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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: weaklink75 on June 30, 2009, 03:15:08 PM
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For the 10th Anniversary ABC shows, as well as tryouts and video submissions... (http://\"http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090630abc01\")
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Hmm, this is interesting news. Except that they could choose any number of potential contestants from the phone game (i.e. 0). Perhaps there should be a bit more transparency there on how many spots are open?
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'219253\' date=\'Jun 30 2009, 04:03 PM\']Hmm, this is interesting news. Except that they could choose any number of potential contestants from the phone game (i.e. 0). Perhaps there should be a bit more transparency there on how many spots are open?[/quote]
My understanding is 6 of the shows will contain JUST contestants from the phone game and 5 of the shows will be from auditions. Back in the prime time days when they had both the phone game and auditions at the same time, they never intermixed the two. The shows were just audition player or telephone player shows.
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I'm a bit of a video novice, but I'm gonna try my hand at a video submission. (Actually, my wife will hold the camera and I'll ham it up.)
Cool, the phone game is back! (B))
--Charlie
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Reminder: Phone lines are now open starting tonight.
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And I'm already 0 for 1.
Question for the mods -- are we allowed to discuss what we were asked/botched.
And if anyone's successful, knowing what the tape dates are would be nice.
--Mike
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I played it for fun today - made it to the third question. From what I've heard, it seems to be a fairly difficult test.
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I also only made it through question 3. Geography questions with only a slight point of reference are not my strong point. For the record, Plymouth, Mass is above NYC. I did not know that. New England is just a blur for me. 9 more shots, I suppose.
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And here's the tape date info pulled from the contest rules:
CONTEST DAY
(from 7 PM ET to 3 AM ET the following day) TAPE DATES AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION
July 6, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 7, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 8, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 9, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 10, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 11, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 12, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 13, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 14, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 15, 2009 July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
So it's July 29-31 and August 3-5 for those without the aid of graphing calculators.
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I got to the second question. Will share the questions if so allowed.
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Since I can't play, I thought I'd give it a few spins for fun. (Man, does that bring back the sweaty palms of 10 years ago!) A couple of observations and, as always, YMMV...
It does feel like the overall level of the questions is tougher than in the old phone game. Out of 5 or 6 tries, I only made it to the fifth question once, and was surprised at how obscure (in terms of specialized knowledge) that 5th question was.
It seems like the "differences" between some of the answers is slighter than in the past. Without being specific, I bombed out on a question about when songs first appeared on the Top 40. The two songs that I transposed debuted on the chart 4 months apart. I don't ever recall a distinction quite that small on the old phone game.
It also felt like the answers were being read more quickly this time--or perhaps I'm just old and can't write as fast.
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I'm not eligible, but I heard and read something from numerous people and I was wondering if anyone here got it. Some people called 10-15 minutes after 7PM and entered their info. the game told them it wasn't going on. It told them to call again later and that this call wouldn't count as their one-a-day entry. They tried an hour or so later and it told them they already used their entry for the day.
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I played my funsies game shortly after 7 and it went off without a hitch.
[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'219626\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 12:19 AM\']It also felt like the answers were being read more quickly this time--or perhaps I'm just old and can't write as fast.[/quote]Nope, it was kind of ridiculous.
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I called around 10PM EDT last night and got through with no problem. And for the first time in 10 years, I got all 5 questions correct! I chose July 30th as a tape date. Now, it's up to the random gods to pick my name out of the people who also got the 5 questions correct and chose July 30 as a tape date.
Josh
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Dang it, I forgot to call last night. Added it to my Google Calendar for the rest of the open period.
Seems a bit worrisome that every phone-in date "winnar" can choose any of the six available tape dates. IIRC the tape date selections 10 years ago were a bit more limited and staggered based on when the winnar called in, but I could be wrong. Whatever the result, the odds seem astronomical.
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'219639\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 08:44 AM\']Seems a bit worrisome that every phone-in date "winnar" can choose any of the six available tape dates. IIRC the tape date selections 10 years ago were a bit more limited and staggered based on when the winnar called in, but I could be wrong. Whatever the result, the odds seem astronomical.[/quote]
I don't see how the odds would be any different due to the way the tape date is chosen. Ultimately, you still have X number of winners and Y number of tape dates. If anything, from the sound of things it's harder than ever to beat the phone game. That plus, frankly, there hasn't been a lot of promotion this time around, suggests to me that the pool of winners ought to be smaller than ever.
