Is it my imagination? Are questions getting harder?

[Winnamill]

Is it my imagination, or have the question sets on Millionaire gotten harder in recent months? I don't get to see it all the time during the school year, but have usually been able to get to the $25K level, often with lifelines intact. Lately, I, along with the contestant, have been going home with $8K or $16K.

What do all of you think? I'm trying to figure out if I've lost more brain cells lately or there is a good reason for my ineptitude.

Since I'm hoping my latest audition attempt might bear fruit, knowing what to expect might be useful info.

Thanks!

[Shade]

I agree with you, the question have been getting more difficult. I hope that they get more sponsors next season. If they do that means they have more money to give away which means easier questions...I think.

[Bob78164]

Is it my imagination, or have the question sets on Millionaire gotten harder in recent months? I don't get to see it all the time during the school year, but have usually been able to get to the $25K level, often with lifelines intact. Lately, I, along with the contestant, have been going home with $8K or $16K.

What do all of you think? I'm trying to figure out if I've lost more brain cells lately or there is a good reason for my ineptitude.

Since I'm hoping my latest audition attempt might bear fruit, knowing what to expect might be useful info.

Thanks!

To inform my potential use of STQ, I've been tracking my success rate in the upper tier since Season 3. In my opinion, we only saw enough $50k and $100k questions to draw meaningful conclusions. Among those, my success rate dropped by approximately 5% this year. I didn't track my success rate in the middle tier, but it did seem to me that I needed lifelines more often than in past seasons. --Bob