Audience contestant
$1,000: When used to grade pencils, the letters "H" and "B" stand for what two words?
A - heaviness and brightness
B - harshness and breakability
C - hardness and blackness
D - height and boldness
Paula says she's seen this without knowing what it meant, and now she wishes she'd asked someone. She knows it's not
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A because she got into trouble for not using an HB2 pencil
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B because breakability isn't good for taking tests like the SAT, which she wishes she'd done better on
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C
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Answer: C (hardness and blackness)