"Who Wants to be a Millionaire" is back on prime-time this season replete with Regis and his manic personality hosting again for this 10th anniversary edition.This time round there's a new lifeline called Ask The Expert (kinda like one of their competitor shows used during the heyday of prime-time quiz shows a decade ago) and the 50/50 lifeline has been replaced by Double Dip, essentially a second chance guess. And, to no doubt quicken the pace, the unlimited time to answer scheme is gone. Now the contestant has a ticking clock to watch as they try to figure out the answer. Also, a preview of the questions' categories are hinted at through a quick exposure to their somewhat relational titles (ie: a question about culinary arts might be called "What's Cookin'?")
There's an At Home component played live as the show airs too. As you watch on TV, you play along on the game's web site. Like many online games, you're placed into "rooms" with other players and you all compete for highest scores by answering the questions correctly as quickly as you can. The faster you are, the bigger the point reward. No negatives (other than a zero) for a wrong answer. Once Regis presents the question on TV, you must click on the correct answer before the TV contestant answers or the clock runs out. At times there was a bit of a lag between what appeared on TV and what popped-up in your computer monitor, and the rapid reduction in points would commence in the game even before Regis was done his old man delivery, often interspersed with stumbles and mispronunciations. Oh brother. What we have to endure for a doddering TV icon.
Well, my end-game performance is pasted above for your admiration (or yawning lack of concern, whatever the case may be). That's right, Baby, 110th out of over six thousand players! I missed one high-scoring question which cost me an even loftier lead.
Still, not too shabby, if I may say so myself! :)
Question: I think of myself as:
A. I pretty smart guy
B. A brilliant trivia buff
C. The most intelligent person on Earth
D. The Central and Most Significant Being in the Whole Vast Universe
The actual answer is B. I mean c'mon, you didn't think I'd believe C. or D., did you? Well, at least not yet...;)