The Einstein Factor

[Le Messor]

There's a game show in Australia called The Einstein Factor. (I honestly don't know if the rest of the world has it or an equivalent, so excuse me if the following explanation is irrelevant).

Somebody declares a specialty topic, and they do a set of trivia questions on that topic. There's other rounds, but I've never seen beyond that, since if I watch that much I'm already going to be late for church...

I'm auditioning in two weeks (27th Februvober 2008). Guess what my topic is? :wink:
{sas} {puck} {guardian} {guardian2} {northstar} {nemesis}

(My back-up topic, which I wasn't prepared to offer them so I came up with something very quick, was the music of Alice Cooper--Queen had been done.)

- Le Messor
"But has anybody had The Einstein Factor as a topic?"

[Legerd]

Nice! :D Good luck Le Messor!

[Le Messor]

Nice! :D Good luck Le Messor!

Thanks! I hope I don't need luck.
Also hope I don't get stage fright and freeze up (I think that'll be my biggest problem; I don't work well under pressure, or with an audience.)

- Le Messor
"I hope we win."
- The Giant, The Princess Bride

[Flightpath07]

Also hope I don't get stage fright and freeze up (I think that'll be my biggest problem; I don't work well under pressure, or with an audience.)

If worst comes to worst, use your Skrull powers to disguise yourself as an ordinary audience member, and slip away unseen!

[Le Messor]

If worst comes to worst, use your Skrull powers to disguise yourself as an ordinary audience member, and slip away unseen!

But if I do it in front of everybody, won't they suspect something? :shock:

[Dfense75]

just use on of those classic lines like..."Hey look over there!" After that you will be home free.

[Flightpath07]

If worst comes to worst, use your Skrull powers to disguise yourself as an ordinary audience member, and slip away unseen!

But if I do it in front of everybody, won't they suspect something? :shock:

I'm sorry, I am Canadian...I cannot and will not speak for the Australian people.

[SmurfInABlender]

Watch them ask you a bunch of Adam West questions

[Flightpath07]

Watch them ask you a bunch of Adam West questions

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hilarious!

[Le Messor]

Look! A distraction!

Hee hee hee... Adam We! Adam We!
softly now...
Adam We Adam We

- Le Messor
"What your mother is trying to say is, well done for not killing each other."
- Tristran Stardust

[Le Messor]

Flightpath, I'm sure you can't do a worse job speaking for the Australian people than John Howard did!

Well, the audition's over. (It's tomorrow in Australia, remember.)
They told us they'd call us tonight if we failed.
I haven't heard back from them yet which means either:
a) two hours isn't enough.
b) I passed.

My topic was specifically John Byrne's Alpha Flight.

A lot of questions about Sas; one of the ones I failed on was what team did he play footy for? The Packers flashed into my mind, but I forgot he'd played in the US, and said I didn't know. Then, really stupidly, guessed the Maple Leaves. (Then kicked myself in my mind; I know they're a hockey team!)

When was Puck born? (1914, I guessed the 20s based on he was in his 60s in the 80s. She seemed to trust my answer more than the 'net ones.)

True or False? Does John Byrne like Alpha Flight? (sic). No. Why not? The reason mentioned before (she'd just asked me a question about what were they first made to do? Take on the X-Men). (I forgot to add he thinks they're two dimensional.)

Why do some of them have cool names and some of them boring? This was one of several questions that were unclear to me, but it wasn't an official one. When I understood it, I explained that they all have both real and code names, and I've just been using whichever one I think of first.

Why did John Byrne leave? Why did Wolverine?

etc...

A weird question, which I ended up getting right, was 'Do any of the team have Canadian attributes?' (Yes) 'Give some examples'. (After trying to understand, I came up with Snowbird is Inuit, Shaman is Sarcee, the twins are strongly Quebecois.)

Ooh, a tough one, which I failed, was what was the year and month of Uncanny #120? (Apr 1979, and I just had to check. Of course, I'd studied up on AF#1.--Aug '83. But, apparently, printed in '82.)

Sorry, I could keep going on and on, but I won't.

- Le Messor
"Of course I've gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? Nobody listens to you. It's boring."
- The Simpsons movie

[HappyCanuck]

Congrats on the audition, Mik! Hope you get on the show, and do us Alpha Flighters proud!!

[Legerd]

Yeah, definitely congrats. If you get on the show we should all get together for a cram session to help you study.

[Manikin]

Good work bro! You have to bust out with a 'FIGHT FOR THE FLIGHT!' at the end of the show if you are on it!

[Flightpath07]

Good work bro! You have to bust out with a 'FIGHT FOR THE FLIGHT!' at the end of the show if you are on it!

I couldn't agree more.

Luck to ya.

[Legerd]

And if the show ends up on the net, post a link to it at newsarama, marvel, etc.

[Le Messor]

Thanks for the support, everyone!
I want to do us all proud.
On the general knowledge quiz, I did better than everyone I spoke to, even though I know nothing about generals.

Legerd: 'net. Of course! I was only wondering if I could get the dvd. Also, cram session=good. I'm not sure how we'll work it over the net, but good idea.

Manikin: 'Fight for the Flight'... I'd probably freeze up with stage fright before busting out. But we'll see... Oh yes, we shall see... :twisted:

I think I'm on. They told me they'd call me that night if I didn't make it, and they haven't days later.

- Le Messor
Xander, facetiously: But, gee, Mr. White, if Clark and Lois get all the good stories, I'll *never* be a good reporter.
Giles: (not getting it) Hmm?
Xander: Jimmy Olsen jokes are pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?