That's me. I have loved reading since I was old enough to hold a book. And, I've always loved movies.. and, I travel all over the world, for work. So, I get a lot of "free" geography and cultural lessons.
Maybe I should give it a try. Sometimes, I am able to really "get in a zone" and ignore Alex completely. On those days, my wife gets pretty annoyed with me. ;-)
It actually took me 3 years to get on (before the internet was big, of course).
I passed all the tests, but once you do you’re just in the contestant pool for the year, and some people don’t get a phone call and have to try out again for the following year’s pool.
The third time, the woman in charge recognized me and said “Weren’t you here last year?” I said. “Yeah, my third time actually.” I think that’s when I got the check mark and they’d figured I’d waited long enough. lol