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Anyone able to get any questions tonight? I enter my birthday and social and nothing happens. No message, no nothing, just silence.
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[quote name=\'Vgmastr\' post=\'219691\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 07:47 PM\']Anyone able to get any questions tonight? I enter my birthday and social and nothing happens. No message, no nothing, just silence.[/quote]
Should have held on. Same thing happened to me, but eventually I got the rules and regs and, eventually, the questions.
/well, one of the questions at least
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I didn't even get a chance to answer a single question...and it was my own fault. I have a cordless phone w/speaker phone, and assuming that if I put the handset on the cradle, the speaker would come on the base unit, instead of the handset. Unfortunately, the phone hung up, just after I entered my info. I tried to call back, but when it hung up, it also hung my chances of playing for that day. In other words...
Once you enter your info, don't hang up! Otherwise, you will have to wait until 7PM tomorrow to play the phone game.
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And my rest of the week got some free time. I qualified.
--Mike
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Note: There's a web version of the phone game, but it is only for those who cannot use a phone. It's not for fun. The link to the computer game from Millionaire's phone game page is here. (http://\"http://abc.go.com/primetime/millionaire/index?pn=phonegame\")
--Charlie
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I'm ineligible for the show, but decided to play just for shiggles.
Good thing, because I'm now 0-2, making it to the second question, something about arranging movie songs in order of release, starting with the earliest. I figured out three of them, but do not know what the hell Into the West is from.
/Oh. No wonder I didn't know. (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_West_(song)\")
//For the record, the other three songs were 1. Gangsta's Paradise, 2. Against All Odds, and 3. The Rose
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'219700\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 09:10 PM\']I'm ineligible for the show, but decided to play just for shiggles.
Good thing, because I'm now 0-2[/quote]Yeah, same here. The phone game is certainly an ego killer. I'm sure I could pass the modern audition test but by God if it was still all Fastest Finger all the time, I'd never make it on.
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I hit one question yesterday, two questions today. Messed up on a movie Q this time. 0 for 2.
/I told you I suck at this!
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I got to question #5 which was putting reality TV shows in order, which I proceeded to screw up since I'd never heard of one of them... I can't get upset about that. Question 4 was putting traditional anniversary gifts in order-it pays to read those freebie Hallmark calendars!
Matt
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I screwed up on a question about Pixar films; having never heard of Up.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'219705\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 10:00 PM\']I screwed up on a question about Pixar films; having never heard of Up.[/quote]
Good lord, really?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219710\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 10:22 PM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'219705\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 10:00 PM\']I screwed up on a question about Pixar films; having never heard of Up.[/quote]
Good lord, really?[/quote]
Be kind. Iowa theaters just started showing Monsters, Inc. this past holiday weekend.
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[quote name=\'Vgmastr\' post=\'219691\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 07:47 PM\']Anyone able to get any questions tonight? I enter my birthday and social and nothing happens. No message, no nothing, just silence.[/quote]
My wait time was about 15 seconds between entering the last 4 of my social and hearing the rest of the spiel. Be patient. I almost hung up but it's most certainly a lost cause as soon as you do that.
I think it's interesting how they're using the same phone system since the show started 10 years ago. I imagine the interns dusting off a late '90s-era server, firing it up, and crossing fingers.
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I got to #2 last night (flipped two inventions in terms of which came first), and got to #4 tonight, which was on arranging classes of Japanese people in order of importance, but I forgot it was HIGH-LOW, not LOW-HIGH. Whoops! :(
Anyway, is anyone else shocked at how fast the answers are being read? My hand hurts from trying to write fast enough to keep up and still give myself enough idea what the question and answers were!
Oh, well...there's always tomorrow (third time's the charm!)
Anthony
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I forgot to call Monday night, so Tuesday night was my first shot. I got to Q4, but it was putting recent novels in order of publication. Of course, it had to be literature, my weakest suit. Gotta try again.
Dean
/. o O ( The Pop-up recaps may return! )
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Almost qualified last night, but got tripped up on the final question...had to put 4 artists in order by DOB, starting w/earliest, and having only heard of one in the batch, I attempted to make an educated guess, but it was no go.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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I just tried. I screwed up the order of Levi's and London Fog on question 3 (Levi Strauss is older, I flipped the order because I didn't know how old London Fog was).
Yes, I thought the questions were read faster than ever.
