Who Wants to Be a Millionaire -- 8/19

[Curt Alliaume]

With appropriate spoiler space..

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Aside from the obvious errors on tonight's show, it was fun. First episode
I've seen in its' entirety -- missed Monday and Tuesday's shows due to business
commitments, and only saw part of Wednesday's.

Karen (my wife) likes it too, although she points out a major disadvantage for
women. Men are far more conditioned for rapid-fire button pushing on the
multiple choice qualifying questions than women (from video games, I guess),
which is probably why so many of the contestants have been male. In the short
run, it won't make a difference, but in the long run...

Good luck to Ed and Jeremy.

-- Curt Alliaume
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Game Shows '75
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[David Bodycombe]

> Karen (my wife) likes it too, although she points out a major disadvantage
for
> women. Men are far more conditioned for rapid-fire button pushing on the
> multiple choice qualifying questions than women (from video games, I
guess),
> which is probably why so many of the contestants have been male. In the
short
> run, it won't make a difference, but in the long run...

I think you'll find that women have better manual dexterity, which is
precisely why NASA have started to prefer the use of women to do tricky
manipulations in space - I can distinctly recall a recent satellite recovery
operation when such a point was made.

David
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David J. Bodycombe
Proprietor, Labyrinth Games
Puzzle and game consultancy
http://www.qwertyuiop.co.uk/