# So I'm auditioning for "Millionaire" tomorrow... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380 "2011-07-26T13:32:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/41 "2011-07-27T03:56:33Z")
Hit on Meredith. HARD. No, that’d be me. Do the opposite of whatever I’d do. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/42 "2011-07-27T04:18:35Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Hit on Meredith. HARD. > > No, that’d be me. Do the opposite of whatever I’d do. My brother gave her a fist bump. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/43 "2011-07-27T05:14:31Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > Did they change it to 30 minutes? When I took the test last year we only got 15. Was it thirty questions in 15 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/44 "2011-07-27T12:10:22Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Hit on Meredith. HARD. Unfortunately, Meredith isn’t at the auditions. Or at least, she wasn’t any of the times I auditioned. Alex Trebek, however, _was_ at the audition when I tried out for the _Jeopardy! College Tournament_ a couple of decades ago. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/45 "2011-07-27T12:31:07Z")
I might have been tempted to give it a try but I worked an overnight shift and I don’t think I’d do well after being up all night. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/46 "2011-07-27T19:21:37Z")
Well, it turned out that after all my worrying about the actual audition, it was the test that did me in. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to get there and I really needed to _ahem_ use the restroom, but the girl outside ushered me in and said the test was starting in two minutes. So I took it, and didn’t get a qualifying score. I think I got all but four right, but I was a bit unlucky on the questions - one about the Monopoly World Championships, one about First Ladies, one about Kung Fu Panda, and one about Jay-Z, none of which I know anything about (other than some Jay-Z lyrics). They only called 10 numbers out of 450-odd people in the session, so I didn’t feel too bad. > [@Washoe](#): > > Assuming that you mean east Indian, I would downplay the American/British angle. Tell them that your family scrabbled hard all their lives to stake out 25 square feet of sidewalk on Indira Gandhi Boulevard in Calcutta. Your only employed relative works at the Adidas factory. You do your laundry by hand in the Ganges. I actually have no friggin’ idea whatsoever whether there even is an Adidas plant anywhere in India or if Calcutta is even remotely close to the Ganges, but they may not either. Walk in there wearing ridiculous plaid pants and an ill-fitting gaudy orange blazer and act like Raj Koothrapalli when he’s drunk. You need this money so can buy your own Quiznos franchise and fly your entire family in to work at it. You’ll represent the poster boy for the American dream. They’ll eat it up. I suspect that might have stretched even my considerable ability to lie. > [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > Did they change it to 30 minutes? When I took the test last year we only got 15. We got 10 minutes for 30 questions. I thought I was gonna be in just by virtue of the fact that only a few dozen people actually finished. The pleasant elderly gentleman next to me took at least 3 minutes to figure out what to do with the Scantron form. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/47 "2011-07-27T19:23:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So I took it, and didn’t get a qualifying score. I think I got all but four right, but I was a bit unlucky on the questions - one about the Monopoly World Championships, one about First Ladies, one about Kung Fu Panda, and one about Jay-Z, none of which I know anything about (other than some Jay-Z lyrics). Jeez, you did better than I would have, then. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/48 "2011-07-27T19:31:40Z")
Sounds brutal! Keep trying… now you know what to expect, if you find yourself in NYC you can try again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/49 "2011-07-27T19:43:09Z")
Bummer. I’m sure you’d’ve done better with an empty bladder. You know what they say, “Full bladder, empty head.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/50 "2011-07-27T20:05:32Z")
It wasn’t the bladder that needed emptying. :eek: I could have dealt with that much more easily - it was only 10 minutes, after all. Didn’t really matter, though. I wouldn’t have known the answers even if I’d slept well and taken the test in my bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/51 "2011-07-27T23:13:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I suspect that might have stretched even my considerable ability to lie. Well, at least you can take solace in the fact that you’ll make a competent lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/52 "2011-07-28T00:56:50Z")
that’s a bummer. it really is luck of the draw on the questions. some times you can run through it with no problems, other times you have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/53 "2011-07-28T02:58:39Z")
☹ I’m sorry ya didn’t get it. Was it fun at least? ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/54 "2011-07-28T04:32:13Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Was it thirty questions in 15 minutes? Yeah, but now that **Really Not All That Bright** mentions it, I think it was 30 questions in 10 minutes when I took it, too. Kind of strange they gave you 30 minutes… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/55 "2011-07-28T14:30:28Z")
Well, it’s hard to bubble in a scantron with hooves. **linds** , it was exciting, but not really fun. Waking up at 5:30 am to drive 2 and a half hours for a 10 minute test really isn’t my bag. Of course, I’d probably say different if I’d actually gotten to audition. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380/56 "2011-07-28T15:07:02Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **linds** , it was exciting, but not really fun. Waking up at 5:30 am to drive 2 and a half hours for a 10 minute test really isn’t my bag. Of course, I’d probably say different if I’d actually gotten to audition. 🙂 Oh god, 530? That’s the worst. You’ve got the experience and the story at least - maybe we’ll egg ya on to try again sometime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-auditioning-for-millionaire-tomorrow/590380.md?page=2)