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!
I took the test at RAF Mildenhall in 1990. Did fine on the test, but bombed the interview…
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?
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…
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!
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.
For the first time in three online tests, I actually left one answer blank. I hope I get to audition again.
…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.
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.
Holy crap, I got a 42! I’ve never broken 40 before! Hell, I’ve broken 33 before!
I can’t believe it!
Where’d you get the questions/answers, Justin?
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.
Questions
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Novel Heroines
This 1847 Charlotte Brontë title character gets a job as a governess -
Reality TV
This supermodel has hosted “Project Runway” since 2004 -
Scientists
In 1955 his polio vaccine was pronounced safe and effective -
African Geography
This country is bordered by Sudan to the south and Libya to the west -
Ivy League Schools
Ithaca, New York is home to this university -
British History
In 1838 she began her decades-long reign as queen -
Shakespearean Characters
This king of the fairies likes to play with a Puck -
That’s My Business
Steve Ballmer is CEO of this tech company -
In His Book of the Bible
Boils sent by Satan are among the many tribulations of this man -
Get Your Drink On
It’s the main alcoholic ingredient of a Cuba Libre -
Six-Letter Words
A counting device using a frame set with rods and moving balls -
World Capitals
It’s the capital of Ukraine -
Name That Movie
Panem is the setting of this post-apocalyptic 2012 film -
Author! Author!
He spent most of his 1895-97 jail sentence in Reading Gaol -
Ancient Rome
The first of these three wars between Rome and Carthage began in 264 B.C. -
Space Exploration
On August 6, 2012 this appropriately named robotic vehicle landed on Mars -
Art and Artists
This American gave us the drip painting “Number 10, 1949” -
Newspapers
The team of Woodward and Bernstein came to fame working for this newspaper -
Colorful Language
It precedes “fever” and “pimpernel” -
20th Century Literature
This 1982 novel tells the story of an African-American woman named Celie -
19th Century America
Gold found on this man’s land in 1848 precipitated the California Gold Rush -
Online Games
In 2010 this Zynga game “grew” to be #1 in average daily users on Facebook -
Novelists
In 2011 he penned the bestseller 11/22/63 -
Gemstones
July’s birthstone is this red variety of corundum -
Mountains
South America’s highest peak, Mt. Aconcagua, is found in this mountain range -
Pop Singers
In 2010 she was “Rolling in the Deep” -
World Authors
During his sailing days, this “Heart of Darkness” author may have been involved in illegal gunrunning -
Scientific Discoveries
In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered the structure of this genetic molecule -
U.S. Cities
It’s the capital of Wisconsin -
Classical Music
This “Four Seasons” composer helped develop the Baroque concerto -
Rhyme Time
An azure sneaker -
Canadian Postal Abbreviations
“P.E.” stands for this Canadian province that’s off the North American mainland -
Early America
These documents served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789 -
The Late 20th Century
In 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became free republics, breaking away and declaring independence from this country -
American Lit
Queequeg is a tattooed former criminal and harpooner in this great American novel -
U.S. Geography
This southernmost U.S. state is also one of the smallest in area -
Cable TV
TV shows on this cable channel include “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” -
Weights & Measures
Used for measuring wheat and other grains, this unit of measure equals four pecks -
The elements
Atomic number 92, this element named for a planet is an important nuclear fuel -
French Lit
Works by this Algerian-born existential author include his masterpiece “The Stranger” -
“X” Marks the Spot
Fear of foreigners -
Bodies of Water
Though called a sea, this body of water east of the Caucasus is really the world’s largest lake -
Fashion
This designing woman with the real first name Gabrielle introduced her classic “little black dress” in 1926 -
Explorers
A sea, a strait, and an island all bear the name of this Dane, who explored the Siberian coast in the 18th century -
Political Parties
The African National Congress saw this man, its leader, elected president of South Africa in 1994 -
Modern Fiction
Young Susie Salmon tells her story from heaven in this Alice Sebold novel about [a/her] murder and its aftermath -
“D” in Science
It’s the process of evaporating a liquid and then condensing the vapor back into a purified liquid -
At the Movies
Andrew Garfield helped reboot this superhero['s?] franchise in 2012 -
Contemporary Authors
“Brokeback Mountain” is one of the short stories included in this author’s collection “Close Range” -
Starts with Two Vowels
Home for an eagle
Answers
- Jane Eyre
- Heidi Klum
- Salk
- Egypt
- Cornell
- Victoria
- Oberon
- Microsoft
- Job
- Rum
- Abacus
- Kiev
- The Hunger Games
- Oscar Wilde
- Punic Wars
- Curiosity
- Jackson Pollock
- Washington Post
- Scarlet
- The Color Purple
- Sutter
- FarmVille
- Stephen King
- Ruby
- Andes
- Adele
- Conrad
- DNA
- Madison
- Vivaldi
- Blue Shoe
- Prince Edward Island
- Articles of Confederation
- Yugoslavia
- Moby Dick
- Hawaii
- Bravo
- Bushel
- Uranium
- Albert Camus
- Xenophobia
- Black Sea
- Coco Chanel
- Bering
- Nelson Mandela
- The Lovely Bones
- Distillation
- Amazing Spider-Man
- Annie Proulx
- Aerie
Thanks Justin! 41 right - I swear, every year I’m in the 40-42 range.
The answer to #42 is incorrect above.
It’s the Caspian Sea, not the Black Sea.
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.)
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.
If those are the answers, I only got 42, my lowest ever.
- 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.
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.