WWTBAM bringing back phone qualification... Options

[tvmitch]

Anyone able to get any questions tonight? I enter my birthday and social and nothing happens. No message, no nothing, just silence.

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.

[beatlefreak84]

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

[dscungio]

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! )

[ChuckNet]

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")

[knagl]

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. :)

[fostergray82]

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

[chad1m]

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.

I actually felt myself getting amped before wondering just what the hell I would do if I were actually selected. :-P

You hang up really quickly before they ask you to select a tape date with a sense of satisfaction. ;)