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Question re "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Test
Timsterino:
[quote name=\'RomanHans\' date=\'Jul 31 2003, 09:14 AM\'] I tried out for \"WWTBAM?\" a few days ago and failed the test. I swear, though, I only got four wrong out of thirty. Does anybody know what the cutoff point is? They won't tell you, or what your score is, so you don't know how close you are.
I get another try next week but the questions are pretty da$# tough and I'm not sure how much better I can do. [/quote]
I do not know what the cut off is but I know they base their tests (like Hollywood Squares) on past questions that have appeared on the show. So it is best to watch the show. This way the questions are not new to you.
Back when I took the test it was the fastest finger style test. I know now that they are using regular WWTBAM questions with many in the high $ range.
Good luck on your next test!
Tim :-)
Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'Peter Sarrett\' date=\'Jul 31 2003, 02:37 PM\'] I don't know if they've changed their procedure this year, but when I took the test last year we were explicitly told there was no penalty for guessing.
Note that the tests are administered on Scantron sheets, lso they're graded by machine. I don't know for certain, but I'd assume that the machines are capable of deducting points for incorrect answers.
- Peter [/quote]
Yes; they are. Sometime I'll scan in a Scantron with points deducted for y'all to see...not from a test mind you; but those little POS machines do have that capability.
trainman:
[quote name=\'Esoteric Eric\' date=\'Jul 31 2003, 08:39 AM\'] The usual practice (certainly for J!, not real sure about WWTBAM?) is to limit a prospective contestant to one audition every six months, so that the show can use the same test materials without someone retaking the same test they didn't pass earlier. [/quote]
Just as an aside, J! now only allows prospective contestants to take the test once a year, so they only have to change the test material half as often. (They project the clues on a video screen while Johnny Gilbert reads them, so making the new test is more involved than with WWTBAM, where it's solely a written test.)
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