# 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:** 4
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/61 "2011-02-09T03:01:48Z")
Hoooooooooooooooooly shit, I muffed that big time. Much worse than I thought ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/62 "2011-02-09T03:18:08Z")
I’m doing the one tomorrow due to a conflict - I guess it’s too much to hope they have the same questions, eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/63 "2011-02-09T03:31:54Z")
Fuck, I totally spaced on this. Maybe I can catch it tomorrow. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/64 "2011-02-09T03:33:33Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > I’m doing the one tomorrow due to a conflict - I guess it’s too much to hope they have the same questions, eh? 😃 They always have three different tests. I’m also doing tomorrow’s because of a doctor’s appointment tonight that I’d forgotten about. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/65 "2011-02-09T03:42:41Z")
Were those actually how the questions were written out? (I’m doing it on Thursday.) How are you supposed to know that for “DOS attack” they want “service” as an answer? Or that for “Pomme frites” they want the answer of “French fries.” Are the questions in categories like on the show? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/66 "2011-02-09T03:52:47Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Were those actually how the questions were written out? (I’m doing it on Thursday.) How are you supposed to know that for “DOS attack” they want “service” as an answer? Or that for “Pomme frites” they want the answer of “French fries.” Are the questions in categories like on the show? Yes, they are in categories like the show. I think the list was shorthand for the full question, with category, especially the rhyming one (the category there would be “Rhyme Time”). ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/67 "2011-02-09T04:03:14Z")
darn, I thought I did better than 21… ouch. that’s a blow to the ego for sure… Thanks for the Q&A list. ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/68 "2011-02-09T04:03:28Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Were those actually how the questions were written out? (I’m doing it on Thursday.) How are you supposed to know that for “DOS attack” they want “service” as an answer? Or that for “Pomme frites” they want the answer of “French fries.” Are the questions in categories like on the show? Here is a verbatim transcript that includes the categories: > [@](#): > > 1. WORLD AUTHORS > Works by this Algerian-born Nobel Prize winner include “The Fall”, “The Rebel” & “The Stranger” > A. Albert Camus > > 2. SCI FI MOVIES > The 2009 film “District 9” dealt with the plight of extraterrestrial refugees in this country > A. South Africa > > 3. HOW’S THE WEATHER? > Condition characterized by winds above 32 MPH & heavy snow > A. blizzard > > 4. STRAIT AHEAD > 20 miles long & 2-10 miles wide, the Strait of this separates Italy from Sicily > A. Messina > > 5. IT WAS ALL YELLOW > This flower of genus Taraxacum has leaves that are used in salads & roots that are made into a coffee-like drink > A. Dandelion > > 6. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY > In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this South American country > A. Columbia > > 7. MEMOIRS > “Decision Points” is a 2010 nonfiction bestseller by this famous American > A. George W. Bush > > 8. GAMES > One of the world’s oldest games, it’s also known as draughts > A. Checkers > > 9. CLASSICAL CLASSICS > This impressionist composer changed modern music with works like “La Mer” & “Claire de Lune” > A. Claude DeBussey > > 10. RELIGION > You’ll find this Iranian religion named for its founder in the last few pages of your dictionary > A. Zoroastrianism > > 11. WORD UP > Appropriately, this word comes from Greek words meaning “sharp” & “dull” > A. oxymoron > > 12. CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY > Regina is the capital of this province > A. Saskatchewan > > 13. MUSICIANS’ NICKNAMES > Better known nickname of jazz bandleader Ferdinand Joseph Morton > A. Jelly Roll > > 14. MODERN NOVELISTS > He’s the creator of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency > A. Alexander McCall Smith > > 15. BRITISH ROYALTY > Born in Hanover, the first king of this name was also the first king from the House of Hanover > A. George > > 16. THE NOBEL PRIZES > It’s the newest of the 6 Nobel Prize categories, having been first awarded in 1969 > A. Economics > > 17. SAINTS > First & last name of the philosopher who wrote “Summa Theologica”–it helps if you know he was born near Aquino > A. Thomas Aquinas > > 18. POLITICS > On Jan. 5, 2011 Nancy Pelosi relinquished this symbolic object to John Boehner > A. Gavel > > 19. BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS > In other words, “a deluge of tabbies & borzois” > A. Raining cats and dogs > > 20. LITERARY TERMS > It’s the term for a stanza or poem containing 4 lines > A. Quatrain > > 21. CONQUERORS > This Mongol conqueror born in 1162 was said to be descended from a gray wolf > A. Ghengis Khan > > 22. FOREIGN FOOD TERMS > If you’re being served pommes frites in Paris, you’re about to enjoy this alliterative food > A. French Fries > > 23. TRAGEDIANS > The big 3 founders of ancient Greek tragedy are Aeschylus, Euripides & him > A. Sophocles > > 24. COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY > A D-O-S attack, short for denial of this, floods a network with requests, denying access to others > A. Service > > 25. THE BRITISH ISLES > In the 11th c. Lady Godiva famously rode naked through this central English city > A. Coventry > > 26. SO VERY ANIMATED > Nancy Cartwright is over 40 years older than this animated boy that she voices > A. Bart Simpson > > 27. POETS > This author created the Ancient Mariner > A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge > > 28. THE FINAL FRONTIER > This 12-ton object rode inside the space shuttle Discovery until released April 24, 1990 > A. Hubble Space Telescope > > 29. FAST FOOD > The name of this restaurant means “crazy chicken” in Spanish > A. El Pollo Loco > > 30. ERAS > The Luddites were fighting against this “Revolution” that began about 1760 in England > A. Industrial Revolution > > 31. THE NEW TESTAMENT > In a parable, this son is the young man who wastes his fortune but comes home & repents > A. Prodigal Son > > 32. LEGENDARY RHYME TIME > Bunyan’s Southern accents > A. Paul’s Drawls > > 33. AMERICANA > The Statue of Liberty contains a poem by this woman > A. Emma Lazarus > > 34. LORD OF THE DANCE > He choreographed the films “Sweet Charity”, “Cabaret” & of course “All That Jazz” > A. Bob Fosse > > 35. 