Posted on 10/18/2017 4:34:12 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
Last night, the Navy guy did what my husband and I refer to as ‘doing a Cliffy’ (if you watched the Cheers Jeopardy episode, you will understand the reference). The woman who got the Final question right, didn’t bet enough to beat him, but he made a HUGE bet and lost. We were sorry he lost; he had had a great reaction the night before when he won with only $1. And I agree, Austin Rogers was having more fun than any contestant we had seen before. I did wonder though if he intentionally lost as (maybe) he wanted to be in the upcoming Tournament of Champoins, rather than winning more games and having to wait a year for the next Tournament.
Paradoxically, the two “losers” with their $2000 and $1000 wins for second and third place “beat” the “winner” with his $1 win.
Good point. Never thought of it that way!
I understand, no problem. Was just funnin’ you.
Just out of curiosity, how extensive was the questionnaire you filled out? In other words, how much did they know about you before you went on the show?
This was 20 years ago, so the way they do things may certainly have changed since then. I took the test in the studio and was one of maybe six who were then asked to stay for the next round. They interviewed us and we did some practicing buzzing in to answer questions. I don’t recall filling out an extensive questionnaire—I think they mostly wanted to see how we might look and sound on camera and weren’t just nerds who knew trivia.
They called me almost 11 months later to be on the show. I was in a pool of some 20 people who hung out in a room, and as they finished taping an episode and needed new contestants to face the champion, they would select two of us at random. All the production people were very nice, but they made sure we had no opportunity to cheat or be shown favoritism in any way.
Interesting experience. Thanks.
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