...and yes, the phone system brought back memories since it was the exact same recordings for most all of the prompts, reminding me of doing this years ago. :)
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I tried again, and actually made it to question five, and messed up there. Despite my ineligibility, I actually felt myself getting amped before wondering just what the hell I would do if I were actually selected. :-P
Question five: Put these four musical artists in order of birth, starting with the earliest... 1. Brandy 2. Prince 3. Seal 4. Eminem...I thought I did 2-3-4-1, which should be the right answer...(1979-1958-1963-1972). Of course, with everything going so fast, I obviously did something wrong.
/Or maybe it was starting with the most recent. :-P
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I made it to question #4. I had absolutely no idea and was running out of time, so I put 4-3-2-1 and hoped for the best, but after realizing #1 should have went first as I was punching the numbers in, I realized I was screwed. If I'd have remembered that in time, I would have been right as the order was 1-4-3-2.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'219805\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 08:40 PM\']I actually felt myself getting amped before wondering just what the hell I would do if I were actually selected. :-P[/quote]You hang up really quickly before they ask you to select a tape date with a sense of satisfaction. ;)
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Well, I was One-And-Done tonight.
My July 8th Wipeout - Click if you want to hear it. (http://\"http://www.halifaxcentral.com/audios/wwtbam070809questions.mp3\")
(Advisory: MP3 file, ~500 KB. Should stream on most computer systems.)
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[quote name=\'Thunder\' post=\'219816\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 11:41 PM\']My July 8th Wipeout - Click if you want to hear it. (http://\"http://www.halifaxcentral.com/audios/wwtbam070809questions.mp3\")[/quote]Oh my.
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I am truly an idiot.
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[quote name=\'Thunder\' post=\'219818\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 11:46 PM\']I am truly an idiot.[/quote]Did you fat-finger it or did you truly not know it?
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Well, I do have an excuse. I was adding audio capabilities to the blog that my friends and I put together, so I was making sure that everything was recording properly. By the time that happened, I wasn't properly paying attention to the answers.
But the recording worked perfectly!
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Woohoo! I got past the five questions tonight! I lucked out with the subject matter this time. I chose 7/29 as my tape date, and it's all up to the luck of the draw now. Wish me luck next week!
Dean
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[quote name=\'dscungio\' post=\'219826\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 12:27 AM\']Wish me luck next week![/quote]You got it. Go get 'em!
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Well, I "made it" to question five tonight, but got tripped up on Girl Scout rankings.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'219888\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 07:18 PM\']Well, I "made it" to question five tonight, but got tripped up on Girl Scout rankings.[/quote]
It's Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Thin Mints and THEN Samoas.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219892\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 07:45 PM\']It's Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Thin Mints and THEN Samoas.[/quote]No, siree. Thin Mints is always at the end of any list involving cookies. The real question (if allowed) was:
Put these Girl Scouts levels in order, starting with the lowest.
1) Senior
2) Junior
3) Cadette
4) Brownie
Answers:
4) Brownie
2) Junior
3) Cadette
1) Senior
(I said 4-3-2-1)
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219892\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 04:45 PM\']It's Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Thin Mints and THEN Samoas.[/quote]
Your newsletter. I would like to subscribe to it.
(Thin Mints are the better bargain, and delicious, but MAN do Samoas rule. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'219894\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 08:41 PM\']but MAN do Samoas rule. :)[/quote]
Does NOT approve. (http://\"http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2006/11/bob-barker.jpg\")
/Wait. What?
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Got a half-opened sleeve of Thin Mints sitting on my desk right now. Mmmhmmm.
It's also worth noting there are two bakeries for Girl Scout cookies, and they use (http://\"http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/cookies.asp\") two different names (http://\"http://www.littlebrowniebakers.com/\").
/Trefoils/Shortbread is pretty good too as a dunking cookie
//Nice to have a Girl Scout in the family
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I missed question three on my first attempt, question four on my second attempt, and question five on my third attempt. The most recent had me forgetting that the Canary Islands were near Spain. Still, if the trend continues, I'll have good news tomorrow!
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I made it to question three today. Gestation periods? Honestly??
