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What are Phloem Bundles?

Jennifer — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:57:20 +0000

Phloem (pronounced “flom”) bundles have become a hot topic on Google trends recently due to their mention on the quiz show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”

So what are phloem bundles? They are the strings on a banana and are part of the system that carries nutrition to all parts of the banana.

For those who want more details on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” – it is a TV game show that offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 (or in some countries, 12) consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by the Japanese production company Sony Pictures Television International.

The American version offers 1 million dollars as its maximum cash prize while the maximum cash prize in the original British version is one million pounds. Most international versions offer a top prize of one million units of the local currency, though the actual value of the prize varies widely, depending on the currency’s exchange rate. In the United States the top cash prizes have been changed to annuities.

Now my only question for you is – does anyone know what that millionaire question was that involved the phloem bundle, exactly?

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Where did the phrase “jump the shark” come from?

Cindy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:43:48 +0000

The hit show “Happy Days” aired from 1974-1984. One of the most memorable moments in the series came when the character Fonzie jumped over hungry sharks on water skis. It was from that scene that the term “jump the shark” originated. The term is used to describe television shows that have reached their peak. As the popularity of the phrase has increased, it is also applied to music, movies and books. Once a show has “jumped the shark”, its best days are behind, and it will never be the same.

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TV series whose finale was titled “The Truth,” with “The”

Jennifer — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:26:46 +0000

TV series whose finale was titled “The Truth,” with “The”: “X-Files.”

In this last episode of “The X-Files,” Doggett and Skinner help Mulder escape from his military prison after he is found guilty of murdering super soldier Knowle Rohrer. Mulder and Scully then seek out what “The Truth” is and if his working on the X-Files for nine years was worth it.

The was a clue to the NYTimes Crossword for October 12, 2007.

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