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Bill Engvall

Bill is wrapping up the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Week
He has $65,100 in his bank and is one question away from round 2 with no lifelines remaining.

Question 10 – Perhaps because an unfavorable positioning of the heavens was once thought to bring bad luck, which English word comes from the Latin for “bad star”?
A. Misery
B. Tumult
C. Disaster
D. Upheaval


Bill believes the answer is between

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disaster and tumult

.
He then starts repeating “of the heavens” and wonders if the answer could be

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upheaval

.

Bill decides to walk.

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C. Disaster
Bill wins $32,550 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to be added to the $10K donation the show made since none of the contestants this week reached round 2.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bill Engvall
Bill is wrapping up the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Week
He has $65,100 in his bank and is one question away from round 2 with no lifelines remaining.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – Perhaps because an unfavorable positioning of the heavens was once thought to bring bad luck, which English word comes from the Latin for “bad star”?
A. Misery
B. Tumult
C. Disaster
D. Upheaval

Bill believes the answer is between

Spoiler

disaster and tumult

.
He then starts repeating “of the heavens” and wonders if the answer could be

Spoiler

upheaval

.

Bill decides to walk.

Spoiler

C. Disaster

What a great run! It's a shame he couldn't have connected "of the heavens" with "astr-" - I thought he might come up with it.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bill Engvall
Bill is wrapping up the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Week
He has $65,100 in his bank and is one question away from round 2 with no lifelines remaining.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – Perhaps because an unfavorable positioning of the heavens was once thought to bring bad luck, which English word comes from the Latin for “bad star”?
A. Misery
B. Tumult
C. Disaster
D. Upheaval

Bill believes the answer is between

Spoiler

disaster and tumult

.
He then starts repeating “of the heavens” and wonders if the answer could be

Spoiler

upheaval

.

Bill decides to walk.

Spoiler

C. Disaster

What a great run! It's a shame he couldn't have connected "of the heavens" with "astr-" - I thought he might come up with it.

If getting eight questions right is now considered a "great run," our standards and expectations have certainly fallen.

Q10: Don't see his earlier Qs here, but I know from the Latin that "aster" is "star". Also from various Middle Eastern names, which is where Latin originally got it from, I think.