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For anyone wishing to write their answers down as the voice says them, don't. Most of us are keyboard literate and I find it's a lot easier to simply open a Word file and type five 1-2-3-4 skeletons. At least for me, I'm able to type out more of the answer in the milliseconds between choices than I can write it out. It makes it a lot easier to distinguish which choice is what.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219911\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 07:04 PM\']I missed question three on my first attempt, question four on my second attempt, and question five on my third attempt.[/quote]
This has been exactly my pattern -- my question 5 was "when were these products first introduced in the U.S.?", and a check of Wikpedia later showed that two of the products were introduced only one year apart. That's a bit brutal.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'219923\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 11:07 PM\']For anyone wishing to write their answers down as the voice says them, don't. Most of us are keyboard literate and I find it's a lot easier to simply open a Word file and type five 1-2-3-4 skeletons. At least for me, I'm able to type out more of the answer in the milliseconds between choices than I can write it out. It makes it a lot easier to distinguish which choice is what.[/quote]
When the question involves putting a title in order, I have enough time to get the key words down. For non-titles, I write down an approximation of whatever's being asked, like the year a book was published. Last night, I had a question about putting Kennedy family members in order. I jotted down (19)17 for JFK, "oldest" for Rose, etc.
As long as I go 5 for 5, I don't care what strategy I use. ;-)
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I nailed all 5 tonight! Selected tape date of July 29! Wish me luck!
On a side note, I'm a little unclear on the rules. Can you continue to play the phone game and select additional tape dates if you pass through a 2nd time? The rules on the phone were a little vague on that.
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[quote name=\'tidefan12\' post=\'219930\' date=\'Jul 9 2009, 11:42 PM\']Can you continue to play the phone game and select additional tape dates if you pass through a 2nd time?[/quote]Nope, you're done. But congrats! :)
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So for the fifth night in a row, I tried to do the phone game, even though I'm no good at it.
Question 2 asked me to arrange the titles of four magazines in the order in which they were first published, starting with the earliest.
The choices were: Wired; TV Guide; O (Oprah); and Good Housekeeping.
So I dutifully entered 4, then 2 ... and then I got the voice saying "I'm sorry ..."
Say WHAT? Did something go wrong? Or did the ten seconds go by a lot faster than I thought they did?
(Anyone have time run out on them? Does the voice tell you so?)
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[quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' post=\'219995\' date=\'Jul 10 2009, 10:40 PM\']So I dutifully entered 4, then 2 ... and then I got the voice saying "I'm sorry ..."
Say WHAT? Did something go wrong? Or did the ten seconds go by a lot faster than I thought they did?[/quote]
Is it possible you were already wrong? I have no idea what the answer is.
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[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'219997\' date=\'Jul 11 2009, 03:07 AM\']Is it possible you were already wrong? I have no idea what the answer is.[/quote]
Good Housekeeping was first published in 1885. TV Guide made its debut in 1953.
I guess I just ran out of time.
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[quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' post=\'219998\' date=\'Jul 11 2009, 03:18 AM\']I guess I just ran out of time.[/quote]Yep. You'll get an "I'm sorry" as soon as ten seconds expires, even if you're midway through button punching.
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Thanks to Chad's advice (THANK YOU!) and some quick thinking on my part, I made it through ALL five questions tonight!
Picked a tape date and everything. I'm on a cloud right now...this is the closest I've come to being on the show in 2 years and 3 auditions. Wish me luck!
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'220074\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 08:08 PM\']Thanks to Chad's advice (THANK YOU!) and some quick thinking on my part, I made it through ALL five questions tonight![/quote]Wheee! Congratulations!
(Just an aside to anyone who makes it - I'm a pretty good Googler as long as you can boil down the question to its bare specs and I'd be more than happy to serve on anyone's PAF list.)
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7th time's a charm; finally got all 5 right tonight too. Ironically, one question involved the Olduvai Gorge, which i had no idea where it was when it came up in the Jeopardy! qualifying quiz back in 1996. I knew where it was this time (one of those 'place from west to east').
Considering I got randomly picked last time I got all five right some 9+ years ago for the 'final 40' quiz which I promptly failed, I figure I spent my good luck already. But like passing the Jeopardy! qualifier, at least I did all that I can do to qualify-the rest is out of my control.
Matt
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[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'220076\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 05:34 PM\']7th time's a charm; finally got all 5 right tonight too. Ironically, one question involved the Olduvai Gorge, which i had no idea where it was when it came up in the Jeopardy! qualifying quiz back in 1996. I knew where it was this time (one of those 'place from west to east').[/quote]
gfkgjldkfgjdlkjgld short circuit error error error not irony coincidence not irony error error abort abort myheadgoBOOOOOM!
Sorry, one of my pet peeves. At any rate, congratulations on passing!
