:03Coated and?
19:05Carotid.
19:06Carotid.
19:07Carotid artery, yes.
19:08Good say.
19:08Yeah.
19:09Yep.
19:10Important artery.
19:11Chris?
19:12You could have erotica for seven.
19:15Yes.
19:16And you could also have chordate.
19:18Chordate being, Susie?
19:19Heart-shaped.
19:20So, used in a botanical context, for example, heart-shaped leaves would be chordate.
19:27I've seen chorda, which is Latin for heart, I think.
19:30Cordial, all of that.
19:31All of that.
19:31Cordial, too.
19:32All related, yep.
19:3350 page 17.
19:35Jason, your numbers game.
19:37Could I have an inverted T again, please, Rachel?
19:39You can, indeed.
19:40Back to one large one.
19:42Five small ones.
19:43Thank you, Jason.
19:44And for the third time today, your numbers are four, six, seven, two, three.
19:50And the big one, 25.
19:53And this target, 947.
19:55947.
19:56947.
20:26Yes, Jason?
20:29947.
20:30947.
20:32Maria?
20:32No.
20:33No too far?
20:34Yeah.
20:35So, Jason?
20:36OK, seven times six.
20:3842.
20:40Minus four.
20:4138.
20:42Times the 25.
20:44950.
20:45And take away the three.
20:46Yeah, lovely.
20:47947.
20:48Well done.
20:53Well done, indeed.
20:54So, time for our second Tea Time Tea Zone.
20:58Here it is.
20:59It's Road Opens.
21:00And the clue, the road opens up into a forest full of this type of tree.
21:06The road opens up into a forest full of this type of tree.
21:09Welcome back.
21:25I left you with a clue.
21:26The road opens up into a forest full of this type of tree.
21:30And the answer to that one is Ponderosa.
21:34The Ponderosa.
21:36The Ponderosa.
21:3760 base 17.
21:38Well done, Jason.
21:39Good lead, Maria.
21:40Let's have a crack at this letters game.
21:42Could I begin with a consonant, please?
21:45Thank you, Maria.
21:46T.
21:46And a vowel.
21:49I.
21:50A consonant.
21:52R.
21:53A vowel.
21:55E.
21:56A consonant.
21:58L.
21:59Another.
22:00S.
22:02Another.
22:04L.
22:06Another.
22:08C.
22:09And a final vowel, please.
22:12And a final O.
22:13And here's the countdown clock.
22:17And here's the countdown clock.
22:43Maria.
22:49A seven.
22:51A seven, Jason.
22:53An eight.
22:54An eight.
22:55Maria.
22:56Loisers.
22:57And Jason.
22:59Trollies.
23:00Yes.
23:01You can spell it E-Y-S or I-E-S.
23:02Either fine.
23:04Yeah.
23:09Trollies.
23:10And Chris.
23:11We had costlier and colliers with eight, but also quartiles with eight.
23:18Yes.
23:20Collier, that's the coal miners, isn't it?
23:22Coal miners, yes.
23:22Yeah.
23:23Anything else?
23:24No.
23:25Just to remind you about quartiles, they're enclosed areas in elaborate architectural buildings,
23:30such as in Italy.
23:31You might find lots of quartiles.
23:33All right.
23:34So, Jason, your letters game?
23:37Can I start with a vowel this time, please?
23:39Thank you, Jason.
23:40A.
23:41And another one?
23:43I.
23:44And another?
23:46O.
23:47A consonant?
23:49X.
23:51Consonant?
23:52N.
23:54Another consonant?
23:55D.
23:57And a vowel?
23:59E.
23:59And a consonant?
24:04M.
24:05And final consonant, please.
24:07And final Y.
24:09Stand by.
24:10No, no.
24:33Jason.
24:42Six.
24:44And Maria.
24:45I'll try a six.
24:47Jason.
24:49Demon.
24:50Maria.
24:51Minxed.
24:53Minxed.
24:54I love the idea of being minxed.
24:57I'm not sure we're going to find it as a verb.
25:00No, just minx as a noun.
25:01OK.
25:02Sorry.
