# Are you going to take the new Jeopardy Practice Test? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 3, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679 "2015-04-03T02:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/1 "2015-04-03T02:31:31Z")
Are you gonna [give it a try?](http://www.jeopardy.com/beacontestant/contestantsearches/practicetest/) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/2 "2015-04-03T15:15:35Z")
IT’s not fair that the test questions are 1000x harder than the real questions. Either that or I’m dumb. One of the three ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/3 "2015-04-03T16:33:59Z")
I got 33/50. I don’t know if that’s good or bad. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/4 "2015-04-03T17:43:35Z")
1. and at least half a dozen more that I knew but positively could not think of. I blame that on my age. And despite my non-stellar score, for the most part I thought they were easier than actual game clues. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/5 "2015-04-03T22:02:40Z")
29/50 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/6 "2015-04-03T23:35:16Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > IT’s not fair that the test questions are 1000x harder than the real questions. > Either that or I’m dumb. One of the three [I believe the ‘Jeopardy!’ test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program. - Alex Trebek](http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alex_trebek.html) ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/7 "2015-04-05T05:49:00Z")
38/50. They didn’t take me for the show after three auditions, so I’ve pretty much given up on getting on. It was a fun dream for a while. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/8 "2015-04-05T22:16:55Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > IT’s not fair that the test questions are 1000x harder than the real questions. > > Either that or I’m dumb. One of the three Ever see the _World Series of Pop Culture_ series on VH1 a few years ago? The questions on the qualifying test were _much_ harder than the ones on TV. There’s a reason for this; the test weeds out applicants - there are far more applicants than the number of contestants they need - but the questions on TV have to be dumbed down enough so the people watching don’t scratch their heads at every question. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/9 "2015-04-05T22:57:24Z")
32/50. I didn’t know any of the first few questions, but then I went on a roll. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/10 "2015-04-09T16:25:31Z")
Yes, I took it, and will probably take all future on-line tests, even though I’ll never be eligible to play again. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/11 "2015-04-09T17:11:44Z")
34/50 here. I sure hope I do better next weekend on The Price Is Right. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/12 "2015-04-09T18:54:35Z")
I got 38, which is good for me on a Jeopardy test. Usually they ask too much pop-culture stuff that I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/13 "2015-04-10T19:52:24Z")
32/50 There were a couple I should have known but just couldn’t bring the name to mind. I’ve also been living under a rock for the past couple of decades so any pop culture questions were out. ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/14 "2015-04-13T07:34:18Z")
31 ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/15 "2015-04-13T12:05:51Z")
23/50 ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/16 "2015-04-14T19:35:58Z")
30/50. I suspect my wife would be in the mid 40s. She kills me at things like this. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/17 "2015-04-14T20:18:35Z")
37/50, it was a mix of the very easy and subjects I just know absolutely jack squat about. Too many holes in my game. ---
**Author:** ![parkona\_driveway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@parkona\_driveway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parkona_driveway)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/18 "2015-04-14T20:22:58Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > I got 33/50. I don’t know if that’s good or bad. I scored 41. On my second try. My first attempt scored 15. Is there a Sesame Street practice test? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/19 "2015-04-15T00:39:41Z")
Is anybody taking the actual online test? It just finished for the east coast. I think I did pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679/20 "2015-04-15T00:50:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Is anybody taking the actual online test? It just finished for the east coast. I think I did pretty well. I just took it! I think I did pretty well. They posted the [Online Test Clues on their Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.912944775423106.1073741833.101839449866980&type=1), if anyone wants to see how tonight’s test was. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-take-the-new-jeopardy-practice-test/716679.md?page=2)