Friendly Game Show Help

Brief holiday update, first: Christmas came and went, another year gone by. As Todd gets older, they become more fun. The older he gets, the less shy he is, and this year you could tell he really looked forward to playing with Uncle Ron again-- even following him around and calling out "Uncle Ron! Let's build something else!" while carrying the new erector set he got from Aunt Debbie and Uncle Ron this year :-) He enjoyed teasing Uncle Ron (much to Aunt Debbie's delight!) as they played together, and even mustered up the courage to try to sneak up on him and Aunt Debbie to administer tickles. No belly kisses yet-- maybe next year. He's come a long way from the little baby who sat on their dining table and did nothing but stare at the ceiling fan going round and round and round and...

Today's lighthearted post comes again courtesy of Plinky.com:

If you were on a game show where you got to choose a few friends to call for help, who would you pick?

Assuming they'll allow me to place long distance calls outside the country, the first person that comes to mind is our family friend Ingrid, from Germany. I remember once watching the German version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" with her once. I swear if she'd been on the show, she'd be a millionaire right now. She got every question right, without hesitation.

I'd also pick Allan, because there's nothing sadder than the sight of a pouting, left-out husband ;-) Okay, there are real reasons, too-- he knows plenty about geeky stuff, sports and WWII history. A good mix, especially since game show questions tend to draw from all sorts of random subjects. I know next to nothing about sports, so Allan would come in handy there. Otherwise I'd be one of those embarrassed fools that struck out of the game at the $200 level because I couldn't answer a simple sports question!

I'd pick my dad, because even though he's the quiet type, he's pretty up-to-date on current events, and knows a lot about all sorts of little things, especially when it comes to things more scientific/mechanical/technical.

I'd have to also pick Scot, because I know of no bigger movie buff than him. He's guaranteed to be able to help me out of a pinch on a movie-related question!

Okay, just exactly how many people are we allowed? ;-)

How about you? Who would you pick?