Tried out for Jeopardy once ... missed going to the interview round because I couldn't pull Greg Lemond's name out of my ass on an answer ("The first American to win Le Tour du France"). Pissed me off. It's a whole lot easier watching on the tube than doing it under pressure.

Nowadays you can try out on-line, but back then you either had to fly to LA or wait for them to come to town. They showed up in Austin and the line to get a pass was literally blocks long.