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220075\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 05:31 PM\'](Just an aside to anyone who makes it - I'm a pretty good Googler as long as you can boil down the question to its bare specs and I'd be more than happy to serve on anyone's PAF list.)[/quote]
Thanks for reminding me -- if I get on the show (if I can ever qualify...), I have to have my PAFs promise to use Yahoo! instead of Google.
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[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'220079\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 08:49 PM\']I have to have my PAFs promise to use Yahoo! instead of Google.[/quote]Why?
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220081\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 05:52 PM\']Why?[/quote]
Because they give me a paycheck every couple of weeks.
Actually, I take it back: I wouldn't mind if my PAFs use Google, as long as they don't say they're using Google, which would be somewhat embarrassing for me.
(Oh, yeah, by the way, I just qualified successfully. It pays to have a vague sense of how old certain celebrities are!)
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[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'220079\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 05:49 PM\']Thanks for reminding me -- if I get on the show (if I can ever qualify...), I have to have my PAFs promise to use Yahoo! instead of Google.[/quote]
Don't you want to win? ;)
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Aaaand with only a bit of help from his son, my dad just qualified. Lucky night, huh?
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[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'220082\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 06:16 PM\'](Oh, yeah, by the way, I just qualified successfully. It pays to have a vague sense of how old certain celebrities are!)[/quote]
Congrats!! What were the times they told you they'd be calling if you were randomly selected? I thought it was between 9A-5P EDT, but I wrote down 9-6P EDT.
How many of us here qualified so far? 4? 5? 6?
Josh
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[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'220087\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 08:30 PM\']How many of us here qualified so far? 4? 5? 6?[/quote]
However many it was, add another one. :)
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Congrats to everyone who is in the pool for consideration to play on Regis WWTBAM!
It took dozens of calls for me just to get to the second round back in the day -- I'm just glad I didn't blow that :)
JD
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Well, after having come as close as one inverted pair on question five back on Thursday, I haven't gotten past question two since.
Congrats to those of you who've passed.
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I've been stymied on question 4 the last three nights. Tonight it was one with the name of 4 botanical gardens all over the world. The last one was just simply "Royal Botanical Garden" and a search shows there about 763,918 of them all over the world so even if I had gotten the other 3 down pat I had no point of reference to place it.
3 more chances to go.
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[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'220087\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 09:30 PM\']How many of us here qualified so far?[/quote]
- joshg (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=21\")
- mmb5 (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=111\")
- dscungio (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=271\")
- tidefan12 (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=344\")
- DoorNumberFour (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=1627\")
- mcsittel (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=1830\")
- trainman (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=47\")
- chad1m (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=1956\")'s dad
- rigsby (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=120\")
So, 8... 9 counting Daddy Wade.
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Out of curiosity, how many among us have been contestants on Millionaire? I know there's Peter Sarrett, Steve McClellan, James Dinan and Tom O'Brien, and I'm pretty sure that Ed Toutant has been here before.
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Oh, I forgot to chime in here. I finally qualified on Friday with a seemingly easy stack of questions. Question 4 was a basic arithmetic question (which, I guess, is "tough" for most Muhrkins), and question 5 was ordering political parties by when they were founded.
My callback (yeah, right) is next Friday.
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[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'220095\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 11:57 PM\']Out of curiosity, how many among us have been contestants on Millionaire?[/quote]Jay Lewis's page (http://\"http://www.qwizx.com/gameshows/atgswinners.html\") lists a few different names.
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[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'220095\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 08:57 PM\']Out of curiosity, how many among us have been contestants on Millionaire? I know there's Peter Sarrett, Steve McClellan, James Dinan and Tom O'Brien, and I'm pretty sure that Ed Toutant has been here before.[/quote]
Ogi's been around, too.
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Finally. Now the wait...again after 10 years.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'220099\' date=\'Jul 13 2009, 12:43 AM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'220095\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 08:57 PM\']Out of curiosity, how many among us have been contestants on Millionaire? I know there's Peter Sarrett, Steve McClellan, James Dinan and Tom O'Brien, and I'm pretty sure that Ed Toutant has been here before.[/quote]
Ogi's been around, too.
[/quote]
I know there's a number of poor souls on the board who were FF contestants but never played the Hot Seat. (I am part of this group, was on the show way back in April 2000.)
This pool of eligible folks, I'm sure, are playing the phone game as frantically as I am each night.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220094\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 10:07 PM\'][quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'220087\' date=\'Jul 12 2009, 09:30 PM\']How many of us here qualified so far?[/quote]
- joshg (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=21\")
- mmb5 (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=111\")
- dscungio (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=271\")
- tidefan12 (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=344\")
- DoorNumberFour (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=1627\")
- mcsittel (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=1830\")
- trainman (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=47\")
- chad1m (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=1956\")'s dad
- rigsby (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showuser=120\")
So, 8... 9 counting Daddy Wade.
