# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/121 "2011-02-10T16:33:32Z")
Next year I think I am going to read the questions out loud. I may try that tonight, in fact. ---
**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 10, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/122 "2011-02-10T16:33:59Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Wow, I took the East Coast version, but I would have done WAY better on the second test. That’s why I took the Wednesday test. This makes 4 years in a row where my score was/would have been higher on the 2nd test. I doubt it’s coincidental, considering how many more people live in the Eastern time zone. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/123 "2011-02-10T17:11:35Z")
I’m scheduled for the West coast test tonight. But when I tried the site recently it’s not displaying correctly or allowing me to login. Can someone check this link and see if you get the same problem: [http://www.jeopardy.com/onlinetests/adult/](http://www.jeopardy.com/onlinetests/adult/) Is it them or is it me? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/124 "2011-02-10T21:03:34Z")
They won’t let you log in until about 30 minutes before the test starts. And once you do log in, keep the window open, since there’s no buzzer or anything to tell you when the test starts. Good luck, everyone! 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/125 "2011-02-10T21:09:41Z")
> [@tsarina](#): > > They won’t let you log in until about 30 minutes before the test starts. And once you do log in, keep the window open, since there’s no buzzer or anything to tell you when the test starts. > > Good luck, everyone! 🙂 They do start playing the Jeopardy theme (also known as “Ka-Ching Go the Strings of Merv Griffin’s Purse”) at 30 seconds till start. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/126 "2011-02-11T01:21:33Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They do start playing the Jeopardy theme (also known as “Ka-Ching Go the Strings of Merv Griffin’s Purse”) at 30 seconds till start. Years back, an interviewer tried to get Merv to tell his net worth. Merv only smiled and said, “Kid, you don’t want to know how much money I’ve made from the Jeopardy jingle alone.” ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/127 "2011-02-11T01:31:47Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > That’s why I took the Wednesday test. This makes 4 years in a row where my score was/would have been higher on the 2nd test. I doubt it’s coincidental, considering how many more people live in the Eastern time zone. I think that’s a YMMV - I took the East Coast one and would have scored lower on the middle one. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/128 "2011-02-11T01:37:41Z")
Everybody getting ready out here in the west?? I’m just hoping for 30. Good luck to everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/129 "2011-02-11T04:11:06Z")
I did horribly. **Horribly.** I don’t remember ever doing so poorly on one of these tests. It was awful. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/130 "2011-02-11T04:12:12Z")
I did better than I thought (considering I knew almost none of Tuesday’s questions), although I still doubt I made the minimum. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/131 "2011-02-11T04:14:55Z")
Just took the Pacific test - easier than last year, though I missed about 5 simply because of the time limit. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/132 "2011-02-11T04:17:40Z")
That absolutely sucked ass. At least I felt I sucked absolute ass… ☹ I can’t believe I got “Fawn Lawn”! And Edith Piaf, thankfully, is one of my favorite vocalists. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/133 "2011-02-11T04:18:01Z")
um. That was pretty tough. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/134 "2011-02-11T04:23:48Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Just took the Pacific test - easier than last year, though I missed about 5 simply because of the time limit. Damn. You only missed FIVE???!!?? Damn, professor! I’m sure I got, uh, 9?? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/135 "2011-02-11T04:32:02Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > You only missed FIVE???!!?? Damn, professor! I’m sure I got, uh, 9?? No, I missed about 5 (maybe 4) that I _knew_ but didn’t type out in time. I missed others besides those. Sorry for giving the impression of bragging. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/136 "2011-02-11T09:57:49Z")
I took the Pacific test tonight. By far, the hardest of the 3 or 4 online tests I’ve taken. Joe ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/137 "2011-02-12T03:19:30Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Assuming they don’t take “Cesar” (I did that too), it looks like I got 39. That’s the best I’ve done in 4 years of tests, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed! Well, let’s hope they do, because then we both have 39. And that’s a bit better than I did the last time, and I got the email then. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/138 "2011-02-12T08:54:38Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Sorry for giving the impression of bragging. Oh, I’ll take up that slack. I took the Wednesday test, and if they accept “Milan” for “Millan” then I got 46. Works for me. ---
**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 12, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/139 "2011-02-12T19:54:25Z")
> [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](#): > > Oh, I’ll take up that slack. I took the Wednesday test, and if they accept “Milan” for “Millan” then I got 46. > > Works for me. You know, for people who get 45+, they should just send then straight to the show, no audition needed. But then again, I hate the audition process. It favors extroverts. ☹ ---
**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:** [February 12, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time-2011/568025/140 "2011-02-12T20:07:04Z")
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