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#101 Post by tlynn78 » Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:58 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
earendel wrote:If I hadn't missed the billionaire question, I'd have gone out on the last question. Robert Downey, Jr. played Charlie Chaplin, but I guess an honorary Oscar doesn't count. I would have gotten the sampling question right, but it would have been a lucky guess.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break
We all missed the billionaire question. :(
Not all - I got that one, assuming by assuming it was Oprah and missed "The Winstons" music q
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#102 Post by Beebs52 » Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:13 pm

A certain someone dint know the vegetable...
Well, then

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#103 Post by Bob Juch » Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:16 pm

I hate bobbleheads. :evil:
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#104 Post by Bob Juch » Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:26 pm

Bob Juch wrote:I hate bobbleheads. :evil:
But at least I won the following Cash Show.
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#105 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:09 pm

I hate Harry Potter. :evil:
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#106 Post by tlynn78 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:07 pm

I have got to stop trying to multitask :roll:
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#107 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:20 pm

I thought for sure the genie couldn't grant eternal life.....
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#108 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:10 pm

flockofseagulls104 wrote:I thought for sure the genie couldn't grant eternal life.....
Ditto
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#109 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:12 pm

tlynn78 wrote:I have got to stop trying to multitask :roll:
No shit. Tho, once the babes were hollaring and flipping out and I got to 11 or something.
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#110 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:28 pm

Knew tony the tiger and the Grinch from this bored so i won $16
Suitguy is not bitter.

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#111 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:31 pm

They also asked which planet had the biggest global warming problem
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#112 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:33 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:They also asked which planet had the biggest global warming problem
Venus?
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#113 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:04 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:They also asked which planet had the biggest global warming problem
Venus?
actual question" which planet is the hottest" and Venus is the answer
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#114 Post by Beebs52 » Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:07 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Knew tony the tiger and the Grinch from this bored so i won $16
Yayyy!
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#115 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:42 pm

Got 15 qs right and won $111.61. Argon was a global warming question
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#116 Post by Bob Juch » Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:32 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Got 15 qs right and won $111.61. Argon was a global warming question
Whoo hoo! What's your username on HQ?
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#117 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:22 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Got 15 qs right and won $111.61. Argon was a global warming question
Congrats. Join our group!
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#118 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:50 am

Bob Juch wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Got 15 qs right and won $111.61. Argon was a global warming question
Whoo hoo! What's your username on HQ?
tmitsss
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#119 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:03 am

Awesome!!!!!!
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#120 Post by tlynn78 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:54 am

Way to go, Suitguy! The argon one knocked me out.
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#121 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:25 am

WTG suitguy & this is the 1st I've heard of any astute & knowledgeable board people earning more than $0.56.! Do they pay you in actual cash, not Amazon coupons or whatever?

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#122 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:26 am

Oops, *you* won $16.00 previously.

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#123 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:47 am

tlynn78 wrote:Way to go, Suitguy! The argon one knocked me out.
You must not have had any oxygen. :P
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#124 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:14 am

ghostjmf wrote:WTG suitguy & this is the 1st I've heard of any astute & knowledgeable board people earning more than $0.56.! Do they pay you in actual cash, not Amazon coupons or whatever?
I once won $64.00. $.26 being my smallist prize. they pay via Paypal. Currently there is glitch in payment.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#125 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:18 pm

Went out on rollercoater. But, had xtra life George's teeth. Anyone else notice numbers they give for right answers don't sync? And friends show up after answers? And weird xtra lives?
Well, then

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