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I dunno how I did it, despite "mushmouth" trying to throw me off...but I did it tonight as well!!! I picked Aug 3rd as my chosen tape date.
In answer to a previous post, the time window for callbacks are between 9AM and 6PM Eastern, 7AM-4PM in the Mountain Zone.
What a great way to get woken up on the Left Coast on Friday -- by "The Call".
Good Luck to all of you...There's room in The Hot Seat for all of us!!!
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'220139\' date=\'Jul 13 2009, 06:22 PM\']What a great way to get woken up on the Left Coast on Friday -- by "The Call".[/quote]
Jeez, I hope they don't call West Coasters during the early portion of the window.
I actually am awake by 6:00, but I'm not in the habit of taking my cell phone (the number I gave them) into the shower with me.
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Holy smokes! One and done... first try, and I qualified! Picking 7/31 for my date. I'll keep the phone nearby.
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Last night, my wife had 5 fairly easy questions. We had an entry error on the fifth question. But it was things like easy U.S. geography, Best Picture winners spread out over decades, and the like.
Then I tried on my own, and I had two extraordinarily hard questions right off the bat, one on ordering First Ladies who were all within a 50-year time period (knew the correct order but it was hard to reason it out in 10 seconds), and the second question was about ordering inventions, which I bombed.
I did research afterwards on said inventions, and from what I can determine, all of them were created within a 25-year period, from 1890-1915. Two of the inventions were invented within 2 years of each other.
<GOB>COME ON!</GOB>
Two tries to go...
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'220161\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 02:59 PM\']I did research afterwards on said inventions, and from what I can determine, all of them were created within a 25-year period, from 1890-1915. Two of the inventions were invented within 2 years of each other.
<GOB>COME ON!</GOB>
Two tries to go...[/quote]
It was mentioned on a WWTBAM-centric message board last week that one "Fifth Question" heard by a wanna-be contestant asked players to put four "reality" shows in order of their premiere.
The shows in question (Top Model, Top Chef, Biggest Loser, can't remember the fourth) premiered in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
And you thought a 25-year period was difficult...
JD
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'220161\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 01:59 PM\']Last night, my wife had 5 fairly easy questions. We had an entry error on the fifth question. But it was things like easy U.S. geography, Best Picture winners spread out over decades, and the like.
Then I tried on my own, and I had two extraordinarily hard questions right off the bat, one on ordering First Ladies who were all within a 50-year time period (knew the correct order but it was hard to reason it out in 10 seconds),[/quote]
Wait...spreading out Best Picture winners (of which there is one every year) over a period of decades is easy, but First Ladies (of which there are only 2-3 per decade) over a similar timeframe is difficult?
I know that one is probably slightly easier than the other, but I doubt they're quite as different as you think they are.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'220163\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 03:33 PM\']Wait...spreading out Best Picture winners (of which there is one every year) over a period of decades is easy, but First Ladies (of which there are only 2-3 per decade) over a similar timeframe is difficult?
I know that one is probably slightly easier than the other, but I doubt they're quite as different as you think they are.[/quote]
That's a good point. For a lot of people, the order of the presidents is much easier than the order of Best Pictures. A lot of this phone game is about getting the right set of questions that fit your particular strengths. I had no problem with a challenging Q4 about the debuts of various TV characters (all within a six-year span) but failed on a relatively easy Q5 geography question about islands.
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I would agree with that Matt. The difficulty does shift... like for me, the 2nd question was a lil harder then then 3rd. Here was the breakdown on my questions (with spoiler bar, obviously):
1- Put phrase in order. Of, Phillips, Milk, Magnesia
2- Put 20th Century events in chronological order. Earliest. Henry Ford assembly line, Microsoft starts up, Bell Corp. invents transistor, USSR launches Sputnik
3- Put post 1960s films in order of release. Earliest. When Harry Met Sally, Carrie, Something About Mary, Mary Poppins
4- Place music events in chronological order. Earliest. Born to Run released, Greatful Dead formed, Ginger leaves Spice Girls, Eye of the Tiger released
5- Put literary characters in order of debut. Earliest. Bridget Jones, Becky Thatcher, Daisy Buchanan, Lolita
I'll be honest... I got lucky on a couple... but I'll take it :P lol Hopefully I get the call... ummm, I do have a poser though... once I qualify, may I try to qualify for another taping? Or am i done and have to wait for the call (which, IIRC, is on Friday, correct?)?
