Maybe. More on that below.

Went to the mall, found the tables they had set up outside Sears, waited for a seat to open up, sat down and answered enough of the 10 questions to get invited to round two.

This was on Saturday, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. There were about 60-70 people there, or so it appeared to my eyeball. We got a general rundown of how things were going to work, then took a 50-question test, much harder than the screening test of the previous day, and with the questions presented on a computer projection screen, looking just like on the show. While the tests were being scored, we were kept busy by Sarah of the “Clue Crew”, who told some stories from the show, and did a question and answer session.

I was one of nine chosen to stay. We were given some training on how to use the buzzer, and then we were brought up in groups of three to play a mock game. The game was very mock, I think they were just making sure we could buzz in correctly, and speak up when answering, and then snappily choose the next category.

We got to do a simulated little interview, to get us used to when Alex does his little human interest break, and to make sure we weren’t going to just stammer and drool.

So the deal is, I’m now in their active file, and will stay there for 18 months. they may call me, they may not. I guess the only sane way to approach it is to choose to believe that it just won’t happen, and be pleased if it did.