# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/61 "2013-01-10T02:30:13Z")
Glad I’m not the only one who feels like they choked. I am sure I got about half. Less sure about all the rest. Several were gimmes. Is there literally anyone who would take this test that doesn’t watch or is at least aware of Game of Thrones? I put Bewitched for one and realized with 2 seconds left it was Wicked (missed the question said Broadway). That miss is going to haunt me. On the other hand based on what I see here, my pulled out of my ass guess of Patterson for the author was right. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/62 "2013-01-10T02:32:29Z")
I think there was at least one sports question, the one about snowboarding in the half-pipe. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/63 "2013-01-10T02:36:15Z")
I put November for the cruelest month, but it was apparently April. Which proves to me that Eliot was high. Strauss was waltzes. I sure hope they didn’t want me to specify junior or senior. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/64 "2013-01-10T02:36:52Z")
Oh, boo. It said “of the 3 on the Horn of Africa” instead of “4 in the Horn of Africa”. I put Ethiopia but I guess it’s Somalia… Missed 6 in the first half (posted so far), and I know the second half was worse. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/65 "2013-01-10T02:38:08Z")
Wow, that was brutal. I think I only got between 20 and 25. I used a screen capture util while taking the test (jpeg snaps, not video, unfortunately, so had to CTRL-SHIFT-W on each page to catch it; annoying) - I caught most of the Qs and most of my As. Brutal. > [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Actually, the scariest part would be if I ever passed… 😃 This. Very much, **this**. Oh well (sigh), I won’t be quitting my day job anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/66 "2013-01-10T02:40:30Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I put Bewitched for one and realized with 2 seconds left it was Wicked (missed the question said Broadway). That miss is going to haunt me. Wicked! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/67 "2013-01-10T02:41:33Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Wicked! :smack: Jeopardy Rule #1: The CATEGORY is as important as the question! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/68 "2013-01-10T02:44:03Z")
The one that totally flummoxed me (other than the name of the “Girl With/Who” trilogy) was the one about the 1947 Margaret Wise Brown book. I had NO ANSWER at all, not even a hint. Apparently, she wrote “Goodnight, Moon”. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/69 "2013-01-10T02:45:28Z")
Having a one year old helps every now and then, **jayjay**. I’ve read that book almost nightly for the past year. 🙂 Now I’m kicking myself over Pony Express (said transcontintntal RR) and Edward VIII (just blanked). 25/35 so far… gonna be pretty damn close to 35 I think, probably just under. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/70 "2013-01-10T02:51:12Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Having a one year old helps every now and then, **jayjay**. I’ve read that book almost nightly for the past year. 🙂 > > Now I’m kicking myself over Pony Express (said transcontintntal RR) and Edward VIII (just blanked). > > 25/35 so far… gonna be pretty damn close to 35 I think, probably just under. I was 26 of 35 and feeling okay, but now I’m 27 of 40! Forgot about that bad stretch from 35-40. but I also got Goodnight Moon, thanks to Owen, my 2 year old! ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/71 "2013-01-10T02:57:43Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > I was 26 of 35 and feeling okay, but now I’m 27 of 40! Forgot about that bad stretch from 35-40. > > but I also got Goodnight Moon, thanks to Owen, my 2 year old! They’re all up and I got 35 of 50. I’ll take it! ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/72 "2013-01-10T03:04:06Z")
Blech, missed a few I thought I had right too. Bavarian chocolate cake apparently has raspberries, not cherries (should have been Black Forest). And I guess Peat is the 50% carbon stuff, not soil. And it’s unclear if Noble will work for the gasses or it should be “inert”. So, somewhere between 33 and 35, I think. More likely 33. Maybe next year. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/73 "2013-01-10T03:05:45Z")
I either got 43 right, 42 right or 41 right (depending on whether they take Ethiopia and/or “noble gases”, rather than Somalia or “inert gases”). ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/74 "2013-01-10T03:14:09Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I either got 43 right, 42 right or 41 right (depending on whether they take Ethiopia and/or “noble gases”, rather than Somalia or “inert gases”). Great job. I think even best-case I would have only got 3 or 4 more. Did significantly better the one time I got called (I think I got 38 that year). ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/75 "2013-01-10T03:28:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I either got 43 right, 42 right or 41 right (depending on whether they take Ethiopia and/or “noble gases”, rather than Somalia or “inert gases”). Cool. Nice going. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/76 "2013-01-10T03:33:57Z")
My pretest studying did help me some though. Amongst other things I reviewed a list of British royalty which gave me the answer Edward. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/77 "2013-01-10T03:53:36Z")
Only got 25. Significant step backward from last time. Ah well. Maybe next year. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/78 "2013-01-10T17:22:14Z")
