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Question re "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Test

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zachhoran:
I'm sure they count an answer as \"Wrong\" if you leave it blank, so guessing, particularly on a multiple choice test, can't hurt any more than not guessing.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'RomanHans\' date=\'Jul 31 2003, 09:21 AM\'] Oh, got one other question.  They said they mark you off for a wrong answer.  So does it make sense to guess vs. leaving it blank? [/quote]
 [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 31 2003,09:25 AM\'] I'm sure they count an answer as \"Wrong\" if you leave it blank, so guessing, particularly on a multiple choice test, can't hurt any more than not guessing.[/quote]

Before making such wholesale assumptions as this, I would want to know what they mean by \"mark you off.\" Do they DEDUCT points from your score for a wrong answer, a la Jeopardy? If so, then I would imagine leaving an answer blank would get you no penalty, or else there would be no point to deducting points. (Of course, you wouldn't EARN points, either...)

If you think about it, too, this would be very much in line with the philosophy behind Millionaire, as well, since much of the strategy of the game is knowing what questions NOT to answer as much as knowing the correct answers.

GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'Esoteric Eric\' date=\'Jul 31 2003, 10:39 AM\'] Yeah, took the day off to see the Mariners game this afternoon. [/quote]
 Best chance all season to see an M's win, considering the minor league team who's visiting.

SplitSecond:
I assure you that contestant coordinators/contestant producers/whatever they call themselves nowadays are not going to create tests for themselves that require much more than tallying up right answers.

Never mind that auditioning anywhere from 30-100 people in a room requires grading 30-100 tests in mere minutes; I would personally rather keep someone who went through the entire test and got 15 out of 30 right, rather than someone who pored over the first 15 questions, got them right, and left the rest blank.

Keep in mind that we're not talking standardized testing here.  Written contestant tests are one of several tools that may be used by producers and contestant coordinators to figure out who has the skill set needed for that particular game.  Passing the test (whatever \"passing\" is, as determined individually by each show, and sometimes within each testing group) does not entitle one to further consideration for a particular show.  On the other hand, there are very rare cases where someone's personality will override their just-shy-of-passing performance on the test and they will continue on.

Again, don't cry foul.  It's casting.  Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer didn't have to pass a test to get their chance on TV.  Though that could be kind of fun.

Peter Sarrett:
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

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