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by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:15 pm
Pauline Weaver
Fremont, CA
Pauline has $7K in her bank and all three life lines remaining.
$10K While he once wrote that “one judges by the result,” who is often misattributed as saying “the ends justify the means”?
A. Sun Tzu
B. Machiavelli
C. Voltaire
D. Plato
Pauline believes it is between Sun Tzu and Machiavelli.
She decides to use her 50/50.
50/50
A. Sun Tzu
B. Machiavelli
B. Machiavelli
$20K According to the “Fog Test,” which of these is fake if you blow on it and the “fog” of your breath doesn’t immediately disappear?
A. Mahogany wood
B. A diamond
C. Sterling silver
D. A Wedgwood vase
Pauline doesn’t think a diamond would be large enough to see your breath on anyway and she doesn’t think it would be mahogany wood or a Wedgwood vase, so she makes sterling silver her final answer.
B. A diamond
Pauline leaves with $5K.
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by ghostjmf » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:26 pm
20K: +1 & whatever else it takes
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SportsFan68
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by SportsFan68 » Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:18 pm
$20K According to the “Fog Test,” which of these is fake if you blow on it and the “fog” of your breath doesn’t immediately disappear?
A. Mahogany wood
B. A diamond
C. Sterling silver
D. A Wedgwood vase
Pauline doesn’t think a diamond would be large enough to see your breath on anyway and she doesn’t think it would be mahogany wood or a Wedgwood vase, so she makes sterling silver her final answer.
B. A diamond
Pauline leaves with $5K.
I tried it. I breathed on a piece of sterling silver, and my breath did not immediately disappear. Who knew you had to take sterling silver with you to play Millionaire?
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by earendel » Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:30 am
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Pauline Weaver
Fremont, CA
Pauline has $7K in her bank and all three life lines remaining.
Nihil obstat®.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."