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[quote name=\'ethanmx2\' post=\'220176\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 04:39 PM\']may I try to qualify for another taping? Or am i done and have to wait for the call (which, IIRC, is on Friday, correct?)?[/quote]No, yes, and it depends on the tape date you selected.
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I picked the 31st for the tape date... so it should be soon, I believe.
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[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'220162\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 02:11 PM\']It was mentioned on a WWTBAM-centric message board last week that one "Fifth Question" heard by a wanna-be contestant asked players to put four "reality" shows in order of their premiere.
The shows in question (Top Model, Top Chef, Biggest Loser, can't remember the fourth) premiered in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.[/quote]
** Celebrity Fit Club was the last one. I got that question-I'd never heard of it!
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So for the first time ever I get to question 5, and it's put reality shows in order, only these were Survivor, Amazing Race, Bachelorette, and Hell's Kitchen. I knew the order, and I wrote them down in the right order, but I somehow must have typed them in wrong as I got the "I'm sorry" message. I'm going to be sick, tonight was only the second time I've gotten past question 2.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220180\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 03:59 PM\'][quote name=\'ethanmx2\' post=\'220176\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 04:39 PM\']Am i done and have to wait for the call (which, IIRC, is on Friday, correct?)?[/quote]Yes, and it depends on the tape date you selected.
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So based on those who got far enough to pick a tape date, when is the date range of "The Calls"? It sounds like they won't be doing them all on Friday.
A 8/3 Tape Date = Friday 7/17 Call. Others??
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Would probably make sense if they did do them all in a Friday... think about it... 12 tapings, 120 players, 120 calls... each call should only last about maybe 3 minutes if they need to get information... 3x120=360... so about 6 hours to do all the finalists... add a lunch break, a buffer time... they can easilly do it within the 9 hour window.
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If you selected your tape date as July 29 or July 30, you'll get a call this Thursday. For July 31 and August 3, this Friday. August 4 and August 5 will be called on Monday. Remember, all call times are 9 AM - 6 PM ET.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220200\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 08:38 PM\']Remember, all call times are 9 PM - 6 PM ET.[/quote]
That seems unlikely.
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Fixed. =P
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[quote name=\'ethanmx2\' post=\'220199\' date=\'Jul 14 2009, 05:33 PM\']each call should only last about maybe 3 minutes if they need to get information...[/quote]
I have a feeling the calls will last longer than 3 minutes, since they will need to give information, rather than just get it.
However, I also have a feeling they will have more than one person making the calls.
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Tonight, I did two things at the same time. One, passed the phone quiz. Two, scare my friend from Germany into thinking I was having a seizure. I must admit I thought my set of questions were easy. This is how my set came out.
1. Put these words together to form the name of an Asian body of water.
2. Put these authors in chronological order of their birth (names were 200 years apart)
3. Put these letters as they are found on a standard American keyboard
4. Put these broadway musicals in order of when they first debuted (all debuted within the last 10 years)
5. Put these comics in order of first printing (50 year span)
My theory is I got lucky. I picked August 4th as my tape date, so fingers crossed. Also, If I get on the show, you may get to meet my mom. She is the one who supplied a "line of the day" when after I said I passed the Millionaire quiz but not the contestant interview said, "You got too many questions correct."
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I got burned on Q4 tonight. They wanted roadways by length, and one of them, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, I'd not heard of. But I heard "tunnel" and decided "How long could it be?". Turns out it's a 23 miles long system of bridges (plural) and tunnels (plural), much longer than either of the more famous bridges (Brooklyn and Golden Gate) mentioned in the question.
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I made it a few minutes ago. Questions were:
Arrange these words in a 2007 TV movie in order: School, High, Two, Musical
Where are these on a guitar, top to bottom: Bridge, Sound hole, Headpiece, Neck
Place these amounts of change from low to high: 5 quarters, 20 nickels, 9 dimes, 99 prob-- er... pennies
Place these Civil War battles from where they took place, from the north: Shiloh, Manassas, Gettysburg, Tupelo (?)
Place these novels in geographical order of where they took place, starting with the Atlantic Ocean and moving east (Sorry, I don't remember the choices here, but the titles should clue you in if you get it.)
