College Jeopardy: The Final Wait

Riley and I auditioned for College Jeopardy today. This is the final hurdle and we hear back in December.

The process was pretty grueling. We got breakfast at the Radisson Hostel in Culver City, which incidentally, is the same hotel where Ken Jennings became a contestant. We then went and walked around Culver City and took a few photos of us in front of Sony Pictures Studios.

I'm not allowed to talk about the test, but it was a lot harder than I imagined it would be and I got quite a few pop culture questions wrong. But hey, you can't win them all.

I want to thank Dan Pawson '03 for the advice he gave me (and by extension, Riley). Following his advice, I think we appeared well spoken and polite, and so we represented Claremont McKenna well. I think that came across best in the interview portion.

The contestant scouts asked what we would do with the $100,000 were we to win. They counseled against saying we'd pay for tuition or student loans.

Everyone came up with some pretty funny answers and took some of my best options. Spending a hundred thousand dollars in Vegas would be a great time indeed, but traveling for the sake of traveling doesn't stike me as the most efficacous use of money.

November 20th is Kick a Ginger Day, so I thought I would create a defense fund for gingers that were beat up. You know, to help pay for medical bills. (But wait, isn't health care free now?)

I also told them that I'd be buying a motorcycle. They told me that I should buy a helmet in addition, to which I replied, not to worry because I'd be an organ donor. Everyone laughed.

Riley, for his part, told everyone that he'd like to complete the Seven Summit mountain challenge (as opposed to the Five C challenge) and that he'd use some of the money to do that. Also, that he wants to be a professional rapper and rapped about the big party he would throw at CMC were he to win the money.

I'll have some photos up once I figure out how to extact them from my camera.