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Terry Knowles
From Countdown
Terry Knowles Octochamp Statistics | |
Final position | Semi-finalist |
---|---|
Seeding | 1 |
Points total | 502 |
Conundrums solved | 7 |
Terry Knowles was an octochamp in Series 39.
He first appeared on 10 November 1998, beating reigning champion Freddie Marshall in impressive fashion, and won a further seven games with a points total of 502, making him the clear #1 seed for the final rounds. In the heats, he faced just one Crucial Conundrum, in his last heat game against Juliet Montague. He then beat Val Swanick convincingly in the quarter-finals, by 65 – 33 but came unstuck against Richard Saldanha in the semi-finals, losing 51 – 41 on a Crucial Conundrum. Terry played in Championship of Champions X at the end of the following year, beating John Ashmore in the first round but losing to eventual winner Scott Mearns in the semi-final.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
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2389 | 10/11/1998 | P | Freddie Marshall | 17 – 64 | Terry Knowles | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 81 |
2390 | 11/11/1998 | P | Terry Knowles | 58 – 33 | Tony Guidoboni | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 72 |
2391 | 12/11/1998 | P | Terry Knowles | 60 – 39 | Liz Annison | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 71 |
2392 | 13/11/1998 | P | Terry Knowles | 72 – 35 | Quin Collier | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 74 |
2393 | 16/11/1998 | P | Terry Knowles | 58 – 27 | John Docherty | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 73 |
2394 | 17/11/1998 | P | Terry Knowles | 55 – 25 | Margaret Chester-Barnett | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 72 |
2395 | 18/11/1998 | P | Terry Knowles | 71 – 38 | John Brady | Richard Stilgoe | Susie Dent | 77 |
2396 | 19/11/1998 | P | Terry Knowles | 64 – 55 | Juliet Montague | Richard Stilgoe | Susie Dent | 74 |
2416 | 17/12/1998 | QF | Terry Knowles | 65 – 33 | Val Swanick | Magnus Magnusson | Mark Nyman | 74 |
2420 | 23/12/1998 | SF | Terry Knowles | 41 – 51 | Richard Saldanha | Gloria Hunniford | Mark Nyman | 70 |
2675 | 28/12/1999 | CQF | Terry Knowles | 43 – 37 | John Ashmore | Nigel Rees | Mark Nyman | 72 |
2677 | 30/12/1999 | CSF | Scott Mearns | 72 – 46 | Terry Knowles | Nigel Rees | Mark Nyman | 76 |