Simmons–Tierney bet
The Simmons – Tierney bet was a wager made in August 2005 between Houston banking executive Matthew R. Simmons and" New York Times" columnist John Tierney.
The stakes of the bet were US$ 10,000.00.
The subject of the bet was the year- end average of the daily price- per-barrel of crude oil for the entire calendar year of 2010 adjusted for inflation, which Simmons predicted to be at least$ 200.
The bet was to be settled on January 1, 2011.
At the time the bet was made in 2005, the price of oil was$ 65.
It soared to an all- time high of$ 145 per barrel in 2008 before plummeting below$ 50 per barrel in the same year in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007 – 2008.
The average price for a barrel of oil in 2010 was$ 80($ 71 in 2005 dollars), less than the$ 200 Simmons predicted.
Simmons died on August 8, 2010, and the bet was paid out by his colleagues in Tierney's favor.
The Bet (1990 film)
The Bet is a 1990 Polish drama film directed by Teresa Kotlarczyk.
It was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.
Maria Hoofman
Maria Hoofman( 1776 – 1845), was a 19th- century art collector from the Northern Netherlands.
Mary Arden (actress)
Mary Dawne Arden( July 30, 1933 – December 13, 2014) was an American actress who worked in both Hollywood and Italy.
The Bet (2006 film)
The Bet is a 2006 film directed by Mark Lee, set in Sydney, Australia.
Sibylla Budd was nominated best supporting actress for the 2007 AFI awards.
Hollywood Adventures
Hollywood Adventures is a Chinese-American-Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Tim Kendall, starring Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming and Tong Dawei.
It was largely filmed in Los Angeles, United States.
The film was released on June 26, 2015.
The Bet
The Bet may refer to:
The Bet Collector
The Bet Collector is a 2006 Filipino drama film that centers on an aging bet collector finds her mundane existence suddenly transformed by an unforeseen series of events and" jueteng", the game of numbers dating back to the Philippines' Spanish colonial period from( 1521 to 1898).
Summary:
An ordinary meaningless existence can suddenly be challenged by the perplexing game of life, luck and death.
Amelita or Amy is an aging jueteng kubrador( bet collector).
Despite the regular crackdown on the illegal numbers game, she clings to the job she has known for more than 20 years.
She walks around the poverty- stricken squatter's neighborhood collecting bets from her regular patrons every day.
Her husband Eli, who is equally aging, can only manage to help by manning their small sari-sari( variety store).
Amy's grown up children have all left home.
Her eldest daughter Mona works as a domestic helper abroad.
Her second daughter, Juvy, who is always pregnant, lives with her in- laws.
Amy's youngest son, Eric, a young soldier, recently died on combat duty in Mindanao.
While collecting bets three days before All Saints day, Amy is apprehended by a police officer.
She joins the other kubradors in the police station until their kabo( handler) bails them out.
The following morning, Amy returns to the streets and continues her clandestine activity.
She meets the parish priest, who informs her of a young neighbor's sudden death from an accident.
The priest asks her to collect abuloy( donations) from neighbors and friends.
When Amy remits her afternoon jueteng collection to her kabo, she finds him sick at home.
He then asks her to attend the next jueteng draw on his behalf, Amy being a trusted ally of the jueteng network for a long time.
Amy and the other kabos await the arrival of the table manager( supervisor) of the draw in a secluded location.
But when the table manager arrives, he announces that the draw is cancelled and informs everyone the winning numbers from the jueteng financier.
When Amy goes home that night, her husband Eli tells her the bad news.
He failed to hand over a bet from a neighbor whose numbers, to Amy's surprise, won the rigged draw.
Pissed off, she has no choice but to go to her kabo and borrow money in order to pay out the neighbor.
That night, the neighbors have lighted candles in front of their houses to welcome the feast of All Saints Day the next morning.
A mammoth crowd greets Amy and her family as they approach the cemetery.
At Eric's grave they saw Glenda, Eric's girlfriend, offering flowers and prayers for her dead boyfriend.
Still pissed off with Eli, Amy leaves and wanders around the cemetery to cool off.
Suddenly she hears a commotion.
Two vehicles figured in a collision.
The two drivers engage in a heated argument until one of them pulls out a gun and fires a shot.
The bullet goes pass Amy and hits a teenage boy behind her.
Amy shouts for help.
Police arrive and arrest the suspect.
Other bystanders help load the bloodied body of the boy in a vehicle.
Still in a state of shock, Amy follows gaze as the vehicle speeds away from the crime scene.
Thomas B. Clarke
Thomas Benedict Clarke( 1848–1931), was an art collector from New York City.
Just the Way You Are (2015 film)
Just The Way You Are( originally titled The Bet) is a 2015 Filipino teen romantic comedy- drama film directed by Theodore Boborol, and written by Maan Dimaculangan- Fampulme and Ceres Helga Barrios, starring the hit ‘ Forevermore ’ tandem of Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano.
The film is based on the best- selling Pop Fiction book" ‘‘ The Bet ’’" which was originally published on Wattpad by Kimberly Joy Villanueva( ilurvbooks).

Question: Are both The Bet Collector and Hollywood Adventures from the same country?
Answer: no