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Oden	Nov 21st, 2010 07:43 am

six million dollar question

Hopes fade as fire delays NZ mine rescue - Yahoo!7

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Earlier, Knowles described the chances of survival as "the six million dollar question. We're looking at every possible outcome of this operation and we're still remaining positive".

What does six million dollar question mean?

susan53

Nov 21st, 2010 08:14 am

Re: six million dollar question

Expressions like this come from TV game shows, where participants win more and more money for each question answered correctly - up to a maximum, which used to be a million dollars on the show Who wants to be a millionaire? - but clearly prizes have increased recently :) So the "million dollar question (or here, "six million dollar question") means the most important question - the one which must be answered to succeed.

Oden	Nov 21st, 2010 09:24 am

Re: six million dollar question

Thank you, Sue. I know the excellent TV show.

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