Transcript 9/13/17b Bonnie Elaine (carryover)

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Transcript 9/13/17b Bonnie Elaine (carryover)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:33 pm

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Bonnie Elaine
Traveling nurse
Denver, Colo.


$10,000
Preventing people like Alan Turing and Paul Erdös from ever having been nominated, there is NOT a Nobel Prize for which of the following fields?
A: Medicine B: Literature
C: Mathematics D: Chemistry

Bonnie believes Turing was
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a mathematician.


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C: Mathematics


$20,000
Which of these famous structures was built to honor a woman who was known as Mumtaz?
A: Parthenon B: Taj Mahal
C: Ponte Vecchio bridge D: Great Pyramid of Giza

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Bonnie's +1 is her friend, Jake. Before the answers even came up, his initial gut was the Pyramids of Giza and he believes Mumtaz & mummies have the same root. He is about 70% on D.


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B: Taj Mahal
Bonnie wins $5,000.


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Re: Transcript 9/13/17b Bonnie Elaine (carryover)

#2 Post by earendel » Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:55 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000
Which of these famous structures was built to honor a woman who was known as Mumtaz?
A: Parthenon B: Taj Mahal
C: Ponte Vecchio bridge D: Great Pyramid of Giza
Spoiler
Bonnie's +1 is her friend, Jake. Before the answers even came up, his initial gut was the Pyramids of Giza and he believes Mumtaz & mummies have the same root. He is about 70% on D.

Spoiler
B: Taj Mahal
Bonnie wins $5,000.
Interesting reasoning, too bad it wasn't correct. Nihil obstat®.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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