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by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:53 pm
Gary Forsberg
Farmington, UT
Gary still has two sons with student loans to pay off (to the tune of ~48k; Gary would like to help pay these off.
Gary is going for $50k with only his Phone a Friend lifeline remaining.
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$50,000 - Areas of Study
Which of the following does a lithologist study?
A: Clouds B: Whales
C: Rocks D: Handwriting
With no hesitation, Gary confidently answers D: Handwriting
C: Rocks ( )
Gary leaves with $25,000
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by earendel » Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:02 am
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Gary Forsberg
Farmington, UT
Gary still has two sons with student loans to pay off (to the tune of ~48k; Gary would like to help pay these off.
If he makes it to $50K he'll still not have enough, because of taxes.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000 - Areas of Study
Which of the following does a lithologist study?
A: Clouds B: Whales
C: Rocks D: Handwriting
With no hesitation, Gary confidently answers D: Handwriting
C: Rocks ( )
Gary leaves with $25,000
He said that so quickly I wonder if he was thinking about lithography.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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by MarleysGh0st » Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:43 am
earendel wrote:BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Gary Forsberg
Farmington, UT
Gary still has two sons with student loans to pay off (to the tune of ~48k; Gary would like to help pay these off.
If he makes it to $50K he'll still not have enough, because of taxes.
Shhhhh! Taxes are something TPTB don't want you mentioning on the show!
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Gary is going for $50k with only his Phone a Friend lifeline remaining.
Meredith reassured Gary at that point, saying the PAF is a "great lifeline". What followed may have been another instance of MarleysNeighbors noticing me cursing at my television. If it's a
great lifeline, why are you killing it, Meredith?
earendel wrote:BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$50,000 - Areas of Study
Which of the following does a lithologist study?
A: Clouds B: Whales
C: Rocks D: Handwriting
With no hesitation, Gary confidently answers D: Handwriting
C: Rocks ( )
Gary leaves with $25,000
He said that so quickly I wonder if he was thinking about lithography.
I expect he did, without pausing to remember what a lithograph is.
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by doitneatly » Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:56 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:earendel wrote:BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$50,000 - Areas of Study
Which of the following does a lithologist study?
A: Clouds B: Whales
C: Rocks D: Handwriting
With no hesitation, Gary confidently answers D: Handwriting
C: Rocks ( )
Gary leaves with $25,000
He said that so quickly I wonder if he was thinking about lithography.
I expect he did, without pausing to remember what a lithograph is.
I agree! The first word that popped into my head while watching was "lithograph", which led me to writing. (oops, right etymology but for the wrong part of the word!)
A little more thought leads to monolith, regolith, lithium, etc... but under the gun I might have leapt at that wicked distractor that was option D.
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by Jeemie » Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:07 am
Funny how diferent minds work.
Lithograph never entered my mind. First thing that leapt to my mind was that "lith" means stone.
Lithograph itself means "stone writing"- the process was named this because the original print plate was a flat, smooth piece of limestone.
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by earendel » Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:56 am
Jeemie wrote:Funny how diferent minds work.
Lithograph never entered my mind. First thing that leapt to my mind was that "lith" means stone.
Lithograph itself means "stone writing"- the process was named this because the original print plate was a flat, smooth piece of limestone.
It didn't occur to me, either, and I couldn't figure out at first why Gary went for "handwriting" so quickly. Only after a few minutes did I think about lithographs.
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by NellyLunatic1980 » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:58 pm
I pre-called rocks, and I can once again thank my years of studying Greek and Latin in ministry. "Lithos" is the Greek word for "stone".
