The American Bible Challenge (2012–2014) is a Biblical-themed American television game show created by Game Show Network. The series is hosted by Jeff Foxworthy (pictured), joined by Kirk Franklin in the second season. Each season of the series is played as a nine-episode tournament with six episodes of opening rounds, two semi-finals, and a final. Each opening round starts with three teams of three contestants answering questions about the Bible. One contestant from each team participates in the following round. The two highest-scoring teams compete in a final one-minute round, and a $20,000 prize is donated to a charity of the winning team's choice. Over the course of the season, winning teams advance to semi-final games and then to a final game with a grand prize of $100,000, for a total possible payout of $140,000 for the season winner's charity. The show became GSN's highest rated original program in the history of the network. In 2014, the show received a nomination at the 41st Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game Show, and Foxworthy was nominated as Outstanding Game Show Host.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1818:
"Silent Night", a Christmas carol by Josef Mohr and Franz Gruber, was first performed in a church in Austria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night
1846:
The Sultanate of Brunei ceded the island of Labuan to Great Britain as a colony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan
1914:
British and German soldiers interrupted the World War I to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
1964:
The Viet Cong bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, killing two U.S. Army officers, raising fears of an escalation in the Vietnam War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brinks_Hotel_bombing
1973:
The United States Congress granted Washington, D.C. home rule, allowing the residents to elect their own mayor and city council. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_home_rule
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
carol: 1. (historical) A round dance accompanied by singing. 2. A ballad or song of joy. 3. (specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carol
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we, Light half- believers of our casual creeds, Who never deeply felt, nor clearly will’d, Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill’d; For whom each year we see Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new; Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day — Ah! do not we, wanderer! await it too? --Matthew Arnold https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold