# It's Jeopardy Online Test time, 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025 "2011-01-18T00:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/41 "2011-02-09T00:52:52Z")
Ready and waiting. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/42 "2011-02-09T00:58:20Z")
At the ready. Good luck all! ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/43 "2011-02-09T01:01:01Z")
_\_ And there’s the two-minute warning… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/44 "2011-02-09T01:01:26Z")
It appears Jeopardy doesn’t bother with standard time. 2 minutes still? argh. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/45 "2011-02-09T01:11:39Z")
Am I delusional, or was it easier this year? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/46 "2011-02-09T01:12:42Z")
Seemed easier, only 4 I had no idea on, or came up totally blank, but many were a guess between 2 choices. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/47 "2011-02-09T01:13:34Z")
We’ll see how I did. I don’t think I did badly but I don’t know how it will stack up. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/48 "2011-02-09T01:16:46Z")
Lot of hard words to spell though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/49 "2011-02-09T01:17:37Z")
I have to remember to put down the bong before this test next year. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/50 "2011-02-09T01:19:01Z")
It seemed to be more history, geography and literature this time. Not so much pop culture. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/51 "2011-02-09T01:19:07Z")
It definitely seemed easier this year. Damn if I didn’t blow a few because, although I knew the answer, I didn’t get it typed in quickly enough. Aaargh! One of these days Alex! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/52 "2011-02-09T01:20:01Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Lot of hard words to spell though ☹ It was easy if you couldn’t think of Saskatuwan at all… ---
**Author:** ![bramma23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bramma23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bramma23)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/53 "2011-02-09T01:23:30Z")
What’s a good number out of 50 to can get you to the interview? Obviously, you don’t “know” how many you got, but I’m looking for an overall sense. I think I got 40 out of 50, give or take 5. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/54 "2011-02-09T01:25:37Z")
Last time around I got 36 right, and was called in for an interview. I will be damned if I know why. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/55 "2011-02-09T01:28:43Z")
I sucked hardcore…if I get even 25 that’s a miracle. I have serious gaps in my knowledge when it comes to anything “literature,” and “history”…also “art.” I was super pissed that there was only TWO science questions. The fuck is that shit? The worst part is, I know after tomorrow and Thursday’s test questions are released, I’ll have known more of them and kick myself for taking it on the first day. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/56 "2011-02-09T01:30:36Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Last time around I got 36 right, and was called in for an interview. How long after the test did you get called? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/57 "2011-02-09T01:37:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > How long after the test did you get called? If I recall correctly, it was a good six weeks before the notice came in. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/58 "2011-02-09T02:32:29Z")
[Questions and answers](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showthread.php?p=910497#post910497): > [@](#): > > 1. Algerian Born nobel prize winner whose work include “The Fall”, “The rebel” and “The Stranger” > Albert Camus > > 2. District 9 was shot in which country > South Africa > > 3. Conditions 32 MPH and heavy snow > Blizzard > > 4. Strait separating Italy and Sicily > Messina Bridge > > 5. Taraxacum genus flower - seeds used in salads and roots that are made into a coffee drink > Dandelion > > 6. 1821 panama broke away from spain and became a province of this country > Colombia > > 7. Decision Points is written by > George W Bush > > 8. Draughts alternate name > Checkers > > 9. Composer of La Mer & Claire De Lune > Claude Debussy > > 10. Iranian religion named for its founder > Zoroastrianism > > 11. Word - greek words meaning sharp and dull > Oxymoron > > 12. Regina is the capital of this province > Saskatchewan > > 13. Jazz bandleader Ferdinand Joseph Morton’s nickname > Jelly Roll > > 14. Creator of No. 1 Ladies detective agency > Alexander McCall Smith > > 15. First king from the house of hanover > George I > > 16. Newest nobel prize category, started in 1969 > Economics > > 17. Philosopher who wrote Summa Theologica > Thomas Aquinas > > 18. Symbolic object given to Joe Boehner from Nancy Pelosi > Gavel > > 19. In other words a deluge of tabbies and borzois > Raining Cats & Dogs? > > 20. Stanza or poem containing 4 lines > Quatrain > > 21. Mongol conqueror born in 1162; descended from grey wolf > Genghis Khan > > 22. Pommes Frites > French Fries > > 23. Founders of greek tragedy, Aeschylus, Euripides and him > Sophocles > > 24. DOS attack > Service > > 25. 11th C. Lady Godiva rode naked through this english city > Coventry > > 26. Nancy Cartwright gives voice to this animated boy > Bart Simpson > > 27. Author of Ancient Mariner > Samuel Taylor Coleridge > > 28. 12 ton object rode inside discovery until released in April 26, 1990 > Hubble > > 29. Restaurant meaning “Crazy Chicken” in spanish > El Pollo Loco > > 30. Revolution which began in 1760 in England - Luddites fought it. > Industrial Revolution > > 31. Parable - young man who wastes his fortune but comes back home and repents > Prodigal Son > > 32. Bunyan’s Southern Accents > Paul’s Drawls > > 33. Statue of Liberty contains a poem by this woman > Emma Lazarus > > 34. Choreographer for “Sweet Charity”, “Cabaret”, “All That Jazz” > Bob Fosse > > 35. Dedalus, Leopold and Bloom are characters of this James Joyce work > Ulysses > > 36. Asian kingdom bordering Laos, Burma, Combodia > Thailand > > 37. Before winter olympics this game was played in summer olympics in 1920 and gold was won by Canada > Ice Hockey > > 38. Order of Leopold - country > Belgium > > 39. Gastropods Phylum > Mollusca > > 40. Kathleen Kenyon excavated this town > Jericho > > 41. To depart in defeat is to leave “With your tail” here > Between your legs > > 42. Willamette river of Oregon flows Northward to empty into this river > Columbia > > 43. Ray Lewis appeasrs in a funny add for this cologne > Old Spice > > 44. In the 1830s the Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw and Cherokees were forced to move to this future state > Oklahoma > > 45. Hazel and Fiver are 2 fluffy rabbits in this novel by Richard Adams > Watership down > > 46. Created by picasso, the influential art movement of 20th century having analytic and synthetic periods > Cubism > > 47. Nitrous oxide is also known as > Laughing Gas > > 48. Swedish born actress who has won 3 oscars > Ingrid Bergman > > 49. A Room of One’s Own is a classic from this brit > Virginia Woolf ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/59 "2011-02-09T02:44:43Z")
Last time around (not the last time, because I was still in the pool then - I think it must have been the time before that) it was MUCH harder. These were easy! Last time I really blew a lot of it and still got called to the audition. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/60 "2011-02-09T02:58:49Z")
Ugh, I missed a lot of those… but only two or three I might have gotten had I had a few more seconds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025.md?page=4)