# 2013 Jeopardy! online test thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217 "2012-12-26T20:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/21 "2013-01-04T21:33:47Z")
I took their test many years ago in the 90s when they had a contestant search event in Atlantic City. I am very good at trivia but somehow I bombed the test bad so it discouraged me from ever doing it again. Until now! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/22 "2013-01-05T00:43:27Z")
I took the test at RAF Mildenhall in 1990. Did fine on the test, but bombed the interview… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/23 "2013-01-08T18:05:29Z")
I’m supposed to take the test tonight and I don’t see where to log in. Is there a change when the time rolls around? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/24 "2013-01-09T01:14:54Z")
I’ve auditioned twice, and just now took the test again. Realistically it feels like another score in the low 40s…hopefully I’ll get another shot at the audition… ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/25 "2013-01-09T01:18:42Z")
Ugh, there were some I had NO idea on. Will have to wait until the questions/answers are posted to be sure. Probably another score in the low to mid 30s. I suck at this online thing! ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/26 "2013-01-09T01:22:18Z")
I felt like I did _ **much** _ better on this test than others, which suggests to my low self-esteem that it was easier than previous tests. Completely blanked on two questions that I _knew_ I knew the answer to (and have blissfully forgotten one of those already), and only had one or two where I knew outright I had no clue as to the answer. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/27 "2013-01-09T01:23:32Z")
For the first time in three online tests, I actually left one answer blank. I hope I get to audition again. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/28 "2013-01-09T01:24:49Z")
…and I just realized there was one question that I didn’t know the answer to, but which I should have made a better guess at. Which would have been right. ---
**Author:** ![Sarachim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Sarachim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarachim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/29 "2013-01-09T01:40:38Z")
Does anyone have any idea what the passing score is? I think I got somewhere in the low 40s tonight, which seems like it’d be too low, but I’d rather know for sure than keep wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/30 "2013-01-09T01:57:25Z")
Holy crap, I got a 42! I’ve never broken 40 before! Hell, I’ve broken 33 before! I can’t believe it! ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/31 "2013-01-09T02:02:06Z")
Where’d you get the questions/answers, Justin? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/32 "2013-01-09T02:13:24Z")
God dammit…completely flaked on taking the test. Just looked at the clock and realized I blew it. Glad for the extra nights – have to make it up on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/33 "2013-01-09T02:50:11Z")
Questions 1. Novel Heroines This 1847 Charlotte Brontë title character gets a job as a governess 2. Reality TV This supermodel has hosted “Project Runway” since 2004 3. Scientists In 1955 his polio vaccine was pronounced safe and effective 4. African Geography This country is bordered by Sudan to the south and Libya to the west 5. Ivy League Schools Ithaca, New York is home to this university 6. British History In 1838 she began her decades-long reign as queen 7. Shakespearean Characters This king of the fairies likes to play with a Puck 8. That’s My Business Steve Ballmer is CEO of this tech company 9. In His Book of the Bible Boils sent by Satan are among the many tribulations of this man 10. Get Your Drink On It’s the main alcoholic ingredient of a Cuba Libre 11. Six-Letter Words A counting device using a frame set with rods and moving balls 12. World Capitals It’s the capital of Ukraine 13. Name That Movie Panem is the setting of this post-apocalyptic 2012 film 14. Author! Author! He spent most of his 1895-97 jail sentence in Reading Gaol 15. Ancient Rome The first of these three wars between Rome and Carthage began in 264 B.C. 16. Space Exploration On August 6, 2012 this appropriately named robotic vehicle landed on Mars 17. Art and Artists This American gave us the drip painting “Number 10, 1949” 18. Newspapers The team of Woodward and Bernstein came to fame working for this newspaper 19. Colorful Language It precedes “fever” and “pimpernel” 20. 20th Century Literature This 1982 novel tells the story of an African-American woman named Celie 21. 19th Century America Gold found on this man’s land in 1848 precipitated the California Gold Rush 22. Online Games In 2010 this Zynga game “grew” to be #1 in average daily users on Facebook 23. Novelists In 2011 he penned the bestseller 11/22/63 24. Gemstones July’s birthstone is this red variety of corundum 25. Mountains South America’s highest peak, Mt. Aconcagua, is found in this mountain range 26. Pop Singers In 2010 she was “Rolling in the Deep” 27. World Authors During his sailing days, this “Heart of Darkness” author may have been involved in illegal gunrunning 28. Scientific Discoveries In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered the structure of this genetic molecule 29. U.S. Cities It’s the capital of Wisconsin 30. Classical Music This “Four Seasons” composer helped develop the Baroque concerto 31. Rhyme Time An azure sneaker 32. Canadian Postal Abbreviations “P.E.” stands for this Canadian province that’s off the North American mainland 33. Early America These