25:02What can we have, I wonder?
25:04Chris, Susie?
25:05We can have domain.
25:07Yeah.
25:07For seven.
25:08And dioxane.
25:10Dioxane, yes.
25:10A toxic, colourless liquid.
25:13The domain is with an E at the end.
25:16It's a vineyard in France.
25:18Yeah.
25:18Well done.
25:1974.
25:20Good score there, Jason, as we go into Susie's wonderful origins of words.
25:25What have you for us today, Susie?
25:27A bit of an old-fashioned phrase, really, and that's larking about.
25:32Or you might say, what a lark.
25:34Something my grandma used to love saying.
25:36It was a real lark, meaning it was a lot of fun.
25:39And I thought I'd talk a little bit about where the phrase comes from.
25:41There are several theories.
25:43One of them is that it actually goes back to a Yorkshire word, which was lake, L-A-I-K,
25:50which, in terms of Viking, were brought over by the Vikings.
25:54And that simply meant to amuse oneself, to play.
25:56And you'll still find it in Yorkshire dialects.
26:00So the idea of larking about, getting up to mischief, being, as I say, a little bit mischievous,
26:04playing the fool, may go back to that verb.
26:07That's the theory.
26:08We do know that it goes back to the middle of the 19th century.
26:10So the dates fit for that dialect word, although it was probably in spoken use long before that.
26:15But there is a more plausible theory, and I'm talking about it today because Chris is next to me.
26:20And that's that larking goes back to the skylark and to the aerial acrobatics, really, of the European skylark.
26:27But it does seem that the skylark and its beauty in the air and the fact that it just seems to be having so much fun,
26:34that that does account for our word larking about.
26:38Larking also, just to finish off a final note, probably gave us the term larrikin.
26:44And that, in Australian dialect, brought over by settlers from over here, simply meant a mischievous young boy.
26:51So a lad who, again, liked to get up to no good.
26:54And that, in turn, may be behind the expression, happy is Larry.
26:57But that's another story for another day.
27:00But I love the idea of larking about and the beautiful skylark.
27:03Super.
27:04Wonderful.
27:09All beautifully strung together.
27:12Fascinating.
27:13Now, 74 to 17, and it's Maria's letters game.
27:17Maria.
27:18Continent, please.
27:19Thank you, Maria.
27:21S.
27:21Nouvelle.
27:23U.
27:24And a consonant.
27:26H.
27:27And a consonant.
27:29L.
27:31And another.
27:33M.
27:34And another.
27:36G.
27:37Um, foul.
27:40A.
27:41Another.
27:43E.
27:45And a final...
27:48foul.
27:50And a final I.
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28:21Maria.
28:27A seven, not written down.
28:29A seven, and Jason, six.
28:32Your six, laughs.
28:34Now then, Maria.
28:35Hummages.
28:38Hummages.
28:39He's talking to you, yeah.
28:40Yeah, it's with an O, unfortunately.
28:42Sorry, Maria.
28:43Oh, yeah.
28:44No problem.
28:45Worth a shot.
28:46Now, Chris and Susie.
28:48Ageism.
28:50Yes.
28:51Don't want any of that practised here, do we?
28:53Not at all.
28:53Not when I'm around.
28:55Anything else?
28:56There's Meshuggah.
28:58M-E-S-H-U-G-A.
29:01A lovely Yiddish word.
29:02It means slightly mad or potty of a person.
29:06Age, you play 17, and Jason, final letters game.
29:10I'll go with a consonant, please.
29:12Thank you, Jason.
29:13S.
29:14And another one.
29:16R.
29:17And another.
29:18T.
29:21And another.
29:24N.
29:25And a vowel.
29:26O.
29:27Another vowel.
29:29U.
29:30Another vowel.
29:32E.
29:33A consonant.
29:36T.
29:38And a final vowel, please.
29:40And a final A.
29:43Stand by.
29:44Much.
29:46우리.
30:03T.
30:03Stacy.
30:03C.
30:04C.
30:04C.
30:05C.
30:05Yes, Jason, I'll try an eight.
30:18And Maria?
30:19Um, six.
