# I got on Jeopardy, and I have you guys to thank!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-on-jeopardy-and-i-have-you-guys-to-thank/600187>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 19, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-on-jeopardy-and-i-have-you-guys-to-thank/600187 "2011-10-19T21:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-on-jeopardy-and-i-have-you-guys-to-thank/600187/1 "2011-10-19T21:11:46Z")

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I haven’t posted here in several years, but I lurk occasionally, and back around February I happened across the annual “It’s Jeopardy Online Test Time!” thread. I decided to sign up on a whim… and to make a long story short, I passed the online test, got called for an audition, got called to be on the show, and taped three episodes last week. 😃 I’d been in the contestant pool once before, back in 2004, but was never called, so it was a nice surprise to get the call this time around. I had a great time in LA meeting all the other contestants and the staff. Even if I hadn’t won anything, it still would’ve been a trip well worth making.

So, I just wanted to say thank you to all the random people that posted in that thread and inspired me to say, “Oh, what the hell,” and take the plunge - I couldn’t have done it without you!

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-on-jeopardy-and-i-have-you-guys-to-thank/600187/2 "2011-10-19T21:16:59Z")

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Good luck!

Let us know when your episodes air and we’ll send you our atheistic/skeptical good vibes. 😃

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-on-jeopardy-and-i-have-you-guys-to-thank/600187/3 "2011-10-19T22:17:04Z")

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Congratulations! Isn’t it supposed to be a secret whether you win or lose before the air date? I guess it still is a secret, since we don’t know who you are IRL. However, now you can’t tell us when to watch.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-on-jeopardy-and-i-have-you-guys-to-thank/600187/4 "2011-10-19T22:23:15Z")

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Looking forward to watching you win! Are you studying?

Congratulations!!! I know it’s difficult to get on there.

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-on-jeopardy-and-i-have-you-guys-to-thank/600187/5 "2011-10-19T22:29:20Z")

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Congrats, and your post made me go look up your profile to see whether you’re my old friend, whose episode airs Friday. (You’re not, but that would have been totally cool.) Anyway I hope she’s on more than one episode, too!