Who wants to be a millionaire? Me!
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Last Tuesday I was sitting by the phone waiting for a call from Who wants to be a millionaire? quiz show. Ismo was competing and I was his dial a friend -lifeline. The call never came, he was too slow and didn't make it to the show. It was close! He would've called me on question nine, asking for the cause of death of Alexander Pushkin. I would've provided the answer under 30 seconds, easily!
Well, now the roles reverse. My mother and Ismo promised to pay the costs of participating so I had nothing to lose. It took me two attempts - first time was definitely too slow, therefore the second try. Today the called me, I'm invited to the competition next Tuesday!
If I'm only fast enough to get to the hot seat, I should be able to come home with a decent pile of euros. The winnings in the Finnish version are pitifully low, though. The main prize is only 200 000 euros.
It's funny, though: it's not lottery taxed, it's proper income. Therefore it affects my student grants. If I win more than 6 000 euros, I'll have to return some of the student grants I've got this year. If I win more than 15 000 euros, Johanna gets less money for rents. So if I win the 10th step, which is 20 000 euros, I'll actually get something like 7 500 euros after taxes, student grants and all that. Still, 7 500 euros is a huge amount of money from my point of view!
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