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okay, so erin & watch the 1 versus 100 game show last night or the night before (this week has blurred). what was funny is how we talked about how easy the questions are to start a "round" and in introducing a new gameshow. daniel just showed me this video of a friend of his who couldn't figure out a surge protector (atleast in time), and missed the 100 dollar question of "who wants to be a millionaire."

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[John I. Carney]

Jeopardy! will be testing for contestants this Thursday at Dave & Buster's in Opry Mills. But I won't be able to try out; I have play rehearsal that night.

When "Millionaire" first started, everyone talked about how much easier the questions (at least the early questions) in Millionaire were. Of course, it's like comparing apples to oranges. In Jeopardy! you can sit out any question you like, or get occasional wrong answers, and still win big money. With Millionaire or 1 vs. 100, get one answer wrong and it's all over. And (I speak from experience) it's much harder to answer the questions when you're in front of the camera than when you're in front of your TV set.

[gavin]

john, as resident gameshow expert, i'm not surprised to see you chime in first. i'd expect that it's harder with all the change of light color, the "du-dunnn" and other psyche out techniques to heighten the anxiety level.