We had a good day, but then about 4 PM the dam broke. Omigod, we had some stressful situations. But by 5:30 the situations were resolved and our day ended.
There’s another show I’m getting addicted to. It’s called 24 Hour Quiz. I may have written about this before, but it’s hard to remember every entry here. Anyway, skip this if you know about it already.
In the show, three people are locked in a pod that has a small open kitchen, two tiny bedrooms (one single, one double), a bathroom, and a quiz room that also doubles as their lounge. They are asked questions all day and night long, with breaks built in. I think they do stop the questions about 1 AM or so and begin again at 6. People don’t have to answer. If they want to sleep longer they sure can. No problem. But they get money for each question—sometimes 10 pounds, sometimes 100. The first one in the morning is usually worth 100. The most someone can get in one day is £2500 (not quite $5000). So that’s not a ton of money for a quiz show, but it’s an excellent wage nonetheless.
Every day a ton of people arrive at the studio to audition to go against someone in the pod. It looks like an American Idol audition, size-wise. But they play games, answer questions, do activities. Guess they aren’t just looking for smarts, but also personality. They pick 14 people to go on TV.
I tape the shows because I’m learning so much about British pop culture. Plus I’m doing really well at answering the broader questions. For a half hour in the afternoon they show excerpts from the last 24 hours in the pod, and also how they get from 14 contestants to 7. Then from 5-6 the show focusses on getting the seven contestants down to one, who will challenge the weakest player in the pod.
The weakest player isn’t necessarily the one with the least amount of winnings for that day, rather it’s the one who did the worst during a five-question quiz which is held live. That person comes out of the pod and plays a game against the challenger. Whoever wins goes into the pod. There’s a woman inside who’s been there for 10 days, and a man for nine. It’s fascinating, as a reality show—but I really appreciate the questions. It’s like watching Spanish soap operas to learn conversational Spanish.
posted by Jerilyn Dufresne, author @ 14:52
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