Me too. My recurring nightmare is that I'll get on some other show, automatically answer with 'What is...' , and get pilloried for it.kickerofelves wrote:Total reflex at this point. Pretty much always have and probably always will.
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- ThreeIfByAir
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If you did that on Win Ben Stein's Money, you'd have to wear a dunce cap.ThreeIfByAir wrote:Me too. My recurring nightmare is that I'll get on some other show, automatically answer with 'What is...' , and get pilloried for it.kickerofelves wrote:Total reflex at this point. Pretty much always have and probably always will.
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Just for the heck of it, I tried watching J! this evening without responding out loud. Oddly, I found it more difficult to remain focused on the material at all times. And knowing the correct responses to triple-stumpers was all the more frustrating as a silent viewer. I won't be doing that again.
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What is no I just think the response not in the form of a question?
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Army training Sir!
You train the way you fight to win. Hoo-AH!
You train the way you fight to win. Hoo-AH!
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I abide by the advice offered in Bob Harris's "Prisoner of Trebekistan" to practice in as realistic a set of conditions as possible, which in my case means using a makeshift signaling device and answering in the form of a question. It's so much second nature now that I find myself doing it in other quizzing situations sometimes.