# It's Jeopardy online test time! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697 "2010-01-12T19:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 12, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/1 "2010-01-12T19:22:21Z")
Just received a notice about this year’s [online test schedule](http://www.jeopardy.com/beacontestant/contestantsearches/?hs308=email): > [@](#): > > ADULT TESTS > East Coast: January 26th at 8pm ET > Central/Mountain: January 27th at 8pm CT/7pm MT > Pacific Coast: January 28th at 8pm PT > COLLEGE TEST February 9th at 9pm ET/6pm PT > KIDS TEST February 23rd at 8pm ET/5pm PT > TEEN TEST March 2nd at 9pm ET/6pm PT Don’t forget to register early! ---
**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:** [January 12, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/2 "2010-01-12T19:27:31Z")
Wow, is this rule new? > [@](#): > > You may not be eligible to play on Jeopardy! if you are employed by, related to, or **within the last five years known anyone** who works for Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Pictures Television Inc., Quadra Productions, Inc., CBS Television Distribution, Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy! prize suppliers, or any TV station (including advertisers and related radio stations) broadcasting Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy! That bolded part will disqualify a lot of people, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/3 "2010-01-12T19:32:27Z")
I signed up for the East Coast test yesterday. I’m hoping this one goes better than last year’s. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/4 "2010-01-12T22:01:02Z")
I wasn’t qualified to take last year’s test, since I had auditoned on the previous cycle. Seems that with every year I know less, so hopefully I can qualify again. Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/5 "2010-01-12T23:41:06Z")
Lets see if this is the third year in a row my connection screws up in the middle of the test. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/6 "2010-01-13T12:34:28Z")
So, what’s the test like? Is it a simulation of an actual Jeopardy game? Do you get your results instantly? (I know I could probably find this out on the site, but it’s more fun talking about it here) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/7 "2010-01-13T13:20:13Z")
You get your results- never. Most of the questions are of the harder variety and require obscure knowledge, much more so than the game. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/8 "2010-01-16T05:20:13Z")
Ok, I’m signed up. Since I don’t know anything important, what I do know MUST be trivia. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/9 "2010-01-17T05:40:55Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > So, what’s the test like? Is it a simulation of an actual Jeopardy game? Do you get your results instantly? > > (I know I could probably find this out on the site, but it’s more fun talking about it here) No, it’s not a simulation of a Jeopardy game. It’s 40 (maybe 35?) questions, usually a bit harder than is usually on the show, and you just type the answer before the time runs out. I think you have something like ten seconds to answer. You never get the results, just an invite to audition if you do well enough. Basically, the whole thing is just a screening to see who gets to go and take another test in person. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/10 "2010-01-17T06:18:57Z")
I’m signed up. Should be interesting. I’m not holding out much hope of being invited to audition, but you never know until you try, right? ---
**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 17, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/11 "2010-01-17T06:37:06Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > You get your results- never. Most of the questions are of the harder variety and require obscure knowledge, much more so than the game. You don’t get the results, but the last couple years some enterprising netizens have copied the questions and posted answers (on jeopardy’s own message board, I think) very soon after the test is over. If you can just remember your own answers for a couple hours, you can go there and get a pretty good idea how you did. I’m not eligible this year, had an audition back in the spring. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/12 "2010-01-18T02:06:43Z")
Dangit. I’m in the Pacific time zone, and I work on Thursday night. I’m off on Tuesday and Wednesday, though. How flexible are they about people crossing time zones for their own convenience? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/13 "2010-01-18T04:07:59Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How flexible are they about people crossing time zones for their own convenience? As long as you remember to translate the test time to your timezone, it’s no biggie. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/14 "2010-01-19T06:45:10Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > JKIDS TEST I didn’t know there was a kids week on Jeopardy. I honestly never got too much into the show. It only airs at noon-ish around here, and, now that I’m actually home to watch it, I don’t have cable. Anyways, I think such a show might be interesting to catch sometime. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/15 "2010-01-19T11:34:39Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > No, it’s not a simulation of a Jeopardy game. It’s 40 (maybe 35?) questions, usually a bit harder than is usually on the show, and you just type the answer before the time runs out. I think you have something like ten seconds to answer. > > You never get the results, just an invite to audition if you do well enough. Basically, the whole thing is just a screening to see who gets to go and take another test in person. I believe there are 50 questions. In the two times I’ve taken the test, I didn’t answer enough of them correctly to be called. I’m hoping third time’s the charm. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/16 "2010-01-25T20:08:23Z")
I got my reminder email today, the tests are this week. ---
**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 27, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/17 "2010-01-27T00:37:41Z")
Time to sign in, East Coasters! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/18 "2010-01-27T00:40:14Z")
What did you get for number two? NEED ANSWER FAST! 😃 ---
**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 27, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/19 "2010-01-27T00:44:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What did you get for number two? Charmin. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/20 "2010-01-27T00:53:59Z")
Signed in. I know that picture of Alex is probably supposed to look reassuring, but I can’t help but feel he’s judging me. Stop looking at me Trebek! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697.md?page=2)