Must be a slow news days in Greenwood (auditioner article)

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Must be a slow news days in Greenwood (auditioner article)

#1 Post by popcultmaven » Fri May 16, 2008 11:49 am

News article on someone who is going to audition:

http://www.gwcommonwealth.com/articles/ ... news05.txt

(Did not find this in a board search; sorry if it's already been mentioned)

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Re: Must be a slow news days in Greenwood (auditioner articl

#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri May 16, 2008 11:55 am

popcultmaven wrote: (Did not find this in a board search; sorry if it's already been mentioned)
Nope, this article didn't show up on Google News search. Thanks for the find! :)

From the article:
Motsinger said he and his wife, Wanda, play the board game version regularly, and he routinely answers the $125,000 and $250,000 questions with ease.

“Just the other night she read a question off a card, ‘How long does it take the light from the sun to reach Earth?’” he said. “I told her ‘eight seconds’ before she even gave me my choices.”
Wow, that's impressive, Ronnie!

Of course, the correct answer is a bit over eight minutes...



I hope they do a follow-up article, even if he doesn't pass the written.

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#3 Post by lilclyde54 » Fri May 16, 2008 3:53 pm

That article reminds me of the first two times I walked out of road auditons and was 100% convinced that I was about to be invited to the show. As many of us did, I soon learned the ugly truth. He will too.
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Re: Must be a slow news days in Greenwood (auditioner articl

#4 Post by Estonut » Fri May 16, 2008 5:00 pm

popcultmaven wrote:
Motsinger said he and his wife, Wanda, play the board game version regularly, and he routinely answers the $125,000 and $250,000 questions with ease.
How long has it been since $125K and $250 questions were routine?

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#5 Post by sunflower » Sat May 17, 2008 3:58 am

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm guessing if you play the board game routinely, you are familiar with all the questions at some point. Not necessarily an indicator of future performance...

But then again maybe I'm just jealous that I didn't get that much attention leading up to my audition!! :lol:

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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sat May 17, 2008 6:48 am

sunflower wrote:Not to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm guessing if you play the board game routinely, you are familiar with all the questions at some point. Not necessarily an indicator of future performance...
Yeah, I think we all noticed that point. Have you learned one of our Bored conventions? When we use the bold and italic fonts together, we call that Sarcafont. You can imagine anything written that way to be said in a sarcastic tone of voice. :twisted:
sunflower wrote:But then again maybe I'm just jealous that I didn't get that much attention leading up to my audition!! :lol:
I don't care about audition publicity, just give me a turn in the Hot Seat. :|

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