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by BBTranscriptTeam » Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:01 pm
Charlie Pevey (BB MPW42)
Accountant
Los Angeles, Cal.
$50,000
Referring to its shape, what Balkan nation has been described as the jaws of a hungry crocodile swallowing up Bosnia and Herzegovina?
A: Serbia B: Slovenia
C: Romania D: Croatia
Charlie says it’s not Romania. He decides to walk.
D: Croatia
Charlie wins $30,000.
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by MPW42 » Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:02 pm
While I was waiting with my dad for my wife and my mom to leave the audience, I pondered what I would've gone with had I answered. I realized I was going to go with Serbia.
THANK GOD I WALKED!
--Charlie
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by Bob78164 » Sun Jan 27, 2019 8:27 pm
MPW42 wrote:While I was waiting with my dad for my wife and my mom to leave the audience, I pondered what I would've gone with had I answered. I realized I was going to go with Serbia.
THANK GOD I WALKED!
--Charlie
It helps to have played “Diplomacy.” I knew based on the shape clue that neither Serbia nor Romania could be correct. —Bob
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by jarnon » Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:02 am
Bob78164 wrote:It helps to have played “Diplomacy.” I knew based on the shape clue that neither Serbia nor Romania could be correct. —Bob
You're right about Serbia:
Romania's shape on the game board is based on history (which I never knew before):
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jarnon on Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:37 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by Bob Juch » Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:44 am
Bob78164 wrote:MPW42 wrote:While I was waiting with my dad for my wife and my mom to leave the audience, I pondered what I would've gone with had I answered. I realized I was going to go with Serbia.
THANK GOD I WALKED!
--Charlie
It helps to have played “Diplomacy.” I knew based on the shape clue that neither Serbia nor Romania could be correct. —Bob
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