Last night's episode was taped on July 19. I missed the question the first time. The second time I got it, but just not in time. Brice said he and his buddies at the fire station are big fans of the show. It requires a lot of luck.
Prospective contestants call a toll-free number during a specified time.
ABC estimates that nearly 240,000 players participate in these phone-in first rounds and only 6 percent of them get the three questions right. Those who answer correctly are placed in a random drawing. He called back on July 7 and this time had to answer five more questions correctly. I got all of them. He was then placed in another random drawing of those who got all five questions right and was chosen to be on the show.