Who wants to be a millionaire?

[Troll]

what stops the "phone a friend" friend just googling the answer?

[NickFitz]

Excellent! That would be a nice amount to walk away with.

what stops the "phone a friend" friend just googling the answer?

Firstly, it's against the rules, and as the case of the coughing showed they're quite strict if they suspect anything of that kind. Secondly, there really isn't much time: of the thirty seconds, about ten are spent repeating the question and making sure it's been clearly understood. It might be possible to Google it in the remaining time, but it wouldn't be easy. (Also, you'd probably give yourself away, as it isn't actually easy to fake thinking out loud about it while doing something else.)

But primarily they rely on people having a sense of honour and abiding by the rules, or at least they did when I was nervously awaiting the call.

[TheFaQQer]

So the hardest part will be getting selected at the auditions - no idea how many people they're seeing, but I was given a choice of 3 slots, with 12-15 people at each.

If you don't know, try to sound funny / educated at the audition - they are looking for people who make good TV, not necessarily those that will do well. It's a balance between the two.

IIRC, the audition for millionaire used to have a tie-break question which was always about what kind of educated guess you could make (eg the biggest diamond ever found in carats, how many pubs are there called the King's Head in the UK, that kind of thing). You need to come up with an answer quickly, but be pretty good at it as well.

I don't think I could survive on Millionaire without punching Chris Tarrant, to be honest.

[mudskipper]

If you don't know, try to sound funny / educated at the audition - they are looking for people who make good TV, not necessarily those that will do well. It's a balance between the two.

IIRC, the audition for millionaire used to have a tie-break question which was always about what kind of educated guess you could make (eg the biggest diamond ever found in carats, how many pubs are there called the King's Head in the UK, that kind of thing). You need to come up with an answer quickly, but be pretty good at it as well.

I don't think I could survive on Millionaire without punching Chris Tarrant, to be honest.

hehe - there is that.

I don't think they do the tiebreak now - that was how they used to run it, a phone call - no auditions. I'll be a bit peed off if I go up to London just to be asked how tall the Eiffel tower is. I'm not good at funny, and fear if I try I'll just look a pratt! Will see how it goes - the youtube episode I watched had a a very loud beautician on it - I'm the polar opposite.

[TheFaQQer]

hehe - there is that.

I don't think they do the tiebreak now - that was how they used to run it, a phone call - no auditions. I'll be a bit peed off if I go up to London just to be asked how tall the Eiffel tower is. I'm not good at funny, and fear if I try I'll just look a pratt! Will see how it goes - the youtube episode I watched had a a very loud beautician on it - I'm the polar opposite.

When I did 15-to-1, the audition was all past questions, but they wanted to see if you could make an educated guess if you didn't know the answer. Regardless of whether you know it or not, having a good guess is a good thing. Be prepared for the audition to be full of people who pretty much make a living from doing this kind of thing - I was chatting to someone who the previous week had won £70k on that quiz show that Kilroy used to do (Shafted? something like that)

[NickFitz]

When I did 15-to-1, the audition was all past questions, but they wanted to see if you could make an educated guess if you didn't know the answer. Regardless of whether you know it or not, having a good guess is a good thing. Be prepared for the audition to be full of people who pretty much make a living from doing this kind of thing - I was chatting to someone who the previous week had won £70k on that quiz show that Kilroy used to do (Shafted? something like that)

When my brother was on WWTBAM, one guy was on his third appearance, not having previously made it to the hot seat (after you've made it there you can't appear again). The guy won the first FFF and finally took his place in the hot seat… where he ballsed up the £32,000 question and left with £1,000

[Zippy]

You have quite an unusual job (for a woman), you've done LEJOG, you've been known to come out with the odd witticism and you are a CUK uni challenge champ. It's a shoo-in.

[mudskipper]

You have quite an unusual job (for a woman), you've done LEJOG, you've been known to come out with the odd witticism and you are a CUK uni challenge champ. It's a shoo-in.

Yep - as long as I get asked who invented the hovercraft I'm sorted!

Actually, I surprised myself in the phone interview by getting the football question right.

[EternalOptimist]

They wouldn't let me on because I wanted Peter Sutcliffe to be my phone a fiend

[Bunk]

you are a CUK uni challenge champ. It's a shoo-in.