1. U.S. PRESIDENTS He preceded FDR as president 2. BOOKS IN THE NEWS “All In” by Paula Broadwell is subtitled “The Education of” this man 3. WOMEN’S FIRSTS In 1970 Antonia Novello got her M.D. from the U of Puerto Rico; in 1990 she became the first woman in this job 4. COUNTRY SINGERS In 2012 this CMA co-host and hubby of Kimberly Williams had a hit with “Southern Comfort Zone” 5. ON THE MAP It’s the biggest of the three countries on the Horn of Africa 6. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT God told him to sacrifice his son Isaac 7. ZOOLOGY This order includes gorillas, lemurs, and, oh yes, humans 8. POETRY In “The Waste Land”, Eliot calls this “the cruellest month” 9. ARCHITECTURE Balcony sections include the loge and this, from the Latin for “middle” 10. THE AGES OF MAN In the prehistory of Europe, this “Age” known for its tools followed Stone and preceded Iron 11. ZODIAC RHYME TIME A bullish group of singers 12. U.S. STATES Administratively, this state uses parishes instead of counties 13. CABLE TV Several families fight for control of Westeros on this HBO series 14. NEWSPAPERS Now online-only, this Boston paper still runs one religious article each day 15. U.S. MUSEUMS Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” is a highlight of the Art Institute of this city 16. BESTSELLING AUTHORS “1st to Die” kicked off the “Women’s Murder Club” series by this man who rules the bestseller lists 17. THE ELEMENTS Neon and other gases got this collective name because it was believed they could not form compounds 18. FOOD Named for a German region, it’s a rich chocolate cake with a cream filling and cherries 19. 19TH CENTURY AMERICA This service began operating between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California in 1860 20. BROADWAY MUSICALS The logo for this show is its name with a a green witch on a broomstick over the “I” 21. SHAKESPEARE She’s the wife of “Othello” 22. STATE SYMBOLS This tree appears in the center of South Carolina’s flag 23. LET’S HAVE A “BALL” To prevent someone from joining a group by voting against him 24. JAPAN Though many U.S. military installations still remain, this prefecture was returned to Japan in 1972 25. PHILOSOPHY In the “Ethics”, Spinoza wrote that “nature abhors” one of these 26. BEFORE & AFTER Classic candy bar that became the second female Supreme Court justice 27. FOREIGN HOLIDAYS It’s the palindromic name for the Vietnamese New Year 28. ART STYLES This ornate style in 18th century art and design was a reaction against the weightier Baroque era 29. CHILDREN’S BOOKS This 1947 Margaret Wise Brown book was among USA Today’s 100 top sellers of 2011 30. MEDICINE A goiter is an enlargement of this gland 31. CELEBRITIES In 2012 this “Hunger Games” star won new acclaim for her role in “Silver Linings Playbook” 32. 8-LETTER WORDS Adjective for animals who live in trees 33. ON THE PHONE It’s the “Store” you’d visit to get GarageBand or Keynote for your Apple iPhone 34. AUTHORESS! AUTHORESS! 2003’s “Blood Canticle” was another of her vampire novels 35. BRITISH KINGS The eighth king of this name gave up his throne in 1936 36. THE LAW It’s the formal charge issued by a grand jury saying there’s enough evidence to have a trial 37. NOT A STATE CAPITAL It’s the seat of the University of Arizona 38. COMPOSERS “The Emperor” and “Viennese Blood” are two of his 19th century waltzes 39. TRILOGIES “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is part of this timely trilogy 40. WINTER ACTIVITIES Dude, I’m usually goofy footed but I went fakie & grabbed big air off the half-pipe in this sport invented in the '60s 41. SKYWATCHERS In the 1500s, this Polish astronomer came up with the idea that the earth moves 42. DOUBLE “E” WORDS This adjective means polite & refined 43. SCIENCE FICTION 23 publishers rejected his book “Dune” before it became a bestseller 44. FOOTWEAR Four-letter word for a low cut women’s shoe with a high heel 45. RECENT FILMS The title of this film refers to James Bond’s family estate in Scotland 46. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION In 1781 he took command of the naval ship America 47. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES This Balkan country’s name literally means “black mountain” 48. STOCK SYMBOLS It makes perfect sense that these three letters are the stock symbol of the world’s largest package delivery company 49. THE EARTH AROUND US Compressed, partially decomposed vegetation with about a 50% carbon content 50. ESSAYS Her essay “A Room of One’s Own” argues that intellectual freedom requires financial freedom ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/79 "2013-01-10T17:23:24Z")
1 Herbert Hoover 2 General David Petraeus 3 Surgeon General 4 Brad Paisley 5 possibly Somalia or Ethiopia, not sure 6 Abraham 7 Primates 8 April 9 mezzanine 10 Bronze Age 11 taurus chorus 12 Louisiana 13 Game of Thrones 14 Christian Science Monitor 15 Chicago 16 James Patterson 17 inert gases (not sure if noble gases is acceptable as well) 18 black forest cake 19 Pony Express 20 Wicked 21 Desdemona 22 palmetto 23 blackball 24 Okinawa 25 a vacuum 26 Baby Ruth Bader Ginsburg 27 Tet 28 rococo 29 Goodnight Moon 30 thyroid 31 Jennifer Lawrence 32 arboreal 33 App Store 34 Anne Rice 35 Edward 36 indictment 37 Tucson 38 Johann Strauss 39 Millennium Trilogy 40 snowboarding 41 Copernicus 42 genteel 43 Frank Herbert 44 pump 45 Skyfall 46 John Paul Jones 47 Montenegro 48 UPS 49 peat 50 Virginia Woolf ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217/80 "2013-01-10T17:50:34Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Also missed “the cruellest month”, but got Woolfe (which was a guess). Missed the waltzes, which is sad. > > Were there zero sports questions? You got the same test I did, I think. Did it ask about creatures that live in trees, and vampire novels? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-jeopardy-online-test-thread/645217.md?page=5)