30:21And that six is?
30:22Neater.
30:24Now, Jason, what are you up to?
30:26Outstair.
30:28Outstair?
30:29You can outstair somebody in a staring match.
30:33And if he's there for eight,
30:34you do need two E's, yeah.
30:36You realise that, Maria, for neater.
30:37But yes, outstair is there for eight.
30:39Outstair, in a staring match.
30:40Chris?
30:41Yep.
30:41Uh, couldn't top that.
30:43Had Soutain for seven.
30:45Suzy?
30:45Yep, the cassock, Roman Catholic, priest's cassock.
30:48But outstair is excellent.
30:49Yep.
30:50That's right.
30:51And we're into the final numbers game.
30:53Maria?
30:54Um, two large and four small, please.
30:56Thank you, Maria.
30:57Two from the top row, four small.
30:59Finish the day.
31:00Try and find a nice one.
31:01Final numbers are nine, eight,
31:03six, two, seven,
31:06and then the big two,
31:0675 and 25.
31:09And this target, 712.
31:11Seven, one, two.
31:12That would be the greatest one to happen.
31:17One, two, one, two.
31:18Half a day.
31:19One, three.
31:20Half a day.
31:23One, three.
31:27One, three.
31:29Two, three.
31:29Two, three.
31:31Eight, three.
31:31Two, three.
31:32Two, three.
31:34Three, four.
31:35Two, one.
31:36Three, four oderに.
31:38Maria?
31:457, 10.
31:467, 10.
31:47And Jason?
31:48I think I've got 7, 1, 4, but not written down.
31:527, 1, 4.
31:53So, Maria?
31:5575 plus 25.
31:58100.
31:59And multiply by 7.
32:01700.
32:028 plus 2.
32:03Yep, 2 below.
32:05Jason?
32:06I did 9 times 75.
32:096, 7, 5.
32:11Add the 25.
32:12700.
32:13And then 7 times 2 is 14.
32:16Yep.
32:17Add it on.
32:172 the other way.
32:19But 7, 1, 2 is really what we're after.
32:22Rachel?
32:23Yeah, a couple of ways.
32:24She could have said 7 times 2 is 14 plus 75 for 89 and times it by 8.
32:33712.
32:34Oh, perfectly.
32:35Perfect.
32:36Thank you, Rachel.
32:40So, into the final round with a score.
32:43Jason, a very superb 95 to Maria's 24 as we go into the final round.
32:48It's fingers on buzzers.
32:50Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:52Jason?
32:52Is it reforging?
32:57Is it reforging?
33:03Reforging.
33:04Let's have a look.
33:06Nope.
33:06Down to you, Maria.
33:07Take your time.
33:08Maria.
33:09Let's see whether you're right.
33:19Let's see whether you're right.
33:19No, both foxed here.
33:22Both had a crack at it.
33:24Anybody in the audience?
33:25Not a whisper.
33:26Rachel?
33:28I think I'm shacked up with one.
33:29Is it foreigner?
33:30Maria.
33:32Let's have a look.
33:34Let's have a look.
33:34There he is.
33:35Well done.
33:42Thank you very much.
33:43So, well done.
33:45Well done.
33:45Thanks, Nick.
33:46And Maria, not your day today.
33:48No.
33:48Back to Limerick with you.
33:49Back to the band.
33:51Back to Strung.
33:52We're going to look out for you now.
33:53Yes.
33:53Yeah.
33:54And you're on the internet and all sorts.
33:55Yeah, yeah.
33:56We have a website and a Facebook page and everything.
33:59Well, great good fortune to you.
34:00You take this goodie bag back and give them our best wishes.
34:04Thank you for coming.
34:05Well done.
34:06Terrific stuff.
34:0795.
34:08Is that your highest score?
34:09I think it might be, yeah.
34:10Yeah.
34:10Well done.
34:11See you next time.
34:12Congratulations.
34:13Chris, Susie, see you both next time.
34:16Yeah, see you then.
34:17More great stories from Chris.
34:18I love it when he's here.
34:20Rachel, see you next time.
34:21See you then.
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34:23Same time, same place.
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