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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

Spoiler

D: Handwriting

Spoiler

C: Rocks ( )

Gary leaves with $25,000

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

Spoiler

D: Handwriting

Spoiler

C: Rocks ( )

Gary leaves with $25,000

He said that so quickly I wonder if he was thinking about lithography.

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.

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.

Here's a very short article about Gary's appearance.

http://www.clippertoday.com/pages/full_ ... eft_column

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.

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.

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".