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BBTranscriptTeam
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by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue May 12, 2015 8:12 pm
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 disaster and tumult
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He then starts repeating “of the heavens” and wonders if the answer could be upheaval
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Bill decides to walk.
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.
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earendel
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by earendel » Thu May 14, 2015 10:04 am
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 disaster and tumult
.
He then starts repeating “of the heavens” and wonders if the answer could be upheaval
.
Bill decides to walk.
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.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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TheConfessor
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by TheConfessor » Thu May 14, 2015 2:38 pm
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 disaster and tumult
.
He then starts repeating “of the heavens” and wonders if the answer could be upheaval
.
Bill decides to walk.
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.
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ghostjmf
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by ghostjmf » Sun May 24, 2015 8:19 am
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.