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'''Peter Scott''' was a finalist in [[Series 9]]. At the time of his appearance on countdown, he had recently been knighted for services to the navy having been a naval officer in World War II making him the only countdown contestant to have "sir" before his name.
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[[File:Peter Scott.png|thumb|right|Peter Scott]]
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'''Peter Scott''' was a finalist in [[Series 9]]. He was a retired quantity surveyor from Newark, Nottinghamshire.
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He is most famous for his interest in the loch ness monster to whom he gave the scientific name of Nessiteras rhombopteryx (based on a blurred underwater photograph of a supposed fin) to the Loch Ness Monster so that it could be registered as an endangered species. The name was based on the Ancient Greek for "the wonder of Ness with the diamond shaped fin", but it was later pointed out to be an anagram of "Monster hoax by Sir Peter S".
 
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In 1962, he co-founded the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau with the then Conservative MP David James, who had previously been Polar Advisor on the classic 1948 movie based on his late father's doomed polar expedition Scott of the Antarctic.
 
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==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
 
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{{ep | 433 | 19/05/1986 | P | [[Alan Lee]] | 38 - 53 | Peter Scott | [[Rula Lenska]] | [[Della Thompson]] }}
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{{ep | 433 | 19/05/1986 | P |[[Alan Lee]]| 38 – 53 |Peter Scott|[[Rula Lenska]]|[[Della Thompson]]|74}}
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{{ep | 434 | 20/05/1986 | P | Peter Scott | 56 - 30 | [[Roy Brown]] | Rula Lenska | Della Thompson }}
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{{ep | 434 | 20/05/1986 | P |[[Roy Brown]]| 30 – 56 |Peter Scott|Rula Lenska|Della Thompson|71}}
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{{ep | 435 | 21/05/1986 | P | Peter Scott | 26 - 55 | [[Anne Tipp]] | [[Bill Tidy]] | Della Thompson }}
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{{ep | 435 | 21/05/1986 | P |[[Anne Tipp]]| 55 – 26 |Peter Scott|[[Bill Tidy]]|Della Thompson|95}}
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{{ep | 441 | 29/05/1986 | QF | Peter Scott | 13 - 63 | [[David White]] | Bill Tidy | Della Thompson }}
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{{ep | 441 | 29/05/1986 | QF |Peter Scott| 13 – 63 |[[David White]]|Bill Tidy|Della Thompson|70}}
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{{ep | M26 | 25/09/1989–29/09/1989 | M |Peter Scott| 70 – 113 |[[Derek Rutter]]|none|[[Freda Thornton]]|147}}
 
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Latest revision as of 17:05, 7 November 2022

Peter Scott

Peter Scott was a finalist in Series 9. He was a retired quantity surveyor from Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
433 19/05/1986 P Alan Lee 38 – 53 Peter Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Rula Lenska Della Thompson 74
434 20/05/1986 P Roy Brown 30 – 56 Peter Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Rula Lenska Della Thompson 71
435 21/05/1986 P Anne Tipp 55 – 26 Peter Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy Della Thompson 95
441 29/05/1986 QF Peter Scott 13 – 63 David White Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy Della Thompson 70
M26 25/09/1989–29/09/1989 M Peter Scott 70 – 113 Derek Rutter Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Freda Thornton 147
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