20TH CENTURY NOVELS > Stephen Dedalus & Leopold & Molly Bloom are the main characters of this James Joyce work > A. Ulysses > > 36. EYE ON ASIA > This kingdom of Asia borders Laos, Burma & Cambodia > A. Thailand > > 37. THE OLYMPICS > Before the first Winter Games in 1924, this sport was played in the Summer Games; Canada won gold in 1920 > A. Ice hockey > > 38. AWARDS > The Order of Leopold is the oldest & highest honor given by this country > A. Belgium > > 39. IT’S AN ANIMAL, SUCKER > Gastropods like snails, bivalves like clams & cephalopods like squid are all part of this phylum > A. Mollusks/Mollusca > > 40. ANCIENT PLACES > Kathleen Kenyon excavated this town, trying to find out when the Israelites destroyed its walls > A. Jericho > > 41. THAT’S SO CLICHE > To depart in defeat is to leave “with your tail” here > A. Between your legs > > 42. U.S. LAKES & RIVERS > The Willamette River of Oregon flows northward for about 190 miles before emptying into this river > A. Columbia > > 43. AD MEN > Baltimore’s Ray Lewis appears atop a giant raven in humorous ads for this cologne > A. Old Spice > > 44. U.S. HISTORY > In the 1830s, the Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw & Cherokee Indians were forcibly moved to this future state > A. Oklahoma > > 45. ANIMALS IN LITERATURE > Hazel & Fiver are 2 of the fluffy rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams novel > A. Watership Down > > 46. ART ATTACK > Created by Braque & Picasso, this influential art movement of the early 20th century had an Analytic & a Synthetic period > A. Cubism > > 47. CHEMISTRY > For the effect it produces, nitrous oxide is also called this > A. Laughing gas > > 48. ACTRESSES > She’s the only Swedish-born actress to win 3 Oscars > A. Ingris Bergman > > 49. FEMALE AUTHORS > “A Room of One’s Own” is a feminist classic from this Brit > A. Virgina Woolf > > 50. “M” WORDS > Meaning to put someone into a trance, it comes from the name of an 18th century physician > A. Mesmerize ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/69 "2011-02-09T04:52:12Z")
I’m registered! I’m in the Pacific Time Zone, though, so we don’t go until Thursday. I think. That’s what it said when I registered, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/70 "2011-02-09T05:45:26Z")
I am glad I held off until tomorrow (well, right now, anyway). It looks like I would have gotten 32 right. Last year I got 36 (the one I took), 43, and 39. Unfortunately, my sister took tonight’s test, and she’s a pop culture expert but weak on classical studies. I’m guessing she didn’t do so well. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/71 "2011-02-09T05:57:23Z")
I’ve decided not to take it this year. It would just be for fun, since I’m in the contestant pool already. Funnily enough, I scored slightly worse last year than I did in '09, but that’s when I got called for the audition (40+ both times, though.) Good luck, y’all! ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/72 "2011-02-09T06:11:12Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They always have three different tests. I’m also doing tomorrow’s because of a doctor’s appointment tonight that I’d forgotten about. This is actually the worst week possible for me to do it. Busy tonight, tomorrow, and Thursday night. I may end up having to not take it. When are the next ones? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/73 "2011-02-09T06:17:00Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > This is actually the worst week possible for me to do it. Busy tonight, tomorrow, and Thursday night. I may end up having to not take it. When are the next ones? ☹ As far as I know, they do the online tests once a year, but there are Brain Bus events throughout the year in which you can try out. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/74 "2011-02-09T06:19:25Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > If I recall correctly, it was a good six weeks before the notice came in. And it depends which testing site you choose - they were still calling people in in September to San Francisco off the 2010 test. ---
**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, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/75 "2011-02-09T11:52:09Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > As far as I know, they do the online tests once a year, but there are Brain Bus events throughout the year in which you can try out. The Brain Bus schedule has been removed from the Jeopardy website. ---
**Author:** ![Rillian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rillian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rillian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/76 "2011-02-09T13:17:55Z")
Looks like 40 for me (if they score “Pollo Loco” (my answer) as correct for “El Pollo Loco”) I missed Bob Fosse - could only think of Roy Schneider. Almost missed Woolf - I read the question as a “Room with a View” and was trying to remember E.M. Forster. 🙂 ---
**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, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/77 "2011-02-09T13:37:14Z")
I think I got 38 or 39. I’m pissed off because Tuesday’s Jeopardy episode had a whole freaking category on mollusks and I still didn’t get #39. I changed “Old Spice” to “Axe” at the last second and I am a little surprised I didn’t get the Hubble (thought it was older) or Aquinas questions. But 38 or 39 is better than I’ve done the last few times and maybe that’s good enough to get called in. ---
**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, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/78 "2011-02-09T13:49:17Z")
41 for me. What color are the flowers of chicory? And I would have gotten Woolf if I had read the damn category. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/79 "2011-02-09T14:30:16Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > What color are the flowers of chicory? [Blue](http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/chicory.html). Yeah, if it weren’t for the category name on that one, I’d have answered chicory, too, if I’d taken last night’s test. ---
**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, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/80 "2011-02-09T14:38:17Z")
Yeah, I guessed chicory because of the coffee thing. I said “Paul’s Y’alls” - do you suppose they might count that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025.md?page=5)