The Million Second Quiz is an American game show that was hosted by Ryan
Seacrest (pictured) and broadcast by NBC from September 9 to
September 19, 2013. For one million seconds, contestants attempted to
win trivia matches, and the four top scorers competed in a stepladder
playoff for a top prize of $2,000,000. Stephen Lambert, Eli Holzman, and
David Hurwitz served as executive producers of The Million Second Quiz.
The show helped to promote NBC's lineup for the 2013–14 television
season. NBC broadcast a live prime time show for each night of the
competition (except during Sunday Night Football), including a two-hour
finale. Using a mobile app, viewers could play the game against others
and potentially earn a chance to appear as a contestant during the prime
time episodes. Critics argued that The Million Second Quiz suffered from
a confusing format and a lack of drama. Ratings dropped after the show's
premiere.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Second_Quiz>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1141:
Yelü Dashi, the Liao general who founded the Qara Khitai,
defeated Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan, near
Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Qatwan>
1796:
French Revolutionary Wars: A naval engagement between French
and British fleets off the coast of Sumatra ended inconclusively.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_September_1796>
1954:
An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw struck near Chlef, Algeria,
killing over 1,200 people and forcing the government to implement
comprehensive reforms in building codes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Chlef_earthquake>
1971:
Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_%28John_Lennon_album%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
unoften:
(literary except India) Not often; rarely, seldom.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unoften>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
War makes men barbarous because, to take part in it, one must
harden oneself against all regret, all appreciation of delicacy and
sensitive values. One must live as if those values did not exist, and
when the war is over one has lost the resilience to return to those
values.
--Cesare Pavese
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cesare_Pavese>
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