Smart, but not that smart
On Saturday, August 12, Jenelle and I went to Waukesha to try out for the Jeopardy! game show. We don't watch the show very often, but we heard about the audition opportunity on the radio.
We waited in line for about an hour, and then we entered the room where the "Clue Crew" was handing out 10-question fill-in-the-blank tests quicker than people could sit down. Jenelle started her test shortly before I started mine. As I struggled through a few of the tough questions, I saw Jenelle hand her test in to be graded. In less than ten seconds, she was informed that she "passed" and was invited to a session the following day. A minute or two later, I handed in my test, knowing that I got at least one of the ten questions wrong. To my surprise, I also passed, and I got invited to the same session as Jenelle. Yay us.
The Sunday session was at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. We had to take a 50-question test this time, and the questions were a bit more difficult. Out of about 60 "candidates" in the room, only six or seven "passed" to the next round. Unfortunately, neither Jenelle nor I were among those people. However, one of the lucky folks was right next to us, and he was very excited to be selected. Apparently, he had tried out several times over the years. Yay him.
We can always try again after a year if we like. I might do that, but for now, I'm just happy that we appear to be smarter than the average bears.
"Stupid people aren't stupid; they're just not as smart as us." -- Jenelle
We waited in line for about an hour, and then we entered the room where the "Clue Crew" was handing out 10-question fill-in-the-blank tests quicker than people could sit down. Jenelle started her test shortly before I started mine. As I struggled through a few of the tough questions, I saw Jenelle hand her test in to be graded. In less than ten seconds, she was informed that she "passed" and was invited to a session the following day. A minute or two later, I handed in my test, knowing that I got at least one of the ten questions wrong. To my surprise, I also passed, and I got invited to the same session as Jenelle. Yay us.
The Sunday session was at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. We had to take a 50-question test this time, and the questions were a bit more difficult. Out of about 60 "candidates" in the room, only six or seven "passed" to the next round. Unfortunately, neither Jenelle nor I were among those people. However, one of the lucky folks was right next to us, and he was very excited to be selected. Apparently, he had tried out several times over the years. Yay him.
We can always try again after a year if we like. I might do that, but for now, I'm just happy that we appear to be smarter than the average bears.
"Stupid people aren't stupid; they're just not as smart as us." -- Jenelle
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