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'220215\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 12:15 AM\']I got burned on Q4 tonight. They wanted roadways by length, and one of them, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, I'd not heard of. But I heard "tunnel" and decided "How long could it be?". Turns out it's a 23 miles long system of bridges (plural) and tunnels (plural), much longer than either of the more famous bridges (Brooklyn and Golden Gate) mentioned in the question.[/quote]
Weird. For some reason at lunch yesterday we were talking about bridges (people were comparing travel stories) and someone mentioned that the Chesapeake was the longest bridge/tunnel in the U.S. and second in the world.
Now that it's over, one of my biff questions was put these Jenny Craig spokespeople in order of pitching: Kirstie Alley, Queen Latifah, Valerie Bertinelli and one other I can't remember. To me, the funnier way to do that question would be to rank them in pounds regained.
--Mike
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How does putting things in order quickly predict how good of a contestant one will be on the actual show?
Why not a series of multiple choice questions to qualify?
Congrats to those who qualified. Everyone may have to stop at the $1000 level to get as many people on as possible, though. :)
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'220231\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 09:52 AM\']How does putting things in order quickly predict how good of a contestant one will be on the actual show?
Why not a series of multiple choice questions to qualify?[/quote]
I've always wondered why it's not a combination of the two. Two fastest finger Q's (one hard, one difficult) and then one multiple choice Q in each of the three tiers.
--Mike
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What's the difference between a hard Q and a difficult Q?
Also, I must be the most scatterbrained person ever, because I haven't even remembered to call in and try this once.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'220233\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 10:23 AM\']What's the difference between a hard Q and a difficult Q?[/quote]
I'm not sure anyone was making that distinction, and anyone who did would just be assigning their own arbitrary distinction between two words that are, for all practical purposes, synonymous.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'220235\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 11:35 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'220233\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 10:23 AM\']What's the difference between a hard Q and a difficult Q?[/quote]
I'm not sure anyone was making that distinction, and anyone who did would just be assigning their own arbitrary distinction between two words that are, for all practical purposes, synonymous.
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Oops, meant one easy and one difficult.
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'220237\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 11:59 AM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'220235\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 11:35 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'220233\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 10:23 AM\']What's the difference between a hard Q and a difficult Q?[/quote]
I'm not sure anyone was making that distinction, and anyone who did would just be assigning their own arbitrary distinction between two words that are, for all practical purposes, synonymous.
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Oops, meant one easy and one difficult.
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And an "oops" from me too, for not catching Mike's slip and not understanding what the fuss was about.
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'220229\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 08:00 AM\']Now that it's over, one of my biff questions was put these Jenny Craig spokespeople in order of pitching: Kirstie Alley, Queen Latifah, Valerie Bertinelli and one other I can't remember. To me, the funnier way to do that question would be to rank them in pounds regained.[/quote]
** Phylicia Rashad was the other name... missed that one too!
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'220231\' date=\'Jul 15 2009, 06:52 AM\']How does putting things in order quickly predict how good of a contestant one will be on the actual show?[/quote] It doesn't. It took you nearly ten years to figure that out?
Why not a series of multiple choice questions to qualify?
Because the producers don't want to?
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Gave it a shot, and made it to question four. Once I heard "Arrange the following music tempos...", I knew I was on my way to Screwsville.
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Two days ago, I made it to number 5 and was hoping for an easy (easy for me) question...nope, it was books and when they were published. I can't remember now what they were, but I knew it had to be a guess from me. I guessed wrong. And I also used Chad's suggestion. It helped tremendously with remembering what the four choices were.
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Well, my one attempt at this failed at #2...mistakenly assumed that The Weather Channel has been around forever. Of course, I didn't do any better on the two channels that debuted after I was born (the question was to put cable TV channels in order of launch), and it's not like I ever watched any of the channels in question anyway, so I was pretty much doomed to fail on that one.
/Guess I'll have to do better at the Price contestant search on Sunday
//By which I mean 'not blow too much money at the casino they're holding it at'
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I assume those who were expecting a call today didn't get one.
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'220323\' date=\'Jul 16 2009, 06:36 PM\']I assume those who were expecting a call today didn't get one.[/quote]
Count me out. There maybe the Pyramid...
Josh
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I'm officially 0 for 10. Got to a Question 4 once, and tried to fabrics in order of their invention. Screwed up when I put microfiber first, before rayon, spandex, and polyester.
I'll be glad to whore myself be useful as a PAF if anyone here gets on.
--Charlie