documents served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789 34. The Late 20th Century In 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became free republics, breaking away and declaring independence from this country 35. American Lit Queequeg is a tattooed former criminal and harpooner in this great American novel 36. U.S. Geography This southernmost U.S. state is also one of the smallest in area 37. Cable TV TV shows on this cable channel include “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” 38. Weights & Measures Used for measuring wheat and other grains, this unit of measure equals four pecks 39. The elements Atomic number 92, this element named for a planet is an important nuclear fuel 40. French Lit Works by this Algerian-born existential author include his masterpiece “The Stranger” 41. “X” Marks the Spot Fear of foreigners 42. Bodies of Water Though called a sea, this body of water east of the Caucasus is really the world’s largest lake 43. Fashion This designing woman with the real first name Gabrielle introduced her classic “little black dress” in 1926 44. Explorers A sea, a strait, and an island all bear the name of this Dane, who explored the Siberian coast in the 18th century 45. Political Parties The African National Congress saw this man, its leader, elected president of South Africa in 1994 46. Modern Fiction Young Susie Salmon tells her story from heaven in this Alice Sebold novel about [a/her] murder and its aftermath 47. “D” in Science It’s the process of evaporating a liquid and then condensing the vapor back into a purified liquid 48. At the Movies Andrew Garfield helped reboot this superhero['s?] franchise in 2012 49. Contemporary Authors “Brokeback Mountain” is one of the short stories included in this author’s collection “Close Range” 50. Starts with Two Vowels Home for an eagle Answers 1. Jane Eyre 2. Heidi Klum 3. Salk 4. Egypt 5. Cornell 6. Victoria 7. Oberon 8. Microsoft 9. Job 10. Rum 11. Abacus 12. Kiev 13. The Hunger Games 14. Oscar Wilde 15. Punic Wars 16. Curiosity 17. Jackson Pollock 18. Washington Post 19. Scarlet 20. The Color Purple 21. Sutter 22. FarmVille 23. Stephen King 24. Ruby 25. Andes 26. Adele 27. Conrad 28. DNA 29. Madison 30. Vivaldi 31. Blue Shoe 32. Prince Edward Island 33. Articles of Confederation 34. Yugoslavia 35. Moby Dick 36. Hawaii 37. Bravo 38. Bushel 39. Uranium 40. Albert Camus 41. Xenophobia 42. Black Sea 43. Coco Chanel 44. Bering 45. Nelson Mandela 46. The Lovely Bones 47. Distillation 48. Amazing Spider-Man 49. Annie Proulx 50. Aerie ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/34 "2013-01-09T02:57:39Z")
Thanks Justin! 41 right - I swear, every year I’m in the 40-42 range. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/35 "2013-01-09T03:02:41Z")
The answer to #42 is incorrect above. It’s the Caspian Sea, not the Black Sea. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/36 "2013-01-09T03:05:41Z")
Fuck, only got 35. Every year, it seems they go really heavy on certain categories…and it’s always shit I don’t know. Usually history or geography…this year, it was literature. Ten literature questions…eleven if you count the Bible as literature. I got a few, but man, that’s BS. I demand more science and math questions! (Though I guess those didn’t help me as much as I wanted, because I said plutonium was the element…fuck me, I don’t memorize atomic numbers, so I had to guess between the two.) ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/37 "2013-01-09T03:30:20Z")
Hey! I got 40! 41 if they count my misspelling of #50 as Eerie. I started off badly but had a couple long strings in the middle. Switched to uranium at the last second and totally guessed on Chanel. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/38 "2013-01-09T04:15:43Z")
If those are the answers, I only got 42, my lowest ever. ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/39 "2013-01-09T05:02:33Z")
1. Missed Adele, Curiosity, ruby, Spiderman and The Lovely Bones. I’m posses because I could even see Mark Whalberg and Stanley Tucci in that stinker of a movie. I only pulled one blank (the last). I got a 43 last year and no invitation. I would rate this a fairly easy test as Jeopardy! tests go. I have passed the final test to get on the show three times, twice in the cattle call days and once since the online test was instituted. The first time I took the test they let slip that a 35/50 was passing. The online test is meant in part so that people don’t drive eight hours just to be dismissed after taking the 50- question test (the first time I took the test two of us in a room of about sixty passed). Another reason, I’m sure, is that they don’t wind up with a room full of unqualified potential contestants. Because you pass the online test doesn’t mean you will get an invitation. And because you get an invitation doesn’t mean you are on their list of “potential contestants” although they will tell you you are. If you don’t do well enough on the second 50-question test, I don’t believe they will consider you. If, when all is said and done, you meet the demographic requirements of the Contestant Coordinators, you will stand a better chance of getting on than someone like me will. So if you are a middle-aged white man, like me, do what I do: Endeavor to persevere. If you make it on the first try, congratulations. I’ m envious, but not bitter. Good Luck to all. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/40 "2013-01-09T05:39:22Z")
40, including some lucky guesses (Wilde, The Color Purple and Camus). Hadn’t a clue on some of them, such as Adele and The Lovely Bones. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217.md?page=3)