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BBTranscriptTeam
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by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:49 pm
Alex Fumelli
Lawyer
Staten Island, N.Y.
$100,000
While it sounds like a spell Harry Potter would cast, the Quadlangularis Reversum is actually a what?
A: Building at Oxford University B: Chess move
C: Percussion instrument D: Geometric theorem
Alex answers B: Chess move.
The correct answer is C: Percussion instrument.
Alex wins $50,000.
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ghostjmf
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by ghostjmf » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:30 pm
100K: Like B & D. Use 50/50, which will bewilder me by leaving C, which I discounted. So I have to go for it.?
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SportsFan68
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by SportsFan68 » Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:50 pm
Sayonara.
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by earendel » Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:36 pm
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Alex Fumelli
Lawyer
Staten Island, N.Y.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
While it sounds like a spell Harry Potter would cast, the Quadlangularis Reversum is actually a what?
A: Building at Oxford University B: Chess move
C: Percussion instrument D: Geometric theorem
Alex answers B: Chess move.
The correct answer is C: Percussion instrument.
Alex wins $50,000.
I've already used my 50:50, so I might as well ATA, though I don't have much confidence that they'll know it. I would have thought it was either A or D.
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