Dan Evans CMC '12, over at The Forum, interviewed me and Riley over our bid to be on College Jeopardy! Here's a quick selection of what Riley had to say:
According to Lewis, the judges would call on contestants regardless of who buzzed in first, testing how well they could answer questions in a television setting. Finally, the panel interviewed each person at the front of the room for roughly two minutes, asking questions such as “What’s your major?” and “What will you do if you win the money?” to get to know each individual briefly.
“A surprising number of contestants were very smart and very boring,” said Lewis. ”Everyone got to watch everyone else’s interviews, and it was surprising how few people showed creativity or any personality in their answers. We heard a lot of the same answers to interview questions over and over.” Prior to the interview, the contestants were asked to submit five interesting stories or fun facts about themselves, material for Alex Trebek’s banter between rounds. The judges simulated this during the interview, asking Lewis about his mountain climbing ambitions and Johnson about a childhood memory involving the Jeopardy! theme song.
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