WWTBAM Bored

The inspiration to try out for the show came after she noticed "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" on television as she was getting her nails done recently. Prior to that time, she didn't know the show — one of her favorites — was still on the air.

The 48-year-old Flaherty confesses to having a brain full of "useless trivia," and had loved playing along from her living room when the show was hosted by Regis Philbin and aired in prime time, but never tried out because she didn't think she'd pass the "fastest finger" challenge. The fastest-finger questions were once how a number of finalists landed in the "hot seat." Would-be contestants would have to be the first person to correctly place a series of items in the correct order in an allotted time; Flaherty doubted her ability to qualify that way and was relieved to hear the new version of the show did away with that feature.

"Now, it's really easy," Flaherty said. "You go on their Web site and ask for an audition, go to New York City and pass a test, then they interview you and if approved you do an on-camera interview and from there you are selected."

ghostjmf wrote:There have been other Mass contestants on.

Isn't, for instance, Oggie (Ogas) from one of the local schools?

just sayin'.