Moose Rosser

Moose Rosser in Series 76.

Moose Rosser was an octochamp in Series 76.

Despite not topping the seed table, he achieved the highest score of the series by amassing 132 points in his seventh heat game, beating Stephen Read's high by one point. "The Moose", as he was popularly known, garnered a total of 828 points and qualified to return to the show in June for the series finals as #3 seed.

In the quarter-finals, Rosser prevailed over Wesley Jardine in a very close match, picking out the nine-letter word ETHNICIST and sneaking through on the unsolved crucial conundrum POLICECAR. He then achieved an upset in the semi-finals, knocking out #2 seed Jeff Clayton 88 – 84 by spotting that LOSTMYCAP became CYTOPLASM.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
6586	19/05/2017	P	Amber Cotton	36 – 83	Moose Rosser	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Hollins	Susie Dent	120
6587	22/05/2017	P	Moose Rosser	90* – 80	Michael Hooker	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Hollins	Susie Dent	127
6588	23/05/2017	P	Moose Rosser	104 – 35	Bob Saunders	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Hollins	Susie Dent	123
6589	24/05/2017	P	Moose Rosser	106 – 44	Ellie Foster	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dan Walker	Susie Dent	127
6590	26/05/2017	P	Moose Rosser	111 – 76	Peter Sheridan	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dan Walker	Susie Dent	147
6591	29/05/2017	P	Moose Rosser	119 – 33	Sam Green	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dan Walker	Susie Dent	144
6592	30/05/2017	P	Moose Rosser	132 – 30	Gareth Davies	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dan Walker	Susie Dent	136
6593	31/05/2017	P	Moose Rosser	93 – 71	Michael Metcalf	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dan Walker	Susie Dent	158
6610	26/06/2017	QF	Moose Rosser	81 – 71	Wesley Jardine	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	136
6613	29/06/2017	SF	Jeff Clayton	84 – 88	Moose Rosser	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	121

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum