# I think I missed the Jeopardy! Online Test... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082 "2009-01-26T17:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**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 26, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/1 "2009-01-26T17:55:11Z")
I can’t check the site from here at work (they block “Games” sites)…what were the dates? I know I missed East Coast (it was the 23rd). Were they consecutive? ---
**Author:** ![Diz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Diz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/2 "2009-01-26T18:01:16Z")
You didn’t miss it. The East Coast test is tomorrow. You scared me for a minute there. I’m signed up too… ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/3 "2009-01-26T18:39:56Z")
27th - East, 28th Central/Mountain, 29th Pacific. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/4 "2009-01-26T18:58:32Z")
Yes, you missed it. Don’t bother looking it up - it’s too late. Mwahahahaha. I’ll be the only one to take it… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/5 "2009-01-26T19:00:47Z")
I just got an e-mail reminder. ---
**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 26, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/6 "2009-01-26T19:07:56Z")
Ah! Thanks…I’d convinced myself the East coast was the 23rd, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/7 "2009-01-28T00:36:29Z")
I just logged in. I called a local talk radio show earlier for suggestions on what inane personal factoid/story to tell the audition staff (assuming I pass the test), and immediately afterwards about 100 people called the station to ask where they could take the test. :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 28, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/8 "2009-01-28T00:40:50Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I just logged in. > > I called a local talk radio show earlier for suggestions on what inane personal factoid/story to tell the audition staff (assuming I pass the test), and immediately afterwards about 100 people called the station to ask where they could take the test. > > :smack: Dude! You TOTALLY wrecked the curve! ---
**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 28, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/9 "2009-01-28T01:10:54Z")
There were a LOT more pop culture questions than last time. Sasha freakin’ Fierce? _googles_ Geez… And I only came up with Isak Dinesen AFTER the time was up…crap… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/10 "2009-01-28T01:13:47Z")
Bah! Brain farts. I got Beyonce and Dinesen. I think I got about 40/50… I really started drawing blanks toward the end. Forgot the name of the _Mayflower_, for example… I remembered it with one second left and only typed “May” ---
**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 28, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/11 "2009-01-28T01:13:52Z")
Sigh…I think I did pretty good, but not quite good enough to make whatever cut they have. I timed out on four of them, and wildly guessed on another two. Ah well… ---
**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:** [January 28, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/12 "2009-01-28T01:18:13Z")
Ooh, I think I nailed it. Probably about 43 out of 50. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/13 "2009-01-28T01:20:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Ooh, I think I nailed it. Probably about 43 out of 50. Is that good enough? I read something that said you needed about 35/50 on the written test, but I don’t know if this is supposed to be easier or harder or what. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/14 "2009-01-28T01:27:12Z")
Mayflower! Damn. No clue how I did. Probably got 35, at least, but maybe not. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/15 "2009-01-28T01:35:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Is that good enough? I read something that said you needed about 35/50 on the written test, but I don’t know if this is supposed to be easier or harder or what. In the other thread, I figured out 4 that I know I missed. So I’m at 46 or below. Some I knew right off, some I figured out quickly. I went to the dusty corners of the attic that is my brain, and found what I was looking for. I don’t know what the cutoff number is, but I’m satisfied. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-missed-the-jeopardy-online-test/483082/16 "2009-01-29T15:38:30Z")
Good luck to you all, from someone not permitted to take the test. 😉